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QREMX IITV, OIlEliO.W SEPT. 10, lS7i.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Congress,
LAFAYETTE LANE,
Of Duolat County.
PUIILI2 SPEAKING.
lion. Ii. F. Iane, Democratic candi
date for Congress, will address his fel
low citizens, at the following times and
places, to-wit :
Itosebiirer September 16th
KunoneCity " 18th
Albanv " 21st
Corvallis ' 22d
Dallas " 23d
Jafavctte " 25th
llillshoro 27th
Oregon City " 29th
Salem " 30th
Portland . October 2d
Astoria.,, " 4th
The Dalles " 7th
Pendleton " 11th
Weston " 12th
L.airande " loth
Union " 16th
lUkerCitv " ISth
Canyon City " 21st.
Opposing candidates are invited to
join him.
State Rights.
The Radical press has a hobby for
the campaign with which it expects
to frighten sensible people. For the
past twelve years the cry of Union
has kept the party in power. And
while this cry was being used, the
"union" ment by the leaders was un
doubtedly, that they must bo united
in robbing the people. Rut this cry
is about "played out," and yet we
find that Radical editors aro so fool
ish as to think it will serve them
for another election.
At present they are fighting the
State Right's theory as hell by the
Democrats, and falsely assert that if
ill l,mninA n I- i . , H ll.s
will reinstate slavery. Now there is
not an ignorant negro in the south
that believes any such a thing, much
less a whito man in Oregon. If
there is he deserves to be put into
the insane asylum. The question of
slavery is settled, and though it was
settled in a .manner unbecomiug a
civilized people, the Democracy as
well as all other parties accept the
issue, and it has passed from the
stage cf political discussion.
The next heresy these lunatics ad
vance is, that the Democracy will
pay the Confederate debt. If they
proposed to pay for the slaves it is
not reasonable to suppose that thoy
would return the nigger to servitude
again. Rut both of these assertions
are false and only show that the Rad
ical party has no principles on which
-to maintain its organization. The
national debt is abundantly large,
"and pcoplo are not generally foolish
enough to assume debts that they
had no interest in contracting.
The amendments to the Constitu
tion, though fraudulently adopted,
settle that issue for all time to come.
These are issues created in the imag
ination of Radical editors and politi
cians, and have no existence in fact.
"What the Democracy propose to
regain for the people under the doc
trine of State Rights is, the free ex
ercise of the elective franchise in
the various States. They propose
that the general Govern mt shall
exercise just such powers as are del
egated to it by the Constitution, and
that all other rights not delegated to
tne general government shill be re
served and exercised by tjV people
of the several States. Ths one of
the grand principles of our Govern
ment, and is one upon w iich the
Democracy will gain a glo 'ous vic
tory in l.S7(. By States Rights they
mean that the people shall eilect their
own representatives and Ahat the
General Government shall liot, as it
his done, interfere inreserved
rights of States, override them with
Federal troops and coerce them with
elect tools of the Administration to
office to enable them to rob aud
plunder. They mean that when the
people elect a Legislature, that U. S.
Grant and his minions shall have no
power to enter a sovereign State and
march out of the Legislative Halls
their chosen Representatives, as they
have done in several of the Southern
States. They mean that the people
of ft State, who are the best judges
of their wauts and necessities, shall
bo free to pass such laws and be gov
erned in such a manner as suits
them best, without the interference
of thosejwho have no interest in
their local affairs. They mean jusf
what the Declaration of Independ
ence says, that they are "free and
independent States" subject only to
such restrictions as have Wen grant
Wl to the general Government, and
nothing more. They mean that the
people of Oregon, through their Leg
islature and State officers, are better
calculated to administer the local
State affairs than the President and
his Cabinet, or Congress, where we
have but one Representative out of
two hundred and ninety-two, and
where this one member would be
powerless to prevent any unjust and
oppressive Legislation against Ore
gon. They mean that the general
Government shall exereise ihe pow
ers delegated to it, and the States
those which are reserved, ami that
our system of government shall not
be perverted into a grand centralized
despotism. This is what State
Rights means, and if it is treason, the
caore the people of thi United States
Lave, the happier and better govern
ed they will be in the future. If
they shall endorse the position of
the Radicals and favor centraliza
tion at Washington, the days of Con
stitutional government are numbered
and our free institutions are a delu
sion and frand.
"We-are Coming, Father Abra
ham, Five Hundred Thou
sand Strong !"
If it be true that little drops of
water and little grains of sand per
form the wonderful miracles of crea
tion ascribed by the poet, what are
we to conclude from the mighty
Democratic shock just given to Rad
ical nature in California? Straws,
they say, tell which way the wind
blows, but hurricanes, which sweep
everything before them, are in their
effect too apparent to make necessary
such gratuitious information. In po
litical simoons, statistical weather
vanes and theoretical straws are
knocked into cocked hats, the effects
being manifest without them, as are
the cause and direction of the storm.
The American voters are "wearied
nigh unto death" with the bare-faced
robberies of the party in office, and
are determined, by their individual
and collective suffrages, to oppose
and end them. This is the whole
trouble. "With indifference and in
capacity in the Executive, with mal
feasance and itching palms in the
Cabinet, with brazen fraud and high
handed usurpation in the subordin
ate offices, is it any wonder that our
people have awakened from their
lethargy and have begun so substan
tially to assert their sovereign rights?
One after another the States fall into
lire aud form, for the re-establishment
of simplicity and strength,
honesty and capacity; girding on
their armor for the errand charore on
the imbecility, extravaganco and in
iquity of the Radical party.
To us in Oregon, on the eve of a
Congressional election, the cheering
voice of the California Democracy
will be of incalculable value. The
Radical snail will draw in tis horns
in fear aud trembling; delinquent
and 1 tike-warm supporters of the
Jeffersonian principles will awaken
to a sense of their party's power, and
will rally round the polls with an
enthusiasm that assured victory can
alone inspire; once more its ranks
will be swelled to the Buchanan ma
jorities; once again its waning power
shall receive its old force, and the
government once more shall be man
aged with honesty, ability and econ
omy. .
A Disorganized Rand.
The Prussian hero, General Von
Moltke, is credited with saying that
his country owed its victory over
France, in a great measure, to the
enthusiasm inspired among his troops
by the martial, soul-stirring music of
the German bands. If such doctrine
would also hold good in political
warfare, we dread to contemplate the
slaughter in store for the Republican
party. The Radical press, which
plays the role of band in the cam
paigns of principle trying to create
eclat- among the voters now lies as
dormant and useless to its party as
an Egyptian mummy.
Its heavy bass, its shrill clarion-
ettes, its nervous altos, are either
burst, out of tune, or hung up like
that instrument which once perform
ed such wonders in the halls of Tara.
For ten long years this band has
tooted but one air, ("down with our
conquered brothers") until its very
monotony aside from its inhuman
ity has driven those whom it wished
to arouse o?er into the camp of the
Democrats.
The Ku Klnx galop, and other
mare-nest music, is no longer under
the baton of Landaulet Williams, no
longer excites the mob, nor, in fact,
has it listeners to its hackneyed bosh.
This last strain, like the last blast of
tho fat Teuton trombone player in
Fundi, has burst the band and scat
tered its auditors.
Take the press hero in Oregon, and
what paper is giving Mr. "Warren a
vigorous, unqualified support? "What
journal is trying to create enthusiasm
among the Republican voters? What
Radical slieet, in fact, manifests tho
slightest interest in the campaign
now before the people ? If there be
one (and we do not mean to speak
ironically) we have undoubtedly fail
ed to receive it among our exchanges.
The party is dead; the press inert,
and the morale of the Republican
voters destroyed beyond redemption.
"Sauce tor the Goose, &c." Al
though the inflation movement is en
dorsed by the Democratic platform
of Ohio, it is no more the sentiment
of the mass of the Democratic voters
than the more money scheme is a
Radical principle, because it is sup
ported by their leaders.Butler, Matt.
Carpenter, Judge Kelly and Wen
dell Philips.
Sat Nothixo but Good of the
Dead. A week or so ago the United
States Custom House Inspector was
in Portland. Could his visit have so
impoverished or frightened the Ring
that it would let the Bulletin die for
want of nourishment? Or, was it
"anything to beat Warren' that caus
ed the .sudden demise of the Ring
sheet? -
The Dallas Itrmizrr ba5 closed its
first volume.
His Record as a Legislator.
A correspondent writes to ns as
follows:
A. Noltneb Dear Sir: If you
will take the trouble to examine the
House Journal for 1SG4, when Henry
Warren was a membea of the Oregon
Legislature, you will find that he
favored, if he did not introduce the
bill changing the old mode of paying
taxes direct to the County Treasurer.
This bill made the Sheriffs ex officio
tax collectors, and gave them three
per cent, of the taxes collected, if
paid before becoming delinquent; if
paid after, the Sheriff got mileage
&c, and the three per cent. also. If
you will employ a little arithmatic,
you will find that this very pure man,
H. Warren, by this job put up by
him, saddled upon the people of
Oregon an unjust burden; and that
it has cost more than $25,000.
Twenty-five thousand dollars of
the people's money taken to render
Sheriffs rich. Think you that Inde
pendents will take vry kindly to
such a man? Yours, &c,
As a. Legislator Mr. Warren was
not a success, and we do not think
that he would be of any particular
benefit to the State in tho Halls of
Congress. In his advocacy and sup
port of the bill which provides for
the present mode of collecting taxes,
he has cost the people oi the State
many thousand dollars, and put just
that muoh into the pockets of the
officials. Before tho present law was
passed, the people were required to
pay their taxes directly to the Treas
urer, and he received an annual sal
ary, about the same as is now paid.
It therefore added no expenses to
tho collection. Under the law as
passed by the Radical Legislature of
1864, and when every Sheriff in the
State was a Radical with the excep
tion of Umatilla and Josephine coun
ties, this new bill was passed. Un
der it, the cost of collecting the taxes
of this county was increased from
nothing tu $1,000, or $1,200, and
that for the sole benefit of Radical
Sheriffs. Tho last Legislature reduc
ed this to two per cent., which makes
it now cost from six to seven hun
dred dollars annually. Take for the
past ten years, and it has averaged
in Clackamas county alone, $1,000
per annum, making a neat little sum
of $10,000 the county has paid for
the luxury of Mr. Warren's, bill to
"aid Radical Sheriffs." WTe will take
this for the entire State, and in the
twenty counties it has not been less
than twenty-two or twenty-three
thousand dollars annually. Now
multiply this by ten years, and we
have tho snug little sum of, say
$200,000, which has been taken out
of the people' pockets and put into
those of Sheriffs, and all thoso offi
cials being Radicals, with two excep
tions, at that time, it seems that
Henry Warren was actuated by par
tisan feelings to put money into the
pockets of a set of Radical officials.
But he is not now running as a State
officer, and can do no such damage
even if he should go, to Congress,
(which he never will) is it not fair
to presume that, if he could so far
forget the interests of the people in
18G4 and labor for a set of county
officials, he would be equally ready
in Congress to aid another clique of
office-holders of his party ? It is rea
sonable to suspect that he would,
and unless the people aro ready to
endorse useless and reckless extrava
gance, they will let Mr. Warren re
main in Old Yamhill, where he has
recently been retired by the Federal
crew which has brought him out for
Congress.
The Vihy and .the Wherefore.
J
"If the Lane Democracy is oppos
ed to the anti-public school policy of
the Ohio Democracy, why was it not
expressed in tho lastplatform? Let
Mr. Lane answer. Statesman.-' - (The
Oregon Oracle.)
The reply to such a question is
very short: because it would have
been superfluous. Ours is not a
Stato but a Congressional election,
and the issues before the people have
no more to do with the school ques
tion than a man's politics have with
his religion. We think the Radical
press had better drop this subject
and concentrate its talent on some
thing bearing on the election or it
will find it has been running
after the golden apples of Atalanta to
the entire forgetf ulness of the race.
There in California last week
where a State as well as Congres
sional election was held, the Demo
cratic platform expressly denounced
sectarian appropriations.
In the case of our sister State there
was some sense in having the school
plank in their platform, because the
very nature of the election required
it; but for us to have denounced a
thing upon which our Congressman
would never be called upon to act,
would have been as absurdly un
necessary as having some New York
City ordinance wedged into the plat
form. A citizen of Portland, Me., has a
valuable relic in the shape of a ring
once worn by the wife of President
Madison. It is of vi Idtt rmA
f with a bloodstone-, under which is a
little braid of hair fr-m the heads of
j AN ashington and Jackson. Sunday
j l elvome.
xnere is no nees-ity of going so
far away. There i a young man in
this city who has n ring contain:ng
a little of Washington' and Jackson's
hair.
"The Proof of the Pudding fcc,
Mr. Lane is a property holder in
this State, and bis children aro now
attending the publie schools.
COURTESY OF
UNIVERSITY
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION
The Democracy Triumphant!
Th TCntlre State Ticket Elected. '
BOTH BRANCHES0F THE LEGISLA
TURE DEMOCRATIC!
The Radicals "Scooped Up!"
Carry the News to lllram at I-ong
IlranchX
The result in our sister State has
far exceeded the most sanguine ex
pectations of the friends of free gov
ernment everywhere, and should be
the occasion of general rejoicing.
Our friends in California did well,
yes, most nobly, and to-day, for the
first time in many years, that State
has selected to every branch Demo
crats to manage ;their public affairs.
The entire State ticket is elected,
composed of great aud good men, in
whose integrity, honesty and ability
the people have the most implicit
confidence. Both branches of the
Legislature are Democratic, by a
handsome majority, whigh will give
the newly elected State officials that
aid they so much need to inaugurate
the desired reforms and correct the
abuses which have been committed
by dishonest and corrupt Radicals.
In San Francisco, where tho Dem
ocrats have not been successful for
many years, they, bavo elected nearly
all their regular ticket, notwithstand
ing some disorganizes ran what was
termed an Independent Democratic
ticket. Tho party was strong enough
to defeat its enemies within the party
and without.
The Democrats have elected three
out of the four Congressmen, and
probably the entire delegation. In
the last Congress, the Radicals had
three and tho Democrats one.
This is but another link in the
long chain of successes which were
inaugurated last fall in the East, and
the good work is destined to go on
until every department of our State
and National administration is placed
in the hands of the Democracy. The
hand writing is upon the wall in un
mistakable words, and Radicalism,
incompetency, dishonesty and cor
ruption will bo doomed by the people
of this country, who are not yet
ready to surrender tho inhcritenco
left them by their fathers.
All honor ho to the noble freemen
of California! Let the good work
continue, and Oregon roll up such a
i majority for the side of good govern
ment, honesty and justice, as will
make her voico heard even in the
dark and rotten places in Washington
City, and strike terror to the ruble
which has held high carnival while
the nation's very life-blood was be
ing sucked out by a set of scoundrels
who had by mere accident got con
trol of the Government, and who
have proved themselves tho worst
enemies of our free institutions.
Three hearty cheers for tho noble
people of California, and then three
cheers for Lafayetto Lane and the
freemen of Oregon!
Nut Much.
The Oregonian regards the victory
in California as barren, arguing that
the Democracy did not get a majori
ty of the votes over both the Radicals
and Independents, and that next year
tho latter wonld vote for the Radical
candidate for President. Since the
Oregonian. sold out to the Radicals
and its managers have gone back to
their former allies, it thinks that all
the Independents have as little po
litical virtue as tho Oregonian crowd.
This it will find to be a mistake not
only in 187G, but next month, when
it will be demonstrated that but a
few of tho Independents will be
found to vote with the Radicals, and
when the Oregonian imagines that its
influence is so great, it will learn that
instead of being tho oracle of tho In
dependents, it is nothing, and that
the people, irrespective of party,
will look upon its treachery with
contempt. - Should there be but two
tickets in the field in 187G, the mass
of Independent voters will support
the Democratic candidate whether
the Oregonian likes it or not. Men
are not slaves, and a little clique
like that which controls the Oregon
ian cannot lead them back to the
party they have left for its very rot
tenness. Mark this prediction Mr.
Oregonian.
Shades of Murray, "Since Mr.
Whitney has withdrew, kc -States
man.
Heavens! Send the new editor
some grammars immediately.
Amotillado. "Ah" said an Ore
gon City connoisseur smacking his
lips "this wine sir, is of 1842."
"1842 Broadway?" inquired his
friend.
Sigxs of Weakening. The Ore
gonian does not look upon the elec
tion of Mr. Lane as "entirely im
probable." Ab! indeed!.
Theatrical. At last accounts
Phil. Sheridan and a skater were the
chief Attractions at New Market The
ater in Portland.' - ; - r
BANCROFT LIBRARY,
OF CALIFORNIA,
The Public Schools.
A casual reader of the papers j
would conclude that the Radical
party - is the sole advocate and pro
tector of our public school system.
A more bare-faced and absurd claim
was never set up by a yarty. It looks
very much like the devil assuming a
religious attitude and rebuking sin.
Friends and protectors of an institu
tion do not generally rob that which
they desire to-foster. During the
reign of the Radical party in . this
State it is well known that not one
cent of the irreducible school fund
interest was distributed among the
various counties. Since the Democ
racy have had the management of
that fund, Clackamas county has an
nually received near two thousand
dollars of the interest on that fund
for the benefit of the children, and
under the samo party the principal
of this fund has been augmented
abont a quarter of a million dollars
in the past five years, besides the
distribution of near one hundred
thousand dollars interest. This in
itself should be better evidence as to
who aro the friends of public schools
than any mere assertions of Radical
scriblers. Since the Democracy has
been in power, the Board has loaned
no money that was not amply secur
ed and the fund now is in a healthy
and safe condition.-
But how was it under Radical
rule? AVe find that the principal of
the fund was diminished rather than
increased, and no interest was dis
tributed as was provided by law.
The natural question is where did
the money go to? This is an easy
question answered. The Radical
Stato officials robbed the children of
the money due them. The interest
was stolen where there was any col
lected. But the main reason why
this fund did not increase during
Radical rule is, that the State offi
cials used it as a fund for the bene
fit of its bankrupt partisans. They
loaned thousands of dollars of this
fund to party favorites on the most
flimsy security and being partisans,
the interest was never collected, and
in several cases the notes were al
lowed to become outlawed and the
security entirely worthless. Thus
thousands of our public school fund
were lost. These are the facts that
are beyond contradiction. Does this
look as though the Radicals are the
friends of our schools, and that
they deserve again to bo trusted
to manage this sacred fund for fn
tnro generations? Certainly not.
But this school question is not one
for settlement at this time. Mr.
Lane will be in no way connected
with the school interests. If our
Radical friends desire to make the
comparison, however, at this time,
we are prejiared to do so, and when
their hypocrisy and rascality is ex
posed to the public, they will regret
that they ever made that an issue.
The Democratic State Administra
tion has shown its devotion to the
public schools by fostering and car
ing for the funds belonging to them.
The Radicals while they professed
to be friends, robbed that fund and
the children never received a dollar's
benefit from it until the Democratic
party came into power. No teacher
in this State will deny tho fact that
the Democrats have done all they
could to improve our rmblic school
system since they camo into power,
and to-day JVC find the general work
ing of our public schools is much
improved compared to what it was
six years ago. This cry of Democ
racy being opposed to our public
school is a false and hypocritical cry
of a lot of thieves who stole the mo
ney when they had a chance, aud if
the people will trust them, will do
so again if placed in power.
The Penn Monthly, speaking of
the f n.-.cU of the Department of the
Inferior, boldly says: "It might have
been a national disgrace if, as has
bien usual in previous administra
tions, public sentiment hadi.nything
to do with their appointment; for a
Secretary of the Interior convicted
of fraud is worse than an Attorney
General suspected, or a Secretary of
the Treasury laughed out of office
for incompetency. President Grant,
however, is alone responsible for the
members of his Cabinet. No public
sentiment suggested their names, for
until the appointment of the majority
it had never heard them. His, there
fore, is the responsibility, if thev
prove unworthy, and, when any one
of them is acquitted of incapacity or
dishonesty, his be the glory too.
The Last Pitch. With gross dis
regard for truth, and with low chi
canery, the Salem Statesman says
that Dimick and WThitney have with
drawn from the contest. And this is
the sheet that ha3 tho audacity to
announce itself as the leading Re
publican journal of the State. As a
man said to the waiter at a Salem
hotel, "If this is bread you have put
before me, bring me a brick. I want
something I can make an impression
on."
Notable Death. The Bulletin is !
no more. It died at Portland on the J
4th inst. Cause, Radicalism and its
baneful consequences. Its mission,
like the party it aimed to serve, is
ended, and there are no mourners.
Died. Judge O. Hnmason died at
the Dalles on the '7th inst. He was
well-known throughout the State and
leaves many, friends to -mourn his
deaths Peace bo to bis remains. . ...
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New York, Aug. 24," 1875.
Nothing indicates to us city folks
with more unfailing regularity the
near close of summer and tho ap
proach of autumn than the announce
ments and manifestoes of the mana
gers of dramatic companies, and the
opening of the theatres. Two weeks
ago the garden concerts of Gilmoro
and of Thomas monopolized the field.
Gilmore drawing by far the larger
houses, indeed so far did he cut into
the profits of the Central Park Gar
den that there was danger that the
organization performing there might
have to disband for want of support.
Fortunately that reproach to the
taste and discrimination of N--w York
was spared us. To-day's paper con
tains the announcement of no less
than eleven theatres. At the Acade
my of Music we are to have "Around
the World' a 'Romantic Comedy
Spectacle' fouuded on Jules Verne's
book of the same name; the samo
piece has been played . for tho last
week or twe at the Grand Opera
House. Two other theatres are about
to produce- one play, Rote Michel,
which has proved the latest Pa
risian sensation. At Robinson Hall
we have French opera Bouffe given
in an English dress, and at Wallacks
the same thing. So it would seem
that France though whipped on the
battle field, yet sets the fashion on
the stage at last. That the legiti
mate drama is not quite forgotten
and neglected is shown, however,
by one or two announcements. At
Booth's, Barry Sullivan, the eminent
Irish tragedian will appear as Ham
let, and Davenport will soon assume
the same role at the Grand Opera
House. Booth was to have played
tho same part at the Fifth Avenue,
but it is feared his severe accident,
(ho was thrown from his carriage)
may pi event his fulfilling his en
gagement. Finally Rossi, the only
rival, (and in that character it is said
the superior) of Salvini will als'i
personate the "Melancholly Dane'
and other roles.
The event of the week has been
the return of tho victorious rille team
from England, champions of tho
world, for as they signally defeated
at Dollymount the victors of Wim
bledon, it is generally regarded as a
fair conclusion that they would, if
they had been allowed to shoot, have
been successful there also. As it is
they return pretty well laden with
tho trophies of their victories. On
Saturday a boat load of enthusiastic
friends met the "City of Berlin" at
the town bay, and the team received
an informal though hearty welcome
then. Yesterday the inevitable pro
cession and speeches of welcome by
the Mayor tc, took . placse in the
(this summer) equally inevitable
rain storm. In tho evening a con
cert in their honor was given at Gil
more's garden with more speeches,
and sixteen thousand people as aud
itors. The trip of the team has been
conducive of much good feeling on
the other side, for it made manifest
that modesty, courtesy and skill
were not exclusively European pro
duets. It is pleasant to think the
sentiment true, -expressed after sev
eral victories of the Americans "how
much more kindly we can take a de
feat from America than we could
from any other nation on earth."
Sunday in New York always brings
forth confirmation of the saying
about Fatan and idle hands, last Sun
day was horribly prolific in that re
gard. The circumstances in the at
tack on Mr. Noe are essentially dra
matic. Locking himself up in his
warehouse, to look over his accounts
all alone, he herd a burglar forcing
his way through the scuttle in the
roof. Rushing up, a fierce strug
gle took place on the roof. The
burglar well knowing that a contest
in a placo as conspicuous as that
meant certain capture, pretended
willingness to accompany Noo to the
street. On the way down he drew
his "jimmy" from his sleeve and
struck Mr. Noe a murderous blow on
tho head, fracturing his skull, left
him bound ragged and bleeding.
Not the least curious feature of this
case is the cold "blooded apprecTa-"
tion of his own danger and deliber
ate measures for his escapo on tho
part of the thief who had evidently
not included murder in his original
plan.
Next most nearly allied to this as
sault in some of its characteristics
and yet widely differing from it, was
the robbery of Mr. Peter Smith who
was attacked in the street by ruffians.
The thieves succeeded in their object
in this case also and likewise added
a possible murder by shooting a by
stander. The third case is likewise
one of attempted theft, but the per
son shot and killed is suspected of
having been the robber. The mur
derous attack upon Ventura Ortiz,
the Spanish sailor, was also proba
bly the work of thieves. There aro
two instances of death at the hands
of policemen. Philip Koch, a re
spectable citizen of Union Hill, N.
J. was killed by clubbing and a des
perado in Tenth Avenue in this city
was shot while interfering with an
attempted arrest. The rest of this
frightful record ' includes ,tho vio
lence of drunken brawls in which
McMurray has probably killed a wo
man by throwing her. down stairs
and then finished his work by stab-
bincr a man in the nrMr ..
i i ... ,. , lultje time,
deeply with a dirk; and the case f
Frank McGoey who was mortally
jured in a pot house brawl, but ,n
not" suspect his condition till short! !
before his death in a hospital !
There "is also a case of'
where shocking wounds were iafiict
ed on a man and woman wit'i . ,.
Some of the "big dailies" which ar,;
never lacking in a theorv for any
thing, try to explain this "holoc-inVt
by the bad weather wo have had
One of them says - "it is a fact Ion,
since observed ami recently verified
by statistics that an extended period
of wet and gloomy .weather is apt to
include an extra number of deaths
by violence, and among these th
November suicides of London l av,,
almost become proverbial " ni i
"Probs" l.asa resi)0asi
resting on him if tins is so. jr J
SUSlMAItV OK Si'ATi; Mys.
The State Journal says: We under
stand that the body of young Wat
kinds, who was so fearfully outraged
by Whiteman, near Jefferson, soma
time since, has been found buried
with a bullet iahis head.
The school inarms and "Profs" of
this State have - been holding a con
vention at Salem. From what we
can fflean, it must have beeu a kind
of "Mutual Admiration Society."
A gentleman from Pennsylvania U
traveling in the Willamette valley
and will visit Eastern Oregon, seek
ing a locality suitable for the settle
ment of a colony of two hundred
families. lie is much pleased with
this country.
The Hillsbaro Independent hoists
the name of Geo. M. Whitney, of
Lane, as its candidate, for Congress.
The second annual session of the
Oregon State Grange will be held in
the city of Portland, commencing on
the 28th of tho present month.
Tho Lafaj ette Academy , under tho
management of Prof. Hewitt, com
mojcod last Monday.
Good news for beer drinkers Lano
county has 2G0 acres in hops.
A ludge lias been discovered r.eur
the Coqnille, which averages 'Y-j sil
ver to tho ton.
The Pacific Steamship Company
havt; decided to put on a line of pow
erful steamers, to run from San Fran
cisco to Astoria, that will make tho
round trip in seven days, and chire
about $15 fare in the cabin, and $10
in the steerage, and freights in pro
portion. These sle .iniers will con
nect with boats on the Columbia and
Willamette rivers.
Albany's population is now esti
mated at 3,UU0.
Mr. Hess, lately of Dresden, In
decided to open a banking hour-e ia
Astoria, principally for the pr.rpoM;
of making advances on cargoes nf
wheat. lie will command for this
purpose a capital of 3,000 ,000.
The Astorian ways: Our adviVo
would be to sell w heat whenever you
can Jit 1 per LmimIic-I.
The Secmtary of the Stab Agricul
tural Society, says the Sfuft'.-ounn, tV
sires u.s to .say that a premium .f
100 is offered for Oregon-hred run
ning horses, mile heats, '2 in .", $"')
entrance, to go with the purse.
Three or more to enter th-! trial t
be had on Monday afternoon, of Fa:r
week. This trial is to till the pro
gramme of Monday.
It is estimated that Oregon will
have live million bushels of grain hr
export this year, and a Deinocrali-t
Congressman besides. Itewon-citlc
Tim:'s.
The next regular session of tL
Oregon School for Deaf Mutts will
begin on Monday, October the 4th.
The teachers, officers and general
regulations will be the same as last
year. It i's desired that all the pu
pils be present at the opening of tho
term.
The Pendleton Trihitnc says that
Judge Talliafero, w ho has for many
years been a citizen of Wasco county,
has been appointed' Indian Agent at
the Umatilla reservation, vice Major
Coinoyer, resigned. The Judge ar
rived in Pendleton last Sunday even
ing, and has entered upon the dis
charge of his official duties.
The rendlofon Trihtme has tempo
rarily suspended. It will resume
publication at tho Dalles about tho
last of October.
J)allas is to have a Young Men's
Christian Association.
Large quantities of grain are being
received daily at the Koseburg ware
house. A dry-honse belonging to E. P?
Lashmutt, near Dallas, was burned
last week.
The stages bound south from Rose
burg are crowded every night, and
passengers are obliged to lay over.
Several immigrant teams passed
through Pendleton in the fore part
of last week, looking for a place in
which to locate.
Fred. Waymiro and George Scott
have been held to answer before tho
grand jury of Tolk county for a ma
licious assault on an old man named
Caw.
On Monday evening the. Portland
Exempt Firemen's Association held
its annual meeting for tho election cf
officers.
Sometime during Sunday night
the store of Judge Archibald, at
llillsboro, was entered by burglars,
and the sum of $22G 25 in coin ab
stracted. The thieves effected an en
trance to tho building, through the
rear. No clue has been obtained as
to who are the perpetrators.
Judge O. Humason's many friends
will be pained to learn of the severe
illness of that gentleman at his house
in tho Dalles.
Last Friday evening the residence
of John Tipton, near Roseburg, was
completely consumed by fire, tne
inmates barely escaping with their
lives. The fire is supposed to be tne
work of tho horse-thieves who have
infested the country around the base
of Mount Scott for some time
The flames were first seen i
the
smokediouse where ro fire has been
used for months.
. .Phil.. Sheridan's team broke down
on the way io Vancouver. -