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O o 0 O 1 i i "ii . i i 0lnrC8SO., SEPT. 3? 175. j DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Congres LAFAYETTE LANE, Of Uoiiglas County. nriii.ic SPEAKING. lion. L. F; Lane, Democratic candi- date for Congress, will address his fel low citizens at the following times and nlace.s, to-wit : Link ille Jacksonville O Kerbvville Hosebnrg Kutrene City Albany Corvallis Dallas Lafayette Hillsborn -Oregon City Nilem Portland Astoria '-"Hie Dalles September 4th 8th 10th lith ISth 21st 2d i 2-th 27th 2Jth 30th October 2d 4th 7th Pendleton Weston IVifJ ramie Union Daker City Canyon City Opposing candidates join him. 11th 12th 15th 16th ISth 21st. are invited to e Corruption Its Itecortl. If there were no other reason why Mr. "Warren should bo defeated, the plank in the 2'hitform on which lie .stands endorsing the Federal Admin istration ought to consign him to private life. Never in the history of our Government has there been so much corruption in official stations at present, "and yet wo find the office-holders candidato pledged to an endorsement. Let us see 'some of the rascality which is sanctioned by this resolution: The Radical Admin istration has a history for venality and jobbery in which every member of the Administration has discredi tably figured. The Government is controlled and run by powerful Rings, representing great corpora tions, monopolies and an organized combination to plunder the poople. Every avenue to the "White House is controlled by Rings and thieves. They hold in their hands the very organization of the Radical party and nominate Congrcsilien and other State and Federal leers. From the Federal Treasui- comes the funds to carry elections and corrupt the pcojilo. Delano, one of the Ad ministration which this resolution endorses has just paid 800,000 to aid in carrying Ohio for tho1 Radicals, but the Indian Ring will furnish the money. xiio .f ruaMcuJ. has boon found con nected witli various venal and cor rupt schemes and speculations. The Credit Mobilier rascality is an iniq- iuiv lor -which tue .vairiimsiration is responsible and thisberjomesa matter for the people to cndoJko or reject; and being in tho platfln, the man who votes tho Radical ticket, votes to sanction that infanN Instead of expelling the perpetrators of the rob bery, they are made part of the Ad ministration and assigned the fore most places in the party. For evi dence of this, it is only necessary to cite the fact that on the organization of the 4,ld Congress, after "Wilson, Garfield, Dawes, Kelly, Allison, Bingham, Patterson, Scofield and others were found guilty with the script iu their hands and dividends in their pocket, Blain assigned them tho foremost places in Congress. "Why? Because they perfectly un derstoodhe workings of the Nation al Administration and defied it to disregard their demands. The last Congress was controled by just such men as had been convicted of rob bery and selling their votes. This Mr. "Warren stands pledged to en dorse. "Williams left here as poor ft3 ft church mouse, but he has acquired a lordly fortune and through public opinion has been forced to leave tho Liiuiut'k iu t.e mmseii irom im peachment next winter. This is tho man Grant wanted to make Chief' Justice of tho Supreme Court of tho United States. The Radical platform carries with it an endorsement of this infamous montebank. All know that the system of contract letting, the Indian service and theXavy de partment are rotten to the very foun dation. Yet the people are asked to endorse it by their votes next Octo ber. Last fall, after the rmblie be came aware to what extent they were being robbed, they repudiated the Administration from Maine to Texas. This was done right under the nose of the Federal Government, where the people could see the rascalitv more plainly than wo can on this coast, and will the voters of Oregon now sanction and endorse that which has been so emphatically and almost unanimously condemned by the States East? They had seen tho crimes' of the party and demmded a change. cBut what an overwhelming change it was. From a two-thirds majority in Congress they have been reduced to an insignificant minority. - And are the people of Oregon going to sanction these scoundrels by elec iuv u man wuo feianus U,1 iro.l 1 runs on a platform which endorses such an Administration? Are they 0 not sick of the rascality, and extrav agance and corruption of the Na tional Administration? If so, they must voto against Mr. "Warren, as a vote for him is an endorsement of the Administration which has OG o brought all the woe. anil trouble I upon ns, and which is upheld and j sanctioned by the Radical platform, j A vote for Warren is a vote lor the National Administration. Ho is its representative and as such, he must go down to the political grave which awaits "all those who dare to stand before the people on a platform which even looks toward an endorse ment. o -o- - 'Wake Up. As we have held from the begin ning of this campaign, Mr. Warren is a man of no ability. His speech at Portland last Monday evening manifested this proposition in every sentence. That old war whoop of tl,; Truncal dernaeroirues. "will you trust the traitors with the ship of State?" was freely indulged in. My dear Mr. Warren, were you aware that the American voters are sick and tired of thi3 once settled ques tion? Have not heretofore Republi can States proved it at the ballot box? Even Massachusetts, the home of abolitionism, is nauseated with the oft opened wounds of our frater nal strife, goning Democratic, and embracing her Southern brothers in friendship and love, at cradle of our common the very liberties, Bunker Hill, is proof of it. At a time when the hand of friend ship is freely extended towards our defeated brothers by tho people, shall the Radical aspirants for office chill the outpourings of warm desire for reconciliation by their cries of "traitor," "thief," "rebel?" No! Mr. Warren, you must awaken to tho is sues of tho day. This political scare crow received its burial amidst the enthusiasm of Union and Confeder ate soldiers on the 19th day of last April, and it can no longer act as a bug-bear among American voters. With our nation's hundredth birthday close at hand, with tho no ble soldiers of both sides embracing each other throughout the land, is this a time for us in "far oil Oregon" to reopen the wounds, to check the strengthening of that Union we hear so often mentioned by the Radical demagogues, by casting our votes in direct opposition to true honor and noble manhood ? Ah, no! Tho people Lave but one voice; it has thundered through the East and tho West (it's a wonder it hasn't awakened Mr. Warrenl) it has re-echoed from tho ballot box to the home fire side, and it is for peace, brotherly love, and strength of Union. Their Only Argument. It is rather amusing to hear Mr. Warren's friends electioneering for him. It is so seldom that they get a Radical out that bears a name for honesty, that they mako this his en tire stock in trade. Now let us make a comparison: We concede that Mr. Warren is an honest man. No one has ever dared or questioned Mr. Lane's integrity, honesty and devo tion to the State and Union. Where then has Mr. Warren any claim for the votes of tho people on this score? None whatever. The Radicals them selves claim no particular ability for Mr. Warren. On this score Lafay ette Lane is emphatically his superi or. Mr. Warren's nomination was the creation of the most corrupt ring that has ever cursed any State, head ed and controlled by Simpson, Un derwood, Mai lory, Scott and Esther tricksters. Mr. Lane is the fair and honest choice of a convention of his party, and is in no way connected with any fraud on the voters of an other party. Mr. Warren is. Mr. Warren is the representative of a corrupt National Administration. Mr. Lane is not. Then on what grounds can any Democrat vote for Air. arren ijane is his superior as a Legislator; his equal in every thing relating to honesty and integ rity, and is his superior as to ability and is not the representative! ot any clique of Federal office-holdei'3 National corrupticnists. So we find that in every claim put forth for Mr. Warren, Mr. Lane is fully his equal, while he has none of the sins to an swer for which fall on the shoulders of his opponent. We Have Seen this Before. Probably some of our Radical friends have seen the following sentence, with a simple change of Radical in stead of Democratic, before, when a Congressman was to be chosen: "The Lower House of Congress being largely Democratic what -can the people of Oregon expect should they elect a Radical to represent them in Congress? he would have no influence whatever there. "How does that now read to our Radical friends? The physicians of Kentucky will soon hold a convention to evolve a plan for the collection of their dues. In a circular, they say that not more than half earnings are collected, and they desire to adopt the cash system. Oregon Statesman. Would it not be advisable for the Oregon editors (irrespective of party) xo noi i some sucu convention as this? T would be worth (pecuniari ly speaking) all the political con ventions in the world. Bio "Fill." We hear that Sheri dan has grown quite ruddy in com plexion. We suppose he hasn't got over that ride to Winchester. Absurd Calculations. It has been a matter of amusement to us for some time past to see tho ! wise oracles of the Republican party persist in their assertion that if the Republicans who left the party, and Democrats who voted with the Inde pendents, would go back to their re spective parties, the Radicals would have an easy victory. And we are somewhat surprised to see Democrats imbued with this same ridiculous idea. If they will only take tho fig ures of the election of 1870 and com pare them Avith the returns of 1874, this idea must vanish, and will show that instead of the Independent party being a benefit to the Democracy, it draws fully as many, if not more, votes from their ranks than from tho Republicans. We will take the vote cast for Governor Grover and his opponent, General Palmer, in 1S70, which is: Gov. Grover, 11,720; rainier, 11,093; total vote, 22,821. In 1874, Governor Grover received 9.G0G; Tolman, 9,055; Campbell, G, 4S9; tatal, 25,250. Basing tho calcu lation on the vote received by the two candidates in 1S70, wo find that Gov. Grover received in 1S71, 2,120 less than in 1870, and Mr. Tolman 1,910, which proves that the draw on tho Democratic voto for the Inde pendent candidate was fully as large, yes, larger, than from the Republi can. No man of sense, who knows anything of the population which increased tho voto from 1870 to 1S71, 2,439, will deny the fact that a large majority was Democratic. Hence the evidence is most plain to any observ er, unless he claims that Oregon was Radical iu 1870, which claim none will set up, that the Independents received a majority of their vote from tho Democratic element in our State. The idea that a Radical can bo elected to Congress from Oregon if there are but two tickets in the field, is simply absurd and shows that their oracles do not comprehend the political situation. We would regard it as a good omen for the Democracy to have but two tickets in the field. Tho campaign of 1870 was fought while the Radicals had full control of our State affairs, and no trick was too mean for them to resort to in ortler to retain power. In 1S74, an ablo and popular Demo crat was ruu against Gov. Grover, and tho cry of disappointed place seekers had its influence iu decreas ing the Democratic vote. The Re publican Independents who voted that ticket in 1874, elid so on account of the Federal corruption and in op position to tho National Administra tion. The Democrats upon local and State issues. Tho same reasons now exist for Republicans who were In dependents in 1S74 to remain such, or to vote tho Democratic ticket, while the Democrats can and will heartily unite on their nominee for Congress. The local and State issues have nothing to do with this cam paign, and the only party on trial is tho Radical Administration of the General Government. If our Radi ical friends think they have a good thing with but two parties in the field, we can assure them that we are willing, yea, anxious for the contest, and the people of Oregon will record their opposition to the Custom-house nominee by at least two thousand majority. The figures above cited show that at least one half of tho In dependent vote came from former Democrats in- 1S7-1, and wo know enough of the independent feeling of the Republicans who have left that party to be confident that at least two out of tho three thousand Re publicans w ho voted tho Independent ticket will never again vote a Radical ticket, nence it would civo the De- mocracy at least five thousand out of of tho G.489 cast last year for Camp bell. If any of our Radical friends doubt this calculation, let them bring about such a state as will place the two parties on a fair and square fight before the peoplo, and they will be satisfied when the votes are counted. But in tho present contest the De mocracy have decidedly the advan tage ground. The Independents have been most outrageously betrayed by; a few of their leaders, and the at tempt made to sell them, soul and body, to their Radical enemy, will count against them. To condemn this trick and stamp it with their disapprobation, hundreds of those who have never before cast a Demo cratic vote will go to the polls and vote for a man who would scorn such contemptible means to secure his election to Congress. The only true calculation the Radical oracles make in this campaign is the acknowledg ment that the Democrats who last year voted the Independent ticket will to a man vote for Lane. This is true, and with that vote back in the party, Mr. Lane will get at least 1,500 majority. But that is not all. He will get hundreds of honest Inde pendents who before 1874 voted the Radical ticket. Let our Radical friends make up their minds that they will be most gl .riously cleaned out completely "r.'ooped up" on the 25th of October m-xt. See It. For editorial in last Tues day's Bulletin, see !'.;. ExTEuriusE of July 30th, 1875, on l-.;rth page. It will be found credited to the West ern Rural. That is about the cheek iest way of making editorial we have i come across. COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. One of the Old Masters. Some genius.born to blush unseen, on the evening of tho 29th - ult., left at our house an original campaign cartoon, and disappeared before we could place either eye or hand upon him. It evidently is the work of one of the "old masters" -Leonardo da Vinci, mayhap and shall shortly be transfered from the Entekpkise office to the Dresden gallery. The gist of the drawing is, that three guns, named respectively Dem ocratic, Republican and Independ ent, are pointing at a target in the "hazy distanco" called "Congress." Lane in full uniform is about to touch off the Democratic gatling, which to all appearances, with such ammunition as "hard money" re form &c, will, take the bull's eye. Warren, looking at Lane with a very distressed countenance and knock kneed aspect, exclaims, "Oh Lordy, what a big gun!" The Bulletin man is running to him with a bottle la beled "Panacea for sick politicians. Manufactured and sold by Mitchell & Co., and says that Master Ben wants him .to brace up on it." He ears a hollow circle about his lily white neck, and a paper peeping from his pocket announces the fact that he is a dealer in "Custom House and other Rings, warranted steal." In the middle back-ground is the Radical cannon, looking as if it had come from the battle of Poictiers, and aiming very intently at nothing. For ammunition it has an immense Hottentot's head, larger than the whole gun, and liable to burst it, with the Civil Right's, and Force Bills, Corruption, and similar rubber balls lying around in profusion. The Independent gun, owing to the fact that some tricky individual getting Under the Wood burst it into a thousand pieces; sending Whitney "way up" among the kites and knocking principle, tone, shape and everything else out of the Orego nian man. This latter, as ho comes tearing through ethereal space cries oat, "Warren! I guess I'll have to light on you." Between the Radical and Independent guns, stands the Independent voter, philosophically musing, "here I am with a burst gun on one side, and on the other a gun that 13 worse than none. I must lose no time in gettiug over to Lane." Though the whole thing is rather mixed, it is entitled after the style of a late literary production on tho human family, "The coming Race." The Death of V.". C. Uah.ton. One of tho saddest episodes con nected with the failure of tho Bank of California is the sudden death of its President, W. C. Ralston. Short ly after the run had begun on the bank, a meeting of the trustees was held, and Mr. Ralston failing to agree with tho majority in their views of stemming the storm, he handed in his resignation, which was promptly accepted. Hot and feverish with excitement he drove to his customary bathing place at North Beach and "plunged in," notwithstanding the warnings of the owner cf the bath houses con cerning the heat of his body and the effect of the sudden chill of the cold salt water. Ho swam out but a short distance when he was seen to strug gle and buffet the waters as if taken with , sudden cramp, and then went down three times before assistance could reach him. Everything pos sible was done to restore life, but without avail. Wm. C. Ralston was dead. There were of course a great many rumors rife that ho had com mitted suicide, but from what wo are able to glean from the evidence taken at the Coroner's inquest, it is apparent that he died with that "quicker than a shaft from Heaven" apoplexy. lie was essentially a self-made man, and a representative Californi an. Bold, firm and honest in his business transactions, hospitable and charitable in his private life. All his eficts he has left to his old friend Win. Sharon, with instruc tions to do with them what he deems right. A good man has passed away and it will be many a long year ere the people in California cease to cry "How are the mighty fallen." John B. Weller, ex-Governor of California, and former United Stales Senator from that State, died re cently in New Orleans, of small-pox. In 1S19, Mr. Weller was appointed Commissioner to survey the bound ary between California and Mexico, and in that capacity came to this coast where .he made his home, and soon became a prominent politician. He leaves a brother and son in San Francisco. Many of our readers will remember Gov. Weller, he having made several speeches in this State the campaign of 18G6. He was an ablo statesman, a true patriot and much respected by all who knew him. One disjointed Republican-Independent says that the "Peal head of the Orejonian and the tricky little Thompson ain't half so smart as they think." We concur. Mercury. There are lots of these same kind of fellows here who don't sign Hill's bill of sale. Press Echoes. The question "Who is Dimmick?" having been brought np, we are informed that he is the sire of a potato of that varietv, and that by virtue of that distinction expects to catch the Irish vote. Eugene City Guard. Is this a play upon the words Dim-Mick? The Financial Crash Francisco. in San Tho Bank of California, carrying on business in San Francisco, with W. C. Ralston (now deceased) as President, and with a working cap- I ital of five million dollars gold, sus pended payment on the 2'Jth day of last month. Notwithstanding the "I-told-you-sos" of the New York Evening Post and Chicago Times, there was' not a man living, who. a week before the run on the Bank of California, could have predicted, with any degree of certainty, its ruin. " Among the various causes ascribed for its failure, is the one, that the "Big Bonanza" men, Flood & O'Brien, were the Sampsons who hurled it to the ground; and the other which seems to come nearer tho truth is that extravagance and reckless spec ulation were to blame. Be this as it may, tho Pacific coast has lost one of its best friends a friend who has done more to open and develops its resources thau any three similar institutions on the slope; and wo, as well as Californi ans, may well regret its downfall. This failure will hardly hurt our State immediately, but the indirect effects arc past calculating. Confidence has been seriously shak en; -money once ready to circulate through the channels of speculation is now deposited in tho bank, causing stringency in tho gold market and paralysis in trade. Tho farmers have become frighten ed, and are holding back for a more settled market, meantime wheat falls 5 cents on tho bushel, and other pro ducts proportionately. We arc very glad to say, however, that no depositor will lose a dollar through the California Bank's failure, and if tho dispatches from San Fran cisco are to be believed, confidence is again restored and business is pro ceeding with all its customary din and bustlo. Iot at Issue. Tho issue now before the people is not so much as to "who will be the next Congressman as it is whether they will support the administration that has been ruling the State for the past live years or try and secure a change. Beg pardon, Mr. Phumlcaia', but j ou are not dealing very honestly if you are plain. Tho State Adminis tration is not on trial. Jt is the Na tional Administration. It is in the halls of Congress that Mr. Lane's voice is to be heard. We propose to fight the State campaign next spring. Don't hurry up matters. Let us see first whether the people will endorse Grant and his clique of office-holders in Oregon. That is the present issue, and not the State. Xo wonder the Radical editors wi.sli to change the contest. The Democracy Tiro on the aggressive, and the Radicals must defend their cause before the people. Mr. Lane's vote is wanted in Con gress against Federal usurpations, corruptions and the third term. He has no voice or power to correct State irregularities. Wo do not want a voto from Oregon in Congress which will be an endorsement of the Force Act, tho Civil Rights Bill, and the other outrages, too numerous to I mention. "A New Way cf Iaying Old I)clts.'. Tho intelligent Radical press is endeavoring with all its might and main to make of this a religious, and not political campaign. The absurd ity of the resort is patent or its face, and we take this occasion of compli menting the Democratic and Inde pendent prss for their unanimity in spurning the topic as one unworthy of debate in a political contest. We say to argue, because they consider an honest man be his creed what it may at all times a good candidate from any party. Wo merely hold this ground, and do not pretend to wrangle about a matter which is as foreign to the present campaign as tho retaliatory persecu tions of tho Catholics and Hugue nots. Wo do not attack tho infallible christenings of the Hard-shell Baptists,- nor weigh tho doctrine of fall ing from graco.with the Romanists' dogma of transubstantiatfon; these things we consider nuts for the theo logiciaus' jaws, or at best, topics for the Adcocate and Sentinel to scufilo about. Fuesh Arrival. Lieutenant Phil. Sheridan, U. S. A., arrived with his retiaue at Portland on the 30th ult. The citizens gave him a g-nerous welcome, and Father Col. Moike Sheridan, wo suppose, gave them thanks in a few cheap Dominns vobis cums. It looks very much to ns as if "Piegan rhil." had been sent to this coast to try and scare up a little enthusiasm in tho Republican ranks. Boss Grant knows they need it, and feels that that old buncombe dodge of "the boys in blue" will suffice to carry this State and California Xous verrons. It is surprising to us how Repub lican journals, which seem to think that no good can exist in a Catholic heart, can conscientiouslv cheer this bandit Papist. However we'll say no more about that, if you'll promise not to let him go to Yamhill, for we want him for the Centennial. The Courier-Journal says that at draw' poker Grant shoves an ugly hand. River Improvement. Again we are called upon to chron icle the failure of the improvement of the Willamette River, says the Oregon Grander, (Albany), the most pressing demand for which exists. There is no work of a public charac ter in the State that is f rough t with so much interest to the producers, and yet it lays unnecessarily, and in fact gives signs of total abandon ment for the year. This is not enly an unfortunate condition of things for the State, but it is a direct and positive outrage upon the farming classes. La?t season the matter was taken in hand by the wheat raisers themselves, and a sum was subscrib ed in wheat almost sufficient to do the work of cleaning out aud permanently improving the river from Oregon City to Albany. But it was deemed necessary to have some Statu legisla tion before commencing the work, and it was accordingly put off until this year. At the last session of the Legislature the matter received duo attention, and it was hoped that the present season would witness the opening of navigation to this point at all stages of. water. Meantime our delegation in Congress secured an appropriation, of 25,000 for the prosecution of the work, and the en gineers in charge promised speedy attention to tho . matter. Tho farm ers seeing tho matter taken in charge by the Government, discontinued their individual efforts, and the wheat contributions were allowed to lapse. Light draft steamers have been constructed to ran on the river, so that by a little work we could be able to shi) wheat every Jay in tho year from our wharves, and have an active competition between river and rail. But the Government officials are only just now at the preliminary work of surveying the river, and it will be October before the survey is completed, and the specifications for tho examination of bidders. By that time the fall rains will have commenced in the mountains and foot hills, if not in tho valley, and the stage of water will be su-ch as to prevent the commencement of the work before another year. Seeing this condition of tho river improve ment, the Railroad company has re turned to their old rates of fifteen cents a bushel on wheat from here to Portland, as against six cents a bushel by the river boats. During tho early part of the summer the two routes were iu competition, and prices were the same. Hero we have an advaiuv of nine cents a bushel on the wheat of tho county, or say that portion that will be stored in Albany. With whc.it at one dollar per bushel, tho majority of farmers will Fell, thus giving the railroad the freight ing thereof at this advanced rate. It is safe to say th .t live h ndred thou sand bushels cf wheat will be sold, and shipped by rail from this city, before the opening of navigation on the river for boats, should the pres ent prices hold,. thus taking from tho producer nine cents a bushel on that amount. With the river open, freights would . be six cents to Port land, both by rail and boat. Nine cents a bushel on five hundred thou sand bushels amrmiits to 15,000 a sum sufficient to thoroughly im prove the. river from this point to Oregon City, and have a sinking fund large enough to keep up the an nual repairs. And this large, sum comes directly from tho producers, a tax that might have been avoided, had this river work been commenced in due season, and prosecuted with vigor. Away with the red tape and let the people take the matter in hand, at once. Farmers, grangers, make your power felt, aud see that the public interests of the State, in which you are so vitally concerned, be attended to in season. Will you wait the slow process of breaking champagne bottles over the prelim inary work, and thus lose thousands, or will you come to the front and de mand a vigorous prosecution of the work, even if it has to be done at your own expense? Let this great work be taken hold of by the people, and successfully carried out, or hereafter hold your peace about ex travagant charges as freight, or tho delays of transportation. Hero is a question that by a bold aud united effort you can control to your own and tho country's good. Are the peojde ready to respond to this, and other interests that so nearly con cern them? Time, that Jevels all things, will tell the story. Mean while let patience do her noble work. Fir.;; ix Portland. At 1:33 on Wednesday morning a fire broke out in the rear of Alder and First streets in Portland, aud gained such head way that 20,000 worth of property was destoryed before it could be brought under subjection. Owing to the difficulty of getting at the burning buildings every thing had to be Hooded in tho neighborhood, and to this extravagance iu water, the great loss is in a measure owing. Insurance about 10,000. Scexk von ax Artist. Mallory and Underwood astride one end of a saw log persuading Whitney at the other end that all he had to elo to to get both nominations was to say yes to their gentle dove like offers. All it wanted to complete the lake of Corao scene was Gibbs in tho mid dle. deTC urj Yes, and Ben Simpson and Hill in the back-ground. Beck, of Kentucky, says that the Lieutenant Generalcy is a sinecure in the army, and that he will move to do away with that office at the next meeting of Congress. Look out, Fill up! MUM.UAItV OK ST.VTB NlVs' J. MY Shepherd, of the Democrat, is traveling throii-t, ' Willamette valley. e as The new road from rolt Cbiu . to the Sea Side is nearly finih M The Catholics of Albany have pn chased a block of ground, inimUlp" ately opposite the Seminary, u1)0" which they intend to erect a elravei1 and school. . The first shoal-water oysters 0f the season have arrived at Poitlaa1 The Baker City JL-mhl says tbal crops arc unusually prosperous j' that section. e Vro are informed by the Sale.n Statesman that extensive preiuratiou have been, an are still being niuda at the fair grounds, for the reception of visitors who may be 111 attendance at tho Salem jamboree. The Bulletin insinuates that baso ball, in this State, is suffering with a severe attack of blind staggers. A toad, was found last week ia East Portland, imbedded in solid rock. V' - . The hull of the new steamer Victor was launched 011 Saturday at Port land. . The plum crop of Lane county i.i unusually large. Dr. I). M. Baldwin, of the Dalles, recently bought 05 .thorough-bre,i sheep from 1 E. Benton, of Cali fornia, e Prices in canned salmon have fall en this year. . 9 The financial crash in California will only alloc t Oregon indirectly. Wheat was selling on Saturday, ia Salem for 05 cents per bushel. A woman forged Philip Muikey'a name, in Eugene City, for $15; hut was frightened oil before she got either money or arrest. T. G. Mnlkey has skipped from the Corvallis .Democrat to make desk room for G. W. Roberts. Polk county hai a total population of 4,!.10. Tho presses of the Albany Demoavi are now run by water power. Rev. B. 11. Baxter, of B-nton Co., will deliver the annual address at the State Fair. Albany Inn storage capacity for l,K.'5,0ub bushels of wheat. The Granger says this is a pretty fair showing for room, and. we have ku doubt but all 01 them will be fillca. This amount of grain, if sold fit current prices, will turn loose in the community a large sum of moucy. A considerable part of the grain stor ed will come from across fherivrr in Benton county, soy li'i'.lS'.t'J br.sh- T'r.e Union count v Fair comim on the 11th of October. :ct.s Mr. Deckard. of Albany, has corn stalks in his garden fourteen fi-rt high almost equal to tho c.-rn f Illinois bottoms. Tho Pioneer Oil Mills at Sain;; are now- running ful! 'time in the tlay time, a id in about two weeks lirntv it is expected that- the mills will nui night and day. The company lave a contract to deliver in Portland 1 00,000 bushels of seed for a Califor nia house, and they have already commenced to lill tho same, ami ex pect to have it all delivered by t!.o middle of September. Mr. L. Samuel is canvassing th-i State for his new paper, the Wtt SI ore. Immigrants; arc pouring into ad parts of the State, ana we have rci in for thousands more. The Democrat, one of the racist papers in the JState, has just c-.-m-pleteu its tenth volume. Like goo! wine, it improves with age. The average yield of whe it in Ore gon this year w'ill bo thirty -live bush els per aero. The road from Empire to Newport is completed sufficient for the par age of carriages. - The teams bound south are heavily laden, and goods are piling ia for the fall trade. Business is lively now. The V irtue mine, near Baker City.0 still keeps up its lick in the matter of turning out bullion. " On the ISth inst. Superintendent Hyde shipped to San Francisi'o another gold bar, valued at 3,7H0 45. An assay of some rock taken from the claim of John Bilger and other?, on tho Yank ledge, was recently made by the new assaying aparatus lately brought on by Syl. Campbell and E C. Brooks, which returned 10 to the ton. The snag-puller is at work between Salem and Eola. The river froni Corvallis down to the point wlier the boat is at. work has-been veil cleared of obstructions. Prof. E. Melton, graduate of the University of Virginia, has been ap pointed professor of ancient and modern languages, and of mathe matics, in the Albany collegiate in stitute. There is a prospect of a fight be tween the Klamath and Warm SpriP? Indians. Pitch in boys, you will save Uncle Sam much powder ami ball by this wise resolve. Nellie Meacham is to canvass the principal cities of the State with her father's new book, "Wigwam ana War-path." The Young Men's Christian Asso ciation of Salem has secured rooms aud will at once open a library ana reading room. The Oreaonian. says: "We under stand negotiations are pending lor change in ownership in the 0rCt--lailv and Weekly Statesman. II. H. Waters, Esq., being V0'1 as the future editor and proprieto. . Ox the seTRosebucg Plaindealer says that Hon. 1,-1-Ban was on a visit to Salem Monday ana Tuesday, and left for Galesville on Wednesday, where ho opened J campaign. He spoke in Canjonvinj on Friday, and was an Myrtle Cree on Saturday. A Change. The Temperance &a of last Saturday says that it w r ported that the Oregonian is to iia a new eelitor. -