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THE ENTEBPBiSI
OKEGO.Y Oil', OKESOS, Jt'LV 17, 1S74.
The County Exhibit.
In this issue will bo found the of
- ficial exhibit of the finances of this
county for the fiscal year which
closed on the 30th of June. It will
bo observed that this exhibit gives
tho present indebtedness of the coun
ty at 11,1396 75 over and above its
assets, while the year previous the
indebtedness was reported at $12,
326 91. During the past year the
county paid for the Clackamas bridge
which cost 6,000, which was a very
necessary expense. Deduct this sum
from the entire expenses, and we
have 16,079 10 as the expenses of
the county for tho past year. The
amount of orders redeemed during
the year were 19,630 33. Add this
to the amount of coin on hand and
tho certificates for tax-sales, which
amount to 3,058 -16, and we have
22,683 79, against 22,079 10 orders
drawn dui iag the year, leaving, after
paying for the Clackamas bridge,
609 69 for the payment of orders
issued the privious year. This niaj'
bo regarded as an economical and
creditable management of our coun
ty affairs, and as the election is now
over, the people can take an impar
tial view of the situation. We ask
a careful reading of this exhibit, and
feel8assured that the verdict of the
people cik-ill bo that our county affairs
were managed with honesty and to
tho best interests of the tax-payers.
Tho county is turned over to the
l resent Board in good condition, and
with such management as the people
have a right to expect of them, our
county orders should be at par by
the time the present yeai-'n tax is
collected.
The t iscoiisiu Railroad Law.
The United States Circuit Court
for "Wisconsin has decided the law
regulating the fares on railroads con
stitutional, by denying the applica
tion made :n behalf of the bondhold
ers of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad Company, for an injunction
forbidding the officers of tho State
to enforce he Faro and Freight law
against tl'o company. The Court
held that the provisions of the con
stitution of "Wisconsin, reserving to
tho legislature tho right to alter,
amend or repeal any charter granted
by tho SLite, because a part not
merely of tdie contract between the
company and the State, but a part of
tho contract between the Company
ands its creditors as veil. "Whatever
contracts ri corporation might make
wero necessarily made subject to
such change in tho powers of the
corporation, and to such diminution
in its capacity to meet its obligations
as the legislature might from time
to time think proper to impose. The
existence c? the clause in the consti-
tution resei
Lving such power to the
legislature
operated as a notice to
all partid
if the disability under
which tin I
irporation labored with
reference
all its affairs, its bonds
included.
The Court lield that it was compe
tent for the legislature to prescribe
tho rates of fares and freights which
might be collected on passengers and
freight transported between points
within the State, but was in doubt
about tho power of the legislature
over passengers and freight shipped
from other States into "Wisconsin or
rice rersd. The Court, however, did
not feel warranted in granting an in
junction on this point alone. It is
expected that the case will go to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oswego Pig Iron iu the Market.
The San Francisco Mining and Sci
entific Press makes mention of the
Oswego pig iron. It says:
It is with sincere pleasure that we
note tho appearance in our markets
again of Fig Iron manufactured on
tho Pacific Coast.
While
we had to
bring the
material seventeen
over the ocean, we
thousand miles
could have little hope of doing any
thing beyond satisfying our own
vants,in the "v.ay of machinery, etc.
Now however Oregon steps in with
iron of a superior quality and that
sells for a higher price than any
English or American, that Ave know
of. The laa.t importation of a hun
dred tons sold for 13, 1 higher
than tho average qualities of the lat
ter. This is not the first time that
Oregon has entered the market as a
producer of Tig Iron. But owing to
adverse circumstances tho industry
had for a while to be abandoned.
It is now resumed again, and there
is a company represented in this city
by General Allen, and will be able
to produce about one third of the
quantity that is needed to supply
tho San Francisco market yearly.
No doubt in duo course of time, oth
er companies both in Oregon and
California, will enter tho market,
the cost of production will be de
creased, and our iron founders will
bo able to beat all their competi
tors in the machinery and agricultu
ral implement trade on the shores of
the Pacific. An opportunity will al
so bo affejled for the manufacture of
hardware; and in fact the impetus
given by it to the manufacturing in
dustries of the coast can at this mo
ment bo hardly realized. When we
can command iron and coal of good
quality, and in abundance, we shall
start in the race of progress as high-
.j w:,,; uy nature as Pennsylvania
or ,rftat S'.ritain, and much more so
or fireat Biri
than NevAY
. o
rk or New England.
j
Cien. O. O.'lloward.
This individual has, for several
years past, occupied about as promi
nent a place in the public journals
as the Beecher-Tilton scandal, and
in about as complimentary manner.
Our readers have heard of him as
the Christian soldier, the author of
the present Indian peace policy, the
head and front of the Negro Bureau
of the South, and who was recently
on trial for shortcomings on his ac
counts. Of all men now in the ser
vice, ho is the least fitted, by his
prejudices against our people to be
in command of this department. Yet
this is the case. lie has been order
ed here to supercede Gen. Jeff. C.
Davis, who has been here about two
years, and has gained tho respect of
all with whom he has had duty
to perform. But we are now to bo
governed on tho Christian plan of
Gen. O. O. Howard. We have been
looking for almost anything from
Grant, but we did not expect he
would inflict the people of this dis
trict with the saintly Howard. His
appointment cannot be regarded only
as a calamity. He was recently tried
for irregularities in hi3 department
of the South, and escaped by a vote
of four to three. The matter was re
ferred to Judge-Advocate Holt, who,
in his report of the case said: "With
whatever indulgence or commenda
tion the prevailing spirit which char
acterized General Howard's perform
ance of his arduous duties may be
regarded, it is believed that in the
expression of such indulgence or
commendation care should be taken
to give no sanction, express or im-
plied, to the manifest violation of i appointment of Sheppard, and Grant
law which this investigation has substituted the name of Alex. G.
brought to light, and which have Cattle, of New Jersey, whereupon
hereinbefore been fully commented I the three nominations were confirm
on." j ed. The failure of these gentlemen
Grant appears to have taken tho i to accept promptly, has led many to
hint, as he approved the findings of j suppose that they did not intend to
the Court, but ignored its opinion. ! avail themselves of this opportunity
This is construed as a concurrence i to secure a " fat" office under Uncle
in Howard's integritv, but. as ("cclin- I Sam. It is believed, however, that
ing to relieve him of moral responsi
bility for errors resulting in public
harm which he should have avoid
ed, by the exercise of ordinary judg
ment and care.
Tho whitewashing of the Board
which tried him, evidently did not
even meet the approval of
Judge j
Holt, and in the opinion adove quot
ed, he plainly states that Howard
was incompetent and unfitted for the
position he has heretofore held.
Yet wo are to have him here a place j
that needs anything but a peace pol- j
icy Commander. Grant is deter- ,
mined to govern the people of this j
coast on the plan of tho Peaco Com-
mission, no matter how many whites j
are slaughtered by the red devils. j
Representatives ofthc tJerinan IIn:l- j
holders oflhe O. C. R. R. C. I
The Yreka Union says: It is ac
cording to our information that tho
bonds of the Oregon and California
Railroad Ilolladay's road were
purchased principally, if not exclu
sively, in Germany. It is said when
these bonds some 11,000,000 or
12,000,000 were placed on the Ger
man market, assurances were given to
the capitalists who purchased them,
that the money thus obtained would
be sufficient to build the road from
Portland to the California line. It
was expected, of course, by these
capitalists, that tho road thus built
to the State line would be met there
by Stanford's California and Oregon
road, and that the two, thus connect
ing, would form one continuous line
between tho Columbia river and the
Bay of San Francisco. Had the pro
gramme worked out according to
their expectations, their 11,000,000
or 12.000,000 of bonds would have
been secured by some C00 miles of
road, forming a part of a great over
land lino between two important
commercial centers, instead of 130
miles of road, connecting Avith noth
ing, and terminating at a small coun
try village of five hundred or one
thousand inhabitants as is now the
case. We can't stop now to inquire
why the money gave out when only
130 miles of the easiest part of the
road was built. But such was the
fact. The road to Roseburg don't
begin to pay running expenses and
interest on tho 11,000,000 or 12,-
OOO.o'.o of bonds, the proceeds of
which were consumed in building it.
The bondholders must do something
or lose their money. They have
sent out a couple of gentlemen, as
agents or representatives, to pass
over the intervening country between
Reading and Roseburg the present
termini of the two roads to see what
can be done. These agents will ar
rive at Reading to-morrow, and will
leave there in a private conveyance
on Monday for Roseburg. They de
sire to pass over the country leisure
ly, and by daylight, that thev may
nn vn o n-. 1 . .. a - i ' .
it.
. &wvjvi tpiuriuniiy to observe
Air. l'eek, agent of tho fVlifor-
ma and Oregon Stage Company,
despatched Nate Fairchild, with "a
private carriage from here on Thurs-
uay, to meet them nt lloo.u
and
take them thence through
burg.
to Rose-
EF.TrRxro.-Hon. J. W. Nesmith
arrived at his home last week, com
ing overland. We are informed by
a Polk county friend, that he looka
remarkably well, and that he i glad
to got to his Oregun home one more.
He wa, heartily welcomed homo by
his manv friends.
IVLii Election- Rktcrks. We
to-day publish the full returns of the
t.uc. liio table will be l.andv f
j future reference.
"Washington
Letter.
Washington, June 29, 1874:.
The Civil Eights Bill which, when
I wrote last had presented itself as a
serious obstacle to the progress of
business in the House, has been ef
fectually removed by proceeding
to business on the Speaker's table
under the two-thirds rule, that is,
requiring a two-thirds vote to pass
a bill. This, of course, killed the
Civil Rights Bill, which, when it
camo up for final consideration, re
ceived tho vote of 110 to 91, insuffi
cient by fourteen votes to effect its
passage under the above rule. This
measure has many obnoxious fea
tures, but the fatal one was the mix
ed school provision, had this portion
become a law, it would have resulted
in the downfall of the public school
system of the South, and a material
injury of that of the North a ques
tion the effects of which would have
been so detrimental to the educa
tional interests of our country as
this, necessarily greatly influenced
the members in casting their votes,
and in the result of their delibera
tions we see the defeat of the bill,
and as defeat in this case is synony
mous with its death, it may now be
conceded that the Civil Rights Bill
is dead beyond revival.
Oh Tuesday the President forward
ed to the Senate the names of Alex.
R. Shepherd, late Governor of the
District, Henry T. Blow, of Missou
ri, and Wm. A. Dennison, of Ohio,
as Commissioners for the manage
ment of the affairs of the District of
Columbia until the next session of
Congress. The Senate tabled the
they will accept, as on the 1st of Ju
ly the interest is due on a certain
class of the District securities, and
it is necessary there should be au
thority to pay it. This new commis
sion is composed of men who have
figured .somewhat prominently in the
annals of our country, and if we may
i be allowed to judge of the future by
j the past, a careful and efficient gov
; eminent may be anticipated during
j their continuance in office.
Quito unexpectedly to main' peo
ple, Postmaster General Cresswell
handed in his resignation at the Cab
inet meeting last week. He assigned
as his reason for this course, that he
desired to retire from public life and
resume the practice of his profession.
Tho resignation was accepted, and
the name of Hon. Hugene Hale, of
Maine, proposed as that of his suc
cessor. This gentleman, who was
visiting in Pennsylvania, has been
notified of his good fortune, but as
yet has not expressed himself re
garding his intentions in the matter,
the probability is he will declino, as
he has just received the very flatter
ing news of his unanimous nomina
tion, by his constituency, for re
election to Congress; in the event of
his non-acceptance, it is impossible
to predict as to who will then be the
nominee, though there will doubt
less be numerous applicants-, all per
fectly willing to accept this little gift
at the hands of the President. It is
whispered in political circles that
Creswell has resigned only to be bet
ter prepared to accept the position
of Minister to Austria, which the
President will soon tender to him.
As to the amount of truth in this ru
mor, I cannot say, though if the ap
pointment was tendered to him, it is
but reasonable to suppose that he
would at least " think twice" before
he returned his decision.
Now, that Congress has adjourned,
it will doubtless bo well to refer in a
brief way to what it has accomplish
ed during its somewhat lengthy ses
sion of six months and twenty-two
days. In the House, as usual, the
bills and resolutions introduced
were greatly in excess of those intro
duced in the Senate, while in the
former body they numbered about
3,800, in the latter they fell short of
1,000, though in addition to the
enumeration both Houses were this
session beset by an army of petitions
on all subjects and from all parts of
the country. Yet, notwithstanding
the apparently large number of bills
introduced, the first session of the
43d Congress has not been marked
by any very extraordinary legisla
tion. The House when it assembled gave
evidence of many practical reforms
tho outlook was promising for a set
tlement of the cheap transportation
problem: for a speedy adjustment
of values and legislation which would
ease the stringent money marKei.
Indeed so solicitous did the repre
sentatives of tho people feel on this
subject that the length of their usual
holiday recess was curtailed in or
der to enable Congress to arrive at,
on as earlv a day as practicable, suit
..i.i. . lruiiit.inn calculated to revive
x our drooping commercial and mone
; t;U.y interests. And yet the ppectacle
; was presented in the last week of tho
session of being farther away from a
solution of the question than iu the
first. True, a currency bill was
passed, but not in sfuch a form as
j proved acceptable to all sections of
i the country. Perhaps as wise a
piece
of legislation as has been en-
r : suited are
, bankrupt 1
amendments to tne
Another subject of
.w.
Our .Special
vital moment, which received its
share of debate was the Geneva
Award. After tedious labor Congress
consented, to pay claims which ad
mitted of no dispute and reserved to
lay in its Treasury about twelve mil
lions of the fifteen and a half million
fund. The railroad companies seek
in.nr vHiVf failed badlv. all bills relat
ing thereto being snugly blanketed
on the Speaker's table, or on the cal
endar in the Senate. As regards tho
appropriation bills it may bo asked
whether it is true economy or not to
stint public officers in administering
the affairs of Government but this
is a question best known perhaps to
the law-makers yet Congress has,
in its spasm of economy, seen proper
to greatly reduce the appropriations
from the amounts estimated. Glanc
ing back at the Congressional legis
lation accomplished during tho past
six months, and judging it from an
unbiased point of view, it may be
said for the members of the Congress
which has just adjourned, that they
can congratulate themselves on the
not unimportant fact that though
they have passed no great measures
they have at least avoided mischiev
ous legislation. Of course, in the
multitude of bills passed, some of
doubtful wisdom and utility have
slipped through and become laws,
but still it can be affirmed without
hesitaney that thus far the 13d Con
gress has acquitted itself much bet
ter than its predecessor, the 12d
Congress, did in its day, and as such
deserves the approval of the people.
R. D. M.
The Result.
We take tho following from the
New York Sun, which shows exactly
what some of the results of the ex
tension of the right of suffrage to the
freedom of the South will be.
One of the results likely to acrue
from the extension of the rights of
suffrage to the freedom of the South,
and the consequent pillage of the
Southern people by the negro, carpet-bag,
and scallawag rulers who
from partisan considerations have
been fondly cherished by Grant's ad
ministration, is a general repudiation
of public indebtedness by those
States which have suffered the worst
from spoliation.
The average southern negro re
gards the idea of paying taxes with
intense disgust, ami among all the
black legislators who have so reck
lessly voted to increase tho debt of
their various States by millions of
dollars, the number who have con
tributed to the public revenues by
any direct payment of taxation is so
insignificant as not to be worth men
tioning. A great proportion of the bonds of
Southern States is hold by Northern
capitalists, the most of whom have
been conspicious supporters of the
Administration, which has encourag
ed the plunder of the reconstructed
States: and there is a very large
class cf Southern taxpayers who be
lieve that it is such men as they who
are really responsible for the ruin
which has been wrought by misgov
ernment, and therefore would take
infinite satisfaction in seeing these
bondholders whistle for their inter
est and principal.
Such people will have little dilu
culty in persuading the blacks depen
dent upon them for employment and
subsistence that it will be impossible
for them to pay the enormous taxa
tion which would be required to
maintain the credit of their several
States, and at the same time pay liv
ing prices for labor; and this propo
sition once made plain to the percep
tion of the colored voters, the latter
will be sis anxious to procure exemp
tion for his white employers as for
himself. Perhaps if the qnestiou of
repudiation should be left entirely
to the whites it would be defeated at
any cost; but if in the cotton States
fhe whites who favor such a policy
should be reinforced by tho solid
colored vote, the value of agreat
portion of Southern securities would
at once become infinitesimal.
Destructive lJres in the Hast.
A destructive fire ocenred in Chi
cago on the 13th, which was not got
under coutroll until 12:10 on the
13th. The loss is estimated at $S,000
000. The exact limits of the
conflagration are as follows: On
Clark street where it originated,
from near twelfth street for about a
block north on Fourth Avenue; from
near Taylor street to Harrison street ;
on Third Avenue from near Peck
Court to Harrison, on west side, and
one block farther on east side; on
State street from No. 300, near Har
mon Court, to No. 310, near Con
gress street on wast side, and to cor
ner of VauBnrcn on east side; on
Wabash Avenue from 942, near Peck
Conrt, to No. 207, near corner of
VanBuren on the west side and to
No. 2(J1 on east side. Michigan Av
enue is burned about one block, ly
ing mostly between VanBuren and
Harrison streets. A second fire on
Milwaukee Avenue burned only a
few buildings before it was extin
guished. A special of the 15th gives an ac
count of a most destructive fire at
Iowa Falls, on tho 11th, which start
ed about 3 r . m. , and destroyed the
whole business part of tho town.
Loss, $100,000. A gale of wind fur
thered the progress of the fire. Forty-five
buildings were burned. The
fire was brought under control
about sunset.
A fire occured on the 11th at Osh
kosh. It originated on Maiu street
near the Beckwith house, and pro
ceeded northward on Maiu street for
half a mile, and westward to tho
lake. The buildings destroyed wero
mostly dwellings with some stores
and factories. Tho loss, is estimated
at Sl.300,000.
Fihe. A fire in Portland last Sat
urday evening, destroyed tho salt
works of McCracken & Co. The loss
is estimated at about $3,000 over the
insurance. Some of tho surround
ing shops were also destroyed. The
origin of the fire is unknown. In
tho night J. M. G. Kallich's ico
house was destroyed. Loss estimat-
i ed at $5,000.
Summary of State Xevvs Items.
There aro five Granges on Long
Tom.
Oat harvest has begun in Yamhill
county.
Wool sells at Albany for 2S cents
per pound.
There are 21G piisoners in the Or
egon Stato Penitentiary.
The wool clip of Wasco county
will exceed 300,000 pounds.
Fifty men are now employed on
the Capitol building at Salem.
Large numbers of immigrants have
arrived in Klamath valley this season.
Tho number of people at Albany
on tho Fourth was estimate to bo
0,500.
Mr. McDonald sold his farm
near McMinnvill, the other day, for
$G,900.
Small-pox has dissappeared from
Corva'lis and measles appeared in
stead.
Judge Field will hold a term of U.
S. Circuit Court at Portland, next
mouth.
The Methodist Conference will
convene in Portland ontho 12th of
August.
Jo. Buchtel has secured a patent
for an electric signal apparatus for
fire hose.
The encampment of the Champions
of the Ren Cross, at Baker City, has
collapsed.
Gold dust, iu large quantities, is
being received from LT Dorado, Eas
tern Oregon.
Prof. E. D. Curtis and Miss Curtis
will take chargeof the Umpqua Acad
emy in August.
Business of all kinds seems to be
very brisk and money plenty at pres
ent in the Dalles.
Not a residence is vacant in Alba
ny. The town was never more pros
perous than now.
A number of the Salem folks have
gone to the seaside and mountains,
and more will go.
G. W. Dunlap is developing a rich
silver miue at the head of Granite
creek, Grant county.
Dr. C B. Golden has been appoint
ed Health Officer of Fmpiro Citv,
vice Dr. C. W. Tower.
Seven hundred buggies and wag
ons were counted at the celebration
at Albany on the Fourth.
The jurymen who found Gerrand
guilty refuse to sigu the petition ask
ing for a commutation.
The Odd Fellows and Red Men's
Lodges at Baker City, are rejiorted
to be in a flourishing condition.
The reward for the apprehension
and conviction of tho murderer of
Conrad Warner, at Salem, has been
raise. I to $500.
Senator Mitchell will 'probably re
m tin in Washington during tho sum
mer, in consequence, partly, of tho
illness of his wife.
Two young men living witli John
Mi'.ito, five miles from Salem, killed
132 squirrels one day last week with
a "figure 1" dead-fall.
Columbia Conference of M. F.
Church South will begin at the camp
ground near Tanger.t on the last
S turday of this month.
The Odd Fellows at Brownsville
are building an elegant hall, to be
two stories high, twenty-four feet
wide by sixty in length.
A little girl namcn Balch, while
playing upon a floating wharf in front
of the town of St. Johns, Friday, fell
overboard and was drowned.
Alex. Martin, of Jacksonville, has
sold his fine trotting horse "Barney
Flanders" to San Francisco parties
for the round sum of $2,500
The bridge at Springfield has been
commenced and the first pier is ready
for filling. They are pushing the
work with remarkable rapidity.
Dr. B. P. Quivey, of Portland,
will take the place of Physician at
the Klamath Indian Agency, recent
ly vacated bv Dr. G. W. O.h ll.
Tho semi-annual
meeting of
the
Pioneer and
Historical Society of
Oregon, held in Astoria on the lib
inst., was a very pleasant meeting.
An Indian brought a report to
Salem, last Friday, that a young
man named Way mire, living at Dai
las, struck a squaw, injuring her so
that she died.
Brownsville is flourishing. Prop
erty increasing in valuation and
scarcely an empty house in town.
A year ago there were fifty unoccu
pied houses.
Mr. Lewis Kiss, of the Dalles, was
awarded the contract, by.theCom-missionei-s'
Court, to keep the pau
pers of Wasco county for one year
for the sum of $1,000.
A party of scientists, consisting of
Professors Arnold, Hawthorne, Mil
ncr and others, of Corvallis, propose
to start on a trip of observation to
Mt. Hood, early this week.
Messrs. J. K. Gill & Co., of Port
land, secured tho contract of furnish
ing the stationery for tho various
State Departments for the ensuing
year. Tho bid was $2,135.
Dr. D. M. Jones has been elected
to fill the chair of Materia Medica
and Therapeutics in tho Medical De
partment of the Willamette Univer
sity for the ensuing year.
According to reports, the killing
of the Indian woman in Polk county
by a young man named Waymire,
was one of tho most foul murders
ever committed in our State.
Mrs. Rufus Mallory, of Salem, is
circulating a petition for the commu
tation of Gerrand's sentence to im
prisonment for life. It received
quite a number of signatures.
Ti;e Cascade Mountain Road from
Marion county to Eastern Oregon
has turned out to be a success, and
will gsatly benefit the southern por
tion of the State, as well as the eas
tern. Tho Indian who returned a month
or so ago, from Donald McKav's par
ty, was murdered at the Dalles,
Wednesday evening, by three Indi
ans living in that vicinity. He was
literally hacked to pieces with knives.
The murderers arc under arrt.
Captain Hamilton, a pioneer of
Coos county, died at Marshfield,
July 2d, at the age of seventy -five.
The Yamhill Reporter says: "Farms
aro in great demand, either to rent
or buy. There is more search for
land this year than has ever been
known in our county before."
Miss Minnie Allison fell in the
1-agjng Willamette at Albany the oth
er day, but her companion, Miss
Lizzie Williams, who is a food swim
mer, plunged in and bravely rescued
her.
There has been a new Post Office
established at Parkersville, Grant
county, and Eliza Newton appointed
as Postmistress. This office is on
the new route from Baker City to
Canyon City.
The flour mill now in process of
construction, at Umatilla City, will
bo completed some time next Sep
tember, and all the wheat the farm
ers may have to sell will there find a
ready market.
Frank Crouch, the Oregon steam
engine prodigy, is engaged at the
agricultural manufacturing works at
Farmington, Illinois. He is rigging
his engine to the plow manufactured
by that company.
Mr. Humason, contractor, will
commence work on the Sandy wagon
road from the Upper to the Middle
Lauding at the Cascades, immediate
ly. In accordance with the contract,
he is to have tho road completed in
ninety days.
Some days ago Ave announced tho
death of a small child of an immi
grant family at Cornelius. e ftre
now informed that the child had
small-pox, and that the father and
two other children aro down with the
same disease. A number of persons
were exposed before it was known
what the disease Avas.
A band, near Walla Walla, of ewes
of the Spanish Merino blood, belong
ing to Mr. Put Snith, was recently
sheared, and their fleeces averaged
fourteen pounds and four ounces.
Twenty-three bucks, of the same
band, sheared at the same time, aver
aged seventeen pounds and four
ounces apiece. Nearly all the bucks
were yearlings.
Territorial Xcws Items.
The assessed value of property in
Salt Lake is $7,000,000.
Tho Catholic Indians of Washing
ton Territory number about 0,000.
Jobbing rates for beef in Seattle
are 3 cents per pound, and for mut
ton G cents.
The express business at Bismark
amounts to about $050 a
$2,500 a mnoth.
weeli, or
Six men recently caught 1,001
good sized front in one day in a
Montana stream.
All the Sound people are making
hay. The weather was never better
for the business.
By order of the War Department,
tho Post of Beaver is hereafter to be
called Fort Cameron..
Brigham Young has been making
his will and left his friends from five
to
n children
Mece.
Cant. Blake oi the schooner Onta
rio, lias struck a rich gold and silver
lead near Bolton's ship yard, on Bel
lingham Bay.
There are still 1,000 Apaches fit
for the field, notwithstanding the de
cimation of their tribe so frequently
by Gen. Crooks' command.
The Sehomo coal mine, in Wash
ington Territory, shipped to San
Francisco, last year, 21,211 tons of
coal against 4,100 tons the year be
fore. Col. Green and his command arriv
ed at Wallowa valley on the Gth inst.
No Indians were found in the valley,
and the prospects of a fight was very
remote.
All the hands on the Olympia Rail
road have been discharged with the
intention of discontinuing work until
after tho vote on county bonds has
been taken.
The late fire in Central City, Colo
rado, a few days ago, destroyed about
125 buildings, principally business
houses. The total loss is estimated
at $500,000.
Governor Potts, of Montana, sent
10,000 rounds of cartridges to Dia
mond City, to be used by the people
of Meagher county in home defense
against Indians.
The body of Mr. Schwartz was
found flouting in Lake Kitcheles,
but the $1,500 he carried with him
have not been found. The affair has
an ugly look about it.
In the recent search for the body
of Mr. Schwartz, it was ascertained
that Lake Kitchelas was from -10 to
80 feet in depth not far from tho
shore, with rocky bottom.
Dr. Settle of Seattle has just re
turned from Yakima, bringing in two
sacks of gold dust from the Swauk
mines and elsewhere in those parts.
There arc some good sized nuggets.
The victims sent over to Utah from
Europe by the bilkingMormon priest
hood this seasor, aro numbered only
by hundreds. Last year there wero
several thousand of them. And still
the scales continue to fall from their
eyes.
The grasshoppers made a clean
sweep in Sheridan valley, Montana,
this year. That valley is usually
one of the most fertile and prolific in
tho Territory, but tho pests have
eaten "every green thing" this sea
son. The Sunday law finally passed tho
Walla Walla City Council, and here
after stores and saloons will be re
quired to keep closed doors on tho
first day of tho week. The penalty
for violatingjthe law is a fine of not
less than $25.
The Salem Stalesnan is now owned
and controlled by an association,
with Mr. L. S. Scott as business
manager. If all connected with the
establishment are men like Mr. Scott
the Statesman will be conducted as a
respectable journal hereafter.
H. II. Kincaid, of the State Journal,
arrived at Eugene from Washington,
last Thursday, accompanied by bis
wife.
Telegraphic News.
In response to an annhw
he Governor of MinS?
be permitted to draw ,i -at &
supplies or the relief ofS&
from the grasshopper rava-eT
S1!! ,be. charge at;
fund available for ti e pX a
arms for the Minnesota S?V
secretary of War telegray.he 1 '
he had no authority to tl 1 , :
iironrintirma ft., "u&ier s-
X L
another, and that h 1 0se t-
whatever at his command withv
to purchase the supplies recpif v
m T he Japanese military 0pE
in I ormosa have virtually 1 "
China pays the expenses of the
pedition and guarantees safety'
foreigners. Japan accepts the ''
rangement and retires. tr
It is stated that a Washing
Grand Jury has found two in('0,u
.ments against Mr. Dana, of the
York Sun, on a complaint of ex-G "1
Shepherd. It is expected the Iv
ident will issue on tho Governor
New York, a requisition for tlie
cused, at an early date.
Mary Hannon died in Brooklyn f
the 10th, of genuine Asiatic cliol,.
Republican papers conclude fr '
MacMahon's message to the Assent v
that he recognizes the Republic. '
Gen. Durj-ea, in answer
Mayor Havemeyer's request
resign, said the public interests t'l
paramount, and in view of event-
the past week, it was ntcessurv
him to remain. The German Ta.
payers' Association have held aiixx:
ing and adopted resolutions stfonfv
condemnatory of the Mayor's aoti- '
in reappointing convicted crimi
and calling for his immediate remov
al. Aldertnan Raddea, a f.,; .
strong advocate of the Mayor's el..
tion presided over a meeting
night which pronounced in equu'.;v
strong terms against his contiuvuL...
in office.
The War Department received
patches confirming the accounts of t
battle with the Sioux in NebniL
Lieut. Young is reported dangomu,.
ly wounded. Reports from Captai:
Jos. Bush, in the lower part of p..
kofa, and from Capt. Carlisle Jioi-
at tho Cheyeno Agency, state t it;
the Indians are in a warlike mood.
Win. McGiimis, bitten by a
some weeks since, died in Now Y
on the 10th, about two hours itf:,
being seized with hydrophobia.
A dispatch from Hampton, Lo;
Island, Gv. Dix's-summer residem.--.
sa3s tho Governor has taken act; ....
adversely to Havemeyer.
A gentleman just from Fort s;;
says the Indian Chiefs Satana.
Tree and Lone Wolf are in collr.s.x
against the whites, and serious tre
ble may be expected. Col. Car;:..-.,
with a company of the Tenth (.v;;!,t
is on a scout through the ( ho- , -Agenc3r.
Major Opham with a c. :
pany of the sixth, has gone to M-..-cine
Lodge, and three companies :
the Fifth Infantry, from Li av .
worth, aro scou'ing along the t.u
from Mitchita through the t'ht;. .
Agency.
While Prince Bismark war. driv :..
in the country toward Saline Spri; ...
at noon on the 13th, ho was iiroi .
by a young man. The ball gra.--'.
his wrist. -The wound is ius':.:r
cant. The would-be assassin v..
promptly arrested. He has iot Un
identified. At 1:30 l. M.. li.i.:;:.
drove through Ivissiugen, and ssiio?
ed himself to the public.
Postmasters appointed .To'.:;) (
Worth at Peora, Linn county. :
Z. Beard, at Tangent, Liuu to.;; :
Or.; Charles A Mongomery, a 1 r.
Colville, Stephens eountv, "VT. i
John Y. Hill, at Whitman, V....
Walla eountv, W. T.
Loftus Gravesville, the wif. i:i-:-derer,
of Chicago, pleaded guilty
the 11th, and was sentence 1 to ;.:
State Prison forlife.
A Committee of Plymouth ( !.-,;
has been appointed, at the req:i
of Beecher, to investigate all oL;i:j
made against him by Tiiton.
The body of James P. Everett vj?
found half a mile from Lynchl urg.
Tennessee, on the 10th with two :
tol balls in Ids skull. He was Dtp--ty
U. S. Marshall, appointed rect:.v
ly to suee e 1 Ilildrcth, who was kill
ed near Hillsboro.
Mortimer M-jmihan, a well kr.oc
Fenian of New York, and liiiiyi
Wiiter for the weekly papers. i
found on the 11th dying fn;i:i t..
effocts of a potion of Paris iiv(CT..
and in the same room was found t..t
already discomposing b-dy of h
wife, who died from taking p i'".'-
The Taxpayers' Association !
District of Columbia have 't'
an organization, which provides
the appointment of a coiamittetM':
seventy to guard their rights arn in
terests generally and to proseec
criminal and civil courts such ofns
of the late District Govcr::i.ier.t5
have acted illegally in the eenet:tT.
and expenditure of moroy aiul
other lawless acts performed lj
them. ( ,
A Springfield. Mass., li.-r,l'::.''-July
13th says: Reports are reuL;:.:
here of a great flood in Ha" 5'
county, caused bv the breaking 3
reservoir at Middlefield. The ren
voi r covered nearly a hundred a-"'
and though built nearly thirty vo
ago, was considered safe. A a!ir
number of farms, gardens and e'"
along its course were inundate! .
the flood. The heaviest loss was
Chester.
Modoc W.vn Claims. HoUftrs c:
State certificates of indebtedness s
account of expenses of the Al
war are requested to notify Ius!tv
tor General Jamet A- Haruie,
writing, care War De;-artnicrt
Washington, D. C, or in person w
by writing, as they find it
at the following places: Oakla&l
Roseburg, July 21 to W-"
and Jacksonville from
Julv -lU
When the certintei
August 3d
indebtedness are in the
;rr-i v.f.Llers. or wher
origin
parties reuoei my . ; - not:.
ing supplies are accessing,
fieation of ownership of vit
should be accompanied by "? ' c;
setting forth tho facts of rembtu
service or furnishing s'W'0 ' .icC,
the reasonableness of tne i ,
charged. General llardio
for such special teat "S" ,1' v'us3
stances may render toc-e .
cases como up.
Mr. Davis, " "1"
streets; Caldwell, 'tl
Gibbs, City Attorney ol A" dJ
entered uvea their cutict, -