LATEST NEVS!
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EASTERN STATES.
? Boiler Explosion.
Coutmbus, O., Deo. 5. A boiler at Hay
den's rolling mill exploded this morning
hile a-number of workmen were stand
ing around it. Two were instantly lulled
and four seriously injured.
A Slight Hiatalce,
Ntw Yobk, Dec. 5. A special this morn
ing says the directors Of the P. M. S. S. Co.
blundered in the date of the freight and pas
senger contract with the V. P. R. B. They
thought it expired last Saturday when it is
next Saturday. Not hearing from Union
Pacific they thought the contract was an
nulled. A hasty .meeting was called and
they resolved to do business independently,
, That is why circular were sent offering to
name through rates via Panama. The mis
understanding was discovered and the circu
lars withdrawn. A contract is now being
prepared satisfactory to both sides and the
monopoly wpl continue.
; ' For EmbeulemeBt
FaixKxveb, Mass., Dec. 6. The grand
jury has indicted Charles B. Stictney and
Horatia N. Howard, insurance agents, and
John A. Coffey, a lawyer, for embezzlement.
Wens Ashore.
Machias, Me., Dec. 6 The Bchooner Cal
edonia went ashore on Libby Island, Tues
day morning. The captain and crew (5)
all lost.
Indicted
Tbot, Dc. 6. President Vail, of the de
funct Merchants' and Mechanics' bank, has
been indicted, also Deputy Sheriff Murphy,
. One and Indissoluble.
New Orleans, Dec. 6. A mass meeting,
composed mostly of influential citizens, was
held here tonight and adopted resolutions
expressing in the most elegant and emphatic
manner, the gratitude of the city for the aid
extended by the various sections during the
prevalence of yellow fever, and denouncing
. those wicked men who would again, for sel-
. nan ends, arouse clamors oi sectional aiscora
which this generous overflow has tended to
allay for ever. . They continue: "We de
claro as our unanimous sentiment with the
no difference of political creed can weaken
and so evils of designing politicians sever
the ties which bind us by most sacred and
tender memories in bonds of a national
brotherhood, one and indissoluble.
... jnnnunjf riuu.
Private New Orleans advices state that
Gov. Nicholls is visiting all bulldozed dis
tricts taking evidence of fraud, with intent to
punish to the limit of law all guilty of cor-
rupting, intimidating or murdering electors.
- Destructive Fire.
Nxw Orleans, Dec. 8. Private dispatches
report the destruction of fifty houses in the
business portion of the town of Macon, Miss.
Loss $200,000; insurance, $103,000.
Time to Spare.
Philadelphia, Dec. 8. O'Leary had 45
minutes to spare in his match to walk 400
mileg in 124 hours.
. .. Starved to Death.
Letters form China state that during the
recent famine, seven million of rjeonle died.
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Five million in the single province of Shausi.
The amount of contributions from the East
ern States to November last was $22,670,
: which was judiciously distributed, so reports
say.
Presidential SpecHlntloDit; :
Niw Yobk, Dec. 8. Democratic president
makers for 1880 now suggest the propriety of
taking their candidates from important doubt
ful states. This rules Hendricks out, as
Indiana lis counted sure for the Democracy,
and Thurman comes to the front again be
cause Ohio is so uncertain. It also leads to
talk of Wallace of Pennsylvania, and revives
the hopes of Tilden's friends that if he fails
to get the first place on the ticket Clarkson
X. Potter, or some other New Yorker, may
get the second place with Thurman.
- Senator Bruce (colored) thinks that Grant's
name is such a tower of strength among the
Southern blacks that they will be nearly
unanimous tor him in the next national con
vention. Blaine is the only man probably
that could divide that vote with Grant.
The World forcibly argues that if Grant is
the Republican nominee, the Democracy can
win by nominating Bayard on a sound hard
money platform, tby carrying Connecticut,
New York and New Jersey with the solid
South.
A President Dead.
Philadelphia., Dec. 8. A cable dispatch
was received her$ yesterday stating that
President Alcantara, chief magistrate of Ven
ezuela, died Novemler 30th, and that J. Gu
lierrez, chief justice of the high federal court,
was acting as president. ,
Trade Dollars In China.
New Yobk, Dec. 9. Apprehensions have
, been expressed that the passage of the law
making trade dollars legal tender would re-
: call Some thirty millions from China, and in
this way greatly increase the volume of cur-
' rency. This is stated by merchants here to
be a mistake, as it is a practice of Chinese
bankers, on receiving sLj foreign coin and
ascertaining its value, to put their mark, a
chop, on it. A coin so defaced would not,
nnder our coinage laws, be receivable as bul
lion. A cable dispatch from Hongkong says
that there are only seven millions of unchop
ped trade dollars there, and the opinion
is expressed that out of the 28,000,000 to 30,
000,000 trade dollars exported to China in
the last five years, all but one or two million
have been chopped, and therefore under any
change of laws cannot enter into our currency.
Treaty Witto Japan.
Washington, Dec. 9. The 'commercial
treaty with Japan, soon to be communicated
to the Senate by the president for ratification
contemplates an important addition to the
T,FPHnt treatv. having in view the increase
and developement of the commerce of both j
countries.
Redemption of Bonds.
The secretary of the treasury to-day issued
the 74th call for the redemption of 5 20
bonds of 1805 and consols of 18C5. On
March 9th next interest will cease.
Belief for California,
T ihn House to-day Davis introduced a
bill to reimburse California for expenses in
curred in Indian wars.
F0RS1GX HEWS.
London, Dec 5r Dispatches this morning
from Lahore announces that Gen. Robert's
a complete victory over the
,mw nf the Ameer. Primere and Kotal were
taken. All Afghan cannon were captured.
British loss is eighty lulled and wounded.
The enemy's loss is heavy. The Ameer s
a nn,n. asneratelv. Capt. KelBO of
the artillery, and Capt Anderson of the Pio
neers, were killed.
In Kbjber Pass.
Lahore. Dec. 6. All quiet in Khyber
oaa a TAnnnoissance has been made as
far as Peshbolak. The Ameer is collect
In. 1vies near Cabul. Gen. Buddolph has
advanced many miles northeast of QuettaU
The advance is easy ana. '
friendly WUHsm'i Return.
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tDttv Tec. 6. Emperor ttiliiam. in
alighting from the railway station, was met
by the assembled legislators and officers of
the government. He made a speech thank
ing them for their sympathy in his great
Affliction, and insisting that unhealthy spots
in the social system can omy u u uj
th Krnn,T hand of law. In the parade
which passed the palace there appeared a
large numbor of Americans bearing the Stars
and Striues. Decrees have Deen promui
gated announcing that the Emperor resumes
government from to-day, ana manning iuo
crown prince for his successful and devoted
performance of the imperial functions, and
his diligent observance of the principles laid
down by the Emperor,
Aadtsiwy't Victory
ViEHJtA, Dec. 8. The proposed motion in
me Austria delegation at Festn, for a vote ox
confidence in Count Andrassy's ministry,
has been quietly dropped. Count Andrassy's
"victory is confined to the rejection of the re
port 01 the bndset committee.
Mew Canadian Loan.
London, Dec. 8. The new four per cent,
Canadian loan of three million pounds was
tendered for yesterday. 1,619,000 were
allotted, at the average of 96 17s 6d.
Another Cable.
Madbid, Dec. 8. Ministers are consider
ing the project for laying a cable between
Manila and Hongkong.
Royal AfliUrs.
Pesth, Dec. 8. The royal reischrapt was
read in diet to-day, announcing that the cab
inet will remain in office. General Zsapary
has been appointed Minister of Finance, and
Kemenyi, Minister of Commerce.
. Sunday Circular.
Bmstol, Dec. 8. The directors of the
West of England and South Wales District
Bank issued a circular to-day (Sunday ) an
nouncing the suspension of the bank, owing
to a drain upon its deposits. '
Rumors.
Lahobe, Dec 8. General Roberts is erect
ing huts in Peiwar pass for a portion of his
troops. It is rumored that an advance on
Jellalabad had been ordered, and that the
Ameer of Afghanistan has fled to Turkistan.
The Budget Allowance-
Pestb, Dec. 8. The Austrian delegation
has passed a proposal which was supported
by the Minister ;of War, granting the Gov
ernment 20,000,000 florins for occupation
expenses in 1879, instead of 15,000,000, as
fixed by the budget committee.
' Ministerial.
Pakis, Dec. 8. A telegram from St. Pet
ersburg states that Gen. Temacheff, Minister
of the Interior, has resigned, and the ap
pointment of Count Schouvaloff as his suc
cessor is considered probable.
Turkish Policy.
Coxstaktixople, Dec. 8. It is stated, that
Mahoud Dsinod Pasha has been appointed
grand roaster of artillery, the Sultan has
declared that the appointment of Caratheo
dori Pasha as Minister of Foreign Affairs,,
implies the intention of carrying out the
treaty of Berlin, and that the new ministry
was iormed to satisfy Europe and to attempt
an internal reorganization
Resumed Negotiations.
. London, Dec. 9. A correspondent at
Pesth says the new Turkish ministry has
resumed negotiations with Russia, relative
to a definite convention at a point where
they were trapped by their predecessor.
Conditions of evacuation are alone unsettled
but England has suggested a scheme which
she has advised the porte to accept and to
which Russia has already assented.
Another Failure.
The West of England and South Wales
District bank had 42 branches. Its liabili
ties are $17,300,000; assets stated at the
same amount, but as they consist of local
bills which are not negotiable in London,
the Bank of England refused, to advance
upon them. The run upon the bank for the
last few days has been so persistent that the
cash on hand is estimated at only a million
and a quarter dollars. Shareholders .num
ber 2,000 and their liability is unlimited.
In Turkistan. .
St. Petersburg, Dec. '10. Intelligence
has been received that the family of the ameer
of Afghanistan has taken refuge in Russian
Turkistan.
A Sick Princess.
London, Dec. 9. A Darmstadt dispatch
gays that the grand duchess. Princess Alice,
is seriously ill of diphtheria. Princess
Alice . is the second daughter of Queen Vic
toria
, Adheres to the Treaty.
Constantinople, Dec. 9. The sultan has
assured Count Zechy, Austro-Hungarian am.
bassador to Constantinople, of the porte's
intention to adhere to the treaty of Berlin,
and expresses great anxiety to arrive at an
understanding with Austria.
PACIFIC COAST.
Hung- for Murder.
San Fbancisco, Dec. G. A Bodie dispatch
says that Chon Yow, a chinaman, was hanged
at Bridgeport to-day for the murder of Ah
Pow in Benton county last May.
On the Table.
The constitutional convention tabled a res
olution requesting California senators and
representatives to support Congressman
Stephens' bill granting a subsidy ti the
Texas Pacific.
Umatilla Reservation.
San Fbancisco, Dec. 7. The annual re
port of the Indian Commissioner proposes
that the Umatilla Indian reservation be aban
doned and the lands sold. This reservation
is now surrounded by a white farming
population and is crossed by a telegraph lie
and several roads. The commissioner says ;
this valuable tract is occupied by only 1,000
Indians who cultivate their 2,000 or 3,000 ;
acres, and use it to range their 2,000 head of
stock. For several years the citizens of Or
egon have made a persistent effort to have
these lands opened to settlement. In view
of the pressure on all sides for the removal
of this tribe, the increasing travel across the
reservation, the expiration of. their treaty be
fore they have reached a point where govern
ment aid can be dispensed with, the expense
of maintaining an agency for so small a num
ber of Indiuns, and the fact that upon the
Yakima reservation there is a sufficient quan
tity of equally valuable land which Can be
allotted them, it is deemed expedient that
the tribes occupying the Umatilla reserva
tion be removed to Yakima, and that the
lands thus vacated be sold and the pro
ceeds of such sale used to defray the expense
of the removal and to make reimbursement
for all improvements relinquished, and to
provide ample facilities for Buch civilizing
work as well bring them to self support.
Fire.
San Jose, Dec. 8. The large warehouse of
Couzzius and Wing, burned this evening.
Loss, about $18,000; insurance, $8,500.
Instantly Killed.
Viboinia, Dec. 8.' L."" H. Torp, county
commissioner, and one of the oldest and
best known citizens of Comstock, was in
stantly killed this afternoon by his team run
ning away. His wife was with him in the
buggy and had her left thumb and wrist and
her nose broken, Out will recover.
Teachers' Examinations.
San Francisco, Dec. 8. A member of the
bourd of education of this city has been in
formed by the former school superintendent
of Sonoma county that during his superin
teudency, on two occasions, questions of ex
amination, addressed to him, were broken
open in the post office or somewhere in tran
sition before reaching his hands. It is re
ported that questions to be used in the ex
amination to come off on the 11th inst.,
have already been received by some of the
county superintendents. It is understood
that they were obtained by the superintend
ent of San Joaquin county on the 5th inst.
Earthquake.
San Fbancisco, Dec. 10. A heavy shock
of earthquake was felt at Chico and Red
Bluff this morning. j
- Attempted Suicide.
Win. Church, a prisoner in the county
jail, charged with the murder of the clerk of
the Coos Lodging House, attempted suicide
by cutting his throat and arm with a pocket
knife. The wounds will likely prove fatal.
For a Modification.
Saciumento, Dec. 9. The constitutional
convention to-day adopted a resolution
requesting the chair to appoint a com
mittee to draft a petition to the governors of
Oregon and Nevada soliciting them to me
moralize the president and Congress, on be
half of their respective States, for a modifi
cation of the Burlingame treaty.
FORTY-FIFTH COMJRESS.
Senate.
Washington, Dec. 4.
Saulsbury introduced a bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury in redeeming
U. S. legal notes, as required by Bpecial re
sumption act, to pay 75 per cent, gold coin,
and 25 per rent, in standard silver dollars.
Harris' resolution, regarding the preven
tion of epidemics, was agreed to with amend
ment. The committee may set with a simi
lar committee of the House.
The motion of Matthews to take tip the
Texas Pacific railroad bill was rejected; yeas
19, nays 22, on the ground that it would lead
to a long discussion.
Edmunds gave notice that next Monday
he would call up the ebill relating to the
presidential election and counting of votes.
Mitchell presented a petition from mer
chants of Oregon, praying for an appropria
tion for a harbor of refuge at Port Orford.
Senator Booth presented a petition of night
inspectors of customs at San Francisco pray
ing for the restoration of their pay at $3 per
diem; referred to the committee on com
merce. ; -. F
Eustis introduced a bill appropriating
$5,000,000 : for improving the levees in
Scnthern States; laid on the table.
Executive session followed, and Vhen
doors were reopened Senate adjourned.
The vice president announced as a special
committee on yellow fever investigation:
Harris, Matthews, Lamar, Paddock, Conover,
Garland and Eustis.
Morrill submitted a resolution calling upon
the secretary of the treasurer for information
as to the amount of deposit in the treasury
to the credit of the Ireedruau Savings and
Trust Co.
Cameron from the elections committee re
ported a resolution to print 100 copies of the
testimony in the Butkr-Corbin case; agreed
to. -.- v- v:-.-?
Ferry submitted a resolution requesting
the president to transit any information re
ceived concerning postal and commercial in
tercourse with the South American btates
with recommendations for improving such
intercourse; agreed to.
After' an executive session, the Senate ad
journed till Monday.
House.
Schleicher offered a resolution calling on
the President for a 'copy of the dispatch of
October 9, 1878, from the Secretary of State
to the U. S. minister in Mexico, together
with other documents on the subject of com
mercial relations with Mexico; adopted.
Kelley offered a resolution asking the Sec
retary of the Treausry tot) information re
garding the deposit of government money in
any National, State or private bank on the
30th of September and November, 1578,
other than deposits by disbursing agents;
adopted.
Fort asked leave to offer the following res
olution: Resolved, That the legal tender quality of '
the silver dollar of 412 grains standard
shall be maintained and enforced, and that
any discrimination against the said silver
dollar by any national bank in refusing to
receive tbem and treat them as legal dollars,
shall be deemed a defiance of the laws of the
United States, and the committee on bank
ing and currency is hereby instructed to ma
ture and bring in a bill for withdrawal from
circulation the notes of all such banks so of
fending. Several objections were made and the
proposition was not received.
Singleton, from the committee on appro
priations reported the consular and diplo
matic, appropriations bill; referred to com
mittee of the whole and made special order
for Tuesday next.
Clymer, from the same committee, re
ported the naval appropriation bill which
was referred to committee of the whole.
An investigation was ordered into charges
affecting the character of members in the
central committee, with a vote in regard to
3 Co bonds of the District.
A bill to terminate the Bancroft treaty
with the North German confederation was
referred to a sub-committee consisting of
Cox of New York, Schleicher and Williams.
Bentano nade a personal explanation re
garding the statement of the Washington
Post that he received $12,000 for voting to
pay interest on 3.65 District of Columbia
bonds. He moved for an investigation by
committee; adopted.
Harrison of Illinois offered a resolution
4or information regarding employes appoint
ed in the Chicago custom house by the pres
ent collector.
Garfield from the committee on rules re
ported a concurrent resolution for the ap
pointment of a yellow fever commission,
and said that all parties were in accord that
Congress had a right to govern quarantine
regulations along the coast.
Cox of New York, while favoring the reso
lution hoped the committee would in no way
interfere with the local quarantines. The
resolution was adopted.
A resolution for the appointment of a
yellow fever commission passed. Adlourned
till Monday.
Senate.
Washington, Dec. 8.
- Cameron submitted a resolution request
ing the President of the United States to
furnish the Senate with copies .of reports of
United States marshals or other officers, and
such other correspondence as he may have
relative to the recent elections in South Car
olina and Louisiana; agreed to. fc
A message was received from the House;
announcing the passage oi a bill to correct
an omission in the sundry civil appropriation
bill of last session, in regard to the Hot
Springs reservation.
Dorsey asked its present consideration
but on motion of Edmunds, the bill was or
dered printed.
At tne expiration of the morning hour, a
bill was introduced to amend thejrevised
statute relative to the presidential? elections,
and to provide for and regulate the counting
of votes for President and Vice President,
and the decision of questions arising. Ed
munds addressed the Senate in favor of the
bill.
House.
Among the bills introduced during the
morning hour was one to compe- banks to re
ceive standard silver dollars as an equivalent
in value to gold coins of the United Stutes,
and directing the secretary of the treasury
to use the ten million dollars legal tenders
held for redemption for fractional currency
in payment of that amount of five-twenty
bonds.
' Hewitt, of New York, introduced a bill to
make standard silver dollars interchangeable
with gold. .
Atkins denied a published statement im
puting to him any responsibility for the so
called Hot Springs omission.
A motion to suspend rules and pass a bill
prohibiting the future coinage of trade dol
lars, and directing their exchange for and
their recoinage into standard silver dollars,
was defeated. Yeas, 154; nays, 91 not ne
cessary, two thirds.
The committee on expenditures under the
State department continued the investigation
of consular affairs in China by commencing
a cross examination of G, Willey Wells, who
reiterated the general purport of his previous
testimony iu regard to finding, when he as
sumed charge of the office of consul general
at Shanghai, that documents had been ab
stracted and records mutilated. Wells added
that the docket had the appearance of a
butcher's book, whereupon Minister Seward
excitedly remarked: "That is false!" and
Wells, with still greater warmth, rejoined:
"If you say so you arc a liar!" Seward was
on the point of replying, but the committee
prevented further colloquy. Wells then in
formed the chairman that unless he could be
protected by the committee from such in
sulting interruption he must protect himself.
The cross examination was then continued.
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Sas FRAKCiaoo, December 10, 1878.
WHEAT Weather clear, cold wind from
northwest. Renewed difficulties of two or
three wheat firms. Market continues dull
and weak, buyers expecting lower prices.
Only gilt edged milling commands $1 80,
and gilt edged shipping $1 75 alongside of
ship. Consols are falling.
FLOUR Oregon and Walla Walla, de
maud is good for local use.
OATS There is very little demand, caus
ing an easy market. We cannot quote best
feed at over $1 55.
New Yobk, Dec. 9.
HIDES Steady at 18j;19c.
WOOL Steady. Fall, 1219c. Burry,
1013c. Spring, 1727c. Burry, 1319c.
Pulled, 2037c. ,
Whale oil quiet and weak. Winter un
bleached, 3742c. : Bleached, 4551o.
Sperm oil quiet and weak. Winter n
bleached, 8(82e. Bleached, 83cl OS.
The Soblcstof Dogs.
5 Every one is familiar with the appear
ance of the noble Newfoundland dog,
whose splendid qualities, physical , and
moral, are famous all over the world.
We still enjoy a pre-eminence in pro
ducing the pure breed, and considerable
numbers of them are exported yearly,
the demand for them in other countries
being still very great. Their intelligence,
gentleness, fidelity, and affection have
made them universal favorites; while
their aquatic propensifces and powers,
which they often display in rescuing
human beings from a watery grave, add
greatly to txieir value. The true .New
foundland dog is entirely black, from 26
to 30 inches in height, of a powerful
frame, majestic in appearance and has a
benevolent expression of countenance.
In this land they seldom exceed 26
inches in height, but in Great Britain
they reach 30, : and in rare cases 32
inches. Last year a German friend of
mine, Herr T. A. Verkrusen, a distin
guished conchologist, brought here, as a
present, three fine young dogs of the
Lecnberg breed, now pronounced to be
the finest in the world, superior even to
our own. We have thus the prospect
of possessing shortly a still more mag
nificent race of dogs than the Newfound
land. The specimens of this new breed
have in one year grown to be splendid
animals, and by good judges are pro
nounced to be the finest ever seen in the
country. Ihey are expected to propro-
nrta liia vuai Vf un'M n rt l,a 4iill
grown till their third year.
lhe Leonberg is the result of a skill
ful crossing between the St. Bernard,
Newfoundland and the wolf-dog of the
Pyrenees, and appears to combine the
best qualities of the three noble races.
Baron Essig, of Leonard, Wurtemberg,
Germany, was the breeder of this new
Bpecies, which is already world-re
nowned; and our species were obtained
direct from his establishment, and were
carefully selected. , They are the favor
ites of kings, princes and nobles in Eu
rope. The Empress of Austria has one
of them, the Prince of Wales another;
Prince Bismarck and Gairbaldi, the
Grand Duke Frederick of Baden, and
scores of other exalted personages are
possessors of the famous Leonberg. A
good specimen, well trained, often sells
for 50 sterling, and even as high as
100. They are eagerly sought after
in all parts of the world to which their
fame has penetrated; and they thrive in
all climates. At the great dog-shows of
London, Paris, v ienna Berlin, Bauen
and Lima, in Peru, they have carried
off the foremost prizes. In 1873, at
the Paris dog-show, the first prize of
two gold medals were won 1y Leonberg
dogs. They grow to be 30 or 36 inches
in height, and are frequently over 100
pounds in weight, with noble heads and
great symmetry ot torm. . ihey are ex
ceedingly gentle, and possess such intel
ligence that they can bo trained to do
almost anything within the compass of
doghood. Newfoundland Correspon
dence of Boston Traveler.
A Clergyman's Dance Tor Life,
Burleigh writes to the Boston Jour
nal from New York the following inter
esting story : UI have had, said a well
known clergyman, some very droll x
pei ience. Among the most exciting was
the one I now relate. A well known
merchant was very sick some thought
nigh unto death. He would see no pas
tor, nor allow no one to speak to him on
the subject of religion. One day he
mentioned my name, though he was no
acquaintance of mine. He named me
two or three times. At length his wife
asked him if lie wanted me to call. He
hesitated some time, and then asked his
family to send for me. He added: 'Tell
him to come right away.' I obeyed the
summons, and was ushered into the sick
chamber, and at once recognized the
gentleman as one who had been an oc
casional hearer in my church, lie
greeted me with great cordiality, and
asked that all should leave the room.
He wanted to sjeak to me privately
His wife left with evident reluctance.
The man was so weak that he could
with difficulty turn in his ed. As soon
as the door was closed the patient
sprung from his bed, turned the key in
the lock, seized me with the strength of
a giant, and said : 'Now we will have a
nice dance,' clasping me about the body,
and he, in his night shirt, commenced to
caper about the room, humming in a low
voice, 'I and my father are one, equally
in power and glory.' He kept his pace
for a full hour, till I was imarly dead
from exhaustion and fright He was a
wild maniac. Once I attempted to
scream. He seized me by the throat.
His eyes flashed fire. He said he would
brain me if I was not quiet. Hound
and round he turned, keeping up the, re
frain, 'I and my father are one, equally
in power and glory.' Pretending to be
pleased, I suggested that we call in
some of the family to join us. He
caught at the idea. He opened the door
to call the household up and I instantly
fled down stairs, pursued by the mad
man. He was arrested, taken to the
mad house, and in twenty-four hours
died a raving maniac. I have never since
heard those words repeated without be
ing thrown into a cold sweat. I had
dance enough that night to last me the
balance of my life.
A Natural Telephone.
Inyo (Cart.) Independent.
On the authority of Colonel Talcott,
who vouches for the truth of the mat
ter, there is a certain point on a high
ridge up on Kearsarge mountain where
can be heard the rumbling of trains on
the Southern Pacific Railroad as they
cross the range to the west of Mohave,
HO miles distant There is a regular
daily tra n passing at 10:30 o'clock, and
upon reaching the place at this hour the
roise of the train is heard as stated. It
is a curious thing in nature, but scarcely
more wonderful than some of the moun
tain echoes we read of, nor more incom
prehensible than late achievements of
science in telephones, phonographs and
megaphones, possibly involving the same
principal of conducting sound through
the air of the solids.
The electric telegraph is a marciful
invention. Formerly the beaten party
did not learn its fate until several days
after the election, but now at least half
of the candidates are put out of their
misery before bedtime on Tuesday eTetv
iBg any how, before Wednesday morn
ing. ' . '
The Patent System.
How It la Annually Savlutf tbe Country
: Hundreds of TTHllous of Dollars.
From Uie Chicago Tribune.
The Senate Committee on patents, in
the course of its investigation prelimi
nary to the report of the new bill for
the codification of the patent laws, has
discovered many new and important
facts connected with the extension of
the patent system in the we3t Mr. C.
C. Collin, the well-known writer, under
the none de pldino of "Carleton," was
specially charged by gentlemen inter
osted in patents to make a tour of the
western country, and to direct his in
quiries to various points, such as, what
"benefit has accrued to an inventor from
a patent; what benefit to the public;
what royalities have been paid for the
use of a patent; how much of time,
labor and expense an invention has
cost; what it costs to introduce an in
vention to the public; what grounds of
complaint there are against the present
law; and what modifications of the law
are dusired.
THE OLIVER CHILLED PLOW.
He visited the entire northwest, and
discovered the last invention in plows
in the Oliver chilled plow, of Indiana,
Mr Coffin said:
"Mr. Oliver was a manufacturer of
common plows. He began it South
Bend in 1855. He saw that the de
mand of the farmers was for the plow
that would have a mold-board of hard
finish, something harder than iron, be
cause iron was almost worthless in many
of the western soils. Therefore, " he
turned his attention to the production
of a chilled mold-board. It was noth
ing new; it had been attempted for
twenty-five years, and every time re
suited in utter failure, for this reason:
It was found that when you attempted
to enlarge the surface of the mold-board
beyond thirty-six superficial inches, you
could not produce a perfect piece of
iron. There would be soft spots in it,
and cavities called "blow holes." Those
who had attempted the production of
chilled iron said that these resulted
from the gases in the metals. Mr. Oli
ver came to a different conclusion after
a great deal of investigation, that it
was from other causes. I will not de
tail the amount of money he spent, or
the difficulties he encountered. People
called him a lunatic, and his friends de
Beitcd him. His shop was burned
down and he had no means, but he held
on to the idea that there was a possibil
ity of obtaining a piece of chilled iron
which he could use for a mold-board.
He finally concluded that these soft
spots and blow holes as they were called,
was the result of moisture in tbe
moulding sand, and, therefore, he in
vented a chill into which he could pour
hot water, and thus drive out the moist
ure from the sand after the mold was
made. After a great many trials he
succeeded in producing mold-boards in
two pieces.
This was the first step. Then he dis
covered that there was some gases in
the metals. He started upon another
line of invention, to have some device
connected with, the chill, by which the
gases could escape. This was accom
plished by ventilating grooves, in the
chill face. Through those two inven
tions he has produced the present
chilled plow. He uses Lake Superior
iron, and, when he can procure the
Salsbury ore, he makes a mixture of
that with the Lake Sujerior iron, and
thus obtains an exceedingly hard, and
tenacious metal one which will resist
the wearins:. and one which will also
not be eiisily broken. Through those
two inventions he has been enabled to
produce this mold-loard - much more
cheaply than the cast-steel plow can be
produced. Instead of raising his price
above all other plows in use, when he
made his inventions, he said to himself :
"I will put these plows so cheaply that
they shall come into universal use.
His jiatent was the hrst one that was
ever issued from the patent office for
4he manufacture of chilled plows. There
never had been a claim put in before
him. He has taken out eighteen patents
as the improvement has gone on. He
brought out his first plow in 1870. He
had been studying upon it for many
years, but only after a long period of
time (not actively engaged in experi
nient all the while, but he had been
turning it over in his mind for a quarter
of a century) was he enabled to bring
out his plow. If you were to visit his
works you would find 400 men em
ployed in the manufacture. He sent
out 50,000 plows year before last year.
There are 200,000 in use. His orders
thus far indicate, he stilted to me, about
75,000 to be called for the present year."
Fashionable Gallantry. In that
age of gallantry, the reign of Charles II.,
it was customary when a gentleman
drank a lady's health to throw some part
of his dress into the flames, in order to
do her still greater honor. 'This was
well enough for a lover; but the fully
does not seem to stop here, for his com
panions were obliged to follow him in
this proof of his veneration by consum
ing a similar article, whatever it might
be. Sir Charles Sedley, dining at a
tavern, one of his friends, perceiving
he had a very rich lace cravat on, named
the lady to whom honor was to bo done,
and then made a sacrifice of his own
cravat; Sir Charles and the rest of the
company were all obliged to follow his
example. Sir Charles bore his loss with
great composure, observing it was a
good joke, but that he would have as
good a frolic some other time. On a
subsequent day, dining with the same
party, Sir Charles drank to some
beauty of the day, then bidding the
waiter to call a dentist, whom he had
previously placed in the adjoining room,
made him extract a carious, tooth which
had long jligued him. The rules of
good fellowship clearly required that
every one of the company should lose a
tooth. They remonstrated but in vain;
and each gentleman present successviely
put himself into the hands, of the opera
tor, but protested against the cruel test
to which their friendship and gallantry
had been put
"Be ever ready to acknowledge a
favor," says a writer. -We are sir; we
are. What troubles us is that on one
side we are completely loaded down
with readiness, while on the -other side
opportunity is painfully scarce.'
Buy Carriage Hard
1856. KNAPP. BURRELIi
Front, First and Ash Streets, Portland, Oregon,
IMPOHTEK8 AND DEAX1EB8 IN '
FARM IMPLEMENTS AND FARM MACtlKlEHY.
Sole Agents for tbe Following Specialties, which are Acknowledged the Best in use:
Tto Bain Farm Wajun, lh only wngou that liw stood the test for last fifteen j-cir in Oregon.
t'hsmploa Hollne Plow.
iartlen City l'low. i :
Oliver Cbllled I!ow. the only chilled plow that hat proved of any value. Hew are of gpuriout Imitations.
Kuperlor Urttiu Drill mud Superior Broad Cant Sevd!, latett improved and unequaled. ; .
Monitor Bros Cast Seeders, latent improved. ' ' G
tinrdeu City Sulky Plow, too well known to need comment. - '
Ellin' Sulky Plow, which hat taken firf premium at Oregon State Fair far last four yeara.
Bay 1 Ibs Wneeled Harrow, the only successful wheel harrow yet introduced.
Pacific Fan Mill the oniy mill in market that will clean wheat perfectly and take out all the wild oats, cockle, etc., etc..
Cider Mills, Feed Cutters, Cultivators, and Harrows and Iron and Steel Harrow Teeth.
Mill men intending to bnild Fkiur or Saw Mills will eonsult their own Interest by gettinjf our prices before mirchanlnsr elsewhere as we carrv a full stock of EKGISES,
TER WHEELS, MILL STON'KS, SMUTTKKS, BOLTING CLOTH, PORTABLE SAW MILLS, CIRCULAR SAWS. RUBBER and J.EATUER BELTING and everything per-
WATER
taininit to mill furnishing foods first class, and prices always the lowest.
COHBKHPONDENCE INVITED.
Over-Dressixg Girls. In the dress
ing of girls there has been a popular
change for the better. It has always
been customary among the very highest
classes for girl to dress simply, but we
have a class of people in the country,
sprung from humble conditions, who
have become possessed of wealth, and
the over-dressed young lady generally
belongs to this class. Usually her
mother is a good and has been a hard
working woman, who is not unfrequent
ly snubbed by her fine lady daughter,
and is obliged to accept her dictatien as
to what is proper and what is not proper
in regard to dress. The daughter is
simply anxious to have everything that
everybody else has and be among the
first to display a new fashion, whether it
is suitable for her age or not This
gives us the assured class of society
.which foreigners are so surprised to find,
girls .with the air of leaders and the as
surance of the widow of two husbands.
Slowly and with difficulty it is begin
ning to dawn even upon these obtuse
minds that are discounting their future
in a way that is not wise or profitable,
or perhaps the idea does not enter their
minds at all, and it is simply because it
is becoming fashionable in their circle
to affect the simple style.
A Sharp Irishman. A clever Irish
man has done a good stroke of business
in Chicago. , He advertisedhis prepared
ness to renovate old and new butter by
a secret process but would only handle
larjre quantities. Some dealers, to test
him, sent him a lot which, according to
promise, was made the equal of' fresh,
creamery butter, and stood the test of
keeping. They then sent agents all over
the State, purchased heavily and sent the
stuff to him. To their horror, he de
clined to work on it, but, as a special
favor, offered to buy it at considerably
less than they had paid for it. Being
of no use to them they let him have it
at a loss, and then he converted it to his
own. double profit and immense saving,
of trouble.
Gaps Made in the Flesh
By abscesse and ulit?r upeedlly disappear
-without leaving a CHrjvheu iiem y'a Carbolic
Sulve !.- theagent employed to heal them. This
standard article cures the -worst sore. eradt.
cates cutaneouK eruption, relieved the pain ot
b.irns, ban If lies piiuplea and blotches from the
skin, and has proved to be eminently success
ful in remedying rheumatism and sorenens of
the throat and chest. Asfe for Henry's Car
boiic Salve, aud take do other, Uttdge, Davis
a Co., Agents.
Philadelphia to Portland IMreet.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company will dispatch
their new and elegant iron fcteanisliip " State of Califor
nia" from Philadelphia, Fa. to l'orCind, Ogn. direct on
or about February 1st. Kor freitrht apply to J. Me
Craken & Co., 00 North Front street, Portland, Ojru,
tioodall, Perkins & Co., 10 Market street. San Fran
cisco, C'al., Willanl K. Freeman, 74 l'ine strut, New
York City, or 1W Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
We give notice this issue of extensive
assortment of parlor suits in silk, rep,
terry and hair-cloth coverings made in
a workmanlike manner, and the lowest
prices consistant with good woik. Bed
room suits in walnut, ash, maple, spruce
and ine, from $400 down to $25 per
suit, consisting of bedstead, bureau and
mirror, washstahd, table, two chaira,
rocking chair ' and towel rack. This
house carries some 1,500 oases of chairs
in the knock down for the trade, also an
immense stock of caipets and oil-cloths.
Shixdler & Chadbocrne,
First street, between Yamhill and
Morrison streets, Portland, Oregon.
For Dysjepsia use Pfunder's Oregon
Blood Purifier. A certaui cum ;
For diseases of the Liver and Kidneys
try the Oregon Blood Purifier.
tf In making- any urctiaae or In
writing In rwipoune to any advertise
ment In I hta paper jou wyi pleaae men.
tion the name ot the paper.
DRJ GOODS.
LADIES AT A DISTANCE FROM PORTLAND CAN
deal w ith us as satisfactorily as at our counters,
We keep the I .argent and Finest Stock of
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Cloaks,
And everything requisite to a strictly FIRST-CLASS
ESTABLISHMENT, in Oregon.
It will cost very little to send to us for samples and
prices, and it will enable everybody to take advantage
ot th raeent decline In the price ol LKY UOODS.
We also keep a Full Una uf
CCftTS' FURNISHING COODS.
Clarke & Henderson,
Corner Flrat and Wahlnjfon Mreeta,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
BESTPLOWIHTHEWOBLO
I BADS or
Oliver's Chilled Metal.
It will ran llrbter, tura and do better
work of all kinds, than any other plow
made. Bewaro of Imitation. See that
the name "Oum" and this trade mark are on
the beam of the flow.
Tha sn nine Ouna Chili. id Plow can be had
only from a, or oar authorised agents. '
KNAPP, BURRELL & CO.
General Afenta,
Tot Oreeoa and Washington Territory,
POSTLA5D, OBEdOK
WOODBURX yURSERIES.
Frnlt. Htaado, Ornamental and Tint
Tree. Vlnca and Nhrubbery.
Choice Trees, 25 cent each, $10 per hundred. Send
for Catalogue and Price List.
i. H. 8ETTLEMIER,
Woodburn, Oreron.
ware & Woodwork
OIIDAY GOO
ALISKT & HEGELK
CA.NDY: MANUFACTURERS.
HAVING GREATLY ENLARGED OUR FACTORY WE ARE KOW PREPARED BETTER THAN EVER TO
supply Dealers with a superior Article of all Kinds of French and American :
,?; O AJTSZSIO,
Also offer them a large stock of Christmas Goods, such as Sugar Toys, Glared Toys, Fancy Gilt Hearts, Tree Or
naments, Fancy Paper boxes, Christmas Tree Candles, Glass Balls, Cornucopias, imitations of Animals, etc, fci
selectiou. Send for our catalogues and price list for 1S73-79. -
" ALISKY & HEGELE.
So. 115 First Ntreet Factor 28 Alder Street. Adjoining- Odd Fellows Temple.
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ranjrcni&lts with the leaditur publishers in the United
Btates whereby he is enabled to irive away one year's
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will make a club of subscribers to The West Shore.
The West Shore
Is now a large 32-page paper, handsomely
illustrated, ably edited, and is sent out
stitched and enveloped in a handsome
granite cover. No family should be
without it. Price per annum f 1 50,
if sent in on or before January 15;
after that the . subscription price of
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Will be $2 00 per annum.
The Hon. II. H. Bancroft, who Is considered one of
the very best authorities on literary subjects in the
United States, says of it: "As a historical and practi
cally -scientific periodical, I regard THE WEST SUOKE
as by far the best published on the Pacific Coast"
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ment of every man who has the State at heart. Con
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Hundreds of other testimonials and endorsements are
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PORTLAND, OREGOJL
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T Write for Price List
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Oregon Standard Soap Works,
IRVI.NO WEBB, Proprietors,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
The only steam factory north of San Francisco. Send
i or circular and price list.
. A. rtTHOWBHIDGE,
Direct Importer and Dealer in
LEATHER AND SHOE FINDINGS,
No. 141 Front HU. Portland. Or.
WINDOW GLASS.
Ioitile Thlel-c,
Crystal -tjaeov, U oas..
Colored,
Knameled,
Ground,
llate.
For sale by ;
HODGE, DAVIS & CO.t
Wholesale Xrusr&lts,
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.
J SIMON fc CO.,
Dealers in ,
Doors, Windows, Blinds and Glass
WEIGHTS, CORDS AND PULLEYS.
128 Front St., bet. Washington t Alder.
Jet lm PORTLAND, OREGON.
FIXE FARM FOR SALE.
- GOO Aor ts.
OSE OF THE BEST "FARMS IN OREGON. IN A
fine state of cultivation, fully fenced, excellent
buildings, steam power and all late Improvements in
agricultural machinery. Everything to be sold at a
bargain. It produced 10,000 bushels ot wheat in 1S77
and 8,000 bushels in 187s. Is good for an average of
nine thousand bushels every year. 1 '
Price sao per acre, terms to suit the buyer. -V.
R STEARNS CO.,
Real Estate AseuU Portland, Oregon
BURTON HOUSE,
Corner Third and F Streets, ,
Near the Steamship Landings and Railroad Depots,
PORTLAND, OREGON
Lewiston & Fretland, Proprietors
(Late of Vina sots House.)
Will spare no pain nor expense to make this boost
THE VEST HOTEL, II PORTLAND.
of E. J. Northrup &
& CO.. 1878
KNAPP. BURRELU St O.,
Portland. Oregon.
The Northwest Coast
A closely printed 56 page'pamphlet on the resources of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho and their relation to
the North Pacific Railroad, by ,
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.
Illustrated by' two complete maps of the territory
It should be in the hands of every inquirer about this
country, and is sold at tbe extremely low price of SS
cents per copy.
A discount of 25 per cent, to dealers. Cash must ac
company all orders. Address, v
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USE NONE BCT THE
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CiitsvoeiKit ernpeiooa upon the fa? or body To
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