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About The Columbian. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 1880-1886 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1884)
i ( 9QE V THE OOLUMBIAH. m.VClsv.. Soiiiriibia Co., Or. fe'JSjLiil.SlO-t SATES. ifi a-ivwsic mutx'.'aa s nl'm " $2 C 1 u i-DTZHTiaE'TO EATESt .Oat tM.tr (10 ii'.ie) f.r-t in.urti.ia ?2 0J tu ub.;ae-..t inriin 1 Ov K.n;. ADA MS. IMitor 3c Pio-nL-tor. ns?ir2Livi?i eorxry CONVEX. TJOX. CImir.'.iar., T). C. Tedi-ohd, Sect v., PortOY, Tellers, II. West, C. 11. 1!od-:;j:s, P.opre.sontative, 1. J. Coli , f Pvi'.iic;', Cb-ik, Is. C. Dais of " bulem. Sheriff. T. C. Watts, Tra. R Cox, School Suj-t. U E. Q tries, Surve) .r, Tnos. WliOiFS, Coroner, Dn. J. . Mesehve. Delegates to State Convention V. -V. Moor.i:, D. C. Ted? wd, J. R liiiEnyoN,'vv. II. 'Cosrnr.3. l'y unaaimoi vote instructed to sup port HON. GKO. W. McliRlDEfo; t'- nouduatluu for Congress. County Ceo t nil Coin imltee, m. ro3i e::oy, r. a. noon:: P. F. OJLTXEIl. Ecpnblican Prim ary Coarcatlors. The convention met at Majtmic Hall. Iltrlea, Oregon. April 12. f01 ih purpose of electing deVgates to th Co.ii:tv- Convert . m t be held at Si. II..M?a?.o:i the I'icn d y of April ISSi. P. A. Moro was eec.ed Clu i. n.an foi said MTti:)3 and C. II. Hodge, Sect.. P. M. Canlts and II. M. Sper.eer, To! motion carried That wf shall vote Tf. 5 y ha' lot, for the scvtral candidates, ami mF n no person shall receive a inajoritv oi. the Ilrst, ballot that the Convention shal t::-:a choose l.y ballot from the three per sons having t lift highest numb r cf votes. ne person who slmll lie a delegate tt he County Convention. 1 he following prv.iii wern duly elected: D. C. Ted for.', of HL Helens, l,t Driest.-, C. II Hedges of Columbia City 2d, D. J. Sweit zcr of St. Helens 3d, John Harris, Columbia City 4 th, Josiah KoikL& o'. fct. Helens Oil), James Davenport Gth. Motion carried That w proceed t the elevtica of candidates for tti- oflict cf Justice cf the Peace and Constable. W. 1L Whlti.ey of SU Hflens U: choice, C. II. Hod-ts cf Columbia C.t. 2d choice. Jolm Alexander and L. V. ii.ux.HUi were elected cajididatts fur Cn ktable. TJ;e f'-I'o-A inij persons -.rere tbrs. !ect rd Preciixt CVtilral CommUli : II. C;. jlcs, T. C. Waiti smt! G. W. Cole. Motion ci. fried to adjourn. IV A. Mcoiir, C. If. IIouaE3, Chairoj.'.n. Seiivtary. At a Republican Priinary niettin. isid t Rai;.icr, Aj-ril 10, US-!, WusL. Muikie, VT. Pi Dcuhlebower, V. 11. Ua"-kinij and M. Pomeroy were electfu u'eacf.s to attend tin; County llepubh ca:: Convention to be helil Apiil -4. At thft Republican Primary at Scap joo.-e II.Ve.st was ciso:,cn delegate t th'j C'juity Convention ; from th Pii trnvy L.t CinUka'U.r, J: Pi.sk and L. H. Jonej wow chosen deleate-s ; from tin 'jiiift at Oak Toijst, W. SyjuonH aiKf C. Jones ; from the cnti at Auburn, Albert Tuiterand P. Pious; from It 021? a: Deer Island, CJcty ami John S-ft-rt. At the Republican Pritnaiy in Neha l?ni J. II. Wilson. Nels Petersen anci R. r. Cob: were cho.sen delegates to tht County Convp-twion. . rrcccdiii2s of Coluiuhia C on:;!; XeaiotraiIc Coacutioii. Convention mt at Court House h St. I'tlens, 1 V. M. A)ltl 1 1th. Gi erke ' 2rler?i'.l Eq. of Ieer laUr.t Prc.-inct "tfaa duly norcinate.l and unani i iaou!jr elected Ci.air.min f the Cuiivcn ti.-i. W. B. Dillaid duly cLosen Secrc iia motion duly carried, a committee c three was nominated by the Chair Oil credentials, censistin cf Gt:o. MiEjk Ei- of Rainier Pivcinct, S. A liilc Esij. rf Union Precinct, Geo. V. Ileal! E-.. of Deer Inland Precinct. On motion duly c.irrh-d th coaven ; tloii. vooU recswof live minute to awaii report of he above committee, At 4:23 P 1 tlie coiumitteo on crc , detiu! submits the following report: OX CIEOEXTIALl. We tlio cani'intteo oa cfede!itials do i hereby report tMSe following as deli'iter duiy choseii to this convention and in al ! lendaacr ror ECArpoCiiE, P?.eci:rcr, Peter L'ou-.i ,noar, T. A. Clouinjcr N r.n l Geo. I'clV. to'j. c;;:o:; Parcivcr, S A. Mile:-, E. II. VIA-.".', Thomas B!rv.4c, Thoinas Cooper, Praak Iloyt and Joseph Cope land. ron. Btr.tc island rr.ECiNcr, Ceo. 3Ierii!l, fcnd G. W. IIath. top. 2AiNii;:i rr.EciNcr, Geo. Mccck. Frank Meri i!;VtF.Sj,cphan, Pra ik Men ill proxy, V. P. GiU.reth, V.. B. DillarJ proxy. ' Qf. motion tlie aoove report was ndop t"i and tho coaimittoo discharged. . IJIi'-re motioned an J icccued that tlie j convention udmarned to 8 r. M. Motion tost. Moved and seconded that the conven- j tioa adjourn for 30 minutes. Motion carried and convention adjourned to 5:05 ?. ZI. 5:05 F. IX. Convention 'called to order pursuant to adjournment. Oa motion duly-made, seconded and ourritd the following order of business wa adonted: i j 1st, appointment of t vo tellera. 2d, noaiination and flt-ctlon by ballot f a ticket containing name. of auitablf juiditlats ff Assembly,- Clerkship, 5"usTiiV.ilty, Assessor, Surveyor, Treas ,.ri-i, Schol tfupt. fjr Colum'-ia Couuty. 3d - Sid v tioa by ballot of two delt :ies to the State convention. iih A Chanty Ci iilral Committee. NOMINATIOWS TO?. ASSE1IELY, Jno. R. Vatt j!aced in nomination aid unanimously ehosen. roa ouxtv cls?., Flunk M. rril Ger. Meirill placed in nomination and Frank Merrill elected die non.inee Dy 'motion the nomination va made una-niinou-. ro.'. biiKntrr, Tlso:Kas Coopil jlaeed ia nomiuaticn and unauimou.sly cIm.m. roa SLRVVOO, S. G. Caudle suestod and uaani nou Iv noniinatcd. foi. TrxAsur.rr., Joseph CpelanJ, James Dart, suj ;ehtel nd Joaejih Coj-land duly chosen aid thereafter unanimously no.uiuitc-J. FOIt SCHOOL SUFT. Vr. II. Watkius suget;d and uaan '.moublv nominated, roi: ni;LE3ATU to state ctven-tio;;, S. G. Ciudh", E. H. Flag feu'tted ii;d both unanimously nominated. or. iiELiazus 07 Tim covxrv czxt?.al GJMiiirrEV. Geo. Mco'.-l, XVancis Terry and Dr. Thomas Stewart weiaj unanimously te ected. Here convention a Ijourned sine die. AttSit W. Ik DlLLAr.D, Secretary. The Northern Pacitis railroad wi'd lw 'pfned fro;n Portland to Seattle as sojh as the iron transfer boat f r t'u-.f K!an;u roshin i-t eosiipleted. Meisrs. S.nith j Uros. t Watson, contraciors oa conjt rat ion of thlu boat, an; pushing ti4e wci' vith rdi po bibb speed. Huntington, tlie present western ter uinus of the Oregon tihort.iine, i.s o: I Snake river in Idaho. It .v:ll on'v b: i short time until Pi.rtland is connected vith the much needed" branch of thf union Pacitie. The 113 miles ncwirtin .o complete tiie link betw'reu Meachan: and Huntingtca has all been j; railed, ind is ready f r tlrf' iron. If th work o rushed it bulit to be ready for trave .vitli'.n sixtv t4.y.C'o?irri'rcitil Herald The i-aiirca.i ferryboat is altiiot put oetl.er. All of the outside iron latei- re in position, and 'vorkinaa are now -nap-l in riveting tlie st-ctioni toj;th-!-. In the interior r f tlie h:ie vos?e. are be in,; placed bulkheads to ald to bet .trenth. Tho deck timbers are now laid, :mJ a person may have -o:ne-idi-s of her sizf. She w i i i have, when fin ished, three tracks, each track having he eapa-ity of nine cnr., or 27 in ali S!ie will" be ready to launch in about .'our weeks The riveting and other vork dene has all been li:t clas. A. T. Xeicj. IzxcvcRsivf: Trade, The number of sjuall vessels coming into the Columbia river frm San Fran cisco this year to trade, is rapidly in creasing and shown that our liver is lestined to hold its own' witb Puget Sound, notwithstanding tlie superior fa cilities tliey xre supposed to hve for supplying lumber to ilw Californins. A vessel i even loading at a Port-kind siwmill far Sn Francisco, unJ juite a Ject rpgu'arly ply between Ivnipptoii, Hamier, and oclier river points. O.ie ot our large steamers, has l-eea withdrawn i;d put on the Sound route, but it is evident that while it may not pay to run a large and expensive steamer, a lua.ber cf small sailing vessel can make omething out of th trude ; hence tlmir ajreasing number. TtUjrsr.i. Jas. Johns3n, a young man cf IS or 20 years of age, onw of the builders of the steamer Wild moo I which left this city with liimnelf and other aboard a G r. li. yeifrday, w;vs tho victem of a fear iul tragedy at Riiaier April 18th, on the nrrival of the bat. JI want home tud going to his home put d-i.va cwpick ge on some dishe? whi;h rattled loud y. n an adjoining room were his cousin and another young man, named Fred. Wed en. They thought the noiso was caused by a burglar, an 1 tiring with a pistol and shot gun, the ch.-irge, of the latter struck him, blowing ell" the top of his head. Tl shooting occurred about 10:30, and ho died at 11:15. Thsn facts are obtiined from M. G. Nurgar, inaiiter of the WUdwodJ, who reached :Lo city tin afteraoon. Tde'jraai. .'CAr?oosE, April 20. Fa 'tuerH busy. We-ither plrangeable. See anticipations. School b: vaii last week with 30 scliol ar. in uttendance. Fruit tr.jcs are dressed in their beau fa! robes ot white and at a distance pre sent th appearance of snow capped, mountain?. . " It is f-videutly ery plain that houe cieaninp: will soon bein. It i.s then that the boys will have the dusty car pets to beat and remove the parlor sto,v to the wood shed, saying fr themselves as the do k; " we will have no more wood to split for SunJay evenings now.'" J. G. Watts has returned from Sa'em when- he has been at'endin school the past year. A number of persons from this vicin ity have been attending court this week. John Downing and II. West have sold a portion cf their lojjs to Mr. O. Parker, of Portland. J. Gould left Suappoosa for Seattle .Monday last. The many frit nils of Geo. W: Thomp son will be sorry to learn that he con templates leaving very soon. Miss Carrie Fivaman has returned from her extended i.it to Portland. Ae sincerely hope she wiil remain with us this summer. m W. Mc.Milleu and wifj are viaitiutr in O 4 E.ist Portland. The Fiske family w ill not go Past of the mounttiiui this spring an they io f ended Miss Ida Watts rf Reav'erton will rake ehare cf the Pay View school this 4U miner. The Slavens. brother ae- at home at present assisting their father iu build-' ing a barn. Mr.v Noah Siger3 will visit her hus band and children on Soappoose so n. Otving to le'.'cite health k!io has been stopping w ith In r parents in W. T. for .iome. inonis. Cah iu Johnson is now ole proprietor :f tho Thomas Johnson farm. The McNamee familv &ro visiting on Lewis rivrr. A gentleman from Missouri is visiting vit'i the Wilson family. Proba.'!y In intends takintj a claim in Oregon. We know of a Wedding but we prom ised not to tell. The Good Templars dedicated their new hall last Situr?&y. Any one wishing to know the depth of Soappcose. creek can get th desired information of George or R.mb-n. A yoa.ng lady living in this iumie.Ii- f ite e.eighboi ho'j I siys s!ii w ill get inat- : itl if site can iind s reuiarkal)! v hand ;ome man witli a love, o' a mu .taclie, rhat will pio:ise to pay all her miilinet in I dr;s:inakei-'j bill and buy a nice itt'e. cottage in town, r.n I b j.y her a old watch a:; 1 a diamontl ring, and if iie. has any money she wou't let that U inv drawback to t!io match. Wbo vou':d'nt get ntanied T M. I. .Mil V". II. W. ara going to California and lib' a ns t'lis fall. . Wm. IVn'i l ar. I Win. Siiai ringhsvasen a ill s'.)o;i a aeo. take their dsarture for II I. Tnc Ladies Flohal Caoinet, Neit "02IC. has among the illustrated articles in its March number two that render it especially attractive. Oik: on its first L page, of as-jjii'.it Lilly, the blossoms ot vhic'i rang themstlvfrt in a tire'e at the top ot tha Uower-stock, making a orgeuus crow n. Tim. other of a Flora! Arc!, illustrating one of. the. wavs lv whieh the lawn can b omainerrt-ed a sido fiOai bedding arrangements. Vari ous interesting papers are contributed by well known writers. Mr. Wm. Falcon er, formerly superintendent of the Har vard Potanical Gardens, describes how a garden ean be made beautiful wilhhaidy dowers collected, .from the woods and meadows. F. Lnce tells us of the nov elties among Roses grown both in this country and abroad. 11 D. Sturtevant has some iuteres'ing facts to give about 'Yellow Wat, r-Li lies," a subject on which he is r.n authority. Iu tire de partmeut of Hams Decorations ony such novelties in fancy-work are show n as are rfa.sy of execution and require small out lay for material.':, a feature wiiich com mends it to a'l ladies As the. season is at hand when Spring Flower Gardens must be miwjtle, ifc is timely to say to uur niiiders that the pu'dishers of the Flo ral Cabinet send this year, post free, to every yearly su'.-scriber Two Everbloom ing Roses, or ten packets of choice Flow er Seeds. Ah before stated, any of our readers may have a copy of the Cabinet for examination at half price (ix cents) by nienlioniijgUhis paper. Address La dies' Floral Cabinet, 22 Vesey Street, New Y01 k. East Portland. April 23-, 1881. Mujort Adams: Mr. Webber will till my appointments at St. Helens next Sabbath. Pleaso call attention to tlie matter, also to our Quarterly Meeting held at Payview the third Sabbath in May. I am getting some better and hr pe to sec you. aud yours at Quarterly Meeting. vriratcojn Citbbazes- , TJp.at Whatcom they hold a fqli nnd of tru-vps on tin cabbage questism had ocuisioii to visit tl at enterprising young city on the id 1 ores f Pellingham Uay last wtck, and .vere c itertained with stories of the wonderful productions tf tin; Whatcom and Nootsack regions in the line of the siur kraut veg table that would have made the respected G. W. Ej.(j , feel liko chopping his head oil with his own hatchet ia sheer envy ot bfing unable to reach th; sublime height of truthfulness to which the Whatcom granger has attained. We lylieve it all ; ot course we did. Wlten a man eomeR up to you w ith 'an air f candor and a club w hrk a bull clog with two rows of pearly tteth looks up into your face with a frank expression of trustfulness, you ai verv ant to believe all that von are tohl. We didn't :o much in'ml theii tebing us about three cabbage head.- that compb tely tilled a wagon box, be cause we had just tried to take tuetiijk with an anecdote about a Si-attle cabbage that couldn't bt sfju,eezGil into a bu.diel basket. Put when a man remarks inei dent'y that he has come down to town to buy a shotgun to sow his cabbage seed with, an I you turn upon him with a wild-eyed " cows in th:? qorn" sort of a look, to whih he condescends the ex planation that tho widest hand sowing leaves tlie seeds too elosu together and tlve cabbages come up and crojvd eaeh other eight sided, like the cells of a honey comb, one is like to lgi:i to think he hasn't travaded as much as he thought he had. And when they take you out through the grefn aisbs of the forest where the a breezes play an organ tone ! sympho ny through tal! cedtis and lUs tha,t wave their plumed branches b.ick in slow time to the solemn muse, and point you to 1 dsfited clearing, where a few shat tered timber and the ruins of a chim ney lar mute testimony ''of the happy ho ne that once stod there, of tlie love and teu lerness of the wife, tluprotec tio i and care of the husband, ami the joyousness of chijd life that ome made this desolate spot sn Eden, and then tell you that this was once th ram.be of a tender-foot from the .Em si who, wiser in his geueratwa thin the. cbiMren ot Whatcom and despite, their vurning, plauted a cabbage setd too near h's hoii, and thit it sprung, up in a n'g'it, is it wre, iii(l beeame n exceeding wrreat vegtable, ani lo, in such and liour f is he thought not th wind LU, rn.l the ca'b;gi upor tin? hou-e, au I great wvst!n? destruction thertf. Such a little :uecbte, told in the C!i Ui rian style of the Wh-Uoni to n, is apt to mak a fel low feel th it he is iu b'ed filftoni home. Still we n ight hve got away without ieel-ing so nuieh like a candidate fr St'iJ.iHm if they hadn't tout us of a lit tle sobfme they h I on i k t, jmt a.n:r; of a'.lverti.-em..Mit for the town. There i.s to V a World'. Fair .t Suil'Vino's o, -is erery bot'y knows, 'i'he. Whatcom ite? propose to give a sort of interna tional dinner if Iwnled beef and Ckbbage 011 tin; occasion, and invite evr-ryboly. The plan is rt'inark-abh? not only-for its ingenuity but ft-r its foisibility an 1 sim plicity. Over in Priiish Columbia are many herds of cattle ; back of Whatcom is a kfcke ; not far from tho coast of Al aska are volcano, Lrge and small. It is projKse! to excavate an even under neath the like, tow a vole mo of the prop er siz ? from Alask 1 to Ik-ltiugh itn II iy, and with the tattle drag it to the oven. The ctt'e are t!e:i t be slaughter el and placed in the lake, with a Mufii,-;ont a mount of cabligt-, and the thing is done. Now what we want to know iv, if Se attle is go ng to sit tamely by and let things l.ke this go on! Tie-re's Taco ui 1 croaing cock -it railroadle 1I00 on one side of her, anil Whatcom talking with ill concealed vanilv about her cbbugs on the other. Let's have another mass meeting. Tm Mirror. The Art Amatevr for April gives a l- tractive designs of passion flowers for screen embroidi ry and blackberries for panel jainting, some inter, sting pages of Oriental diaper ornmients, a curious old Germaai alphabet, and some striking designs for furniture panels after Gou jon. Notable eatuns are the numerous and excellent illustratii ns of objttsin tlie famous Cuitellaui collection now- be ing sold aft Rome, the clever sketches of pictures in the exhibitions of the French Water Color Society aud the Boston Paint and Clay Club, and the interest ing notice and examples of the work of J. A. Habert-Dys, one of the principal designers for L'Akt. The practical de partments are well filled ; Montezuma's Note Rook and the Dramatic Feuilleton are as sparkling as over, and in all re spects the numW is fuiJy up to rhe high standard of this ndmirablo magazine, price 35 cent j $4. a year. Montague Marks, Publisher, 23 Union Siuare, New York. Thn n n nlx rs of the SI. Helen Band of Hope aud all interested, are requested to meet at tha CI.utjU cn It a 1 1 i r April 23, at 3 p. m. , Mrs. AU.EX, Mrs. Stswakt, Sup'U Sonic Erc-Atfci!:iito Brevities Adam ner't-r in 4 fit of abstraction sat Jown upon a coil of brbeil fenca wire. Adam nevfr lived next door to a man who was irjing to learn to play on au accord ian. , Adam never fell over a rocking chair while groping around in the dark after tlte bxtt!e of paregoric. Adam never had to fastnn one of his suspenders with a shingle nail and the other with a hair pin. Adam never had to rock thecrad!e while Eve ran s.ctosm the s'reet to borrow a cup of sugar from a neighbor. Adam never had to keep the baby while Eve went out with a determined east of countenance to reform the world. Adam neer h 1 his only pair of gum sbe eaten up by a .log while ho was spending an evening with a friend. Adam never Sit up till 5 o'clock in th morning to get -he returns from Ohio, an 1 to the tust learn that the oth er fellows had carried it. Adam never came home at a very lae hour from the lodge to. discover that he had left his latch key m a pocket of h:s other, pants. Adam neer had a tight bureau draw er at which he w;a. tugging come, out suddenly an. I set hi u down wnh such vrhemeiK-e as to. knock four square feet of plastering oil" the eeiling. Adam never went down town trying to remember au injunction to get wash board, a pound of soap, n ball of tape, a bottle of infant food, a spnl of garnet sewing silk, a paper of hairpin-, two yards cf pink mosipiito n -tting and a mouse tmp. Middirloicn, Troicrijt. ' - - Thf attention of our readers is respect fully called to th ail vertis Mnent :a an other column, of D. M. Ferry t Co., Detroit, Mich., the celebrated seedsmen. f They do the lirgest lit! duet- in t';eir line in the Unit. I States ; raise tho bulk of their seed on their own f irms, by the most approved methods, and have ole tained a world wide reputation for the fpi'ity an 1 variety of th seed they j-jt up"n the ii'arket, and their integrity in tilling all oiders entrusted to them. Their leatitifui Seed Annua" for 1S.S1, sent free to all who apply for if, will b found of practical value to all who de sire to pun Lvse serds tr.i" f name. ' E'o-j:tc:ici; :;i Ebony. The eviden;; see.ned overw helming -gainst FaI rrd Jobnr.on, a .olored man. on trial for burgl-iry in Bitivi.t, Ohio. Ilis 'lid hid lasted four d.;y?, and th' audie'iem ia C ii t til 't hi nsu-ie to b convict d. IP ;eltiid petmistna to s;-tV, ate! talked for fortv-iive minute.s. He fairly tore to pieces the state's nt woiksof evidelio. pl l!ig"l most of ti e jurops-in tivrs. amazed the. couit, cajti ated the audietic", nud madu u speech which thtj tbuc'iinati p'j-er-s siyhisnn parallel in ru le !o j?n':e. since t'ielays of Chief iJ.m I Jacket. 11 was uc J jltteti. Ct'ticayo Ittrald. Timt I.il 'cu lt'iii funny editor is a regular g.tki.-r. Eveiyboily laughs ai hi:n. Simple Simon is his grand 'role. Old jokes clejneil, brushed, ' revamped, nil I anchored near home-, in shotl aUr. He thinks the j eop'e of Astoria are not sharp enough to detect liis literary thefts, but he i Invalid to et fooled. His attempt to palm off Christ' trernion on toe Mount as original was very bare faced, and should meet with just con-d'.-ini a. ion from dl uood Ciiri.-.tians. RiiNe'y's F.tj'tiou .Ifitjazln. for Spring contains interesting stories in prose ami vere, useful home articles, amu-iug and instructive sketches. Mammoth Fashion Plates, prof se illustrations of the.Fosh i.oi of the day and invaluable shopping information. Only 15 cents per number, 50 cents per yer.r. Address E RlDLEV it Sons, Gra.-d, Allen and Orchard Streets, Nt.w York City. Siil d'.n;. tir' w'r wis'i tr secure thoroughly qualified and carefully trained teachers for their schools, write to, President D. T. Stanley at the Stat Normal School, Monmouth. If they describe their school and tell the kind of teacher wanted and the wage paid, they will be referred to them at once. Mr. Hugh I. McDanaU Ct First St. Portland is agent; for Levelling' Nurs cry. Mill waul; ie, Oregon, lie takes or ders for all kinds of fruit trees and or namental shrubbery, which will- be shipped with neatness and dispatch to purchasers Iy tho most approved route at low Cash rat1. V"e hare received P. W. Prrntico k Co"s. Jilasiad and Homt Journal for April. It is enlarged, nnd a great cred it Vn the enterprise to Mr. Prentice. AH for 10 cents of 75 cents per year. 107 First Strper, rnrtlnwly We have received D. M. Ferry's Seed Annual and Seed packages, all first class The book in h li""' -efal toe Th tuiiTat Coluotbi City U for mIo. LOCAL ITS .73 AYewereat Colum':Vi City the other day, We noticed all along the road the fruit trees Vere just loaded with blos soms. At Mr. Benham's evtrylhing looked beautiful anil prosperous. We visited the hottl of Mr. Pinckney, ami found it not only very fine but also ci-pai-ious and tirnven'fent. lie intends soon; at least souie tiu in May to give a Bill and also to open his hotel for fumnier boarders, putting in a garden for a plentiful supply of fresh vegetables. Sr. Helen and Columbia City are loth 'well fixed-iu thu matter of hotels, and we know of no pliees better adapted foi summer resorts than they. There are mountain: not afar oif, snlendid ibive.--, rout-.'i.-mhing, chance for berrien, nlso, op portunities, to hunt ib'er, iiu I feast the eyes on scenes the most romantic of any on this Coast. Mr. Bla.ke.sley and Mr. Piuckney have spored no m-x(ens in the matt?.- o: Id e', ar 1 dj.':-ve fall hous es for their nlerjrise mid nublic spirit. - m Fifty lianlsiire at work onthe Ri'l road at Rockv Point, and the arniv of m laborers are working this way, and soon the cars will be ruuuirg between Nee City an t Portland, and the whistle ot lb cars will be heard ot Froguiort which is a half a mile nearer the depot than St. Helen. ' . We formed the aequaintane'of Mr. C. Jot if s of Riverside. He has a fine horse named ''Mountain Boy," which pruag from sr. horse n lined S'iiin owiied !y John D. Lve of Mountain Meadow .Mosicre fame. This. horse he has some intention cf bringing- to St. Helen foi the season. IImi. T. A. McBride found time tniio his ether duties to fih for M.d'iion trcut lie did not forget the Eiitor neither did J. L. ilcEdiany; only his we beliexr were caught on a silver hook. Both these gentlemen have our thanki for a iiue treat. The Clrcilt Court ca ie to termina ualioa on Tu sday. A pooia! term for th trial of 1). A. Cioninger will 5e held on Ju ie 3d., mjlin day after Eletrtion. This is on account of th-. absent; of n important -witness, Yickers for the tie fence. At the last meeting of the W. C. T U. there were fiplriidid essays wrl'tei in I deliver.'-d by Mrs. Stewart and Mr Godkin. Tl:est ladies po.si-ess great a bil ty. and with a fair show could build up sp'ciid-kl ruutationj ia the liteiar world. Met Mr. J. ll.'Vil.o:i from RI v r.ii! . He thinks Neiialem VuJb-y ahea I of any j.laee be knows for beal'h. lie say they have too truest kind of water, unl rich soil whiik h is rai.-il for him CO. I ba.-.hels cf p-ta- es to l!; sere. John Limbers on vm hi. ctoe against Frank ik Myers iu tho cusm where S. A. Mile, closet I a mortgage ataii : laao of DIxU? Clements. This made Land! non very jubilant, and also his atti.inies. Moore and Dillard. lion. T. A. Mc-Bride was sucrssfn! in making the iinllctun nts stick in tb two criminal cas;s trie.l, that f Oregon against Mi-Goon and Oregon against Wiiliam Dejournet and Mrs. Arinit Statler. The beaut. ful lines "Jo'in Corbie, written for his Mother," i i ' l.1 week' Col';:i::ian contain much pathos-, ara! ire alike ereditabh t to the head and heart of tit? author, Mr Dr Stewut t. ,Ou our third pug"? will 1 e found n striking and instructive illustratii. n of tlie eompara live worth of t.he rations kinds of baking powders now ia the market. direct ito-M Eastern munufacr-cries via N. P. R. R. a large stock of GlaS3-7Arc, ani .Crockery, Chin.?. tca-3sts, sc. Izo. whicli will be rold for - cash tit Lo'.T Pricc3 at IZ&ziWs Stars. . . BI. II. Claarch Ap;it;iulu:eut3 St. Helen on the fourth Sabbath of each month, at 11 A. Km and 7 r. M. Bay view on the third Sabbath of each month at 11 A. u. and 7. P. IX. St. Jolins on the first Sabbath of each month, at 11a. m. and 7 r. M. Rev. II. II. CaosiK?.. Pastor. Prcsjyteriaa Apyolntaieals. St. Helens oa tlie lirst Sabbath cf each month, t 7 o'clock P Ji. Columbia City on the first Sabbath at 11 o'clock A. SL, and oi Saturday evening previous at 7. Rainier on tho fifth Sabbath, when it occurs, morning and evening. Westport on the fourth Sabbath, morning and e ruling. Knappa on tho wiconi and third Sabbaths, morning and tvrning. Rjky J. A- Hxxi. Paltr. Prcpoanls for I'lcfcr. O.TiCj ot Ptircka;.i.- J.: I !?.-t Ci-n ir.:fary, V4..TfofV!-:i i ' W.T., Ajnl-i, lavi. tyLMLi:Di';; f., -.LS, IN I;CfLICA'J 2. .;;vo ti. .itaii !ii riH, v io txit t tLi ...iiit tJ:o lica ui the Avti.i-; Uoii. 'iitiM "t J-' ''.fi--:e t liiu i'li.Alu'UM, 'l liiuil Hue vcU woii 4:i NVtJn.-Llmi-, A t:lt, IV.'I, at mi. !i tuoc? an t j;!acw thiy win ti 0, uii(?d iii 'irc'tnias- oi l i biers, lir the tiivt-ry 1. n or Utloru Jui! 21at. It4. of tin. fol o.vr. ui.kk.ii' of l l ur, vu: Jji-J J a rwts 1. 'i., JIt6('Oib-.: l i.r.Ca-tirit AI.iu, 1. T., il.lCOlU p fort Kaiutii, Oih., Its, g-j li.n l'..it I.hi oTfci, 1. 'I'., t4,.si ioi t I'f.aiu-, VV'. T., 4,lt.O ta. YaiiCkiUter lairAC.., VV. T , i-irt Walt Walia, W. T., l',Gi X. ."iuili of th.. l'.i'ar (ual ui th.o t -.'- pouuci'). prep-jaji ti be fii: lill'ii.l, lauxt Ll) rUbil.lltiil, vita tlie pr ri-iMiiis. 'i a-j Fl-iin t b- ivte 1 l bkiu Infold -uvCfi'tauce. . i r.-juicu.! tor ij lua-liiiialu-. ll.ua "..n -id re;ian(i viii in ru-C-'be.l. '1 lu iji)i i-nuiitjit rcurvi's the lilit t. ejici any r all : aint to iluto'i.it!i, i r, itk jn!i.vul ul t:j- lit Lrtvi whout M'alvi i.l.iii b, Ij OUH-.1.; llu i.i.4'.i.i. i c ..bi lf, u llib- c-ijcU-'tliO;i s tl V.fi t: ic s bm.v l u juiir. l.iaia iiojiv.i 4ii I jiia;c.i c.iiuL'.ii st.v'inj hj k.ul of l'f.ur io-1 nii-tf . I, aal fui. i.intn.cli.a.a o :)..-iji;.iu e o; I i.Iiun ', o. a.li.i iln to Ite mltmi -Vtu Ly t-l l lrm uti.ttiiUiJ oi cmlit an t iayai-n, willbj I l.i 5.jltil i-n ajilicuti .a t.j thiim ....Ic, or to :hj A. C.V-S. of i.i.o i ost :t wi.i.i it is ii-.jiw.l to make U..a;r J.iivt:o;t-a cuiu..iuiii j i tr KLi. iii.l Kit uiarkcil: l io.a; ter .our t : ,' I a I. iii -! I t the uih'. r. 4i.;;iu-.l, Or t- tlie A'jvL.; Co..ni-wa. i.-aof cuLLiit. -.i.et at tlii iiostn to be Xii-i i. ' w. a. h.di:;.kiv Ca;tain au.l C a.. L'. c . A. 4a:S l!l9 iin--hcs, v.ith over i'V,l2i''0 i.lijiratioiij a . I.o.tr t .ro tailcr-. I i hi I.ulc- raleprlccj tfirai it cunumm cn t il f 'l f ;r personal if fa:-i y l-te. 'i'c.a bo-. t) i .-Jct, an-l jivu i-::a( t tot t f tver;--ti.In. yoa i se, at, diiak. r ear. r l.ava f;a vl'di. ThjJ iava! ;al.!j UMi -i.r. taia ia.brmaiioa glcmcl lr:n tf.o r J ets of tlu v. rM. Wo wi.l r :aii a f yf I'roc t my a ldress i:jon receipt i t- nosiatrc eents. Jtu Lcur ti-ooi you. l:espeetf:i!y, r,:crJTGOMERY vvap.d & c sail lTabaafa Arti.-cf Cimlvaso. la. Gonsoiidatad Notice PubUc&tian. Lamd Orricr at VancoCvib, V". T. Mmc.i .'Ui. itii. Notici u herd y givm thai il.i- ioJK.v. iup nam.l e.'ttloi have I lul n.iticj .'f tl.ir inttn.i- r ton.ake 1'nal nruof in u;i) t ! their claim., mid "hat kai'lproof wi.l l;eu:a It- la;fir.- tlio.Iit'ltf of the x'rotate (Jo-.irt at lCiiiaiiii. Tel .. e ir'jitui. 'ay, Airili!oLh. 1H4, Myi i- Il i miiiKti d, Jevimi-je .f Wi.mii Tuniur, Ail Ibii i al liun t tcii I Arj bca"i xi o. for Uib s . i t f uth t&st i of Mcii-oi 4, 'l'. 7 X. ilun- 1 ''., ia'l iwnu tti' folivin wi iictfn t itove)i trontlaaoui rci bnco uj n, tn t cuhba-i -n f, .al l, lz:A. F. .Mmnten. Itiniy Moi.lli.n, J. V. 'JtiiKi'.r, and b'ai.iucl Aduian, til uf Cairollti n, Cow lit J Co. W. T. Tftine H. Iliiutint.sn, Ail.'ition.-.l IT n:?.,tea.l Aj.p JcaU-m Xe. tlCT, fr tl;e Xi r.h J of t oui'u 'Aiii.f hc in Tp. 7 X. I'm;, 1 .t. r . uaaics (he folowie,; v.iln-st to prm t in .xriitiaarnai rii-ii ecu uou. nl cj.tba.li li i t vti i IcaiL iz: A. Y. J.tcii t..n Hiiii.T oml-1, J. VV. t htWitf, &'..A :.-kini.i.l AJau b, til of t.txu..- n, Cowlitz t V.. , V.. 'i. f.;j;i. v. : rAlbixci. Y.iUr vtnrriotl istotics. U. S. I.anU 4 ic?, VAVCorrnt. T. A;.i) 1,1. V4. Cimjl.tiiit Lax in;; brf n entrreil tt thij ti.r t .fii.ii .'-l. Cro.i'.. a ;i.ii-st .l:.:us . l.iri's ft T 'r aKuii 'on; I . i . i ) o.iictc oi ilntr . .'0.1, ti tu I MaiijfvKtc-?:'. iii'.ni tlie.- k. t..rt.ru; '. ctii'ii t4, 'i'o. in i t iJ o.-iii, i.n;- L at in CowilU i.'ia.nt y, ' ti'a. 'J'cr., w ith i-t tiie c iico. i. ; a i I i J t-in i y ; iho xi i i -r re Ji-rib n;::t i:..i O) n;iiruru', O.I.ct . lie 17t!i ilay oi lu v.. 13c 1. Jo .ci' c'.; A. te.- ' s..ni iiu l fuijii-ii ttniioj-iiiy i:ci.ct.iioi..; tail 4:lt--ii alj.tii rniiri'a. Kttiii). a ..SPAIILIXO, Vrjj'.tr. 1 vtnrc.iii Xfi'A be raiilfJ r "T-fjC tt all appiioanrm ar-.d Ciim.tnrnrr.. n! Iat 1 l y'ar mv-.himl oMrri.ijt it It ci.iu.in illjTitr., ti-irrm 1nciiptioTi n4 ctirecticn tor p!nt;rj ail Vr-f''!r and Flow f -ed. Vlan'm. tr. J,eftlMe',A to fill. .Volicc of AiiIIcaIio:i to PrircLaso T.ttibrr La::d. - Land Dmcs iT V ANrorvw, T. Man-hllih. 1ST 4. Xrt'.ire N fcrre?yi;Jvrn tl at ii coui;iiaac UN h provici ins o; t i.e Act of (Joiircom. aujaoxt-t liin:, lt?7S. tntitled ' An Act f r th.t oile f I i ul-'T l.nn U in the .St.iisof C!a.ifi-T.i:. Oi iron. Xcv.tla. tnt in ''.'ail.iii-'t;!i T-ri i-r . 9 iiuui O. K nans of M'.iUii'in ill (Jo.. Ore:.', nki .his .lav f.le-l iutl.ii o.tir!'. I i .ipjilii-.l i.ii in . mi ullage I her. -v. of Teo . Tp. J X. of italiji 3 et, of the W l.'auictt. 31 ii iii.li. Tti'tiiiioay Lhe alios . cane will e tn!c. n be. fore tlw Iiivli,j f thti l'rbaitC-.iii t at Kaiaina, Wash. Tcr. on .ionJav,' t.ie ibvuf 21k , Ifi 4. Any an l all nTr8:ni. luvAing adverse claims t' die a;ove .1. oi iheit lan-i. or ioi.v px.rtioii tliein.' vri herm-bv reuiri'tl to file thi-ir claiiiin in th.4 .llce ill. in Mi itv (OOjtlav froi.i l..te href. KitLli. . bl'AitLlXU. begirt :r. rin31mCl ir?-TJ .-.J fAN La,- f .v v.-... i . . 1 1 r n , ' -i. t"ia- lu.-i ( i: H ttxior i rr I' IimTs 'hmii', Tn I t.-k; .nTrl-iil. for till I'.i.ict S . Ci"xdt, ) .lylHiid. r i n'!i. Ot - uinr, dc 11. o. I ll k mi I 1 r'cnt.4 m-nt Xre,: 'I'liirt v .in .-ui .' etiT'.nri. Pttn-mioht?ilntl t'T-.n 'O HVS S CO. a.-" nolle I n the Sci k.vti net A .w ut m v. tj t l.ira . i e mi 1 .... vi.liJnl.iilt..l . II ........ !,...... for the worldmr c'smi. ' i I i lO.Ct-'litH for toata;e, fcl.i we w i l ii. ail you io.it, a rnjii!, ahisl''e !hz of n. lie i; mhU th.it wiil rttt Ju l in tlie way of in.Vuin inoii money in a ft w Any ihan you ever tlioiih. J sitlf at uny bi.a'nua. Capkl.Bot nsuiieo. w ubl itait . oil can work ali tle liuie or in "pare time i-"y. 'i In work ii iinivi ially i d .pled to bothaema, yn n ami nhl. Von cm aa.iiy t-ain fr in f'O lit tt . evi ry eviiiiii'. '1 hat al! who wmt wul I n.ay test the huiiu-BM, we inako thin liiipaiaUUil otni : to all who hid not well aatisiie-a a ill tint kl ta pay for the-trouhle of wii: ia,; u. i iiil ai.. licHlai's, uiirctioiu. lc , lit free, l't rtimvar . ill Im iia.te l.y llmai hoeie iln ir vt.olv lii..e to the work. l. rc.it auco aLaolulily '. re. lon t it lay. Start naw. AikUeca MiMO'A Co., I'ortlaii I, Maine. Ctlt brat'- f. inr-o l-reeci!cai'.r c diet; Uvn, at $t3r.). l ii.-i-l'ip i f i.-:- a- , attMii't. Im..a ailt ni rarn.liMl)r,T J;.r-, 'i I ritf!. rf m nlvprtvr I Krirlih ami .Krrtfi-1 u r.o.Vc. I1 k't-.ilt t.f aportln-j )r i l'i;"ti, a: il a-'i-'m mnl--v i 7 rr""t:"n aia fur in Cclt'"l J.'rtr 3f rech-'oiiJlnp Doutle Gnf! t; oo?:rM c. cnunc & co., 712 rrriSMM.. FM!?i!':.;. r.i. PA 3