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o a TEEWTEnPmS. OREGOX CITI, OREGON, MAR. 26. 1575. School .Meetings. The annual school meetings of the various districts throughout the State take placo one week from next Monday, April 5th. While it is proper and right that every citizen should take a lively interest in all political meetings, it is a paramount duty every one who feels an interest in the future of our State and nation owes, to attend these annual meet ings for' the benefit of our schools. The great complaint of many of the smaller districts is, and has been, that the people do not interest them selves nough. in the school matters. This cetainly ought to be the very last complaint. There is nothing which can bring to notice a locality or district so much as the fact that there is a good school in operation. Instead of aiming simply to use up j the public money, every district should tsy to raise enough means to secure a school, with competent teachers, at least . three quarters in the year. The District that keeps the best school and the longest term, will have no trouble to attract new settlers. Besides, it is but a waste of time for a person to send their chil dren to school three or six'months in the year, and keep constantly chang ing teachers. If a scholar goes but one quarter inthe year, the nine months he is kept out, will obliter ate or confuse what he has learned so that it will be of no practicable benefit to him. There should be means enough raised to keep a school in every district in the county not less than six mouths, and it is much better to have nine or ten months. The scholars will advance better and be just that much sooner ready to assume their duties on the farm. But the manner some of the y Districts conduct their schools is ! worse than throwing their money away, as it gives their children but an imperfect education at best, and Qs wasting their money and their time to no good purpose or permanent re sults. Money paid out for schools is well invested, and while it will bring its return to tho children, it will also enhance the value of prop erty in the vicinity where good schools are maintained. It is a duty every citizen owes to posterity and our State, to take an interest in these meetings, and we trust that the next school year will be one of unprece--) dented success iii this county and throughout our State. The "Christilui'soldier." Last week Gen. O. O. Howard de livered two lectures" in Salem, one for the benefit of the Methodist Church and the other for the Odd Fellows Library. . The committee who procured him provided rooms for him, and after the lectures called on the "Christian soldier" to ascer tain what his expenses were and what they were indebted to him. He generously told them that it was his custom to get one half of the receipts for each and every lecture. The committee paid tho money. When it i3 taken into consideration that those who heard him gave their mon ey more for the benefit of the insti tutions in whose behalf the lectures were delivered than any desire to hear what he had to say, the money he received was far inoro than had lie gone to Salem to deliver pny lec tures and his taking the money is but little better thau receiving mon ey under falsa pretences. Besides, tne salary oi tins vjeneral is some thing over ten thousand dollars a yearand his rations, and he made the trip to Salem at Government ex pense. This is about the smallest transaction we have had to record for a man in his or any other posi tion. To take one half of the receipts of a lecture for the benefit of tho M. E. Church of Salem and also one half from a Library just being start ed, is even worse than taking funds from niggers, or allowing subordin ates to do so. We apprehend that Gen. O. O. Howard will wait a long tinio before he get. another chauce to make a haul frejm the people of Salem, as they areithoroughly dis gusted with his con Vet. It is scarce ly necessary to sajthat this is the great " Chrestiau sr. dier" of whom wo havo heard a great deal for the past ten vears. Redicclocs. The Radicals are trying to discredit their own fabrica tions. Since the Oregonian got away with the dispatches, the Bulletin has by editorial and correspondence tried to impeach the truthfulness of the dispatches, and cb-.rges that the wires are under Democratic control. The absurdity of th s thing is very apparent when the reader will recol lect where the telegraph left off on the New Hampshire Election. It left us two weeks ago in Jjie arms of Rad icalism, and when i" found out that the Democrats gainad a Congress man and rill . probably have the vruYernor, n left (he Democratic part of the news in Jew Hampshire it is no use for tfb Bulletin to' try RCTCB2TED.Hon W. Nesmith arrived at Salem last Saturday, over land from Washington, and left im mediately for his home in Polls Co. A if The Next Congress. The United States Senate consists of forty-one Radicals, twenty-eight Democrats, four Independents and one vacancy. In the list of Radicals is one Senator from Alabama, two from Arkansas, one from Connecticut, one from Florida, one from Indiana, two from New Hampshire, one from New Jersey, one from New York, one from Ohio, one from Pennsylva nia, and one from Texas, who now misrepresent the people according to the last elections. Thus it appears that twelve Radicals will be holding seats after the 1th of March that the Democrats are entitled to. The Democrats by popular will, should have forty Senators out of seventy four, instead of tho twenty-eight which they now have. This would give them a majority in that body of six. But under the "hold over", principle, and with the bayonet back of it, the Democrats will not control the next Senate. In the House of Representatives there are 291 mem bers. The Democrats have already elected 167. Of the three vacancies caused by death, they will choose two, increasing their strength to 109. Of tho States yet to elect, it is safe to assume that tho Democrats will have two in New Hampshire, three in Connecticut, three in California, and one in Mississippi, increasing their force to 178. There are 291 members. This would give the Dem ocrats sixty-two majority over all opposition, but thero are six Inde pendents chosen, who will generally vote with the Democrats, so the Cin cinnati Enquirer counts upon about seventy majority on all party tests. Mortifying and Lamentable. It is mortifying and lamentable that, while republican sentiments are mak ing great progress in the Old World, the spirit of liberty is sinking into decay and gives signs of approaching death in this country. The New York Herald trusts it is not yet too late to arouse the people to a sense of tlieir danger. The fact that so many of the Radicals of the House voted against the Force bill is a good symptom, and if they and the press of their party would assume a bolder tone, and denounce the new tenden cies toward arbitrary power with the true spirit of freemen, the seductive cup which is presented to the lips of our Caesar might easily be dashed to the ground. . Sold Out. Mr. Thomas Merry has sold out the Coos Bay yews to Messrs. Gale, Siglin & Bennett, and the paper is to be moved back to Empire City. Mr. Merry has made the 2Teics one of the best local papers in the State and we wish him the best of prosperity in the future wherever he may cast his lot. He is a ready and easy writer and has a natural proclivity to make a good newspaper. We wish the new proprietors finan cial prosperity, and have no doubt they will maintain the good standing oi the Jeics. Simple and Direct. The New- York Board of Trade have adopted unanimously a resolution that tariff laws should be framed with the view of raising the necessary revenue from the least possible number of articles, and as far as possible from articles that are not manufactured or produc ed in the United States; and that no duties should be imposed on raw material which enters largely into manufactures; that all duties should be specific, without regard to classi fication, and bo simple and direct. Ought to be Satisfactory. The opponents of Hon. J. S. Drummond, of Victoria, made so much fuss after his election as Mayor, last January, and the defeated candidate was about to commence an action of contest for the office. Mr. Drummond resigned to avoid this, and again submitted his name. Tho election came off on the 23d, and Mr. Drummond M as suc cessful by a much larger majority than before. This time none but tax-payers wero allowed to vote. This ought to satisfy his opponents, and we are glad that he has been so completely vindicated. Vivid Imagination. The author of the editorial in the Bulletin of last Friday in regard to the combination of certain Democrats to secure their election as U. S. Senator will certain ly be given credit with having a fer tile imagination, as no other could have produced so much with so little truth for a foundation. It also showed that the author was entirely ignorant of the true, condition of things. Try again, Mr. Bulletin. The Future of America. The new Encyclopedia Britanntca says If the natural resources of America were fully developed it would afford sustenance to 3,600,000,000 inhabit ants a number nearly five times as great as the entire mass of human beings now existing on the globe! And, what is even more suprisinpr, it is not improbable that this prodigi ous population . will be in existence within three, or at most four centu ries. Gammon. General Butler's pro posed trip to Europe is pronounced gammon by the Louisville Courier Journal, since "his plan to run for Vice President on a ticket with Grant.' That would be a corabina tion! .Tue same newspaper iscon- vinoed that "the President will nev er qmt the White House except upon astretcnery "Washington Letter. Washington, March 5th, 1875. The scenes incident to the final ad journment of Congress drew a large crowd to the Capitol yesterday. As the day was pleasant a continuous stream of people of all grades and classes poured into the building ear ly in the morning, filling all the available space in tho .galleries. At last the pressure became so great that the privilege of the floor was accord ed the friends of the members, and then could be seen a fair sprinkling of ladies at the desks of the weary legislators. Early in the morning the appropriation bills were disposed of, leaving only conference reports for consideration this gave an op portunity for tho passage of a num ber of private bills. Tho lobbies wero filled with those interested in special legislation, and every oppor tunity was taken to impress members with the necessity for the passage of each measure. Probably no time occurs when the importunities arc more zealous for the successful issue of measures in which individuals are pecuniarily interested, than the closing hours of the session, and yes terday was no exception to this gen eral rule, for the pressure brought to bear upon members of Congress was never greater than was witness ed early yesterday morning.! The members endeavored to secure all legislation possible, and worked zealously to this end, of course many meritorious bills were necessarily sacrificed, yet there was however an unusual amount of business transact ed in the closing hours. In the efforts to secure favorable action on their bills, their prompt enrollment, and tho presidential approval many ludicrous incidents occurred which helped to preserve the good feeling universally sustained. . Although physically prostrated, constant atten tion was given to the labors of the day; and it was not until the gavel of the Speaker descend to announce the approach of the end, that a re laxation of work was suffered. In consonance with the usual custom, Speaker Blaine delivered an eloquent and dignified speech, which the House loudlv applauded. The mem bers then commenced a general clearing of their desks preparatory to departure for home; ana alter a hearty good-bye they gradually left the chamber. In the Senate almost identical pro ceedings were witnessed, the only notable difference being the more dignified and orderly manner in which business was conducted. Even there, however, the Senators failed to sustain the usual decorum of the body, and occasional jests could be heard. Durirg the entire session tho heartiest crood humor prevailed. As the Senate was slight ly behind tho House in tho consider ation of important bills, it was nec essary for it to confine itself more closely to work. In the endeavor to secure the passage of measures, slightly spirited arguments would arise as to the procedure of business, but they would eventuate in softly spoken witty allusions to tho snb- jeet, which never failed of apprecia tion. When the hour of adjourn ment arrived, the Vice President declared the Senate adjourned with out delivering the usual farewell speech, and the leave-taking was not so general as the House, which was partly due to the fact that the Sena tors remain here for the transaction of executive business at the called session. The President and his Cab inet were in attendance at the Capi tol, engaged in examining bills pre sented for the Presidential approval. The president made hir first ap pearance yesterday as a lobbyist, urging the Senators to pass the Force Bill a bill that has for its real ob ject the putting of himself in the White House for a third term the scene thus presented was of course disgraceful, and may be justly con sidered as the most alarming spec tacle of the session. Of the members a number left immediately after the adjournment for home, but many still remain in the city for the transaction of business before the Departments. In reviewing tho result of the leg islation enacted by the 43d Congress during its second session, one can not but remark the entire absence of any important, measures measures providing for the welfare of the country. The appropriation bills were passed, but their passage was a matter of imperative requirement the finances have been tinkered at and a piece of sentimentalism known as the Civil Rights Bill has been enacted as a law. - This constitutes about all even the promises and pledges in the platform of the domi nant party have been neither kept nor realized, and the great measures whereon the Radical party placed its hopes for reinstatement into national favor, havo all failed the 'cheap transportation problem remains un settled the "magnificent" Internal Improvement plan lies undeveloped, and last bnt not leant (in the Radical mind)- the "great" reconstruction acts have failed to secure a provision for their enforcement. Such is the result, and no. wonder the Republi can organs are snappish and condemn the conrse pursued by the present Congress the truth is that the Dem ocrats especially in the House out generaled the ' Rads"and prevented C0URT3SY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. CALIFURNTA the enactment of many of these dis graceful measures intended, not for the nation's good, but to sustain a corrupt party in power, i Tho good work has begun, and if the next House will but continue it, the year 1877 will show a revolution in feel ing not surpassed by that evinced last November. The Senate will continue in session for about two weeks, the duties be fore it are the confirmation of Presi dential .appointments, and the - con sideration of the HawaiianIlecipro city Treaty.' " Andy" Johnson is the cynosure of all eyesl , Hia r form is as erect as ever, bis step quick and firm as that of a boy's, his shoul ders square and broad, and except the silvery hair that gracefully curls about his round, combative head, there is nothing to tell the story of his trials and tribulations, nor any thing to. suggest that his eventful life has passed its prime. He is the . . y , - ii same a. J. wnooccupieu lue p res idential chair of yore, and bids fair to instill some life and excitement into the next Conerress. Much is expected of him, and judging from tho past he will not disappoint ns. Legislation relative to Oregon matters has not, this session, occu pied a very prominent position in the Halls of Congress. This must not however be ascribed to any neg lect oa the part of her representa tives in that body, for of them she may feel justly proud. They have labored faithfully for the advance ment of her interests, and though not as successful as might have been desired, are yet entitled to consider able credit for their perseverance in those matters which pertained to her welfare. Just here, I deem it but proper to pay a tribute to Col. J. W. Nesmith, whose term of office expir ed yesterday. From all sides I hear nothing but expressions of regret at his departure; all speak of him in the highest terms of praise, and con cede to him that credit which is due to a faithful and efficient representa tive of the people. In his retirement from the arena of politics Oregon ex periences a great loss, for indepen dent of his' worth as a legislator, she loses the pleasure and honor of se curing a chairmanship of one of the House committees in the next Con gress, a position which Col. Nesmith would have been tendered had lie re mained. His successor has much to accomplish if lie desires to fill with credit the position " vacated by tho Colonel. The Oregonians in this city are in their customary fine health and spirits. I have not as yet heard who will be tho first to leave for home, but suppose, that as the ses sion has concluded, they will one by one depart for the Far West, and soon, with possible one or two ex ceptions, the city will contain none who answer to the hail of "Web foot." R. D. M. Economy. Mr. Epitor: On the occasion of my recent visit to Salem I surveyed the pile of brick and mortcr designed as the foundation of a State House, and in doing so my mind was forci bly impressed with the word "Econ omy," and how little it is understood by those who are clothed with a smattering of brief authority. I vi.-jited the departments of State and found that they had ample room to do their business and draw their. sal aries. We visited the Legislative assemblies and found they had room to spout, draw their per diem and vote away the people's mony. In the name of all out-doors what more do they want? Ought not those spe cial privileges to be sufficient? But the people of Salem wanted a gor geous building; and they wanted the people to build it. Now I have thought of a better plan.' Bequeath the proposed new capitol to the Wil lamette University as a normal do partment to that very excellent in stitution, and President Gatch will make a better use of it than all tho State officers and Legislative assem blies down to ' tho crack of doom And then let Salem furnish quarters for State purposes. If that does not suit the economy of the people of Salem, then let the bid be thrown open for other places, and we guar antee that the ancient metropolis will furnish rooms ifor - ruate purposes pood enough for the yueen and Lords of England, and give a free lease to the State for ninety-nine years. This will lift a heavy burden from the tax-payers of the State.' It will do more, tt will open the way ior starting an industry n the ;Uni versity does not suit this will add its blessings of wealth and health to untold thousands. Let the $500,000 that will be absorbed before the pro posed capitol completed and furnish ed, be given as a bonus to an aerri- 1 L 1 m 0 cultural manuiactunng company. The company to double the capital and turn out their products at cost and wages to the employees, and five percent, on half the profits. In the region of the Santiam is some of the best timber for manufacturing pur poses to be found on the coast. If there is a better place, let it be found. At all events locate the factory con venient to the timber at the nearest water-power. A factory with this capital would employ five hundred mechanics who would. receive, as am nual wages the sum of $450,000. But would extend beyond any. one locality, and shower their benedic tions on the people of the whole State. It would bring in millions of dollars from other countries to be distributed , among our., people for shop Ce' : ' gar?en and the : Let the building be stopped, and the money to be squandered - in its completion devoted to the stimulat ing: of the industry of our people. ; ' . Ora Rex." Letter from Sandy. , Sanpy, March 21 1875. V Editor Enterprise Dear Sir: As yon have had of late several commu nications in your valuable .paper from various parts of the county, relative to the climate, soil and what it will produce, etc., I take the lib erty of sending you another from this region, in the shape of a discrip tion , of the settlers .who have, and those who are. settling, uj) this east ern part of tho county (as it may be of interest to the people in the selec tion of candidates for the several offices to bo filled hereafter,' in ease you should fall short around Oregon City). As to intelligence and schol arship, I do not think there is a pre cinct in the county that can compare favorably or surpass Cascade in point of learning and ability. Here you find men from their own choice swinging the axe, burning logs, clearing up the ground for the plough, building houses and barns, who in former days occupied chairs in Universities; here you find grad uates of colleges , and high schools making rails, milking cows, tilling the soil, and in the evening sitting by the fireside with some valuable book in their hands and reading to the family, and keeping themselves informed upon all questions of im portance, religions 1 as well as politi cal. It is a pleasure to go among such neighbors on a visit and spend an hour in friendly discussion. I tell you, sir, it does a fellow mortal good. Also, you find men here who speak from five to six, different lan guages fluently.. - Even if per chance King Kalakana, of the Sandwich Islands, should have come to Oregon while on his visit to the United States and paid old Mount Hood his respects on his way up here, could have been talked to in his own native tongue by the old gentleman, Philip Foster, of Eagle Creek, who is well known by the earlier emigrants of this State for his kindness of heart and generosity. It is said that be used to play with the king's father on the Island, some thirty odd years ago, seven-ap for .the oysters, and sometimes little straight poker; but this was before the time our eminent and distinguished minister to the courts of England, 'General Schenck, laid down the rules of draw poker to the English people. Here you find men who xisod to study the arts and sciences of war, now studying the arts of husbandry, who have beat, as the old saying is, their swords in to plough-shaies and spears into pruning hooks; in fact, sir, there is as well informed and good class of people living here as I ever saw in any community, and the longer I live here and get acquainted the bet ter I like it. .There is a kindly feel ing among the RetSlers here which is rarely found in collected humanity. We take a deep interest in the for mation of the Immigration Aid So ciety of Oregon, and feel very much pleased with the appointment of Messrs. Sharroek and McGngin on the committee of immigration for this precinct. Two more eminent gentlemen could not have been se lected for the position, and no doubt the people will respond handsomely when the case is presented to them in the right light, as they did. some two years ago when they undertook to form an Immigrant Aid Soeiety on their own hook; but of course, this is a different thing. " Then a few undertook what now the whole State is undertaking and our purses were not full to overflowing then, neither are they now, but always open to help in a good cause, as this surely island I think every body who has the welfare of the State and his own at heart, will aid with all his might. The prosp6ct looks well for a large immigration this spring, as there have ,boen several letters received from'vnrious parts of the States.mak ing inquiries abont Sandy and vicin vicinity. More some other time. Respectfully yours, " New Cosier. . T A Knock 1 Down. She riff J. J. Williams, of the neighboring county of Polk, is as pleasant a gentleman as one -would wish to meet; courteous and obliging in his official position, but he won't take the lie worth a continental. .Last Wednesday after noon an individual living in Dallas whose front name also bears the ini tials of J. J., went into tho court house and asked Sheriff Williams if he had stated that an article that re cently appeared in the ; Oregonian, from Dallas, had been written by the aforesaid J. J. The Sheriff said that he had said so, when J. J. im mediately flew all to pieces, calling the Sheriff a liar and one or two oth er pet names, when Mr, Williams promptly knocked his visitor down. The latter gentleman slid out of the court house on his left auricle and it is doubtful whether he will ever again apply to Sheriff Williams sim ilar epithets, ct least before his face. Statesman. Anxexatioxto OREGON.-The Van couver Register of tho 19th has "the following: .: .. The movement for the annexation of Western Washington Uo' Oregon, grows in strength daily. It is ad mitted on; all sides "that it is the only practical mode of removing tho po litical . disabilities labor. Keep the ball rolling until the Letrislature meets, wl ity may be obtained for testing tho sense of the people on the proposed change. r ; In Antelorm Valley. Waum mant- out of 3.500 head of Rlen an died during the -winter. , SUMMARY OP STATE NEWS, The O. S. N. Co., says the Moun taineer, have taken possession of the Teaser and moved her, with wharf boat, j etc.," on .' to ' their premises. This is the last act in the drama the curtain drops and the C. R; T Co. is no more. . . . . s, ... .' . ; ; , .. Miss Laura Spencer, of Cornelius, forwarded $15 to the Kansas-Nebraska sufferers on the 15th inst., and wants to know what girl in Oregon has done better. - - The Eugene City Library Associa tion has been in operation scarcely one year, and yet' it has books and furniture of the value of $700. The Catholic Society at Gervais have just received a fourteen hundred pound bell for their church. . The Virtue mine of Baker county recently sent to San Francisco a bar of bullion valued at $0,776, being the proceeds of 200 tons of ore. It is rumored that a ledge, rich in some kind of metal, has been struck by certain parties in the mountains west of Dilly. Capt. R. B. Randall was drowned in the Columbia, near Umatilla Rap ids, on the 10th inst. Capt. Randall was a noble hearted man. He leaves relatives in London. Albary is growing constantly and new faces are appearing on ' the streets. The census soon to be taken will give a population -of over 2,500 possible 3,000. The storms so far in March havo been more severe in the mountains than any , experienced during the winter. The Good Templars of this State have increased their membership about COO in the last three months. The Albany Democrat has got into its new quarters. Farmers tell us that the recent freeze-up has been a great fertilizer to the soil, and that the ground plows and works much easier and lighter than for 3rears previous. The wheat crop of Oregon has not been a failure for thirty years, never since first settled by ' the whites. What . country "elsewhere on the elobe can show a better record th -.n that? Work on the Dalles and Sandv wagon road at the Cascade portage, will be resumed this week Union connty calls for plans for a new court house to cost not more than $6,000. The Coos Bay 2feir.s has been sold to Messrs. Gale, J. M. Siglin and Joseph Bennett, and has been remov ed to Empire City. The Ashland Woolcd "Mills are again iu operation. Dallas is represented to be grow ing quite rapidly and many new im provements are going on. A little girl, daughter of Mr. Gash who lives near Salem, was burned to death hist Tuesday morning. The Statesman Irarns in reference to the Modoc war accounts that it is very probable that the vouchers out standing may overrun the appropria tion. . The .vouchers will be paid in the order of presentation. The remains "of the widow of the late Gustave Hines were brought down from Eastern Oregon this week for interment at Salem. She died of consumption on the 10th inst., and leaves a motherless and fatherless daughter. Coos county has some sections of government lands as yet almost un touched, to which the attention of settlers is called, and which will, wheu properly examined, prove to be the very best portion of Coos county. Having access 10 the nay. The stone foundation to the Gran gers' warehouse at Salem will be commenced this week. The building will be 100x50 feet on the ground, with a lower story for sacked. wheat and an upper story containing eight bins, twenty-five feet square and thirty feet deep.7 The upper bins will hold 150,000 bushels of grain. The Times says a man named Ma hon, who has a band of sheep" up on Rogne river for some time, has lately been missed by his neighbors. - A short time since 'some persons, sup posed to be from the Umpqua, gath ered his sheep and drove them off, claiming that they had purchased them. jMahon! was: a single man, and perhaps may havo left .that sec tion unobserved. This ; whole mat ter, however, is a mystery, and his neighbors are considerably excited over it. V '"" ,; ' ". . ' ' n i The Salem Statesman says: About as careless a piece - of business as we have lately heard of was the manner in which James Kern, a young man of nineteen, shot himself on ; Molalla Prairie last -Friday morning. Ho saw a grouse in a tree, nnd to get a fair shot at the feathered biped, he climbed up into another tree, and . while hauling up his gun after him by the Imuzzle, the-hamnoar caught and discharged tho pieoe, the load going entirely through his hand. We take the following from a Texas paper of February 22d:- We are told that Dewees, Ellison and others are now.engaged gathering cattle at the Altitio and other places, for the pur pose of makinpf a drive of about 40, 000 head, in March or 'April, to' tho States perhaps of Oregon and Ne braska. . ' i . A.. C. Smith stole a horse near Brownsville a short r time since, was arrested,' tried "before a' Justice of the Peace and acquitted. :Tvo days afterward the Sheriff was sent after him, and without any effort to make his escape he ;came to ; Albany- with the Sheriff, and on being asked by the Judge if he desired counsel, he replied no; that he was guilty and uuHu uu .lawyer. The Eugene Guard savs: At Butte Disappointment,1 on Friday of last woek, while A. D. Hyland and some men in his employ were catching some loose horses, a shotgun, which had been stood against the fence of the correal;' was by some means thrown down and discharged. The entire contents of . the - gun struck a young man " named G.v B. Lewis in the left: thigh, mangling the -flesh' and shattering tho bone in a terrible manner. Mr. Lewis lingered in much pain until Sunday night, when he died. ; He was 19 years of age. TKS1 R ITO RlAlTmv . Cheyene U endewron'ntr t a' Black Hills gold 2SfJWnp opposition to Sioux Citv nu ' 111 era and 'trappers in Utah i ?ln l1Mn in'fW P. 11. V..al, holing . Jtlllls. Drnn... c the discovery of gold there " 6 humbug. , uereagreat The .New York nerald to the admission ,PrPo New Mexico savs: w La, and monwealths in the Union that sent men , and women : not Tn?prt" buffaloes, and prairie wolves dlan. A Lodge of Odd Fellows is 80oQ t to be organized at New Tacoma And now other Mormon ladie incited by Ann Eliza's luck ' threatening to sue .for divorce alimony. Mrs. Wells is the last and though she is only sweet sixW she means business. : ,,. . The proposition comes from ti people of Wyoming to annex thetw! southern degrees of s that Territo " to Colorado and the two northed degrees to Montana, i . ra Old Billy, a superannuated boat man who has navigated the waters cf the .Northwest for a quarter of a con tury, was sent to the hospital at Van couver last week." - . . The Pacific Tribune savs- TU transfer of 11,000 acres 'from thl Northern Pacific : Railroad company for a consideration of 3200,000 Wa' recorded at the County Auditor's office last week. Alar -ti, - from the Tacoma Land companv to Hanson, Ackerson & Co., of the Ta coma Saw Mill, for 45,000, and the lease of water front occupied by tho mill boom. ptr for Co rnn J - iiir- i mnof , , v-)"vi. A few weeks since it wn cnn . that the fruit trees in Walla Walla vunej umi ueeu nearly all killed dur ing the extreme cold weather. LatA examinations show that this is a mis take. The apple, pear and plnm trees have suffered but slightly Tn some localities the peach tre'e arP nearly all killed, but in otfrj.-s ti(.v escaped injury. The Steilacoom Krpress of the inst. publishes the following: L't" night one J. XV. Mitchell, a recovered patient of the Insane Asylnin. w! o was to be discharged from the insti tution this week, complained of be ing severely sick and called for t!i physician. Dr. 'Ballard ordered sv foot-bath and the watchman during the night gave him some chloral to quiet his nerves. This morning tin? bottle was left on the lamp-shelf, and as one of the wardens steppfj out, not being absent from the room two minutes, Mitchell jumped out ,f bed, snatched the bottle from tli shelf, and drank IGO grains of its contents, and died. This morning the Coroner with a jury held an in quest and returned . that "the de ceased came to his death bv taking an overdose of chloral.". "Mitchefi has relatives in Orecon. n.n.1 aged about forty years. Tho Statesman says: We. learn that four Granges three in the forks of the Santiam and the other nn . Jefferson have resolved to erect a warehouse dunnc the onsninir cnm. mer at the latter place. The hnil.l- ing will be erected on the bank f the Santiam river, lelow the railroad bridjre. so that shinners ?in v:i themselves of the river t ran sportati-n and will havp a capacity for the stor age of 100,000 bushels of wheat It is sai.l that Messrs. Corbitt it M.i cleav. , urowrietors of the .T.-ff Mills, also contemplate the erection of a larcre warehouse for the str.. .. of grain during the coming season. to be put np near the locality of tLo Grangers' warehouse. The Cowallis Dentwnt Wr-is flint on Monday of last week quite a larp" nnmoer oi men made a frantic rnuli for the Alsea reservation, to, tute ear ly advantage of the act of Congress makiuer provision for thn l-winn! nf the Indians from th:rt reserve. When informed that the Indians hod nt yet agreed to the removal, and that the reservation was not yet open l settlement, a portion of the company concluded to continue their search for a location farther down the coast, perhaps as far as the Siuslaw an-1 Five rivers, while the rest will wm.l their way home," sadder and wiser men. A letter from Goose Lake to tho Advocate says stock of all kinds looks well and have wintered with little or no feed. . The snqw has not fallen at any one time more than eleven inch es, and only remained about a week. At tho present time there is no snow in. the valley. The soil of this valley is very productive. I heard ona of our farmers say a few days ago, that he raised forty bushels of wheat to the acre; and lie said one of his nenr neighbors claimed to have . raised forty-three bushels of wheat to the acre. . .The Albany farmers' Company Lad a meeting last Tuesday for the pur pose of considering the feasibility of building a flour mill. The stock was nearly all represented and they. de cided to increase the capital stock to 630,000, and build a substantial mill, with all the modern improvements, having seven; run of French burr?. An additional warehouse was ordered built, of a storage capacity of 10W 000 bushels, in order to accommodate the mill enterprise. Work will be commenced at once, and prosecuted with vigor. , . t ... ; New Hampshire Election. The latest returns on the full vote gives Cheney. (R.) 39,225; Roberts (D.) 30,103; White (T.) 754. The Demo crats elect two of the three Congress men a gain of one. The Governor will have to be elected by the Legis lature. " Two Linn county unfortunates, to wit: A. O. Smith, from Brownsville, who started to journey on one of bis neighbors horses and had it proved on him; also Andrew Dougherty, who kidnapped a revolver and some coin, were sent down last week to commence respectively two and three years terms in tho penitentiary. Brlg-htly Hrrak tlie Morning of new era. in the annals of medicine, AIe! hoi will soon be banished from the lift 01 remedies, and only known as a poison. DR. J . W. WALKER'S CALIFORNIA .VISS- oar Bitters, composed entirely of whole some botanic extracts and Juices, are f erywhere superceding the fiery astTing?!" which no man or woman ever yet too without bitterly repenting: their credulity There is no disease, a cute or chronic. j which the ucw tonic may not bo adminis tered with beneficial effect. 0- 0