Image provided by: Oregon City Public Library; Oregon City, OR
About Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1871-188? | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1873)
V" ' ( o 6 o O O e Of !NT! onzr.ax city, oregon, aphil h, is?. The Dead Democracy. o Our Radical friends have had much to say about the "dead Democratic party." It appears from the returns received of recent elections that this "dead" party has yet a great deal of vitality, and following the success in yew Hampshire, we record the fol lowing to show how 'Mead" the par ty is throughout the Eastern and Western States. Credit Mobilier and salary stealings are doing their work iost efie'etually and the people cannot longer be deceived Jtv the false promises of a party so utterly unworthy of their confidence and trust. Radicalism and corruption ltave about run their race, and its doom at the hands of the people whom it so grossly betrayed is close at hand. Grant carried Connecticut by 8,000 majority. Now we have a Democrat io Governor carry the'Statc by 1,000 majority :i change of 12,000 vom sine. the November election. We give the dispateV-s as they have been received, and ask our Demo cratic friends to take new courage at thP bright prospects presented by tjiicgoo.l omen. The dispatches are certainly encouraging to those -who have so steadfastly adhered to a par- O which has been pronounced 'dead' 37 oftcnj) and unless our Radical friends change their course materially they will find that this 'dead corpse' has vitality enough to take the reins of Government from their hands. Bead the following dispatches, and then let us hear no more about the "dead Democratic party": rr:oM conn kcticvt. Hartford. April 7. Midnight The lure ulna I'osi has returns from 1,VJ towns, which show's an opposi tion gam over last Spring of i ,oSo, of which 1,877 is for Smith, Temper ance candidate for Governor. Inger Koll's majority for Governor will bo ubt 4. )((). Hartford, April 7. Two a. m. The Sena.o will probably stand 11 Republicans to 10 Democrats. Last year it was 11 Republicans to 7 Dem ocrats. The House,,, is very close. The charlecs are that'll is Democratic by a small majority. Hartford, April o. 1 U-turns from evorv town iu the State give Haven (Rep. fV for Governor, o.,2!0; Ingcr uoll (Dem.,, U.'dOO; Smith (Temper ance), 2,0'Jl. IiigersoU's majority, FROM OHIO. Toi-r.DO, April S. At the city elec tion, yesti rday, Jones (Dem.) was probably elected Mayor by a small maioritv. ThtoCitv Council will be Republican, and most of the Repub lican city ticket is elected. Cincinnati, April 8. Johnston (Dem.) is undoubtedly elected May or, nil 1 probably the rest of the Dem ocratic ticket, with perhaps one or two exceptions. CoO'Mnrs, Aoril 8 -The o;tv elec tion ye-terd iv went Democratic. They ejected their Mayor and seven out of eleven Councilman. FROM IOWA. Dliji-t-e' April, 7.--IVas!ee (Dem.) is elected Mayor by 5,700 majority. A Democratic gain of 1,800. q FROM LOUISIANA. Baton; Rouoe, April 7. The mu nicipal election parsed o.T quietly. The MeEnorv t icket was elected With out opposition. Tijardcr will Out.' When tho Representatives from this county were nominated by the Radicals, it was understood that two. were for any person Mr. Holladay might designate, and tho other two were strong for M: Corbett. But Mr. llolladay captured the entire delegation in the Rower House, and all voted for Mr. Mitchell. This ap pired to the friends of Mr. Corbett a mystery at the time. But time tells a-l things, and there is and old say ing that "murder w ill out," and so it seems in tiiis instance. A report has recently come to our ears which states that a certain Representative from this county has stated that lie ' was either to have a position for his vote or a surveying contract." He has, eris, about to secure the latter, and has made arrangements, when it is awarded to him, to sell it for a bonus ofs61.-n0 to other par ties, as. he is entirely incompetent to do the work himself. This may not be regarded as a purchase by men who belong to a party which endors es the corruption perpetrated in this county last June, but we are of the opinion that the honest voters of the county will view the actions of the individual with suspicions and with corrupt designs, and that he sold himself for this little "job." A former Surveyor General of Oregon charged in a sppech at Eugene City list fdl that 73,00; was used from the Surveyor's office at that place to s-ecure the election of the U. S. Sen ator, and this appears to be 83,000 of the sum, and we shall probably hear of other members securing "purveving contract." provided they are not indiscrete enough to "blow it." The talented member from this county has let the " cat out of the big," and we hope a strict watch will bo kept by tho people of this State an 1 snot the members w ho voted fcr Mitchell and are receiving as consid eration either Federal offices or ' snrveving contracts." In due time we may give the r.ame of this " sur veying" raomber. Tho Pioneer O d Mill of Salem con- tains 2,0 JO bushels tl -x-eed, which ""ill b3 -'vnt Li"n ---!r- for THE i EHPR8E . O Letter and Newspaper Postage. . Ths Girard Press speaks its views in regard to the repeal of the law which has heretofore allowed news paper publishers to mail their paper free and the postage collected at the delivery office. It says there will be one good thing in this law to pub lishers; they w ill be likely to send fewer dead head papers, and be sure to stop a paper when the subscrip tion is out. This will be a great sav ing to country publishers, who are inclined to keep sending their paper after the subscription is out, to those ' they know to be good, and afteiwvar I bv sad experience, "find that their know ledge w as not well founded, and they have been the losers by their confidence and credulity. Thus, one who tries hard, may find some good to result from this law. But we think the whole thing, in a general view is calculated to abridge general intelligence among the peo ple, and one of the most fatal steps taken against republicanism and in favor of a government by the few and not by the many. The government conld better af ford to carry newspapers to evcry part of this Union free, than thus at tempt to cut down their circulation. The members of the last Congress seem to have acted like a family of spoiled children, who have had free access to Uncle Sam's larder: but because the newspapers of the coun try have raised the inquiry as to where Uncle Sam gets his biscuit and butter, and to hint that the peo ple, the consumers and tax-payers furnish all, they have gotten extreme ly huffy, and some of them, the great ones, have made long speeches against the newspapers because they mistrusted their honesty iu their dealings with Credit Mobil ier U. P. It. It. Bonds, fc Sec, and they raise their hands in holy horror because the newspapers did say there was something w rong in the transaction and asked for an investigation. The investigations came and doz ens of them were proven guilty, all covered over with whitewash, but full of rottenness within, stood up and denounced the journalism of the country for insulting the dignity of the American Congress; and so for spite, they undertook to come down on the newspapers, and the country papers in particular, which may have less influence, but greater honesty, than the city journals of New York, Philadelphia and Washington. But the members t f the last Con gress will find out in good time that they were the creatures of the press, arid that they have made nothing by their denunciation, or their grave statutes, calculated to stop the circu lation of newspapers among the peo ple. The first act of an autocrat, or a tyrant, is to suppress the journals of a rotate or nation, and to abridge the means of general intelligence among the people. The last Con gres with the aid of the new Senate, have attempted something they know not what. It is hoped for the best but we doubt it. We think perhaps, it may be an advantage to the pub lishers of papers which have a cap ital to go on, and a reputation to sus tain them; but we do seriouslv doubt the benefit to the iieople from such a law. Thev had much bitter left let ter postage w here it was, and rather encouraged than discouraged the cir culation of intelligence generally throughout the country Three cents for a letter is ehoan L enough, and nobody but the rich, who have thousands of letters to send out annually, demanded a reduction. But crippling the poor country pub lishers, and forcing the publication of newspapers into the hands of the wealthy, is a trick worthy of the last Congress and the prenent Senate. Destructive Fire. Jacksonville was visited last Friday by a destruc tive lire, oestroying roperty to the value of about 30,000, on which there was no insurance. We regret to re cord the fact that the Times printing establishment was destroyed with all the material. We hoje our Demo cratic friends in that locality will aid Messrs. Hull & Nickell in getting started again, as they have made the 'Ijmcs worthy of their best support. The following arc the suffers by the lire: P. J. Ryan, store, $30,000. "Louis Home, hotel, 610'P); KubJi A: Wil son, stable, 6-l,0lM; Ah-. Brentano, millinery store, 67(!0; Dr. Aiken, books and instruments, 8400; Hull & Nickel 1, Times office, 81.500; Crone miller v. Co., blacksmith shoo s-'ooo- Mrs. (laming, dw lling house, etc ci.imw; James C: , 1 -I , . "'"ilJlM, LUt t aSCV ri in.r ..11 """""Hi "Avnio: Hie Al K -i, 1"- iiuasi-nom goo..ls,etc.,M. Oat on saved most of his tools, as also did Cronemihcr - Co. Jacob Mover Pat Donegan and others, some of theirs; John Miller, John NolanJ. Mrs. ar.lt, Mrs Kinney. W. Million and several others also lose consider able. Mucu loss was also sustains! 1..,: .. i. . i , . - - " VV. Ill I W.-1 v "wuu-nwsiroiu nouses jured bv lire. umn- "Do Me rRouiE."The " nom-! inal " of the II raid finds ability '' enough in our editorials to attribute i them to another writer than the ed- itor of this paper. This we take as ' a compliment, and we see he shows i good judgment by republishing j some of them entire, so that his rea.b ! ers may have something worthv of ; iiJir mue auii iiiii-uuoa. e can assure the "nominal" of the Ifcmtd tnat we have not the least doubt in tho world but what hewriies"af! j n rtoriffis " in that ra'ier. Don't think any other person n-ouhl ll'io '. to claim "there. James ' enpied by Mrs. T'Vault. 81.000; Jacob J Orcjonian and IhiUelin to see ll::r ulTlTir ? i000' P;lt- !n- should get the School Director. V? -' ''Jimth Sh(1 SUM); 3)r, , , -r Dantorth, otiiee aimnrn-iv, i-,o. Orrgoviau s candidate, Capt. J Communication from Sand-. Saxdt, Anal, Gth, 1S73. Editor Oregon City Enterprise. Dear Sir: Seeing a favorable no tice in your valuable paper 3Iareli 7th, 1873, about our section of coun try. I take the liberty of sending you a few lines in regard to what we are doing here to help the settlement of this part of the county. The citizens of this precinct and vicinity feeling desirous to have this section of country settled more rap idlv. have organized a society through which we expect to be able to extend knowledge to those desir ing "cheap homes." That there is a vast section of country here that is yet unclaimed, awaiting the strong arm of industry to make it yield and bring forth its golden harvest. This society does not intend to publish any thing but facts, and a truthful description of this part of the coun ty, and the inducements and advan tages which it possesses. To those who want rich bottom or prairie lands, to those who ex pect to get rich in a year or sos farming, or to those who never work or never w ill, we w ould say, go else where. But to those who have a few dollars to start with, and plenty of energy and perseverance to carve themselves out a home which will be a prop to them in old age, we say corae and look at this section of country. The climate is good and healthy; the soil is good and will produce any grain, grass, vegetables and fruit, adapted to the climate of Oregon. We have also, a store here and will soon have a post-office, Richard Gerdes, having been ap pointed postmaster, in a central lo cation, '20 miles from Oregon City, and 2G miles from Portland, where farm produce will find a market and merchandise cau be purchased at reasonable rates. The Cascade Bridge an 1 Road Company's wagon road to eastern Oregon passes directly through this section of country, and the little town just started. Building lumber can be had here at 80 per thousand feet, at the mill, and with more population, the roads, schooling, and milling advantages can be made as good as could be de sired anywhere. Those who desire farther information in regard to this part of country, can obtain it by call ing on, or writing to Mr. G. W. Sharrock, the corresponding Secre tary in English, or Richard Gerdes, the corresponding Secretary in the German languages and it will bo an swered promptly. Mr. Gerdes has opened a store at this point, and buys and sells the products from the farm. Yours, Sandy. Comflimf.ntary. We take the fol lowing notice of Hon. Jas. H. Slater from the Boise Statesman, a Radical paper. It is truly gratifying to the people of Oregon that the opposition must give a favoable notice of our Congressman when they are unable to do so in behalf of those represent ing their own party. It says: Mr. Slater has made a fair Repre- tentative, and applied himself faith lullv to the interests of his constitu ents, and we are pleased to say re turns yvith that credit due to an hon orable Representative. From the Modocs. We give full dispatches from the Modocs this week in order that our readers may judge for themselves the ridiculous ness of the farce which is being play ed by the Peace Commission and the Federal Government, under whose instruction they appear to be acting. The Indians seem to be the most sensible of the two. This little farce will cost the people thousands of dollars, if not many more lives. The thing could have been brought to an end long a. Returned. From the La Grande Sentinel we learn that Hon. Jas. II. Slater returned last Saturday evening from Washington. His arrival was celebrated by the booming of cannon and a serenade by the La Grande brass band. Mr. S. returns w ith the consciousness of having performed his whole duty towards his constitu ents, and it is gratifying to reflect that his efforts in their behalf are known and appreciated. Of.eoontan Ahead. A spirited contest was waged in Portland bv the who The C. ! Amsworth was elected Director and i T?.O.f T o, 1.1 rUki-I.- TTfli 1rt... rmn. ll'JUt. XJtMll X-iXiV. JL'l.H Hi .'W ' 11 tlemen are good men and will make efficient officers, and they are both Democrats. We believe polities was not a question at issue, however. The Hera! I is still being printed j by the " Oregon IL-ratd Publishing i Company," notwithstanding the President t f said Company sometime ; since announced its suspension. lucre seems to be a mystery in the matter which its few remaning pa trons would like to understand. Do the Democrats who compose the Company propose to give their sanc tion to the course it is pursuing and give their influences in its behalf? In the town elections recently held in New York, the Democrats have gained ninety -four "towns and the Republicans have gained ten, leav ing a net Democratic gain of eighty four towns. Fifteen counties out of t.nrty-seven have been won over from the Republicans, and now have pcrratj? p3ir,T, of Sarrvisor. News from the Modoc War. Headquarters, Lata Bed, April 1. The troops broke camp yesterday. 300 strong, and marched to the upper end of of Little Klamath Lake. To-day they moved to Tule Lake and lava bed. The Indians re fused to falk that day, but waited until the next day. Parties who came from Langell Nalley to-day bring bad news. On the 22d of March Hooka Jim and party were seen near Alkali Lake, where they had corraled from fifty to s'evenfy tive horses. On the Tuesday night following they were at Yainax, and talked all night with the Modocs and Klamaths, trying. to get them to join Captain Jack. He said five tribes had promised to join Jack as soon as he left the lava bed. He also told the Reservation Indians it would be safe for them . to remain friendly to the whites. During the night he sent two squaws to Jordan (a squaw man) with money to buy powder. They told Jordan Jack had lots of goht to buy powder with. Jordan refused to sell them any. Tho people of Sprague River Val ley are fearfully excited, and are leaving or preparing to do so. The Modocs and Klamaths on the Res ervation sire also seriously alarmed. Hon. E. C- Mason 'and' Captain Barnes presented a petition of the citizens of Goose Lake asking the Governor of Oregon for protection. April. 2. The Peace Commission had a talk with the Indians. The Indians made the same old speeches, and refuse the proposition to be re moved. Thev want to be let alone, and want the military to go home. Captain Jack was as insolent and overbearing as ever at the last inter view, and said he had already stated his terms; he knew no other country, and would go to no other. Seonchin talked violently in the same manner. Colonel Mason's com pan v was order ed to move to the camp two miles on the opposite side of Jack's cave. Yreka, April 7. Judge Rosebor ough arrived from Tule Lake camp this morning. On Friday Judge Meacham, Fair child, Riddle, Bob Whittle ana Co quan met Captain Jack, John Scon chin, Curiey Headed Doctor, Shag nasty Jim and other chiefs, according reappointment. Roseborough open ed the council by explaining to V e Indians their present position. JacK. and Scon-chin then spoke,, reiterating their determination to remain in the country. They first wanted their old home on lost river, when Rose borough told them it w as no use talk ing about Lost River; they had sold it, and could not have it. Jack said it was all right; if they could not have it they would talk no more about it, but would be satisfied to re main on a small reservation within California, on Willow, Cottonwood and Hot Creeks, including the lava beds. Meacham made them a speoeh, which they listened to with indiffer ence. The council lasted five hours, when the Indians started off, saving to Roseborough that if they changed their minds they would h-t him know the next day. Yesterday Boston Charley came in, ami the Judge aiked him what he wanted if lie was hun gry. Charley said no; Jack wanted to talk some more. The Judge "You talk too much; wo don't want any more talk till von settle what von want to do.' Charley then said, "'We go back to night; may be all the bovs will come in to-morrow. The Judge says Jack is evidently alarmed, and thinks they will surrender uncondi tionally in a short time. The Com missioners will telegraph to Wash ington for further instructions. Old Scon-chin, from Yainax, was present at the council. He said very little, except that he hoped that the' whites and Indians would make peace. Yesterday morning Colonel "Ma son's command moved up near Jack's cave, from the east; and Colonel Ber nard, with cavalry, would make a ruoonnoitcr from the west. Thev were both ordered to act cm the de fensive, and not attack the Indians. McKay, with the Warm Spring In dians, is hourly expected. Thomas MeMillian, Assistant Sur geon of the Army, and Chief Medical Officer of the Modoeexpedition, died yesterday morning of heart disease. Headuartkkos, ijAVA-RF.il, April !. Boston came in to-day. His message is for the three Commissioners, Gen erals Canby and Gilk-m to meet Jack and seven others at the second cave; no others to come. This was refus ed, as treachery was evident. Then he said if thev would meet them and have a talk, then Jack would come to neutral ground and talk again to morrow. This tempting proposal was refused. Ife then promised on behalf of Jack tli.it if they would come and hold the talk to-morrow all the tribe would come in anil go with the Commissioners wherever they wanted them to. This bait also failed, and Boston returned. It was seen that 23 warriors were at the proposed place, of meeting, where only eight were to be, and they re turned to tho cave seemingly disap pointed. Boston and Bogus Charley came asrain, and were told to inform Jack that if he wanted to t;:lk at a suitable place, and on equal terms the Commissioners would meet him. We are momentarily expecting trouble, as Colonel Mason was to move his force at one a. m to-morrow near Jack's cave. He was in structed if the Modocs fired on him to return the fire and hold the ground. Should guns be heard, the troops will attack at once from this side. It is ten p. m. now, though we may be awakened by the rattle of mus ketry before daylight, April 7. All quiet. Mason mov ed his troo-ns yesterday, or rather at one o'clock p. m. No opposition. Boston came in said Jack would meet, at ten o'clock to-morrow, five men on each side. The Commissioners will meet them and make one more effort for peace. The Commission will give a final proposition and a reasonable, time for the Modocs to decide on accepting terms. They are having a big council talk among themselves to-day, debating the pro positions to be made. It will be in sisted bv the Commissioners that thev surrender and leave the lava bed', and no other terms will be ac cepted, for any other course would be indefinite war. The state of the question was telegraphed to Wash ington to-day, wliich states the ul timatum offered and to be discussed to-morrow, and which does not vary from the first projiositions made by Steele, though no place is designated for removal and no particular local - : " 1 -1 1 ir ii if p ini?t-t on. ,irm?stT was first promised in case of surren der, and the Commission will strictly maintain - their first promise. We hope the terms will be received and the question settled without delay. If they refuse these terms General Gillem will then do his duty. Mc Kay and his Indians are expected to morrow, and then the force will be complete. When a hostile Indian comes fo the Peace Commission he is treated with the 'greatest consideration, his horse fed, and le loaded with pro visions and presents, while the friendly Indian endeavoring to aid in making anil preserving peace to become disorderly and thieving like the hostile Modocs. Probal dy jack's men see that they will be treated like the friendly Indian when peace is made. An effort was made on the part of outsiders to induce the recent grand jury in session here to bring bills of indictment against the Peace Com missioners as accessories to the In dians in stealing stock and killing citizens, as a fair offset to the Orego nians of Jackson County in their efforts to hang the Indians. Gus. Mcamber has a contract fcr delivering sixty thousand pounds of oats at headquartars at ten cents per pound. Telegraphic News Summary. .Sr. TjOuis, April .'. While tho pas senger train of the St. Touis ami South eastern Railroad was standing at French Village, sevt-n miles from East St, Ij-juis, this afternoon, a eonstruc lijii train ran into the rear coach, kill ing Mrs. J. l'. busk ami.John 11. Watts, and more or less injuring live or six others. New Vouic, April Stokes express es hiiusi it" eoiiiiuent that the et'orts ht-iiig made to save him from the gal lows will be successful. l'lioyieEM K, April 2. the annual tlecliiiii for Slate oilicers ami members of the Legislature took place to-day. lierny Howard (Rep.) was dieted Governor by 3, SO;) majority, with tho remainder of the State ticket, excepting the Lieutenant overtior, for whicli there was no choice. The Legislature is Republican. New York. .April 3. Harrowing de tails of the scenes attending the loss of the Steamship Atlantic continue to l e received. All the Women who wen; asleep at the time the ship struck, were drowned in their berths. Toe heavy seas which constantly- jH.ured over the vessel and Idled lie?, prevented them from reaching the ilei-u. Some of the women who showed remarkable pres ence of mind and appreciation of the situation, only reached the deck to be washed into the sia and drowned soon after. Six men on shore wrote ana blackboard, "Cheer iq! boats are corn ing to your assist a nee !" The an nouncement was responded to by hearty cheers from the ship. After half in hour of awful suspense men were seen on land carrying a boat over the rocks, and soon it was launched. It took oil" three boat loads from an outlying rock. While rescuing these men Captain Williams and tin passengers called loudly to tho crew of boat thai they were in the most immi nent danger, the Captain saying, "I will give five hundred dollar's for eveiy boat load rescued." Tne boat after ward made for the vesst 1 and took oil' two boat loads. Half an hour later an other boat came and rescued many of those clinging to the rigging. Tiord oliicer l'.rady, who hail siteceedi i in reaching shore over a line carried from the vessel by himst 1:', organize I a crew aid materially aided in tiie work of rescue. A Herald specid .states that John I.iinky, Li-.es L; vison and Miss Ran dom passengers by the Atlantic lio:n Liverpool, disembarked at ;u-ens-town. aid so are not lost. Ni:v Yonif, April .". The Post's Washington pecial says ii is under stood the Administration has deter mined to suspend for the present dl proceedings ag-iiisst persons indicted in the Southern States for violating the Knforceiiient Act an, I enrolling ln-m-selves as members of the Ku Klux. There are more than one thousand oi these cases now neiding in the United Slate's Courts. The Attorney (Jeneral says if affairs remain quiet and no fur ther attempts be made to violate these laws, prosecutions will be entirely sus pended, but if on the contrary the law is not respected, prosecutions will be pushed vigorously. Tiit; society of Alsace and L irraineof (his city have forwarded an address to President Thiers, felicitating him on his successful efforts to secure an early liberation of the 1'iench Territory from Jen na n oci-u pat ion. Cii'.o.voo. April S. A Peoria despatch says that Mrs. Workman, wife of the Riroka M !h 'dist Minister, has con fessed to having killed Mrs Hedges. She says she did it in sl '-de Tense. Jvsios, April s. M ; s. Cnms" was murdered by'her husband in Smithton. a snl urd of this ci;y. ( 'rouse was ar-re-ted. He had been drinking hard, and coming home brutally beat hi-" wife. Croiise's father interfered, and was himself severely cut and lieateii. Nf.w "Youk. Aprils. There is a heavy llood in the (.Jenessee river. At seven o'clock this evening the water was within two feet of high-water mark of U;, at the time of tho gnat flood. Considerable damage has been done along the river to bridges, etc., and all railroad lines in Western New York -'iifcr consid rat ly. Pius evening the foundation wall on the river side, on Front street, of the new city buiUinir for the Police and lire department, fell out while twenty ( r thirty persons were looking at the rise in river. From the Strrfe-'mrni of the 8th iust. : The line and costly residence of Mr. P. Ij. "Willis the house built by Rx-Gov. Woods, on Piety Hill was destroyed by lire last evening. The lire was discovered about half past six o'clock P. M. The engines were on hand in a f -w minutes, but as there are no cisterns or hy drants in that part of the town, they had to take water from the wells of the neighborhood. These w ere pump ed dry'" in a few minutes, one after another, ami tin; Fire Department, though the hoys worked splendidly found it impossible to domuch prac tical good. The lire caught evident ly in the att-tc, and was for a hig time, cordined to the attic, and Mansard roof. Just when there seem ed a good prospect of subduing the tire here, before it had communicated to the body of the building, the iirst wells gave out, and before the en gines could be moved to others, tho llames got under good headw ay again and the building was therefore burn el. really, for the lack of water. "With a good firo cistern or hydrant near by, all but tiie roof could have been saved. The family was absent, Mr. AVillis and wife having h-ft on the 2:L" p. ?r. train for Oregon City. The general judgment is that a defect in the kitchen t'ue was the cause of the disaster. Mr. Vf illis had 64 ,000 insurance on the house, in the Home Mutual, and 62.000 on the furniture, wearing apparel and provisions, in the Phoenix. His 1o5r. over and above insurance, will be from 6 AY) to S-i.000. " ' ' The T)mr-ritt is assured by Mr. riiillip Ritz that in the course cf six months the Northern Pacific R xilwav Comnany yvill commence the con struction of a branch road from Wal la W-illa, W. T-, to Bikor Citv nr- Summary of State News Items. The county school fund in Marion amounts to 1 47 per scholar. Eugene City sends to Portland one thousand dozen eggs each week. J. C. Fairchild has assumed charge of the Siletz Agency, vice Gen. Pal mer. A young lady at the Dalles poured a pot of glue on her lover to-naake him stick. The Statesman editor wants a mil itary company or brass band organ ized at Salem. Vv II. Andrus and Geo, B. Cook are noyv conducting the Occidental Hotel at Portland. It is reported that S. X". Arrigonitf Astoria will return to Portland to re sume the hotel business. The land recently purchased for a site for the State University has been surveyed and staked off. Mr. A. J. Dufur, Contennial Com missioner for Oregon, will go East on the next steamer but one. A new postoiiice known as " Mil lers," Linn county, Oregon, is noyv established and in working order. A petition has been freely circulat ed and numerously signed for a road from Cole's valley to Rostburg. A small boy of S. Wolf, at the Dalles was run over by a hotel coach and killed, last Friday evening. The residence of Rev. S. Rowers, at Salem, w as burglarized to the ex tent of twelve or iiftoen dollars. Corvallis will put up saloon licens es to jer annum. It is said the eil'ect will be to close them all out. Joseph Xoah, of Douglas county, was thrown from a horse last week and his arm was broken by the fall. C. IL Dodd of the firm of Hawley Dodd it Co., has been elected Pres ident of the Willamette Iron Works. At Corvallis they talk of a joint stock company to erect a hotel on the site of the one burned down last week. The Sheriff of Marion countv has collected about 6.S0.000 out of $V0, 000 taxes due for the current fiscal year. Rosoburg noyv has an ordinance forbidding the sale of spirituous liquors in her corporate limits on Sunday. Tho epizootic has reduced the mail faculties from roise Cry to to every other Umatilla from a daily day service. There are five men noyv in the Yam hill county jail. One for murder, two for attempt to murder, and tyvo for theft and arson. Samuel Mansfield yvas fined 610 at Albany the other day for sidling liouor on Sundav lav, and 6100 for sell ing to a minor. Hides and fat cattle constitute the bulk of frdght down the Columbia river noyv. The up freight i.s a va riety of merchandise. If Andrew Tarienx is in Oregon, he is rei-piested to write to his sister, Mrs. J.W. Hohner-, Alleghany, Sier ra county, California. Mr. Wm. M. Smith, lately appoint ed Postmaster at Jefferson, vice H. A. Johnson, resigned, has qualified and taii.cn charge -f tl lut ruace. Tho rem;-'ns of Dr. 13. W. Mitch ell, late of Dalles City, yvere- brought to Portland Monday, en route to Marvsville, California, for final inter ment. Tho surveyed public vacant lands of Southern Oregon are becoming rapidly exhausted, settlements in many instances being in advance of the surveys. Apjilica ion lias been ma "!e to the Raiirrad Company to 7c.1t in a switch opposite Springfield for the accom modation of that place and the ad joining country. Tt is sta'ed that I ham T. R-e-sp f Walla Walla has hon pushed into bankruptcy bv the Porthml credit ors. His liabilities are 6-,000; us. sets 6105.000. Th Eugene Jma-u tt learns Hint (lie Packard brothers yvill run a mil lion feet of the sugar rdc they are engaged in cutting on tiie Willamette some time in May. Past Grands W. C Twee.lale and Fred. Oraf in the Grand Dodge, I. (. O. V.. have been elected to rep resent Albany Dodge, which meets in Dalles next month. The average wheat cron in Umpqua Valley is '2-" bushels fo tho n-ro. and on some bottom lands last year it ex ceeded 00 bushels. The' quantity sown this vear is larger than ever be fore. The Orogenian savs: The report is pro'ty veil confirmed that Joe Teal, yvho i now East, has made ar rangements to put on two large steam ers between San Francisco and Port land. Coos county has alwav.s imported breadstuff's from San Francisco. A ilouring mill is noyv in com s of erec tion on Coquille River, and a great deal ef grain is being soyvn in that valley. On Saturday evening ciiizens of Denton county were to m ike final ar rangements for paying oft" the indebt edness on the Agricultural College Farm. Rut a feyv hundred dollars remain to be raised. During the week ending March 2-"th, patents were issued to Douis Sachs. Monmouth, for a "Wheel Plow." and Adolph Luquet, Mon mouth, for a device for ageing wines and liquors. The tetal losses by the Corvallis fire foot up 67.4H.1. Tho yvhole in surance yvas 62.000, J)r. Raitey hftd a policy- for 61,500 on thr hotel and Mrs. Knight one for 6500 on her stock of millinery. At 11 o'clock A.M. last Saturday the jury in the case of the State of Oregon vs Elias Keenev, pending in the Circuit Court for Einn county, returned a verdict of not guilty, and the defendant yvas discharged. Thore arrived on the Ajax, Mr. C. W. Murphy, of Illinois, accompanied bv eighteen members of the family. They come to put up with Oregon accommodations in preference to freezing to elegth in the frigid North -y e .t. The ilouring mills at McMinnville are both running under full head. Considerable grain has been bought during the last week at the Rangess- er mills, oeyeniy-iive cents bushel yvas the price. per The following are the pcrmane-r.t : officers of the lamhill 1 armors' club: 1 President, Henry Ileyvitt; Vice Tree I idents, D. C. Stewart and A. T. ' Ilenrv : Recording Secretary, Get . 11. Curry ; Treasurer, T. Martin. Governor G rover during the last week, appointed I. N. Smith tf Peoria, J. M. Morgan, Ilalsey, Lii a county, and A. J. Sturtivant, of Pilot Rock, Umaflla county, Notarh s Public. All except Mr. Morgfn were recommissioned. The Young men's Christian Ass -ciation of Portland has elected ftr the ensuing year, the following offi cers: President. E. J. Northrup; Vice President, II. H. Northrup; Secre tary, T. H. Hatch; Treasurer, E. T. Ilwury. The approximations for Oregon, I y the last Congress, were: Indian bi I 615:,850; Legislative purposes. ST'J."; River and harbor improvt ments, 622, 000; Sundry Civil apprnpriatioi , $188.o00; Deficiency, 6UC0 tX. - Toti 1 for Oregon, 6o03,olO 58. The title to the State Capitol grounds lias been settled. Tho Willson heirs yvill sign a deed. It yvill include the grounds oceuph tl by the noyv Court House. If th weather continues favorable excava tion fer the foundation of the Cap itol will begin this yvcek. May, the forger, convicted at the late Einn County Court, yvas escort ed to hotel de Watkinds last Sunda . He had in his posession a large num ber of newspapers. We suppose they contained notices of his oonvh -tion and yvere needful as a remainder of the errors of his way. The folloyving resedution yvas adopted by the Dane County Farmers' Convention: R. paired. That e ex tend to the Willamette -Transportation Company our thanks and support, believing it to be the dav.'n of a neyy erea in ji rcductiem of freights, giv ing the pnxlucer a large margin of the profits. Q A little son of Mr. Joseph Bernard i of Salem, was terribly injured on Thursday by being hit on the head by- a sharp, heavy ax yvith yvhiclf' his brother yvas i-hopping yvood. A gash yvas cut 011 the little felloyv's forehea-l about three inches long, laying it open to the skull bone, lie yvill probably recover. The Capital Lumbering Company, at Salem, are. busily engaged in con structing a large building for tho purpose of manufacturing ployvs by steai-i. An engine will be set up in it and the steam carried yvith pipe from the boiler at the saw mill. This yvill lie an important addition to our manufacturing interests, ami yvith staunch and energetic; men at the head must prove a success. It arrears that we are to have an other Pia?e Commission within oi r borders, as yve see by private a lvicts from Washington received by an ex change, that a " Commission, f yvhich Gov. Bennett, of Idaho, is a member, has bet-n appointed with 7ower to arrange the difficulties be tween the W. Iowa valley, tiers. dlowa Indians in Wal Oregon, and the set- A manufactory f burlaps in Ore gon yvonld be of - a t benefit in the yvay of covering 1 ah-d goods yvhich are designed to be shipped. There can be no doubt that an institution of this kind yvill pay yvell in Oregon at the present time, and yve hope that some enterprising capitalist wiltn-gag-e in this much needed manufac ture, and by doing so he yvill be in strumental in saving thousands of dollars to the State of Oregon every year that are noyv being sent away to never return. The Raker Citv T'?tto-raf savs: ' On Monday, March olst, the follow -ing parties yero arrested for tho murder of Mr. Geo. Horner, who mysteriously disappeared some three months since. The parties A. Bus by, Alex. Cay in and Robert Hoyvard yvere arrested upon an affidavit made by Geo. W. Day. and brought before Justice Abbott for a prelim inary examination, yvhich took placn yesterday, but yvas not concluded as yve yvent to press. This case created considerable excitement in our c ir-2 munity. The Sf.ifer?'iH says: " As tl e down train came thundering along through the pasture of Mr. Litchfield, a short distance south of the Salym depot, three, unfortunate hor.'es took their stand on the track, refusing to move for either the screaming yvhistle or ringing bell. On came tlie train at a rapid rate, and before it could bo stopped, the lifeless remains t f th three horses yvere scattered around promiscuously. Tho horses wePo owned by Mr. Jackson, a guard at the State Penitentiary. A similar occurrence happened once beforo near the same place." The Oseoon- Hi talp. It was ar nouneed by telegraph last week th.-t the Oregon Jfendd a Daily Demr -cratic paper published at Portland ha l ceased to be published. This an nouncement, it seems yvas prematura though the old publishers of the ILr atd have retired. Some kind of ar rangement has been made by yvhich its publication is to be continued. It is surmised and late articles inO the IL'rald give plausibility to the supposition that Ben llolladay iws become the moneyed power on yvhich it relies for support. It is not im probable that Ik-n has captured tho llrnld by some such financial coup de t-t' if as that by yvhich Stanfoid took in the Sacramento Reporter a year or two ago. If so it yvill havo but a short- and sickly existence. lVebf Uiion. What the Reason. We receiv ed the lafayctte Corie of March 28th last Sunday, April th. It usually reaches us the second d: V after publication. Where is tho fault? Good Ffatcre.- One of the fe. tures added to the Commercial R porter is a traveling correspondent who is virdting the various parts of 1 our State and noticing the poin') isited by him. O O o o o 4 o O O o o o G G O O o G o O 3 o 0 4 O 1 : V 1.. P r t , t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Ry ."PVTr.T TV PIT T so dt.t t