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OREGON SCOUT. COAST CULLINGS. CONGRESSIONAL. OREGON NEWS, AGRICULTURAL. JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers. UXION. OKK(JOX. TELEGRAPHIC. Ad Epitome of the Principal Events Attracting Pohlic Interest Now Lewis J. Williams, medical director, United States navy (retired), died at Tiikrk arc twenty-seven Japanese etudenta nt tlio Michigan University, j Baltimore, Md., in his 09th year, I The principal business block THK deepest drilled wen in tnc United States is near Pittsburg, Penn. A depth of 4,G18 was reached when the tools were lost and the work ceased. Victoria Lek, aged 10, polygamous daughter of John D. Lee, the Danito chief of Utah, committed suicide, atizorso that she will die, and Winslow. Ariz., after a dance, by tak ing laudanum, and died in a few hours. No cause is assigned. It is a curious fact that while Queen "Victoria speaks German in her homo circle, tho preccnt German Emprcps disregards it in hers and uses English as much as possible. English is tho fireside tongue of the Greek, Danish and Itussian royal families. Cherokee, Khh., burned. The loss between $75,000 and $100,000. An explosion occurred in a dyna mite factory at Grenoble, France. Nine persons were killed and others swriously injured. A A t . -T 1 . - m At uraniia, ieo., reter vergo, a mechanic, in a moment of jealousy, cut Jus yonng wifo's throat with a ra- then at It is proposed to erect a monument to the mcmoiy of John Eliot, the "apostlo to the Indians," in Eliot square, Roxbury, Mass., and unveil it at tho two hundredth anniversary of liia death, which occurs in about two years. The Pingtu gold mines, the copper .mines of Ping-chuan, tho galena mines of Jeho, and other mineral de posits of Northern China are about to bo worked on western principles and i tempted suicide by cutting his own His wound is not fatal. Tho will of the late John Ilonch, tho well-known ship builder, was filed for probate at New York. Itoach leaves all his estate to be divided among tho members of his family and their children. Mrs. G. W. Turpin, wife of a promi nent business man of Weatherford, lexas, was stabbed fourteen times in the heart, and killed, by her father, J. i N. Alston, against whose wishes she married. Fire originating in the gas of the foundry department of tho Wood Reaper Works at Youngstown, Ohio., mado that expensive plant a mass of rums. J. ho loss is a quarter of a mil lion, insurance, $00,000 Members of the Salvation Army as sembled in Congress hall, London, to witness the marriage of Gen. Booth's second daughter, Emma, to Mr, 1 ticker, an ex-ollicer in the Indian civil service. Seven thousand persons were present. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Reynolds arrived Devoted Principally to Waahingto Territory and California. The Central school building at Seat tie, w. J.., was burned to the ground Charles E. Broyles, register of the land office at Del Norte, Colorado, has resigned An old man, a stranger, was knocked down by the Sinta Monica, Cal freight train and crushed to death. Ho Yung, tho celestial smuggler captured at Ran Francisco, was re leased on $1,000 cash bail. He is not expected to appear for trial. Mrs. S. J. Evans ha-j been appointed postmistress at Tualco, Snohomisl county, Washington territory, in place oi J. j. bmallmar., resigned. a snooting all ray occurred near Summit Lake, Cal., between A. M Bentley and I. W. Hitchcock, farm ers, which resulted m the death of the latter. The trial of Dr. L. A. Powell, at Red mot) d City, Cal., who shot and killed Ralph Smith, editor of tl linws Gazelle, was begun in the Su penor Court. Bem.unin Anderson, aged 58. fel dead in a saloon on Montgomery street, aan Francisco. Deceased whs a brother-in-law of Jim Keene, the millionaire, but for several years past nas not uvea with his wife. The Kootenai Indians, near Helena Montana, are in an ugly condition. Ihey are threatening to avenge the hanging of three of their number by whites for murder. The governor bus been called on for troops. Tho will of Bertha Berton, late pro prietress of a ban Francisco restau r.uit, was filed for probate by her bus band, Flavien Bortpn. Deceased left an ostate valued at something 1 t t 1 a Ull bllU lliuililliu LI ill 11 1U II SJtVO V UUilSt Iwr mnlnrn mnnlimnrir ntwlnr itn tititv. I ! "J, " , ' ' . ' N. M. On the way to a hotel Mr. vuiHUm,v,ii,U U. vnu.KU, .iiii,iiih MJoynoKiu lej, a piStOl Mil ITOU! a engineer engaged by tho Chinese ' pocket of an overcoat ho had on his near bus Government. Thk theaters of London number 250 and they give employment to 15, 000 people There arc in tho United States about -i,-100 play-houses giving employment to an army. The sums paid for amusements in this country aggregate $1,000,000 a day, but man agers complain that moat of this goes to the railroads. Thk city of Savannah, Ga., no longer uses river water, a sufficient supply being derived from artesian wells. Thero are now fourteen of these wells at tho water-works and four moro are being bored. Thoy cost about $1,000 apiece, and thoso now running furnish 0,000,000 gallons of wates daily. Probably Savannah is tho only city in tho world thus sup plied with water. Mit. Keei.ky'h mysterious motor will soon bo inspected under tho or ders of tho Pennsylvania court. Ben nett C. Wilson claims that in 1809, Kooloy, who was then poor, assigned him half of his invention. Ho has asked tho court to appoint experts who will bo sworn to secrecy, but who will havo tho right to insist that tho motor bo takon to pieces and tho power revealed. In tho French chambor and Senato thero aro no less than eighteen difi'er cnt cliques. Tho republicans aro di vided into tho loft and the loft centor, tho extremo loft and soino three or four other smaller factions. Tho two first represont tho conservatives or op portunists. Tq them bolong Carnot, Perry, Raynal, Rouvier, Riband, the Jlcjmbllque thinmise and tho majority of the senate. Tho extremo left is led by Dr. Olomonceau on tho floor and in tho tribuno or tho ohar.ibor'of depu tes; in tho president chair of that arm. X no hammer striking tho pave ment, tho revolver was discharged, the shot striking Mrs. Reynolds in the heart, killing her instantly. Forty farmers of Ashland and ) other Southern Kansas points organ- I ized a Vigilanco Committee and made a raid on a band of Indians. Four of the band wore caught and strung up to tlio nearest tree. INino moro were chased into tho sand hills of tho Cher- okco snip and aro now surrounded m a dug-out. Thoy refuse to surrender, and tho farmers propose to starve them and hang then). Miss M. Austin Jones, dropped dead at Boston, Mass., of heart disease, at tho Hotel Vendonie, during a recap tion which sho was giving. She had $90,000, which she leaves to her band and two children. James Madden, a lad 18 years of age, was killed aboard the schooner Wigo, at San Francises. When near the top of the mainmast the youthful sailor lost his hold and fell to the hard deck many feet bulow, crushing his hKiill and causing instant death. John Cook, a brakeman of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, was lound on tlio track unconscious. badly bruised and cut, near Delta, Cal. no enner leu irom tno lop oi a car or was thrown oil' by tramps who were stealing a ride on tho blind baggage. John Harkins, a teamster, met with a fatal accident at San Francisco. He was driving an empty coal cart across a small bridge, when a heavy truck ladon with iron appionched in the op posite direction. Tho two vehicles collided, Harkins was thrown frwm his been callod upon for a song, and gave seat, and a wheel of the truck passed a soioction, a repetition oi wnicli was requested. In response sho sang one stanza of anothor song, but in tho middle of tho second verso sank to tho fioor and expired almost inuned iatoly. A passenger train on the Erie rail road, which loft Bradford, Pa., collided with a froight train at a point six miles below tho city. Tlio many cars of which tho freight train was com posed, together with two engines, were piled up in a shapeless mass. Tho en gmeors and firemen of both trains saved their lives by jumping, but the passenger engineer was eovorely, though not fatally injured. None of the passongors sustained fatal injuries, Tho State Normal school at Torre Haute, Ind., was burned completelv except I ho walls. Eight hundred pupils wero in the building when the fire broko out, all of whom escaped without a scratch. They lost, how ovor, most of their books and wraps In pursuance of the policy of tho btato thero was no insurance on tho structure. Its cost was $189,000, of which tho city of Torro Hauto gave ou,uuu, in addition to tho grounds. An explosion in a mino threo miles from Corrilos, N. M., occurred. Tho shifts in tho mino wore about chang ing, tho night shift just emerging from tho mine. It Booms two of tho night sunt lagged bolund, lor what reason cannot bo ascertained. Instantly an explosion of gunpowder was heard, lltlfl ntl l 1ll-nut itrti firm iiin.l.k ,l.;..l. .... 'IV. Si 1.1...... ..1 I""""" """"S""",! v, UUIU4 iv "'i vealed tho faet that tho iwn -k body by M. Floquet, so J.ookroy, Goblet, Nebaud, Froyoinot. j lagged behind wero caught by tho ox- uno present premier, Floquet, is in tho j pic-sum and blown into fragments, very first rank of French statesmen, , 0,10 (f Ul 11,011 18 Hed John Cog- ,m,l 1.H fnr.n.wl tlm nn.l l.1..Ht ! 1,U1- Tll Wtl,0r " UllkllOWIl. iBtry that Franco has had since tho German armies left her soil. Froy cinet is a civil engineer by profession, and Goblet is a manufacturer. About over Ins head, bursting his skull and causing instant death. Tho pavilion where the first citrus fair was hold was burned to the ground at Riverside, Cal. ; also tho bnck block adjoining, containing Wells, Fargo it Co.'s express ollics. The loss on tho pavilion is $5,000 insurance $3,000. On Wells, Fargo & Co. block, estimated $10,000, and the insurance nearly covers tho loss. The firo was caused by the explosion of lamp in lighting up the pavilion. A tragedy took place, at Twin Bridge, Montana. The victim, a man named Day, who kept a saloon there was found dead near h.s place. The murderer, after killing Day, poured quantity of coal oil oer tho body and sot firo to it. When discovered it was burned to an unrecognizable crisp, une i.lino is under arrest on suspic ion When tho announcement was mado at San Francisco that ono Dr. ltenio had attempted to kidnap Florence Blythe, heir to tho millions of tho Blytho estate, not much was thought of tho circumstance, as Rente is con sidored a half-witted individual. Miss Blytho's grandfather, J. O. Perry. claims now, howevor, to havo secured evidence that tho boy who entered in to tho plot uiuler the lnllucnco of Reme, was offered $10,000 if Florence could bo cairtured. 1 ho town of Boca, Cal., is on tho verge of a riot. Tho diiliculty origi nated between tho admirers of two women. The factions finally formed. and tho town is now divided into two classes employes of tho brewery and lumbermen. Win. Beck, a brewer, was shot, but it is thought ho will re- Beck's fnends caught his sup Legislation Pertaining to the Interest of the Pacific Coast tho 'lenuessco tunnel, near Cumber- I land Gap, struck for $1 50 per day. j This tho contractors refused, and the strikers posted notices throughout tho j surrounding country warning all that ii any one woni to woik in tlio tun nel at reduced prices they might ox- limit In lw nlinl il.m'n 'PI, u ........ attempt at ascension was a failure, but tors secured men and put them to tho second ono was a Bticcess, and tho woik. Tho strikers, who had been air-ship soon reached a bight of 1,000 drinking heavily, appeared on tho feet. At this elevation tho balonn s toon as tho men took i .. 1-nui-KNsuii iiuuAN leaped lioni a balloon at Jackson, Mich. Tho first ; Boomed to stand still, and by tho aid of ghiBsos Hogan could bo soon edg ing over tho bUIo of tho car. Suddenly a cry wont up, "He's jumped," and the j crowd craned their necks to seo tho man dash himself to pieces. The par-1 achuto failed to work at first, and tho cover iw laoorers, employed on pjseu assailant in a oar-room, run a general row took place, many being badly out and injured. Tho brewery men sent word over that they intended to take tho town. A tramp mado an attack on Mrs. H. M. Giddings, at Seattle, W. T. Ho struck at her little girl but nmsed her. Ho then aimed a murderous blow i t Mrs. G. with tho rifle, but missed and tho weapon, striking tho irround. was broken. Ho renewed tho attack, when tho mother called upon her boy Paul to bring a nilo from tho houso and shoot tho man. Tho little fellow did this and as tho ruHiah was about tore- sumo tho attack on Mrs. G. tho bov fired, sending a ball tlyough the man's leg at the knee. Tlio man died from loss of blood. thoir places, oiened firo on thorn with rules, Bhot guns and revolvers. Fivo laborers, whoso names aro not ascer tallied, wero killed outright. At Centerville, Ga., thirteen persons wore iHiisoned, two ol whom died. Nathan M. Cochran, who owns a corn mill about threo hundred yards from Ins house, had taken some corn .i ,1. ..I.... ,.n....t .....o on.... ..1 . - . I tU.VI.lt OUIIIU VUlli llll-lU UB6 . u,., .mWI,11k io to grind, leaving it in tho mill over earth with lightning speed. A mo-'night, and vriuding it tho next day. niont later, howover, tho umbrella-1 The meal wb taken homo and some Bhupod life-preservor opened ita wings i of.,t Wft8 uml for dinner. In a few and Hogau'a rapid descent waslS ?wlran was deathly sick. , , , ... . . I shortly afterward his two graudchil- checked. Irom that point ho dropped i dren wero stricken. In tho meantime ulowly and readied tho oarth safely in ' Airs. GiddU, Mr. Cochran's stop four minutes at a point about ono and ' Juolhor, who had used somo of the ono-hulf milcB from tio 'city. Tho . T"U ,,,0.'!.V Wa,8 th.row,l lt0 , convul; loro his parachute opened properly, j all who weroaulfering from poison. , MKXATU. The nomination of Consul-Genera ivainoono whs uiscusseu in secret ses sion nearly two hours ami the point ot action was reached. A test vote showed an overwhelming majority in favor. benator Jones's bill paying the State of Nevada $11,810 for the equipping of volunteers during the lato war has been favorably considered by the senate commute on claims. benator otewart presented to the senate a petition from the board of trade of Boise City, I. T., praying for the passago of a bill for the issuance of silver certificates, which shall circu late as money. Senator Sherman, from the com mittee on foreign relations, reported a resolution as an amendment to one offered by Stewart, renuestintr tho president (in view of the difficulties and embarrassments which have at tonded the immigration of Chinese laborers, under the limitation of treat ies with China) to negotiate a treatv with tho emperor of China containing a provision that no Chinese laborers shall enter the Ulnted States. benator Dolpb has reported his bill to the senate autliorizimr the secretary of war to purchase the necessary land at the mouth of tho Columbia and laquina bay for tho improvement of these two waterways. It is proposed to construct a railroad some twelve miles in length, at the mouth of the Columbia, and bring material from a quarry to the point where the mi pruvemeni oi ine mouth ot the river is being carried on. A joint resolution remiestint: the president to open negotiations with the government of Great Britain and the Dominion of Canada, for tho purpose oi navmg the Welland canal mado free to merchant ships of the United States, and also for the construction and opening of a free ship canal from the Bay of Fundy to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, at the joint expense of both nations. Tho president is also re quested to enter upon negotiations with the proper authorities to tecure to American vessels freedom of the proposed canal to unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and also to take similar steps to obtain an American merchantile service. Senator Stewart appeared before the senato committee on military all tirs. and presented the claim of the State Nevada for money paid by that state during tho civil war for enroll ment, pay, and transportation of roops. The state paid $119,S0O dui- ng the war for this purpose, which it borrowed, and upon which sum it has already paid $229,897 interest. Tho state now asks that this turn bo re turned to it. At tho time tho expense was incurred an officer of tho covern- ment promised that tho state should be paid for all money expended in the equipment, pay and transportation of troops omploycd to defend the over land stage line, and other purposes. Everything of General Interest Condensed Form. in a Roseburg has finished a $20,000 school building. The president has appointed Daniel W. Butler, of Wasco, lo be Indian agent at the Warm Springs agency. There are 488 patients in the Salem asylum, the largest number evir in carcerated there. During a wind storm the roof on tho large warehouse at Coburg, was nearly an blown away. The school house ou the west fork of Birch creek caught fire and burned to the ground. J?ruit trees never bloomed heavier tlnn this year, says a Eugene City paper. During the past month it is esti mated that about $45,C00 worth of real estate has changed hands in the vicinity of Corvallis. Hiram Smith, a prominent citizen of Harrisburg, died of neuralgia of the heart, after an illness of two months. A small barn belonging to the Curl estate, in East Salem, was burned. The origin was probably incendiary ; loss, $100. A young man named John Henrv. while fooling with a pistol at Albany. accidentally shot himself through the hand. Devoted to the Interests of and Stockmen. Farmer I'OUTIjANU I'JtOIHICK aiAKKKT. lo IS (a 10 (5; U 18 I24y 8 (e 10 30 20 20 32$ 35 20 10 m 20 0 0 28 14 10 40 124 U 10 124 CO 00 4 5fo a so a 75 60 a 75 224 15 At bantu Barbara, Cal., tho Fruit Growers of California havo adopted a resolution petitioning Congrofs to aj propriato not less than $50,000 to bo used by the dopartmentof agriculture for tho purpose of sending oxperls to thoso counties where the fruit pests are known to havo originated to dis cover, if possible, their natural enem ies, tho parasites, and introduce them into this country, aUo that tho depart ment of agriculture bo authorized to make actual experiments hero in tlm liuld, and, if possible, to ovuroomo these injurious insects. B OTTER Fancy roll, p lb Oregon Inferior grade Pickled California roll do pickled Chkksk Eastern, full cream Oregon, do California Eoos Fresh ,., Dkiku Fuoits Apples, qrs. sks and bxs... do California Apricots, new crop Peaches. uiiDeeleu. new . . . jPeain, machine dried Pitted clierrien iPitted nluiUH. Oretron Figs, Cal., In bgs anil bxs.. Cal. Prunes. French Oregon prunes i; louh Portland Pat. Roller, tfl.bl B Salem do do White Lily bbl Country brand S'.ipertlne Ghain Wheat, Valley, H 100 lbs... do Walla Walla Barley, whole, ctl do ground. 0 ton Oats, choice milling fc bush do feed. good toclioico.old live. S 100 lbs fcKKI) Bran. If ton in mi 017 m Shorts, f ton 18 00 10 00 Hay. t' ton. baled to IK m Clion. ton M on a- im Oil cake meal li ton 32 00 (33 0C FllKSH FltUlTfl Apples, Oregon, tT box Cherries, Oregon, fctdrm... LemoiiH.. California, litbx.. JLimes. t 100 ftlverside oranges, V box. . , Los Angeles, do do . . . PeackcH, f box Hides Dry, over 10 Jbs, ti lb (Wet salted, over 55 lbs Murrain hides Pelts VE0KTADI.K8 jCabbaue. f lb Carrots, fc sack Cauliflower. o do Onious Potatoes, new, f 100 lbs . . Wool K&st Oregon, Spring clip.. V&llav Oroaon, Ho Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State at Salem of the Oregon Spiritualist So ciety of Portland, in the sum of $200. Young Nesbit, accomplice of John Booth in the telegraph office burglary, was brought down to Salem from Eugene, examined and bound over in $250 bonds. The residence of Ike Herron, en gineer on the O. S. L. at Huntington, was totally destroyed by fire. The fire was discovered in time to save Mr. Herron's boy from a horrible death. Charles Walton, of Lebanon, need 17 years, while handling a box of now- dor, accidentally ignited it with a match. The explosion burnt the young man severely about the hands and face, but it is thought not fatally. The water works question was sub mitted to a vote of the people of Mil ton, and carried by an overwhelming majority. A good, substantial plant, for tiro protection and domestic use, will be put in immediately. Two boys named Caldwell, aced 17 and 14 years, who live in tho Gold 1 lull district, were arrested recently for threatening the life of Max Jacoby of that place. Thov have benn mroA n the county itiil. their cases now lin ing before tiie grand jury. llescue Hook and Ladder Conuunv of Albany, filed articles of incorpora tion with the Secretary of 3tat. Tlm ncorporators are W. F. Read, nresi- dent, E. L. Power, secretary, and H. F. Merrill, financial secretary. Tkt . ... . . . vaiue oi uio property is $1500. C. Storm, met with a very severe accident while working on a farm at Coos Bay. It seems ho was using a crowbar, and that a large rock fell on tho end of the bar, caueinu it to flv up, and striking him a heavy blow on tho jaw, cutting a large gash and loosening some of his teeth. Owing to the difficulty in locating the site for the new school house at 1 Brownsville, the motion granting the uneciors power to borrow $5,000 h.ts been reconsidered, and no provision is now made for building a new house this summer. Jams Andrews, boatswain of the British ship Stockbridge, died on board that vessel. He had been sick a short time and under tho doctor's hands, and while the ship was being moved aeioss to Albino, he attempted to CO 111) Ollt nf tho f.irorxiufl.. !... f.,11 ( 1 - - ...... .viuuitniii,. II 11 I, i. ... . ' -" - vvtiiv.HtlUll 111 . 1 back and died' in a few minute ir,. beefy family, while motlmrlmnd Uo was a native of Devon. England. .n-(l i broadest and most complete senso. i 49 years. ' the predominant trait of tho d,,,w Tho big barge which Wibnrn- ,c-1 cow. bixty million pounds Hon- to Feed IIork. Construct your troughs for feeding hogs, so that each hog cannot appro priate more than a foot to himself. Have divisions by means of small fenced yards 60 arranged that at least three sizes of pigs can lip under and be divided into three grades and each, have a trough to eat from. Now, by pouring tho swill into the troughs for the small pigs they will crowd into their pens first and out of the way of the older ones, safe, eating. Then, take the second grade, and they will all be on an equality and out of the way of Hie still larger ones. In this manner a feeder can regulate the feed and grade his hogs in eating, and manage a large number and have each get a proper share of food, and nob get hurt. Do not undertake to raiso yom hogs on grass alone. They need at least one ear of corn per day to give them heat, and to neutralize the acid arising from eating the grass. A full supply of ashes and salt should be kept in reach all the time. Charcoal is a great neutralizer of acids. Burnt cobs are good. Remember that clover is full of acid, and a tour stomach soon leads to disease. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" in this case. The successful practice of ensilage during the past few years will no doubt lead to its still further extension-. Its economy of labor and material are such as to recommend it to every farmer who has horned stock to feed during tho winter. But we have nob as yet nearly exhausted the possibil ities of this practice. English farm ers have gone further than we have in its application. They have got so far as to do without a silo, and preserve the fodder in sacks covered with a light roof, and either weighted down or drawn down by means of chains and screw bolts so as to compress tho mass alter it has heated sufficiently r to prevent injurious fermentation and acidity. Another very useful modifi cation of the practice is to mix the cut fodder with dry straw, cut fine, and leave the mass to ferment, by which the straw absorbs some of the aroma of the fodder and becomes softened and more digestible. This, however, is not a new discovery, as it was first used by Dr. Voelcker "several years ago, and described by him in an article published in the Journal of the Boyal Agricultural Society of Eng land long before ensilago was first used in America or in England. Reliable stockmen of Ada County, Idaho, say that glanders has appeared among their horses. The number of hogs packed in tho Western markets from November 1 to January 25, is as follows: At Chicago, l.:i25,000 animals; Kansas Citv. 590, 000; St. Liuis, 295,000; Indianapolis, 2SG.000; Cincinnati, 2S1.000; Milwau kee, 104,000. An Arkansas farmer writes that l:iFt year, when coons mado havoc in his corn field, he went to tho drug store to buy striychnine with which to kill them. By mistake the drucfiot. rva him morphine, and the next morning he found his field full of sleeping coons. A single diseased animal may entail a loss in a community amounting to thousands of dollars. It cost Missouri $1,000,000 and ten months' time to stamp out pleuro-pneumoii''a, white the lots to the cittle men of Kentucky has reached $2,000,000. The truly beef cow is a small and brief milker, often failing to give sup port to her calf, and the ultimatum is reached when the beef typo actually undermines the function of mother hood promises the obliteration of a 1 25 1 lrt I 12 20 01 (525 00 47 50 40 (a 47 1 1U 1 25 1 50 1 25 4 00 4 50 & 10 1 tl 12 5 0 25 21 l"0 10 75 10 18 & 1ft 10 Miss Ciluinbla Mas tlio first girl to g.t a Now Jorsoy. Pittsburgh Lfirontcie Telearaph. Thoro Is no bottor euro for dys pepsin than tho knowledge that thoro Is nothing to oat in tlio house, tioston Courier. Peoplo often exenso thoir own want of philanthropy by slvln; tho namo ol fanaticism to tho mora ardent zoal of other. Iticlios are not happiness, by any niuiiuv Tuo moneyed man Is apt to havo a loiiosouii timo of ItDuluth J'ltraariMcr. barge which Wibcrc .C-. Johnson leased from the O. R. it N. company sprung a leak at Fort Stev ens, and listed over far enough to slide her cargo of 500 tons of stono iuto the restless sea. The stono also carried along tho hog chains, posls, anchors, lines and everything else that was loose. Alter getting rid of the load sho straightened up and quit leaking. A couplo of tramps broko into the residence of Mr. Maxwell, who resides near Irving, Lane county, and took about $40 worth of clothing, etc. It seems Maxwell and his wife wero out of tho house at tho time, but near by, and Mrs. Maxwell found tli6m in there and gave the alarm. Mr. Maxwell toot after them and succeeded in cap turing one of them at the time ami was lodged in jail. Tho Chinese pheasants which worn introduced into tho Willametto vallov a few years ago, havo already become so numerous that they can be seen from tho paseing trains in larco num. bers. Although still protected by law, their slaughter has commenced. The fact fhfct they stay in tho open fields all tho time, and cannot bo driven in to tho biush, would make them es pecially adapted to this country. Governor Pennoyer has mado tho following appointments : Notaries public Donald McLeod, Portland ; F. O. Buckinan, Pendleton ; J. M. Kin- nng, iieoo, i uiamoolc county ; J. E. Kirkland, Miltun ; S. R. Train, Al bany; John A, Guyer, Pendleton; James Thompson, Cherry Creek, Grant county; G. Rosenblatt. Port land ; W. S. Myors, The Dalles ; S. B. Eakin, Jr., Eugeno Citv; James P. Austin, Seaside; H. T. Bingham. Portland; W. b Hullbrd. Nownnrt Leslie Powell, Orosoent : A. A. Urn n. hart, Rufus, Wasco county. of nrunos uere imported into I he United States last year, but California is growing this crop moro largely every year, and it is only a matter of timo when the foreign product will bo run out of our markets by home grOWIl tirrulnntLi Tho California prune is said to bo su perior to the foreign, and sells at bet ter prices. Common pine tar is excellent for colds in poultry. Put a tablespoonfut of tar m a quart bottle, add twenty drops of carbolic acid and one tea spoonful of crude petroleum. Then add hot water and shako well before using, giving a teaspoonful of tho tar water to any fowl that mav havo hoarse breathing or that seems debili tated from colds. It may bo kept con stantly on hand, anil is a very cheap and excellent mixture. .Of1U.,o, 'A)3000bl,s,iels of peanuts raised in 18SG, worth about $3,000,000. Virginia raised 2,500,000 bushels five-sevenths in half a dozen counties . u.o souuieastern portion of tho btate. J. . Johnson of Richmond, claims that for fodder the vines aro nearly equal to clover hy. Hogs will fatten on nuts left in tho ground. 1 eanuts aro raised on land which will not grow corn, tobacco, or wheat profitably. A poor horse eats us much as good one ; scrub cattle as much as grades or thoroughbreds ; mongrel poultry as much as grades or pure breeds. Tbon why keep inferior stock? If this ho sound reasoning in regard to animals, why may not tho same reasoning be applied to trees and shrubs? The rare and beautiful forms of evergreen and deciduous treos tako up no more paco and cost no more to grow than