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o THE ENTERPRISE OREGON flTF, OREGO.Y, SEPT. 11, IS7I. The legislature What l Demanded eflt. On Monday next, the Legislature I for the State of Oregon convenes. The complexion of the body is as O follows: Lower House Democrats, 19; Indedenrjents, 21, and Radicals, 17. Senate Democrats, 12; Inde pendents, 7, end Radicals, 11. It will be seen thfct neither party has a controlling poiver in either branch, and hence, all Parties will be equally responsible fcltho evil done, and can jointly sh.?Te in whatever may be passed of a to- ritorions nature. It will therefore ue a matter of personal responsibility, and not party, on which the present Legislature will O bo governed. Ve trust that there may be muchi proper and needed legislation en 1 -ted, and that both branches may Je promptly organized RDd go to wo-k. This will be no small matter, i,i our opinion, that is, shouldeach oflthe parties get into a fight for the Jihcers. "Wo trust as little time wilbe wasted in this di rection as poi.- blc. One of the -eat issues before the people was the fee bill passed by the last Legislatme, and all parties stand pledged to its.; amendment. This is a very important question, and we trust that the ies mav be materially reduced. Bn ill while they are being 1 e cautious that the reduced, let i matter is not Legislature b ust to all concerned. It is our opini ju that a fee bill can not be passed i-iat would be just to all our countie: , and we would sug gest to the Legislature whether it would not be better to salary the va rious ennntv rf?5ppr lt tliA Ws re main 1 as they Lire and require the officials to payAhem into the County Treasury. Ojjvould it not be best to salary the Sheriffs and Clerks for whatever they .o for the county, and then let them fiat the fees from the individuals wl o have litigation. It matters but little what tho fees of either of these; officers are, so long as they are pjtid by littigants and not the gener;A tax-payer. We ven ture the assern that not one-tenth of the populi.u that pay taxes ever have to pay fees, unless it is for re cording, and that might be some what reduced. Tho Legislature should enact a just and equitable bill in this respect, and not act on the principle of punishing this or that political opponent. Tho tax-payers demand a new and better law in regard to assessing property. The present law is noth ing better than an outrage. Taxes are by no means equal. The asses sors value property hardly more than one-third what it is worth, and in O many instances the owner is indebted : L 11 1 1 1 I I :ii I iii'.i I I ii ii mi I ii'iii'ii ii:li?4 no taxes whatever. The entire valu ation of property in Oregon last year wasabout forty-four million. Wo have no hesiteney in saying that the actu al wealth of our State is three times this sum. Xov- if the taxes worn equal, it would bujnst as well for us C to pay taxes on this entire sum as on j me one-tiiira. inero is just so much to be raided for State, School and County purposes, and if the val uation is lurge the per cent, will bo proportionate! ! less. In our opinion taxation woulA be far more equal were there nolidebtednes-s allowed to be deducts. '. Tho Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad is an important mat ter that will eomo up for considera tion. While wo do not wish to bo understood as favoring the violation , or encroachment of our State Consti tution which torb'kU the loarning of of the credit of the State, wer are in favor of doings anything that can bo done legally tl aid this enterprise. The9 CapiuA building is another subieet of de-I I interest to onr non. L'- pie. While "ve consider that tho last Legislature was in rather too big a hurry to erect the Capitol, now that it is begun, and the people have invested in the walls about 8123,000, wo regard it as proper economy to appropriate enough to complete the etructuro so that it cau bo occupied and stop tho payment of rents. Tho Insane Asyluni question will I also demand the attention of tho Legislature. Our position on this subject has I .en frequently stated. If the State were able to build a suit able asylum, we would not object to an appropriation tor tins purpose, but we deem it inexpedient for such appropriatioiAat this session. Let the Capitol ly finished first, and let our people Ir-eome better able to erect those public buildings before we try to do too much. We are sat isfied that nc corporation or State can keep the nsane as cheap as an individual, and hence we believe that the Stateihad better try the con tract plan allittle longer. If the State is determined to try the exper iment, let it fise buildings now occupied for aat purpose and try it for two years ud the Capitol then being finished, it may be able to erect an asylum. But we regard the contracting p?an as best It is just as cheap for the State to lease an asylum as it fa to lease rooms for tho Legislature ajid State officers. . Tle Capitol is corlmenced, and we. trust I 1 1 III IIITMIWMMBWnTWMMlMTMMnMTirMMM 1 11 1 " "m" i my in completing it, at lease so that j it can be occupied. The question of regulating freights and fares on railroads should receive the attention of the Legislature. Other States have done this and have been sustained, and -no State has been more oppressed than Oregon. Especially is this the case with tho Dalles and Celilo Railroad, which has nearly crushed the entire ener gies of Eastern Oregon. Let the freights be regulated on all the roads in onr State. We do not ask that the Legislature shall become oppres sive on the railroads, but compel them to do justice lo the producers and shippers. We are not informed as to the rates on the East and West side Railroads, but believe they are much less than those charged on the Celilo road. If public carriers are not willing to do justice to the peo ple, the laws of the State should step in and compel them. There are other matters which wo shall speak of from time to time during the ses- "sion. and we trust, for the good of our State at large, that the Legisla ture which meets next Monday may prove a blessing to the people. Law of Confiscation. In concluding his speech before the Supreme Court of California, on the Local Option law of that State, Mr. W. II. Patterson, one of the ablest attorneys on tho coast, made the following conclusive remarks. Tho remarks will apply as well to Or egon as that State, and as there is now an effort being made to have a similar law passed by our next Leg islature, we call tho attention of the members to this speech. He said: Tho law confiscates property, throwing everything else out of con sideration. It does not give the man who has money invested in this spe cies of property the opportunity of disposing of it, but it says to him, " You shall close up your warehouse to-day. Your fine brandies and fine liquors of all kinds are not your property. Yon may pay taxes on it as such, but you cannot sell it, be cause the people, a majority of them, in your precinct, have said you shall not sell it. What is property? what is it, except there goes with it the inalienable right to dispose of it and convert it into money? And if it is property, the Constitution says it shall be protected, tho right of ac quiring and enjoying property is one of the alienable rights which enter into the full definition of the word property, yet the people of one viscinage have said to a man, "You cannot dispose of your property; your wines, your kegs and barrels and demijohns." Why they have virtually said by this enactment, "You shall not plant a vineyard, you shall not pluck a grape, you shall not crush your grapes into wine, be cause, although you do all this do all this labor take pains to make this property, you cannot sell it;" and therefore it is lost. To go a little further: One man is able to buy a pipe of wine; another man is only able to buy a pint. The man who is able to buy his pipe can get as full as he pleases," but the man who cannot purchase more than a pint can not get any at all. His neighbor, who makes the property, cannot sell it. It is drawing a dis tinction between a long purse and an empty one. Is that constitutional? Is that a constitutional enactment? We submit, that all men have the same rights in the State of California. -" j Cokeuft Jobceev. Ben Franklin once expressed his belief that most of the statutes, act3, and edicts of Parliaments, Princes, and States for regulating, encouraging, or restrain ing trade had been either political blunders or jobs obtained by artful men for private advantage under pretense of public good. If he had lived to witness the proceedings of Congress aud tho executive depart ments of tho United States Govern ment during tho past few years, ho would have seen a system of corrupt jobbery carried on to an extreme which in his time would have secur ed for ks most distinguished promo ters not only public execration, but also prompt and salutary punish ment. Fibe at Portland. Last Sunday night the frame building adjoining the boot and shoe store of Geo. A. Pease, was discovered on fire, sup posed to be the work of an incendia ry. Mr. Pease is reported to have lost about S5.000, but is fully insur ed; Jake Flieschner'sloss is estimat ed at 83,000, fully insured, and' Mr. liendee s about 82,000. The build ings were valued at 1,500, with no insurance. . ' Good Resoltoos. The Grangers of California have passed the follow ing resolution, which we should think would be well for the Oregon Grangers to adopt: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grange that the frequent change of text-books for the use of common schools is injudicious, unwise and nnjust; that the books we now have are sumcient in number and enough in quality. good Meeting. Ameeting of the sub scribers of the capital stock of the Home Manufacturing company is called for the 12th day of October, to meet at the agricultural building at Salem. Our citizens Bhould see to it that they have some one who will represuut their interests. The Oakland Call says that tho tax j on. the railroad has been reduced to c-,oou in jougiua county. Uonsid oring that it does not pay running expenses in that county, we think it is high enough even at the present The School Law., Wher. political conventions con vene, there are-always those among its members who are ready, to take j np any little point omrnicn the pub- j lie may differ, and if it affects the j people's pocket, they readily imagine j that it will affect their votes, and hence, the apparent popnlar side is sought for the purpose of catching votes. This was particularly the case in the three conventions of our State last spring. A new school law had been passed by the Legis lature of 1872, and just at that time it appeared as a burden on the people, and hence all parties inserted in their platforms a plank in favor of a repeal or an amendment to the law. Being on the Committee on resolutions in the Democratic Convention, we can speak from experience, and we know that tho matter had not been seri ously considered. A member of that committee introduced a resolution for the emphatic repeal of the law. This resolution we opposed and showed the impropriety of such re peal, and while we are of the opinion that the committeo was almost a unit for its repeal before we spoke, the resolution was unanimously voted down, and the substitute which be came a part of the platform adopted. The main objection appeared to bo the uniform series which had been adopted. But let us now consider whether it would not be a matter of injustice to the people and all con cerued, to have the law in this re spect repealed. Justice and fair dealing, as well as the interests of public schools, demand that the principle of State uniformity should remain fixed in our school law, and that the present authorized series should be retained, at least, until the end of the four years, for which the books were adopted. When these books were selected, there was a fair understanding between the publish ers, booksellers and people, based upon the authority of the law, that for four years the books would con tinue in use. Publishers made their engagements; booksellers supplied themselves with a complete stock, and the people have bought them for their children, with reference to that understanding. To repeal that feature of the law now, would be an act of bad faith and would work great injury to all concerned. It ill- n woum ue especially unjust to our local booksellers and to the patrons of the public schools. Many of the dealers in school books, trusting on the law, purchased large quantities of the authorized series, believing that they would for at least four years, have a certain sale for them. And on the other hand, nine-tenths of our public schools have adopt ed the books, and their patrons have jmrchased their sup plies with the full expectation that for tho time prescribed by the law, they would be protected against any further changes. But aside from tho absolute impo sition of any attempt to repeal the uniform feature of the law, we are satisfied that it would bo decidedly impolitic. The principle of unifor mity in text-books is a necessity to a good school system. Oregon has tried the plan of diversity for years and all who know anything about it, know that it has worked badly. Pri or to the passage of the present law, there was scarcely a teacher of any experience who was not in favor of uniformity, and who did not believe that the lack of it was one of the principal obstacles to the success of our school system. All conventions and teachers' institutes recommend ed and resolved in favor of it, and County School Superintendents urg ed the passage of such a law. The friends of education demanded it, and bill after bill was drafted and presented to tho Legislature to ac complish it. Now, that it is accom plished, and tho books purchased, it looks to us that common sense and a due regard for economy, requires that we give it a full and fair trial before we decide to return to the old system, which we know is a fail ure. It would be bad economy to open the doors to further changes in our text-books while our people are yet groaning over the expense atten dant upon the change which has al ready been made. Those who have complained most against the adop tion of the present series, have done so, because it has cost the people a great deal of money to make the change, and yet they propose to rem edy the matter by compelling anoth er change and draw more money from the people. This looks to us as bad logic. The complaint made against the series adopted is nothing more than would have been made had any other series been adopted. There is noth ing on which there is such a diversi ty of opinion as upon the question as to what it takes to make a good school book. The number of text books in use in the United States is evidence of this fact. It would be simply impossible to select a whole series of school books which would be acceptable to everybody in Ore gon. The whole series adopted by our State, we are satisfied is as good, and open to as little objection as any that could have been adopted, and even if it were not quite as good, in soma respects as it might bs, w6 COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA, should still be in favor of retaining it. A State uniformity, with interior books, would be better than a diver sity with the very best books. We trust the Legislature will look at the interests of all concerned and let the law stand as it now is, at least in re spect to the uniformity part. POLITIC AL NEWS. pw nRT,rAs. Sent. 5. The Dem- cratic and Conservative State Central Committees, of Louisiana have issued an address to the people of the State, in which, after reciting the usurpation by Kellogg of the State Government, and the wrongs and outrages inflict ed by the Government on the people, they declare that all this has been insufficient to force the people into a revolution, and that all the stories circulated to that effect are laisinca- tions of Kellogg and his partisans; or, when outrages have occurred, they have incited them for the pur pose of getting United States troops into the State, not to protect iutj people from outrages, but to control the pending election. The address declares that the people of Louisiana do not object to United States troops being stationed in the State, but they protest against their being under the control of the United States Marshal, who is Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, and of the United States District Attorney, one of the leaders of the party in the State, to bo used to overcome the people in the coming election, aud as a secret means of political persecu tion. . The address declares that the opponents of Kellogg's usurpation have never questioned the political rights of the colored people, but have expressly pledged themselves to maintain those rights; that the local disturbances which have occur red did not spring from any hostility to the colored people, but were the unavoidable outbreaks arising from a state of oppression and tyranny; and concludes with an appeal to their fellow citizens of the Union for a hearing. Spkingfieli, Mass., Sept. Full returns from the Second District in Vermont give Poland, 5,740, Denni son, 7,080; Davenport, 2,022; scatter ing, 931. Wokcestek, Mass., Sept. -1 Geo. S. Hoar announces his willingness to become a candidate for renomination for Congress. Premiums Awarded. The Salem Record says that few persons are aware of the fact that the State Agri cultural Society this year, in addi tion to the 10,000 coin premiums, and gold or silver medals, offer di plomas for the best display of almost every variety of foreign and domes tic manufactures. The diplomas were procured of the Major fc Knapp Engraving and Lithographing Com pany of New York, and are of beau tiful design and finish one of the specimens being plain, and tho other of difficult design and printed in colors either one a prize that any manufacturer would feel proud lo possess. To any one engaged in the sale or manufacture of the articles for which these diplomas are offered, they will possess value far beyond any coin premium given by the So ciety. Specimens of these diplomas can be seen by calling on the Secre tary of the Society, Mr. E. M. Waite, of Salem. The Oldest. An exchange says that the Hon. II. S. Smith, of Chit sop, joint, Senator, is unquestionably entitled to the honor of being the oldest white resident in Oregon, the first pioneer of tho State, being a resident of Clatsop since 1832. He was born in New Hampshire and studied at an Eastern j academy, is a comfortable farmer, with .r0 head of cattle, 200 sheep and some small stock. It is fifteen years since he was as far up tho river as Portland. The trip to Salem will be under pay by the State. Appreciating the hon or of the position, his constituents trust that the Senator will favor those measures which ho deems tho greatest good to the greatest number. Decided. Tho Eugene Guard of the 5th inst. says that for about three years, nt each term of tho Circuit Court for Lane county, have come up the cases of Holladay vs. Patter son und others, to collect subscrip tions to the 800,000 subsidy to the Oregon and California Railroad Com pany for runniug their line through Eugene. At the spring term, Judge Mosher decided the test case that of Dr. Patterson in favor of the de fendant, whereupon the plaintiff ap pealed to the Supreme Court, which, on Monday last, sustained the decis ion of Judge Mosher. This will be gratifying to those who failed to pay their subscriptions when due. RrDicurorsLY Sublime. Com menting upon the action of the Rad ical State Convention of Pennsylvania in nominating Governor Hartranft for the Presidency, the New York Herald says: There is something sub lime in this nomination of Governor Hartranft; at another time it would be ridiculous, but, as exhibiting the willingness of Pennsylvania to accept any one rather than Grant, this nom ination is a sterling txhibiton of po litical good 6ense. A Devtl. St. Clair, who sold a stolen mule to ex-Deputy Sheriff Hedges of this place, and is wait ing his trial at Portland, made his escape lately, and while out, plaved the preacher dodge on our old friend Dr. Jackson, of Polk, got employ ment from him, and when he had" a good chance, robbed him and left j the premises. We trust the Doctor j may get. his money back from the scoundrel. LATEST TI2L.EOUAPIIIC NEWS. ..Washixgtox, Sept. 4. Attorney General Williams, before leaving the city last evening, designated to ;the Secretary of WTar tho locations" in which troops are most needed to suppress the outrages. This list,, w ith a circular issued yesterday,, was inclosed to Oeneral McDowell, com manding the department of the South this morning to so distribute his forces as to protect the localities des ignated. Shrevefoet, Sept. 5. A message was sent to President Grant, last night, signed by leading merchants, bankers and professional men of this city, denying that any resident of this parish participated in the recent murders, and claiming that no spirit of lawlessness exists in the parish that cannot be controlled by the local authorities, and claiming that the condition of affairs here have been misrepresented abroad. They also ask a commission of fair-minded men to be appointed by the President to visit the State and ascertain the truth. Topeka, Sept. 5. Gov. Osborn to-day renewed the request to Presi dent Grant for arms to protect the frontier from Indians. He says that since the lGth of June sixteen citizens of Kansas have been murdered by the Indians, and not one of the mur derers punished or even arrested. Washington-, Sept. 5. The order removing the headquarters of the Army to St. -Louis in October was promulgated to-day. rHREVEi'OET,rept. 4.--lhe jLvemng Bullvlhi, Republican paper, in ail ed itorial on the Conshatta troubles, declares that the intimation in Gov. Kellogg's proclamation that the citi zens of Shreveport had any connec tion with the murder of prisoners is unfounded. Louisville, Sept. 5. AtNicholas ville, to-day, Lew Oat, the negro ar rested for outraging a young white girl on Tuesday-, pleaded guilty and was sent to jail. Soon after a mob, headed by the girl's father, went to the jail, captured the prisoner, took him out of town and hanged him. Wasiiinuton, Sept. 5. The places in Louisiana designated as stations for troops for the prevention of out rages are New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Alexandria, Monroe, Harrisburg and St. Martinsville. A formal order will bo issued from the War department as to the distri bution of troops in the department of the South, but the whole matter will be left to the department Com mander, who will dispose of the for ces so that they cau be used by U. S. Marshals in case of necessity. The nogro who was confined in jail at Conshatta, charged with the shoot ing of Mr. Dickson on the night of the riot, was to-day taken from jail bv a mob and killed. "Memfiiis, Sept. G. A Trenton special says Governor Brown has arrived there to assist in bringiug to justice the murderers of the negro prisoners taken from the jail there. It is assorted that ten of the prison ers escaped, but as no trace of their bodies have been found, the report lacks confirmation. Louisville, Sept. 0. Gov. Leslie yesterday instructed Judge Philips, of .Jassanmie county, to cause the arrest of all persons engaged in tho lynching of the negro at Nicholasville on Friday night, and directing, if necessary, the Sheriff to summon the entire power of the county to bring the guilty parties to justice. Twin Mountain, X. II., Sept. (. Beecher preached here to-day to an other very large audience, special trains bringing over 1,000 hearers. No allusion was made to the scandal, though at times, during his remarks, Mr. Beecher appeared very much affected, his voice faltering aud his eyes being filled with tears. New York, Sept. 7. The memlers of Plymouth Church are contribut ing toward a fund for the relief of Mrs. Til ton. Already $17,000 has been collected. Baltimore, Sept. 7. On Saturday afternoon the greater portion of the business section of Frostburg, Alle ghany count v, Maryland, was burned. Loss, $l-ir,000; insurance, 875,000. New York, Sept. 0. A statement is published that the German house at Leipsic, which is publishing the translation of the first volume of Beoeher's "Life of Christ," has dis continued its publication in conse quence of the disreputable disclos ures about Beecher. Little Rock, Sept. 8. The Con stitutional convention yesterday completed its new constitution which was signed by all but seven members. Resolutions deprecating and denoun cing the outrages in the State, and demanding equal justice to all, with out regard to race or color, pledging themselves to sustain the laws and inviting immigration to tho State, were adopted. New Haven, Sept. 7. Tho build ings of the New Haven Wheel manu facturing company, one of the most extensive industries of this city, wer burned to night. The loss is esti mated at from $350,000 to $500,000; insurance $100,000. The fire is still burning, but will probably be con fin ed to these buildings. Sr. Paul, Sept. 8. A dispatch from Bismarck says a party of fifty men will leave Bismark in about thirty days for the Black Hills. The party- will be composed of experienc ed miners and hunters, who not only know the color of gold and the habits of the Indians, but are sharp enough to evade the military, and who, once on the hills, can live as red men live, and consequently, will not bother themselves with supplies to any great extent. New York, Sept. 7. Tho answer of Beecher to the complaint of Tilton was received to-day by Beecher's attorneys, and was at once served on the plaintiff, together with notice of trial at the term of court beginning on the third Monday of September. Defendant answers to the complaint, first, that each and every allegation in said complaint contained, except that plaintiff and Miss Elizabeth Richards were married October 2d, 1855, and lived together as husband aud wife up to 1871, is utterly false; second, that the defendant never had at auy time or at any place unchaste or improper relations with the wife of plaintiff, and never attempted or sought to have any such relations. In the great race at Union on the 1st, mile heats best three in five, for 1 $2,000, between Ross' mare "Trifle," ! and La Buffs horse 4 Buckskin," the 4 former won in three straight heats j Time 1:42, 1:43, SUMMARY ()P STATE NEWS. There are 188 Notaries Public in Oregon. ' Levi Leland is lecturing in Eastern Oregon;.. :.? - . Y Monmouth has four resident Chris tian' ministers. ,. Burglars are disastrously at work in Yamhill eounty. Most of the farmers on the upper Luckiamute are done. harvesting.. . Every room in the Chemeketa hotel, at Salem is now lighted with gas. There 1 are 62 ; Commissioners of Deeds for Oregon in the United States. The August pav-roll of the Wil Jamette Woolen Mills manufactory foot $4,035. Governor Grover has re-appointed S. Elsworth. of La Grande, Notary j Public for Union county. j The average yield of Marion coun ty is estimated, wheat 27 bushels and oats 35 bushels per acre. ! A. L. Stinson, of Jefferson, has struck a " brimstone" spring about three miles from that 'city." Matthew McDonald was arrested Wednesday in Gervais charged with "indecent exposure of his person." The canal boat Red Jacket is con stantly employed in lightering wheat, from the Lebanon Mills to Albany. There were 53 wagons waiting to unload at the different warehouses in Independence at one time last week. E. M. Waite issued a magnificent three-sheet poster for the Oregon State Agricultural Society last Fri day. The little seven-year-old daughter of Squire Duncan, of Albany, fell from a shed roof last Friday, break ing her arm. There 19 warehouses is Polk coun ty 1 in Buena Vista, 8 in Indepen dence, 1 on Bird's Island, 3 in Eola and 3 in Lincoln. Marks Silverman shot and killed himself at the home of his brother-in-law, Leopold Barman in East Port land, last Saturday. Two of our amateur fishermen caught 900 trout one day last week. We would make it 1,000, but we hate to lie for a few fish. Upwards of $24,000 worth of goods were shipped to San Francisco and Portland from the Willamette Wool en Mills in August. Dsn Clark. Eso.. Master of the State Grange, has recently organized a Grange in Tillamook. The Ring takes in that section. A crar.y man named Cricket, who had made his esc.ipe from the asy lum, drowned himself in the De schutes river recently. Parker fc Morris' warehouse, at Albany, has already received nearly 40 000 bushels of grain. They ex pect to have 170,000 bushels. The Albany Democrat says that the little son of Eli Watkinds, of Brownsville, fell into the mill-race last Monday and was drowned. Mr. George Belknap, residing a few miles below Eugene, has a field of wheat which he estimates will yield fifty bushels to the acre. The Board of Equalization for Lane conntv reduced the valuation on the lands of the O. & C. R. R. Co. from 40 to 30 cents per acre. The Dailas Iemizer says the Ellen dale water power will probably be brought into Dallas and a farming implement factory started upon it. Mr. Powers, of Shedd, raised this year forty-five acres of a new variety tf wheat, called the Irish Laramath. It yielded forty bushels to the acre. The new Academy building at Sheridan will soon be completed, and school will hegin September 28th under the charge of Professor Ladru Royal. The Committee on Constitution and By-Laws of the Oregon State Medical Society have adopted sub stantially the code of by-laws of the Iowa State Medical Institute. The two prisoners. St. Clair and Palmer, who escaped recently from the Portland jail, have been re-captured. One was arrested in Yamhill ana the other in Benton county. Hon. I. R. Mcores arul E. F. Ear hart have been out on a week's hunt in tho Umpqua country. The form er brought in a "blue jay" and the other a good sized "chipmunk." A man named Z. L. Footer, who is employed on the farm of Mr. Hib bard, in Waldo Hills, while engaged in gathering plums Tuesday after noon, fell from a tree and broke his right leg. The Salem Statesman says a man named Henry- Morrow, residing near Salem, was killed recently by the kick of a vicious horse. The deceas ed was highly respected by all who knew him. The Directors of the Alden Fruit Preserving company have purchased one entire block in the University Addition to Salem, for erecting thereupon the buildings required for the use of the company. Andrew Reddy, sentenced some time since to the penitentiary for one year for grand larceny, was pro nounced insane by physicians at Sa lem, and by order of the County Judge was sent to tho Insane Asy lum. Hon. W. R. Dunbar proposes to pay all of the Lodges in his jurisdic tion an official visit as G. W. C. T. of the Order in this State, during the fall and winter. He intends leaving home about the middle of October. John Fowler, of Wheatland, met with a severe accident pn Saturday last while hauling wheat to the miil in that place. The wagon tipped over and a portion of the load fell on and crushed his right ankle severely. Wednesday, in State Fair week, all children under 15 years of age that have a mind to come, belonging to public or Sabbath Schools in the State, will be admitted to the State Fair free. The teachers or Superins tendents can get admission ticket by applying to the Secretary of the Agricultural Society, Mr. E. M. Waits. TEUKITomALvs7g Wheat is selling at Bois r-. $1 25 per bushel. 1Se CltJ for , According to the Register Va ver girls don't wear stocking ncn- Arthur Fleury, who was 6. in Steilacoom of mansSS?ct sentenced io lour years -. t as "prison. meut. it is cu rrently reported that fcntl rmons married in t.. i1? of the Moi dowment House, propose getting" married according to the laws of l land. llle John and Isaac Newton. nrvP,i . spectively 10 and 17, and former . J" idents of Walla -Walla, lmS .n arrested at Silver. City fOP sieiwiug Robt. Mays, District Deputy 0 ganized a Grange of 25 meml ll Goldendale, Klickitat county, "W T on August 29th, to be calle'd'Klicki' tat Grange. m Steilacoom style of buggy ri.lin. The lady holds the ribbons and young gent holds her fast with both arms around her waist, to insure her against falling out. Company B,' of the Second Cavalrv have distinguished themselves bV knocking spots out of a gang of Arapahoes, who had gone on a little raid in the Powder river country. From Colville we learn that the recently discovered mines on the Columbia amount to nothing, and their richness only exists in the na agination of the parties who started the report. A Democratic Territorial Conren tion is hereby called to meet at Van couver, on Thursday, the first davof October, 1874, to nominate a candid ate for Delegate to Congress, and transact such business as may prop erly come before it. A Tacoma girl placed a piece of wedding cake under her pillow in order to dream of her future hus band. She ate a hearty supper and retired. The old gentleman ?and a score of imps danced on the bed -post all night. She does not believe in dreams. The Olympia Courier of the 3J says: Gov. Perry to-day commuted the death penalty of the young man Lyttle, at Steilacoom. From mat ten that has lately come to his knowleJpe he had grave doubts that the crime was more than manslaughter. Hence the intervention. A letter in an Olympia paper kst week states that Rev. J. H. Wilbur. Indian agent at Simcoe, has recentlv met with a very serious loss. Lur ing his absence, in attendance at the Methodist Conference at Walla "Wal la, his office was entered through the roof, the Government safe forced open, and $5, 000 United States fnnds abstracted. The robbers had escap ed without detection. The telegraph was complete! be tween Boise and Silver City. Friilur, August 28th. When the wire reach ed Boise the citizens tnmed ont en masse to welcome it, and greeted the the first click of the instrument with several rounds fired from a twelve pounder. There was a grand cele bration on the event Monday, the citizens of Owyhee have contributed about 1,000 to make it the grandest jubilee ever witnessed in Idaho. Mr. Mays, v. ho has lately3beea over on the Yakima, says he was very much surprised to nnd such a large and thriving community m there is at Klickitat; most of the farms presenting the apjeaninee if wealth and happiness. lie thinks that when transportation at reasona ble rates is a fixed fact on the('olum bia river, that Klickitat valley will become one of the finest grain grow ing districts in Fastern Oregon or Washington Territory. Rufus King, who was convicted of the crime of c-mlzzlement, at the last November term of court in Boise City, and sentenced to sis months' confinement at hard lalr in the peu itetitiary, and to pay a line of 2.1 was up before U. S. Commissioner Stout onthe 2d inst., and it appear ing that he had served out the time for which he was sentenced; and it also appearing that he had no prop erty, nor any means whatever to p.ij the tine imposed upon him hy the court, the U.S. Commissioner onierei Marshal Pinkham to release hiia. The Grand Lodge of Masons, in session at Olympia last week, was attended by fifty delegates, repre senting all the subordinate hnk-es. The election of officers for the -nsn- : ing year took place Friday, with the j following result: J. R. Hayd, c-f j Olympia, Grand Master; Thomas Cranuey, of Utsalady, Deputy Grand Master; A. F. Learned, of Fort 1 own send. Senior Grand Warden; R. C. Hill, Coupeville, Junior Grand : Warden; Benj. Harncd, Olvmpia. Grand Treasurer; T. M. Reed.'Olym pia, Grand Secretary-. The Olympia Cottrur says: Five hundred dollars reward is otYered by Marshal Mossman for the apprehen sion of the thief and return of the ; money stolen last night in town. The circumstances are as follows: John McCormiek, of Ragle Center, t Wisconsin, who has been here sauie two weeks, was last night with his wife sleeping in Mrs. Galliher's old house, with his money in his breech es pocket,and all under his bead. In the night tho room was entered, the breeches takeii- to another room and tho" pocket rilled. There were twenty-nine one hundred dollar hills. Some money in the other pocket wa not disturbed. The Vancouver Register says it ta ; at length arrived at the facts con- ; eerning the- prevalence of small-pox ? on Lewis river. Mr. II . C. Coniegys merchant at Stougliton states that Mr. D. P. Spencer and wife, and a man by the namo of Burr have been down with tho disease. MessrsJ5"rr and Spencer had only slight attacks, but the case of Mrs. ,Sieneer, who t is a larce and rlcshv woman, proved of tho confluent type, and was for a time quite serious: she, however, n recovering. Those are the only ones at present, outside of the Dinnc family, who have caught the disea' The Tatter family are all well. Eoitoriaij!- MrT J. J. Daly L&5 assumed editorial control of the Dallas Itemizer, and has made a d" terial improvement in the paper Its typographical appearance t9 also been greatly improved by 6 present owners, Messrs. Casey Hammond. .Wo wish-the Itnn'! success.