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QREGftX CITr, PRECOX, SEPT. 26, 1S73.
Democratic- State Ticket!
FOR IOXGKESSM.VX,
OF POLK COUNTY.
How the Nominations are Received
O Again.
As re promised in our last issue
to renew the subject of the above
caption it is sufficient to say in re
gard to the nomination by the Dem
ocratic Convention that it is well re
ceived and gives the assurance of
6uccess. The action of the Republi
can Convention is not giving general
satisfaction. Some embarrassment
is experienced in regard to a certain
resolution denominated by some of
the Republican papers as the Hippie
Mitchell resolution. There seems to
Lave been a double purpose in the
adoption of this resolution; the one
purpose wa3 to satisfy the especial
friends of Senator Mitchell that he
was endorsed by the Convention;
the other purpose was to satisfy those
not the especial friends of
Mitchell that he was not endorsed,
we leave" it for those better versed
than ourself in matters pertaining to
political conventions whether two
exposing and contradictory purposes
could be accomplished by one and
tho same resolution. For the pur
pose of convenient reference in our
comment, the resolution in question
is here inserted which is in the fol
lowing words, to wit:
Resolved, That whatever may
have been the misfortunes, faults or
shortcomings of the Hon. J. II.
Mitchell, U. S. Senator of this State,
in his early private life, we neither
apologize for, puss judgment upon
nor justify him, but express our un
qualified "belief that by his many
years of consistent, upright and hon
orable conduct in this State he has
outlived any imputation east upon
O him, and that to-day not only the lie
publican party, but a large majority
of the people othis State, have en
tire confidence in his integrity, abil
ity and patriotism, and that he will
faithfully and ably represent them iu
the United StatesSenate.
That the above resolution is gen
. erullj understood to be an endorse
ment of J. II. Mitchell is apparent
from the following considerations:
1st, The especial friends of Mitchell
are satisfied with the resolution and
2nd, the Republicans who are not the
Cespeeial friends take exertions to
said resolution. The qestion is some
times asked, does the resolution bind
the Republican party? It was adopt
ed by the delegates of the Republican
party in convention assembled by a
more than two-thirds vfcte and, if ac
quiesced in, will become 2art of the
history of the party.
Some of Mitchell's friends say that
political conventions have notLing
to do with a man's private life and
that the resolution was not and is not
intended to be an endorsement of
Mitchell's private character. If this
resolution was not intended in some
way to operate as an endorsement of
O Mitchell's privato character why was
it introduced whe'n no question was
raised as to Mitchell's fidelity to the
to the political principles of the Re
publican party and just at a time
when gross charges were made
against his private character? Does
the resolutson express more than an
endorsement of Mitchell's political
character? Examine the phraseology
and see: "he has outlfred any impu
q tations cast upon Limand that to-day
not only tho Republican party but a
large majority of "the people of this
State have entire confidence in his
integrity ability and patriotism."
(we sometimes like to be in the mi
nority.) The resolution declares en
tire confidence in Mitchell's integri
ty. The word integrity according to
Webster comprehends the whole
moral character.
It is said by some of the Republi
cans that the charges against Mitch
ell are only rumors and that thev the '
sai.i licpuPiieans. io not express
any opinion as to the truth or falsity
of the charges. This is not the fact
in regard to some of the grave char
ges, .at least Mitchell admits that he
came to Oregon and was elected Sen-
ator under an assumed name and as
Mitchellias spoken in his own de
fense why did lie not produce the
evidence to clear up the charge of
bigamy which if it was in existence
was easily and readily obtained so
then the plea that the charges are
mere rumors falls to the ground.
As we said in a former article the
closing scenes of the Albany Conven
tion beggars description when the
nomination went; begging, we ask
Cwhy was this when the Republican
party had been successful in the last
election and claimed that they had a
majority in the State? "Why was it
that numlers of prominent and tal
ented Republicans sought the nom
ination and yet when the said reso
O Jut ion was adopted could not be in
duced to accept. The age of the as
pirants will not account for the dec
lination. As among the aspirants
were men, aged, middle-aged and
yonthful. Shortness of the time to
make tho canvas wjjl not account
for it in the cgsn of the aged aspi
rants this wa well understood be
fore hand. The resolution in ques
tion endorsed Mitchell; not merely
his Republicanism for this had not
,4-een brought in question and aspi-
x i t t x i r .
der.
The charge of federal interference
in State elections during the time
the Republican party has been in the
administration of the general govern
ment has frequently been made by
Democrats and as often denied by j
Republicans but now when this Fed
eral interference is exerted in favor
of one portion of the Republican
party as against the other it is charg
ed and deprecated by the opposed
portion of the Republican party as
centralizing and tending to the sub
version of our liberties. The peo
ple are coming bravely up to the
work of preserving our liberties,
"
Facts and Figures.
The railroad organ at Portland
last Monday contained a long effu
sion upon railroad tariils and what
it thought was a defence of its own
er's interests. It was provoked by
a paragraph from this paper copied
from an exchange. AVe gave the
item as a matter of news, as well as
to'put farmers on their guard. The
railroad organ denies the truth of
the item upon what it says is railroad
authority, but the fact exists, never
theless, that the railroad company
did advance the tariff on wheat $2
per ton from Roseburg to Portland,
(we cite the reader to the facts and
figures on the first page taken from
the Roseburg Piiiwiealer) ; we would
bo glad to know the charge was an
error but the facts and figures will
not allow us to so believe. The
railroad organ endeavors to gain a
point with the farmers by saying
that the Democratic press are op
posed to railroad enterprises and by
claiming that the cause of wheat
beingjit a high price is directly at
tributable to tho railroad. We are
not willing to admit either proposi
tion. The price of wheat is regula
ted by the supply and demand. The
Democratic press is in favor of rail
roads; but it is opposed to high tar
iils, and the intermeddling of rail
road monopolies in our political af
fairs. Railroads are supposed to bo
built for the benefit of the people
and not the oppression. Let us ap
ply figures and set; how they will
look. The railroad company refuse
to pay taxes on over $7,000 per mile
valuation of their road; now from
Portland to Roseburg it is 200 miles,
and the asssessed value of the road
would be 1,100,000; the railroad
company charges 15 per ton for
freight between the two places; they
have been running a daily freight
train of from to ?M ears carrying
10 tons each or an aggregate of 300
tons per day; now let us calculate
for one month only; i00 tons per
day for :30 days would be 9,000 ions
per month and 45 per ton would be
would be AO.",000; or equal to 2SJ;
per cent a month upon the valuation
of the road for the freight train.
Does the railroad organ consider
I a per cent, per month nothing for
farmers and Democratic newspapers
to find fault with? The difference is
right here: the railroad organ wants
its monopoly to gobble up all the
farmers raise, while the Democratic
press wants the farmers to pay a just
tariff on the shipment of their pro
ducts and nothing more. Let the
official organ of the railroad explain
why its company take such an inter
est in the politics of our State, and
why great corporations all over the
United States are trying to get con
trol of the legislative poxrer of the
land. It fears that if the Democrat
ic party get control of those braneh
ef of go eminent its lai-ili will le
regulated by law; and such is the
case. AVe pledge cur party to this
principle of tariu legislation and if
the people endorse us we will endea
vor to put it iu practice.
Let Him Stay and AVokk. The
Radical press have only this one
thing to say in favor of Hiram Smith:
"He is more of a worker than talker."
In our opinion he had better stay at
home and w ork, and let a man go to
Congress that is not only a worker
but talker as well. Oregon has had
enough mummies in Congress, who
were the butt of ridicule and who
were unable to secure anything
needful to the State. The Democ
racy have always put up men who
were able to let Congress know what
Oregon needed and who worked to
obtain it. Oregon has received noth
ing from Congress exceit when she
has had Democratic Representatives.
Col. Xesmith is a man among men;
he can work, and he can talk. Again
we say let this mummy, Smitlr, re
main at home and work and we
I will send a man to Congress, whom
j we will not be ashamed to call our
Representative.
Two weeks from next Monday the
people of Oregon will he called upon
to choose a Representative to Con
gress. We have no fears of the re
sult, but we feel like urging upon
Democrats the necessity of -doing
their utmost to put to route the dis
organized band of Radical pilferers.
An overwhelming victory for our
nominee, will dishearten and forever
bury our skulking opponents, who
have for their candidate a tool who
is ashamed to come before the peo
ple and plead his master's cause.
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The Pacific Coast series of readers
and spellers has been adopted by
the State Superintendent.
rums uiu ami yuuuj; slouu. iiuiu u" i
The Press on the "Situation."
We have given extracts from our
Democratic co-laborers, indicating
the views held by them, and a few
extracts from Republican papers,
showing their feelings. It is need
less to say that the Republican press
is divided a part going with the
Old Line Republicans and refusing
to wink approvingly at Senator
Mitchell and his whitewashed char
acter resolution, among which' class
are the Oreyonian, the leading organ
of the Republican party, in this
State, the Yamhill Reporter, a sound
orthodox paper of considerable in
fluence, the Dallas Republican, edit
by P. C. Sullivan who lias always
stood as a leader of the Republican
party in Polk county and in 1868
came in three votes of being the
nominee of that party for Congress,
the Dalles Mountaineer a paper that
supported AVilson last year and Grant
for President, but in prefereuce to
supporting the monopoly nominee
comes out in favor of Col. Xesmith,
and the Eugene Hatch-Eye, making
five papers of that party who who
refuse to support the railroad ticket
and Mitchell disgrace. The railroad
or Mitchell wing of the Republican
party have for its supporters the
railroad organ at Portland edited by
James O'Meara, the Statesman at Sa
lem, edited by an $XH) man, the Al
bany R'-fjistcr edited by a lunatic
preacher, the Corvallis Gazette, the
Eugene Journal, the only respecta
ble one in the lot, the Jacksonville
Sentinel, edited by crazy McDowell;
making six for the nominee of the
Albany Convention, against five who
refuse to support him on account of
unfitness and the domineering spirit
of the railroad monopoly. In the
Democratic household we have the
united support of the entire party
2ress and the sympathy and support
of the independent press of our State;
making thirteen Democratic papers,
against six R;idical or railroad or
gans. Our press has a circulation
of about ten thousand to about four
thousand for the railroad-Radical
press and about forty-live hundred
for the Radical press who refuse to
support the nominee of the Albany
Convention. Thus it will be seen
that we have the decided advantage
of our opponents, even if their eleven
organs were united, and as the old
saying "They that are not for me,
are against me" we are as IS to 0 ex
clusive of the independent press,
against the monopoly candidate
Hiram Smith.
I,ct Postmaster Cole Answer.
We have been receiving complaints
from several post offices in this coun
ty about the Entekimusi: not reach
ing its destination until it is over a
week old. The mail leaves Portland
every Saturday morning for E.gle
Creek, Damascus, Sandy, Clear Creek
Molalla, Glad Tidings, Butte Creek,
Highland and Norton Fostofnces.
Our mail for these offices leave here
regular every Friday afternoon and
should leave Portland the next morn
ing our readers can see how it is de
layed a week at Portland by refusing
to forward it to its destination. AVe
would like to know if there is a law
by which a Federal officer can be
made to respect his official duties
without favor or pa-rtiality . AVe have
put up with these complaints until
forbearance, "ceases to be a virtue.
We hope this delaying of our mail is
not at the instigation of Postnaster
Cole, but we know it is purposely
delayed by some one connected with
the Portland Postoffice. AVhen the
call for the primaries to be held was
published the paper was delayed un
til the time had parsed, and now as
the election nears the horde of Fed
eral officers will violate their official
oaths to delay a paper of opposite
political principle:? for political pur
poses. AVe hope Postmaster Cole
will see where the fault lies and cor
rect it, if he does not, then we shall
be compelled to resort to the Courts
to ascertain if there is no law by
which postmasters can be made to
treat all alike. AVe hope this matter
can be settled without further troub
le. AVe have received calls from
the different offices this week inquir
ing why our paper did not come
as it used to before the cam
paign opened, and that four weeks
seccessivcly they had missed the pa
per. Col. Xesmith is an Oregonian,
having come to Oregon in 184:3.
His history is a part of the his
tory of this State. He has
acquired a reputation, during the
six years he served as United States
Senator, of being very attentive and
successful in attending to any busi
ness with the Departmenis which
hail been entrusted to him by any of
his constituents without distinction
of party. It is in his favor, that he
is acquainted with the various de
partments of government and with
Congressional legislation which any
new man must learn to become as
efficient. Col. Xesmith possesses
another qualification paramount to
all others, that of honesty. The peo
ple have been plundered and robbed
so much, that they prize integrity
as the first qualification in their rep
resentative to Congress. Col. Xes
mith served six years as Senator, and
never has been accused or even sus
pected of dishonesty.
The above is from the Dalles Moun
taineer, a Republican sheet.
The corn and iron merchants of
Liverpool, in a letter, admit that
iron may be profitably purchased in
New York for shipment to England,
and say they are convinced the
American trade is lost to England.
The collapse , of the firm of Jay
Cooke & Co., says the Examiner, has
created a profound sensation
throughout the Union. As a finan
cial failure it will rank only second
in importance to that of the old Uni
ted States Bank, which was charter
ed as a State Institution by Penn
sylvania when its charter from the
Federal Government expired. This
firm was a pet of the Administrations
of Lincoln and Grant. Several Sec
retaries of the Treasury intrusted it
with important negotiations, for
which they allowed the firm large
percentages, which might have been
saved had those officials attended to
the business for which they were
paid. The close connection of the
Treasury with private bankers as the
financial agents of the Government
in several important transactions has
had a pernicious influence on our
currency. Gold has been hoarded
in the Treasury until the amount
withdrawn from circulation had a
depressing influence on legal ten
ders; in the meantime the bankers,
informed of the intentions of the
Department could speculate with
certainty upon the necessities of the
merchants to obtain gold to pay im
port duties, and they in turn had to
advance rates on their merchandise
to cover their losses in purchasing
specie.
The financial exhibits since. Octo
ber, .1872, bear on their face the in
dications of important deviation from
the system pursued in the Treasury
Department prior to that date. Mr.
Richardson, then acting Secretary,
re-issued in that month a portion of
$-1-4,000,000 cancelled by Seeretary
McCulloch, and although the Senate
Committee on Finance reported that
he had no right tore-issue such notes,
he has since used the fund in various
ways and has endeavored to cover
up his tracks in his monthly state
ments of the Fublie Debt. The
New York IVibune, the Financi-r the
Journal of Commerce, and other jour
nals, analyzed these statements, and
have arrived at the conclusion that
the condition of the Tresaury is not
truthfully given that there is less
Gold in the Government vaults thau
is shown by the Public Debt state
ment. Changed His Xa.ie. Mr. Hippie,
who was elected to the United States
Senate from Oregon, under the alias
of Mitchell, has procured a decree,
says the Santa Clara Aryas, of the
County Court of Multnomah county,
granting authority to advertise him
self by that title in the future. Hip
pie elected U. S. Senator by th?
Republicans of Oregon, wliour? now
quite as anxious to repudiate him as
ths jeop! are tr get rid of the pol
icy that he and his party have fas
tened upon the country. In assum
ing a name not his own, h has only
followed the example of the party
that made him Senator. Calling
itself Republican, it lias shown its
enmity to republican principles in
a'l the leading rneasnrs that have
characterized its domination, and
has done more damage to republican
institutions in the twelve years it
has had control of the Government,
than can le repaired in a quarter of
a century. He, therefore, has been
its fit representative, and if the Re
publican jnnty is to maintain its or
ganization, he is the man of all oth
ers, to serve it in Congress.
Oregon's Ncxt Congressman.
The Democratic Convention of our
neighbmng State, which assembled
at Portland on the lth instant, adopt
ed a sound platform, and completed
its labors by the nomination of ex
Senator J. AV. Xesmith for Congress.
The convention wars well attended,
and its proceedings were character
ized by the utmost harmony and con
ducted with excellent judgment
throughout.
From our personal knowledge of
Col. Xesmith, we can safely assert
that no better selection coiild have
been made; and the Portland Xews
tells us that his nomination was re
ceived with such demonstrations of
approval as surprised and gratified
his most sanguine friends. .S. F.
Examiner.
On Monday of last week Col. Xes
mith addressed the citizens of Eu
gene; and in tho evening Surveyor
General Odell challenged him to a
political debate. This is what a lie
publican taper says about it:
" Last Mo inlay evening Xesmith
skinned Odell and rattled his bones,
rolled him up and spread him out,
burned him uj and blew his ashes
away."
" The platform, we were about to
say, declares in favor of monopolies,
theft, bigamy, deception, grants of
tho public domain to railroad com
panies against the declarations of all"
other Republican Conventions in the
United States, and in favor of ex
tending naturalization, and, conse
quently, the elective franchise to tho
Mongolian race, and, like, ita f min
ers, it is rotten to the core, and ought
to be spit upon by all men and wo
men of respectability and common
honesty. Let it sink by the weight
of its own corruption, and with itall
who give it their unqualified sup
port." Dallas Republican.
niram Smith of Linn county, was
nominated by so-called Republican
party, for Congress. When the
office holder's convention taGked a
Mitchell plank to the platform thev
had too much freight for anv man to
carry. . It is a huge joke and Hiram
is the subject. Ihuvk-Eue.
Rich placer mines have been found
on Front Creek, in Montanna.
UXTVZRSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
Nummary of tate Xews Items.
State election, Oct. 13.
Jefferson wants a doctor.
H.AV. Corbett and wife are in Paris.
Oregon's redeemer J. AN'. "es
mith. Albany ites go to Corvallis for
lumber.
The Albany District School has
150 pupils.
A Grange was organized at Hills
horo, Friday.
The Mercury has entered upon its
fifth volume.
Gov. G rover will speak at Jackson
ville Oct. 4th.
There is not a dwelling house at the
Dalles for rent.
During August, 22G arrests were
made in Portland.
A court martial will convene at Fort
Klamath Oct. 22.1.
Dispatches confirm the death of
Mrs. Ben Holhid av.
Wheat is worth at Corvallis
05 cents per bushel.
Several cases of scarlet fever, in a
mild form, in Corvallis.
The Jacksonville Camp-meeting
will be held October 2d.
Dallas is improving and property
has an upward tendency.
The taxable property of Rentou
county amounts to $l,-i50,!44.
The Union county Teachers' Insti
tute is in session at La Grande.
Benton county farmers propose to
sell their wheat when it commands
irl.
Beef cattle are now selling at four
cents a pound, on foot in Eastern
Oregon.
Five men and a woman are under
bonds in Umatilla eoniy to appear
at Court.
A f irmer on Mohawk lost 200 bush
els of wheat this week by the destroy
ing element.
James Tollman committed suicide
on Clark's Creek, Baker- county, on
the 10th inst.
Miles M. Miller, local of the Sa
lem S'ntestnan , has retired to engage
in other business.
The different edncational institutions
of Salem are all under way, with a
fair attendance of pupils.
There is quite a number of miners
prospecting for quartz on Wagner
Creek, with fair success.
Two young men settle! an old
feud at Corvallis the oilier day by
aying into the city treasury 02f.
The Hemlock tannery of Upper
Astoria shipped aoout :o;0 worth of
leather up the valley last AVednesday.
It is estimated that nearly 700,fnH)
bushels of wheat have already been
sold iu Linn count v at 1 per bush
el. The United Brethren have Iw-eu
holding a ear.ipineeiing for some
davs past at Price's Hill, near Oak
land. The Astorian says: '"Dean Blanch
ard's mill, at Rainier, cut 21.0V) f.-et
of spruce in ;t day and a half with
three mcu recently.
Tto boys named Maurice and Ab
lwt were relieve-? of 18 for the pleas
ure of running a bore r;vc izi the
streets of-Baker City.
The Albany Jh-mocrat: "The low
est estimate of the wheat yir-id of
Linn County for the current vear, is
one million bushels."
John Henry Smith delivered the
opening address, iint A. J. Dufer the
agricultural address, at the Linn
County Fair, this week.
Rev. F. W. D. Mays, late or Ten
nessee, has just arrived to take
charge of the. Lafayette circuit of
the M. E. Church South.
Mr. M. Sterling, of La Grande,
was severely kicked by a horse last
week: two ribs were broken, but he
is luckily now doing well.
Dr. McDowel, of Salem, has come
out Independent for Congress. The
Doctor thinks he will poll more Re
publican votes than High Smith.
On French Prairie, near St. Paul
a farmer by the name of Smith has
this year raised from 81 acres of
land the enormous amount of iCO
bushels of oats.
The Union county Agricultural
Society offer a premium of $100 each
for the best running and trotting
horses, and only i?o for the best span
of draft horses.
O. S. Savage left upon the Moun
taineer's table a few specimens of his
large free stone peach, one of which
-measured 10' i inches in circumfer
ence and weighed 0'a ounces.
Dallas had her regular fight lat
Sunday. A man named Gage got all
the fighting he will want this fall.
He was baddy hurt but not killed and
was taken to Salem for repairs.
The Oregon Presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
stands adjourned to convene in the
C. P. Church, Salem, Oregon, on
Thursday, tho 22d of October next.
The Eugene Hawkey? says: "AVlieat
on wheels. Long trains of wagons
come into town daily, loaded with
wheat, drive to the depot, get their
monej- and go home in the best of
humor."
Mr. Eobison. connected with the
Land Office at Washington, is on a
tour of inspection of tho various
government land offices on the Pa
cific coast. He went through the
La Grande office last week.
There will he a meeting of the
citizens of Eugene at the Court
House on Saturday, the 27th inst.,
at 2 o'clock l'.M., to orgauize a com
pany to build a bridge across the
Willamette river at that place.
A bruto in human form, named
Higson, was brought, down to the
Penitentiary on the 17th inst., from
Coos county, under sentence of five
years for attempting to commit rape
on the person of a little girl only
four years of age.
John Minto, of Salem, has made
another discovery this one being a
practicable route across the Cascade
Mountains which lays along the
Xorth Fork of the Santiam, and
crosses the mountains in the vicinity
of mount Jefferson.
The President of the Washington
County Agricultural Society, Mr.
Robert Imbrie, informs us that more
stands and lots have been rented
during the last week than any former
year, and that a large force of men
is now employed in repairing the
Society's grounds.
Dolph Hanna is going to build
water works at Tacoma.
Mr. C. Finkhonner, Treasurer of
Whatcom county, has resigned.
The Pendleton and AValla Walla
Express is a remunerative enterprise.
Two new Granges were instituted
in AValla AValla last week by Deputy
R. P. Olds.
The Congregational Church of
Olympia, has just received a new
Burdett organ.
The Olj-mpia Light Guards are
armed by the Territory with $40
breech loaders.
Hon. John Hailey, Delegate to Con
gress, is the largest-tax-payer in
Idaho Territory.
AVilliam Thompson, of Idaho, has
been appointed Register of the Land
Office at Boise City.
The artesian borers at Port Towns
end are down 1T;6 feet. Their mot
to is water or China.
Mr. J. AV. Ackerinan has returned
from San Francisco to Tacoma, and
assumed charge of the mill.
Rich quartz veins are believed to
have been lately discovered near the
head of Hood's Canal, on Puget
Sound.
A rock cod of 00 pounds weight
was caught by an Indian in the bay
in front of Tacoma on AVednesday of
last week.
The bark M-nslikofT. 223 tons, has
been chartered to come to Freeport,
and load lumber for Shanghai on
private terms.
The ship John Jay arrived at Ta
coma from San Francisco on the
13th. She will return with 400,000
feet of lumler.
James Snllivau, who has been in
jail at Salt Iiake for killing Mike
Garvey, has been admitted to bail in
the sum of ::-$, Kj.
Several hundred pounds of trout
are weekly brought to the Itelana
market from the Big Blackfoot and
readily disposed of.
A. G. Brown has the honor of
being ths first Judicial officer in
Tacoma. He has leen appointed
Justice of the Peace.
A man named McSorlev has been
put under irrlOO not to force his
" presoenee and attentions upon
the gins ot Olympia.
John Hem-v Frrvman, of AValla
Walla, has got himself into trouble
by furnishing a siwash with four
bits worth of whisky.
The schooner Clara Light arrived
ut Seattle on Sunday, 17 da s from
San" I'r:icisco. The schooner Nor
way arrived in 19 days.
The AVashington AVater Pipe Com
pany have contracted with Air.
Doiph iluuni to i'uriii-sh water pipe
for the present town of Tacoma.
Col out 1 John Green, commanding
officer at Fort AVailu AValla, was ten
dered a reception last Tuesday even
ing by the German citizens of that
city.
The Aryus i- informed that Messrs.
Pincus it Pa-.'ksher, of JSieila
eoom, intend building a large vessel.
Work will be commence I on her
shortly.
The Ei-ho sj.vs: A juvenile wildcat
killc-l this week at the back of Mr.
A. E. AVoodard's orchard, iu West
Olympiii, measured three feet from
tip to tip.
Ii. v. Dr. F re man, for the past six
months pastor of the First Baj'tist
Church in Seattle, has h-ft to take
pastoral charge of a church iu San
Francisco.
The graders are at work on the
Den vi r and South Park railway at a
point iu Jefferson county between
the proposed towns of Gilpin ami
Morrissou.
Father Richardson, the Roman
Catholie pastor of a church at Cow
litz Prarie, has made arrangements
to have a church immediately erect
ed in Xalamu.
The Aryus says of the man Brown,
who was shot and stabbed at Port
Ludlow some months since, that he
has yielded to the effects of his
wound and is dying.
From the Arizona Miner: In Pres
eott and vicinity this year, the
amount of rainfall has been greater
comparatively than during the pre
ceding four years.
A diabol ical attempt to fire Hele
na, Moiiiaua. was made on the 14th
inst. The citizens offered the next
day a reward of .-M.OOO for the detect
ion of the incendiary.
The Insane Asylum of Pierce
county has now forty inmates, thirty-two
of whom are males, and eight
females. The Asylum never lefore
contained so many of that unfortu
nate class.
The firt plan of the city of Tacoma
reported by the home engineer has
been set aside, and Fred Law Olm
stead, of Xew York, is now engaged
in laying off the expectant great
mart on paper.
The articles of incorporation of
the Seattle Railroad Company have
been amended so as to partially com
ply with the recommendations em
braced in their report to the AValla
AValla Committee.
At the lat meeting of tho City
Council of Kalama a levy of nine
mills on the dollar was exacted upon
personal and voul property within
the city, based on the county assess
ment for the year 1873.
Tho petition to President Grant to
change the southern boundary of
the new Indian reservation from Sun
river to the Great Falls of the Mis
souri, has received over two thous
and signatures already.
Hon. Elwood Evans, U. S. Cen
tennial Commissioner, will take the
initiary steps af the forthcoming In
dustrial Fair at Seattle toward se
curing subscriptions for the Cen
tennial stock in AVashington Terri
tory. The Tacoma Tribune say the report
of the failure of Jay Cook it Co.
caused one or two timid individuals
to withdraw their deposits from the
bank of Cook Brothers in Tacoma,
and they seemed surprised at the
readiness with which their money
was handed to them.
On AVednehday of last w eek, con
tracts for supplying the military at
Walla Walla with supplies, were
as fellows; Hay, per ton, 217 19;
wood, per cord b 75; btraw, per
ton, .?5 58; oats, per pound, xi cts.
These contracts were awarded to
Messrs. Hardman v Rogers.
Telegaphic Xews.
Paris, Sept. 15 disi
Havre announces the ,frm
near that city, of Duker-Jb- leufii
husband of Queen (Ar
London, Sept. 19Alis. V. 1ilin
ed for Montreal vesterdav i -v il.
charge 55 working-women' folTP
she has secured employ.! '0I
America. 1 . "nt ln
The whale steamer r,.r
Dundee, passed Peterhead i, V ' .f(
with the crew of the 1 l -t
1,,1 t,,..f...... i , A '"aris. -u i
er Ravenseraig, which rescue', 'i"1"
from boats on the nti,
twenty miles south of v ,Jnl.v
Pakis, September 17 1 TV rk-
ber of deaths by ch.,1... . . '. E"m
from the Oth to tho Hth fi ,t flt-vo
' v i
h-rHarwi.-v.,
Lord Lieutenant of Camh
meU to-ilay, aged 74.
bAH I KAXCISCO, Sept. IS V
roached here at midm-di tV1
Pacific Mail Companv-s XK
Cota Rica ran on the rocks it 'T
San l itAN'cisco
XVJ.1..11., .uimii inree miles fr i r
Point, outside, and was wic l' l
Sacramento, Sept. U -1 puiV .
thousand persons were present' V
to-day on the Fair ground.
San Fr.Axcisoo,Sept.ll)-Th.. f-n
of Jay Cooke & Co'canses tl
easiness here, but it is U-Kv ,
that none of our banking or ln(.r
tile firms w ill be affected bv tl eS"
ure. ' dll
Measures have been taken to
cure the commutation of the scnt'i
of some of the Modocs.
AVashington. September IX fl
Banking house of Jay Cooke & Co 6
in this city was closed shortly aft,.'
noon to-day. The First utl.i.
Batik has suspended. There tJ
,vi j n ui-n i oi; nie sireer
! r er.ee of th
ill Cer,Sf-
e anr.ounceiiw it . t .
laiinre of Jay Cooke A." Co. e
Xew York, September s. jft
Cooke it Co. announce their suir
.-ion in consequence of large a.ll sli
ces made to sustain their l'l il-J.1
... i-.i. j. i.iiatii !.
phia house, and the hcaw trfc;
upon their own deposits. The d:u-
m nnar.ciai circles has b
been ohv (f
unusual excitement.
Chicago, September nEvouha
The Tot-d los-s .sustained bv tin
this afternoon is estimated iit fr,n
$250,(4) to c-; :(';(!, ((.. u,t. 1(tl
number of buildings destroyed "is
estimated at (M.
Memphis. Sipiembtr 7. Tie
Board of Health repot t ele el, at: s
to-day, nine from velh.w fever.
Baltimore. Sept. 18. In t P
Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. this ink
ing, announcement of death , f pn.t
Sire John A. Kennedy v.us n-J,.'
Several members delivered enfilpivs
upon the deceased.
A resolution that the nest :u::.r.;.I
session of the Grand Led re I L- ',;'
in Ath'.nta. Ga., was in.ar.inns:,
adopted. Washington.
Sept.
18. r.Vf
the I L-t
-i.sj.,-LI
Lieutenant AVinters.
Cavalry. Las been dctaih t
duty to examine into thi
and requirements of the
!-eci:'i. ( f
country about Camp B:dv t !:. (
lornia. as regards the pre-er.ee aiul
servic e of troops in ease C;.ir.i V.'ar
i.er. Oregon, should be abi.ic.i.J
and the garrison of both pos-t? (. r
c. ntrab-d at Ci:mi Bidweil, or m r e
?ft bnilt in a iw-ifl advai.f.'aetv.s
Ioctuitv. if any .-m l; be found.
New York" Sept. 1th A sl urj. re
action is reported, r.v.dcr nr. i:. ; ;!
meuts that A'andei Hit's brokers aro
buving heavily.
It is understood that the ('. P. h.
R. Co., has been afi'ected by the fail
ure of Fisk it Hatch, sis that cemjA
ny have been borrowers of late.
The suspension is announced vi
Toussev. it Fisher, P. Meyers. Mil
ler it Walsh. Laurens it .b.scp!
Bearing & Deliinger and AViiikms
it Costwick.
Vitxna, Sept. 10. It is ofT.eiitijr
reported that there h;ne been l.T.'.l
coses of cholera in A'ieiina sirco ta
outbrt ak of the disease. Of this
number 1.110 were fatal.
AVashington, Sept. 1:0. Secrehiry
Richardson has instructed AMt:u;t
Hillhouse. of Xew York, to purclia1
at priate sale bonds to the amount
of 10,0f0,000 at the average yrica
paid to-day. Similar ir.str.iotiets
have been sent to Philadelphia. Ti.t;
President expresses his determina
tion to use everv power of the Tn-s-ury
to the extent of the P", HKi.(M)
balance and the .-?4 1.0. '(.' ! reserve.
St. Loris,
pt.
20.
-Tans;
Gump A- Co., of this citv
CiCSfll
doo.s this afternoon.
Chicago. S pt. 20. The Franklin
Savings Bank, unable to meet de
mands, closed its doors to-day.
Bi ulington. Iowa. Sent. 2i. The
Orchard City Savings Bank closed
its doors to-day.
Tkkha Hatte. Ir.d., Sept. 10.
The Terre Haute Iron and Nad
AVorks were totally destroyed by fre
this morning. Loss l.'2.O0o.
Omaha, Xeb., Sept. -JO. T
Sioux Indians are officially reported
as jireparing for another raid.
Xew York, Sept. 20. Five bnn
ilred Mormons w ho arrived in this
city, yesterday, left to-day for Eu
rope. ArorsTA, Ga., Sept. 2-b The
heavy continued rainstorn? on I n
day and Friday night did considera
ble damage to th railroad entering
this p!ae, washing away culverts
wrecking trains, and killing several
employees.
Burlington, Iowa, Sept.
fire early this forenoon destreyf-i
the lumber yard of Gilbert. HodPe.
it Co., with'o.OOO.OOO feet of lumber,
valued at $120,000.
Loni.on, Sept. 19. The Emperor
of Morocco is dead, .
Tho lirm of Jav Cooke McCnllji
it Co., in this city, have pl casU
over their counter all day.
Toronto, Sept. 20. H. X '
& Co., bankers and brokers oftw
city, have suspended, owing to ia
failure of Jay Cooke Sz Co.
Lisron, Sept. 20.-An nnsncr
ful attempt was made at
Avres to assassinate Dr. arni:
President of the Argentine Repui'
Xew York, Sept. 22.-Tl.e J
has closed quiet and it is belies .
the parjio is over,
City of Mexico, via Havana,
Sept. 20.The Government v en
gaged in re-establishing the
It has ordered the purchase in tt
land of four steapicr5.
SiiREVEroRr, Sept. 20. ine. n
deiuic. exhibits no abatement.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept, 20.-T her
were thirteen deaths from ?eli ,
fever to-day, though there arc
rew new cases.