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LAFAYE7TS LANE,
Of Oiiirylm County.
P'JHLI J SPEAKING,
Hon. Tj. F. Lane, Democratic can li
date f r Cor. .rress, w ill address his fed
low citi.'TM at the following times and
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Portland
October
2d
4tli
7th
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12th
1.5th
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21st.
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Baker City.
Can von Citv
Opposing candidates are invited to
join him.
The Political Discussion.
Last Wednesday the long looked
for political discussion took place in
) this city at Tope's Hall. Mr. Dimiek,
feeling perhaps the nselessness of
a Idressing the people of Clackamas
county on a subject which themajor
of them most heait.'ly endorse, failed
to put in an appeiranee. Tho first
gentleman to occupy the rostrum
was Mr. Whitney, the Independent
candidate.0' He commenced hostili
ties by admitting it to be a ridiculous
matter that he :vas a candidate with
out press Siippoit. Ho then attacked
the Administration, very justly lay
ing at its doors all the ills to which
a government is heir. lie very clearly
exposed its corruption, pointing out
and condemning its extravagance,
and arguing (in a way satisfactory to
himself only) that the only road to
nation d prosperity was over the In
th'pcnd :it platform. Old parties, on
novo ant of their very age, lie consid
ered corrupt, but the new " heaven. -born
chilli," the Independent party,
,liko Ca-:-r's wife, he considered "be-
yond suspicion." His prattle con
cerning the. tariff question was harm
less, beciuse obsevre; though we
will credit him with at times mani
festing a tendency to base his "future
hope of gain" on the protection plank
of the lladical platform. Ho closed
with a spirited account of the treach
ery of the Republican party, which
inveigled him into being a candidate
only to betray him; announcing at
the same time his unison with the
general opinion that Warren has not
a ghost's chance of bearing away the
Congressional laurels. As an orator
he was scarcely up to the standard,
though ai a political economist lie
manifests no superficial knowledge.
H i ably ami comprehensively dealt
with that bugbear of all politicians,
the financial question, and excepting
a verbosity, which at times led almost
to strangulation, he made a good im-
pros-i j and eiTective address.
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Mr. Warren followed, stating that
owing to severe indisposition he was
unable to reply to the first speaker;
but said that he was astonished that
a preacher should i ave the impu
dence to tell the people that tho re
sult ;f tho election was between Lane
and Whitney, and that he (Warren)
had not any show of success. He
said that Bro. Whitney, in Jackson
ville, tried his strength, and could
only lintl one old sinner who profess
ed to be an Independent and intended
to vote for tho nominee.
Mr. Lane followed,
the fact that he had
but owing to
chill in the morning, told tho audi
ence that he would not be able to do
justice to either them or the party
he represented. He soon got warmed
up, however, and occupied his full
time, giving a most glowing account
of the past history cf the Democratic
party, its achievements, and showing
that to it belongs all that has been
gained for us as a great nation. He
pictured the infamies of the protec
tive tari!f system, which seems to be
held in common by both his compe
titors, ami showed that the result of
protect ion win a virtual prohibition
in behalf of the rich, while labor was
left unprotected. He illustrated this
by showing that while our rich man
ufacturers were i t veling in their
wealth, the. daily strikes and closing
up of factories w;.s evidence that
labor was sud'ering. On this ques
tion Mr. Lane's views are most clear,
lie spoke at length on tho nuance
question, and showed that the pre
tensions of the Radicals to being a
hard-money party, were false and
ridiculous; that Radicalism was the
originator and father rf rag money;
that the Ohio platform was infinitely
better than the ini! ition system up
held md endorsed by the Radicals
under tho in famous banking system,
which was nothing more than a spe
cies of inilition for tho benefit of
the I
ondholders. He did not even
endorse the Ohio proposition, and
declared himself emphatically a hard
money man. We trust this is satis
faction to the Ort-jonian. On the
nrxvstimi as to vl 0111 1il-rril
credit of having reduced the State
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expenses in our Legislature, be said
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that that honor Hdonged to all par-
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tics alike; he stated that one of the
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most important reductions was made
in the Insane
Asvlum allowance,
which was done ca motion of Sena
tor .h-pr? whilo crcrr Ti.denpndent !
in the Senate voted against the
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amendment to reduce the appropna-
tion from 06 to ? 50 per capita.
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J This item saved to the State about j
; $22,000 in four years. He referred j
to the infamous acts of the Radicals j
in interfering with the State Legis- j
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iaiure, as in tne case ot Louisiana; :
; declared that our system of govern- j
I meut wafJ a government of States, j
! and any usurpation on the part of ;
uio general itovernment was uau
gerous to our free institutions. lie
showed that while the-General Gov-
eminent brought to justice and hang
ed the murderers of Gen. Canby and
Rev. Mr. Thomas, the bloody Mo
docs who had assassinated innocent
settlers while pursuing their peace
ful occupations, were protected by
the military authorities, and after
they had been indicted, were remov
ed from our State by order of Grant
and thus went unpunished for their
crimes. He then gave a general his
tory of the corruption of the Radi
cal party, showing by their own test
imony, that many of the Indian
troubles were caused by the bad
faith of those in charge of the agen
cies, and the robberies perpetrated
by the officials. He stated emphati
cally that ho endorsed the Ohio
platform on the school question,
which opposes any sectarian appro
priations from the public school
fund. The speech was able, logical
and pointed, and was listened to with
marked attention. Wo regret that
space will not admit us to further
note other points at this time.
What We may Expod.
We thoroughly believo that thero
is not a Republican in America to
day, so blinded by prejudice, or so
bigoted in partisan opinion, as to say
that the Radical party is not a syno
nym for corruption. The press too
long has rung with Credit Mobilier,
Salary Grabs and Tacilic Mail Sub
sidy frauds, to make it at all neces
sary to again lay the loathsome
mass before a humiliated people.
Vbieh wounds, however, to our
national honor are but pin-scratches
compared with tho internal rotten
ness that awaits tho probe' of a Dem
ocratic Administration. Thus far we
have but discovered the scape-goats,
the real plunderers of our treasury
are a prey yet in store for us.
The frauds that have come to the
surface, we look upon as nothing
more than the effect of the seething
in the corruption cup; the overflow
and drippings that meet the public
eye are but harbingers of the greater
disgraces that remain like dregs at
the bottom. It is the part, then, of
the Democrats, on coming into pow
er, to empty this whole mass of
"high crimes and misdemeanors" be
fore the outraged public.
Already the good work lias begun;
and though but a straw in the mighty
pile of iniquities, it at least shows
the course of the wind and what we
may expect in the future. "Radical
county oflicials are already found to
bo behind in their accounts." To
the newly elected Democrats in Cali
fornia we are indebted for thisexpos
ure; and so we will continue to be
indebted to this ono and that one,
until the day of final reckoning
comes at the nation's capital.
Then the most lawless and imbe
cile Administrrtion that has ever
cursed our country "outraging the
rights of States and people; pollut
ing the temple of justice; linking
itself with rings and robbers; con
doning criminals, and discrediting
our name abroad" will be arraigned
before the bar of tho nation to an
swer for its crimes and sutler their
penalty. Washington will be a mod
ern Tompeii, and the hidden villain
ies unearthed without any theoriz
ing on protection and iuilation will
make only too apparent the cause of
our panics and the inertness of our
industries.
Tnoriin Action- Our readers are
aware that a short time since Mr. J.
W. Virtue, banker at Baker City,
suspended and made an assignment
of his property for the benefit of his
creditors, reserving nothing. Last
week his creditors met and examined
his accounts and business, and after
due consideration turned over his
i entire property to him for the pur
pose of resuming business, express
ing at the same time their unlimited
confidence in his integrity, business
capacity, and ability to pay his debts.
We are more than gratified at this
action, for Eastern Oregon does not
contain a man who has done more to
advance and develop her interests
and resources, thau J. W. Virtue,
and his loss to that community, as a
business man, could hardly be re
placed. We are satisfied "that the
confidence ttat has been expressed
by his creditors will never be be
trayed, and all will be settled to the
entire satisfaction of those interest
ed. AroLOGETic The Orejonian for
the past week, has been engaged in
apologizing for its part in the dirty
work of bringing the school question
into the present campaign. Last
week it declared, in a long article,
that tho Geghau bill provided for
nothing but what was just and equit
able, and on Tuesday it says: "It
is due to Mr. Lane and to fairness
in vieW o ;l'e co" have pur -
! suea lowaiu mm, to sav mat in his
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! speeeh at Albanv ho expresslv and
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emphatically declared himself op
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posed 'to anv sectarian distribution
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What will the little Radical organs
now do for A snbieet-. to linrnnn?
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I I ney have nothing left to hang their
j hopes upon. Such is the fate of all
; false and lying teachers.
Delano's Resignation.
The letter of resignation sent by
Columbus Delano, ex-Secretary of
the Interior, and Grant's letter of
. . . rP(.ived bv
elccrram fl.om Washington. The
oneecoullts tho valuable service of
(iv.cpprf.t:ivr anj :Uids the great
silent man; while the other a wells
with admiration on the services ren
dered l3' Delano and the confiding
friendship ever existing between the
two correspondents. Delano says he
wanted to resign long ago, but for
some unknown reason Ulysses would
not allow it; he then sent in another
resignation dated the fith of July,
which Dos?: Grant has kept unan
swered until the present. Toor Co
lumbus, evidently driven to the last
extremities, says the corruption in
the Interior Department is owing to
"the want of salaries large enougli
to command talents, character and
capacity equal to the duties and re
sponsibilities of the position." Then
he admits tho frauds; but does
he consider himself among those
whoso annual stipend was unsuffi
cient to keep him from peculation ?
Does the Government have to pay
men extra for being honest? Can it
be possible that the prestige of Rad
ical public men has sunk to such an
ebb ? Then Grant, like a cross, peev
ish boy, says tho reason that he did
not accept Delano's letter of resigna
tion more promptly was on account
of the war made upon Delano by the
press. Indeed. Then does the coun
try have to suffer and the press con
tinue its indignant outbursts merely
because this pig-headed boor is de
termined not to succumb ? To con
fess himself a dog in the manger he
considers less humiliating than to
follow the wish of the great majority
of tho press and people. Hoping
that the future will place Delano
right with the public, the letter of
acceptance closes, and Columbus
Delano's career as a public man is
most decidedlv knocked in the head.
A .Source of Congratulation.
Democrats may well consider it a
subject of congratulation that the
different aspirants for Congressional
honors are stumping the State in a
body. The superiority of Mr. Lane
over all his competitors alone is suf
ficient to foretell the Democratic
triumph. Those people who are un
decided in their opinions, thinking,
perhaps, each platform equally good,
but who are determined to vote only
for a man of whom they may be
proud, for a man who will bo alive
to the best interests of Oregon and
be at all times on the alert for her
defense; those people, in a word,
who "prefer the man to party prin
ciples," now that the candidates
speak together, can form but one
opinion, and can make none other
than Mr. Lane their choice.
In this quadrilateral campaign, the
voters are enabled to weigh and meas
ure for themselves, and this, we re
peat, to Democrats, should bea subject
of general rejoicing. "Mr. Warren,
without wit or words;" Mr. Whitney,
without a party; Mr. Dimick, with
out hearers; is it to be wondered, that
Mr. Lane has made for himself so
many friends? The contrast between
the two standard-bearers of the two
leading parties is too great. The
one conversant with all the issues of
the day, dignified in diction, and
trenchant in attack; tho other ignor
ant of the popular feeling concerning
North and South, unacquainted with
the great topics that create and agi
tato adverse parties; unable to ex
press himself either understand ingly
or gramatically ; we reiterate is it not
a subject of congratulation to Demo
crats that the different candidates for
Congress arc stumping the State in
a body?
Oregon Institute for the Hiiiid.
The State Board of Education has
adopted the following regulations
concerning the admission of pupils
to the Institute:
1. A blind person, in order to re
ceive free education in the Institute,
must furnish to the General Super
intendent satisfactory evidence that
the applicant is: 1st, a resident of
this State; 21, of sound mind; od,
in good health; and in order to re
ceive full support from the State
must furnish satisfactory evidence as
to the extent to which the legal guar
dians or the relatives of the applicant
are able to give support.
2. Blind persons not residents of
this State, in order to become pupils,
must furnish similar evidence as to
their being of sound mind and in
good health to that w hich is required
of residents; and must pay to the
General Superintendent the sum of
two hundred and fifty dollars, gold
coin, annually, in advance.
3. Each applicant must also give
information on the fallowing points:
1. Name.
2. Age.
3. Address of legal guardian.
4. Was applicant born blind?
5. If not born blind, at what age
was sight impaired?
0. The cause of blindness.
7. Is blindness total or partial?
J. H. livBCOCK, Supt.
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A Portland Physician Plucked.
From the Examiner -we learn that a
1 Portland physician was robbed in
nan Francisco, v. 'die drunk, of
SI, 100, by a Pacifi. treet syren. He
was on his way to Europe, leaving
his wife and dsj.'.ter in webfoot -
dom. The quest ion aow arises, can
he be trusted so fir from Oregon
alone.
Speaking. Gov. G rover will ad
dress the citizens of Linn county, at
Albany, on Wednesday October 6th.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY CF CALIFORNIA,
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New York, Sept. 14, 1S75.
Trimaries, caucuses and conven
tions are once again the order of the
day, and the very air is resonant
with party cries. Some how or other
most of them have a familiar not to
say trite and wornout ring, save one
alone, but that one is sufficient to
remove all tedium from the coming
conflict, and infuse the breasts of all
honcsts folks with the liveliest inter
est in the result. I mean, of course,
the currency question. Tennsyl van
ia, encouraged by the example of the
Democrats of Ohio, at the Erie con
vention, held last week, adopted, in
a moment of madness, a platform
containing an inflation plan worse in
effect, if that be possible, than the
Ohio resolutions. This action of the
convention was made possible by the
conduct of the committee on resolu
tions, which first had a majority of
one in favor of honest money, but
by strong and unremitting pressure
brought to bear on two weak-backed
members, they were induced to bo
tray their party and change their
votes, bringing disgrace on the w hole
platform, otherwise generally excel
lent. The Republicans are no better,
and so it would seem that the w hole
State is given up to tho worship of a
calf that is not even golden, but a
paper effigy with entrails of wind,
which, were it not so heavily weight
ed by the ponderous stupidity of its
progenitors, would quickly float out
of sight or burst by reason of its
mere tenuity of substance. Tho Erie
convention was preceded by the lie
publican gathering (at Saratoga) in
this State. Their jdatform is in the
main fairly decent, favoring an hon
est currency; and they seem to "have
tried, from tho few honest men at
their disposal, to present an endura
ble ticket. There is less than the
usual number of old political hacks
on the list, and in Gen. Spinner, ex
Treasurer of the United States, and
young Mr. Seward, son of the Gov
ernor, they seem to Lave selected
honest and efficient men. Next
Thursday the Democrats meet at
Syracuse, and if they avoid the fatal
error of their brethren of Ohio and
Tennsylvania, they will undoubtedly
nominate a ticket which, if it does
not carry the majority of the last
election, will at least come very near
it. There has been a strong effort
on the part of some of the dema
gogues to make the sectarian school
question a living issue in the present
campaign, and in Ohio they have to
some extent succeeded, but elsewhere
tho effort is a failure. Last week
Connecticut refused by a vote of 111
to 03 to propose a constitutional
amendment forbidding appropria
tions for sectarian schools. New
Jersey or. the other hand passed
such a bill.
Ono of the great. -st di -"advantages
Now York has labored under in set
tling the upper portion of the city
has been the difficulty of leaching it
quickly and with comfort, especially
since the steam railroads have made
their passenger depots up town.
New Jersey and Brooklyn profited
by this, and thousands w ho would
otherwise be living on the eligible
lots overlooking Central Park, or
bordering our needlessly expensive
ami now useless boulevards, now
take ferry and cars for Newark, the
handsome Orange Valley beyond or
the vine-clad gardens of the City of
Churches. At last, however, after
for years enduring this inconven
ience, New Yorkers have aroused
themselves, and usually when they
do this they accomplisti something.
Last winter a bill was passed having
the solution of the rapid transit prob
lem in view. It provided for the
appointment of commissioners who
were to determine on the route and
plan. This they have done, choos
ing two routes on each side of the
city, viz: 2d and 3d, and 8th and 9th
Avenues. It is expected that but one
on each side will be built, but two
were chosen so th.'.t if obstacles pre
sent themselves on one avenue, the
other may bo used. It looks as
though at last wo were really going
to bo able to get down town in less
time than it takes to go fifteen miles
in the country." Third avenue is tho
best suited for receiving the tracks
on account of there being less grades
and its being also open the whole
way from Harlem through the Bow
ery to near City Hall; but the Third
Avenue horse railway offers bitter
opposition to the project, expressing
its intention to spend four million of
dollars to prevent it. But the public
heart is in the scheme, and I don't
believe that money alone can de
feat it.
The city has been much convulsed
over the rise and fall of the Nebraska
Congress-and-pieman. At least ho
claimed to be a Congressman, and
he certainly was a pieman. When
the new postofiice was opened he
took station under the grand stair
case and there erected Ids huge bar
ricade of pies, of all sorts, shades
and colors, of all scents, shapes and
weights, both sewed and pegged.
It was an immense success. Restau
rants were deserted; the Alderney
Dairy, on Nassai street, and the
"Gin and Milk Dairy," on Ann street,
were left without customers. All
"down-town" acted as if it had on
that day a special spite at their di
gestive apparatus. The dimes and
nickels flowed into the pieman's cof
fers in sufficient quantities to move
both the crops of the pies and the
crops of the eaters thereof. Everv
body munched pie; smeared their
cheeks with mince pie, dyed their
teeth with buckle-berry pie, got a
pam from eating green-apple pie,
and ran home quickly because of too
much peach pie. The postoffice was
crowded, business interrupted, mails
delayed and a dyspeptic tremor sent
through the whole country. At last
a committee of public spirited citi
zens interviewed Postmaster James..
That ardent patriot, after ascertain
ing that the pieman was off color in
politics, and after getting up a brace
on a glass of "Rumandgum," bounc
ed, ejected, propelled, and otherwise
removed that Nebraska promoter of
pale cheeks, headache, fugaeity of
the sands cf life, together with all
his antigastric wares. He was furi
ous, and threatened to appeal to the
great silent man at Washington, but
.lames took another brace and re
mained lirm. The restaurant keepers
are again happy, and there is a mark
ed decline in the price of cholera
mixture.
A very valuable addition to the
literature of the late war is Professor
Bates' "History of the Battle of Get
tysburg." The story of that decid
ing battle is clearly told, and the
heroic patriotism of old Constable
John Burns, the only civilian taking
part in the light, is most graphically
set forth. H.
State Fairs.
Undoubtedly Stato Fairs aro pro
ductive of much good; jet it teems
to us that many improvements might
well be made without in any way
lessening their excitement or general
good cheer. The ono change upon
which we would lay special stress is
the lamentable fact that at our fairs
agriculture plays second fiddle, to
horse. We do not deny that to a
certain extent "blooded stock" is a
thing to be recommended to our
farmers, but is not there such a thing
as devoting to it too much attention
to the neglect of more important
farm branches? The slender-limbed,
delicately organized mare, which can
trot a mile ia 2:lo, is most undoubt
edly a thing to admire; but is she of
as much inqiortar.ee to the farmer as
t!.e improved threshing machine, or
the fruit or grain that will clear fifty
dollars to the acre? Farmers are
practicable men and should have
practical.de fairs. Why, but a week
or so ago tho Portland papers were
advocating that the committee on
prizes for the Stato Fair offer a pre
mium for tho best pigeon shot of the
State. What an idea! Are our farms
to bo made the richer by gratifying
our curiosity as to who can kill pig
eons the best? The fact that one
man can knock over birds belter than
another will have very little effect in
clearing our lands from fern or in
producing big crojis. So it is we
say of horse-racing. The fact that
one man's horse can beat another is
of but very little benefit to the State.
We do not, bo it understood, take
grounds for or against the morality
of the race track as an institution,
but let u.-j have things in their proper
plaei-s and call t ii ings by their proper
j names. Tho queen of the turf is not
the animal the farmer wants to draw
his wagon or pull his plough. I'ne
would be as little in her element on
the farm as the sulky she. trots be
fore. A fair capacity of speed is of
course desirable in any hore used
for any purpose; but a three minute
J gait with plenty of wind will answer
all the requirements of the strictly
domestic animal. If the track on
the fair ground were used for exhi
bitions of long endurance, at any
given rate of speed, or of groat
; strength in drawing loads, or even
of very rapid walking, it, might be
made of real service to the practical
agriculturalist. The healthful emu
lation thus excited would result in
the careful breeding of draft horses
by professional stock-raisers, and the
animal contests would not bo likely
to attract about them the same class
of questionable characters who now
flock together to drain the pockets
of unsophisticated chance acquaint
ance?. A Positive Position.
The Radical press having misrep
resented Mr. Lane's position on the
school question, ho has written the
following letter, which we trust will
bo satisfactory to our opponents. It
is to the point, and has no two mean
ings: Rosr.nrnr., Sept. lith, 1875.
Hon. J. M. Sio niN Ih'ctr Sir : The
Republican press misrepresent im
position on the school question. In
the first place, it is not a national
issue, and should not enter into tins
canvass. However, I am quite will
ing that tho public should know my
views. All tho school fund grants
enjojed by us were obtai nod by the
Democratic party, and the present
system was suggested by the partv.
I endorse it throughout, and will at
all times oppose any sectarian inter
ference with that system. Our school
houses should invite all alike, Jew
and Gentile, Protestant and Catholic,
without regard whatever to religion.
Our school rooms should be for edu
cation, leaving religion for churches.
I heartily favor the diffusion of edu
cation, as the means of securing the
success of the Democracy, and pre
serving our Republic.
Y'our friend, L. F. Lank.
MiRF.r.AKLr. Dodoe. Tho Oregon
inn having been driven to the wall
on the school issue, now wants Mr.
Lane to take a positive position in
the currency question. If that
sheet knows anything at all, it must
be aware of the fact, that' the De
mocracy of Oregon is to a man in
favor of hard money.
Increase in Mail. Service. At
the instance of Senator Mitchell the
postmaster-general has increased the
mail service in Idaho as follows:
From Boise City to Rocky Bar, to
and from Rocky Bar to Atlanta from
once to three times per week.
SUMMARY Ol' STATE JiEWS.
Hop picking is over, with goner-
ally good crops.
A sewing machine agent at Albany
is said to have disappeared with a
team and several machines, leaving a
destitute family.
Some old Iudian relics imbedded
in clay have been found on Sauvie's
Island in the Willamette river.
Mr. William Tupper of Salem, had
his leg, arm ard collar bone broken,
and his chest badly crushed by a
runaway team.
Albanv Engine Co. No. 1, wiM at
tend the Linn County Fair with
"dor machine."
Sixty-eight wagons loaded with
wheat were counted at one time last
week at Albany.
The Capital Library Association
has disbanded, transferring all the
books to the Y". M. C. A.
R. A. Steel was appointed hist
week Notary Public for Umatilla
county.
A 85.000 slander suit will be tried
at the next term of the Circuit Court
for Washington county.
We are glad to announce that Mr.
J. W. Virtue the well known and
highly respected banker of Baker
city has resumed business.
A sample lot of tanned Oregon
calf skins have been sent to Europe.
The Chinese who sailed for "tea
land" on tho bark Garibaldi took
with them over 250,000 in gold dust
besides a largo amount of specie.
A party of hoodlum ladies went
serenading in Portland last Friday
night. a
Mr. White, the well known actor,
took a complimentary benefit at the
New Market theatre on Saturday
evening.
The Plummer fruit dryer of East
Portland has been sold to the Mult
nomah Drying Company.
On Friday morning Isaac Smith of
Portland had 81,000 inhis pocket,
at night he had nary "a cent. He
knows not the appropriator.
Counterfeit half dollars arc in cii-
ed bv weight, being lighter than tne
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standard.
Albany has the champion wife
beater.
Crlm. Con. Conner creek, uncle
and niece. Both married.
The Green Quartz Mill is running
on good rock.
An old and respectable gentleman
the father of a family has been bent
to the insane asylum.
Mr. John Taylor, who brought the
nimble footed Osceola to this Stte
and for a long time tho keeper and
trainer of that animal, telegraphs us
as follows from Sacramento under
date of the 2'oth: "I shall start on
Saturday with tho race hor.so Twen
ty-One for Salem to attend the State j
Fair." Th ; animal mentioned has a
good record in California, and lie j
wiil probably make it tropical for
some of our Oregon horses.
The man Whi'eman, whose name
has been prominently before the
public for Miiiie time in count eiien
with a cross outrage o'i young Y at
kie.s, at JciVersi .n, Ik.s been arrested,
and in default of 81 ,500 hall confined
in the county jail at Salem. Wat
kins lias j:it returned from Iowa,
and it is said will prosecute his ene-
mv to the hitter end
The academy at Baker City is open
for the reception of students.
ho deputy revenue eolhetor is
perambulating Eastern Oregon.
The Iltu
Dalles is
made.
v and
at the
having new
The circuit court for Baker county
Judge McArthur presiding, is i'n
fir-sion.
A retort for t tic Nonpareil quick
silver mines has been taken to
Douglas county.
The fine bridge across the Santiam
near Lebanon is progressing rapidly
and will be a masterpiece of mechan
ical skill and ingenuity. The com
pletion of this bridge will add large
ly to the business interests of Leba
non, and her people are corresiond
ingly 1 r. py.
The census of Lane county just
completed, shows the following sum
mary of the enumeration of the in
habitants and industrial products of
the county for the year 1875: Num
ber of legal voters 1,777; males 21
years and upwardsl, 71)8; malesundcr
21 and over 10 years, 1,112; males
under 10 years, ' 1,277; females 18
years and upwards, 1.577; u ruler IS
and over 10, years 704; under 10
years, 1,170; total population, 7, CSS.
Acres of land in cultivation, G7,l)01;
number of bushels of wheat raised,
850,-llS; bushels of oats, ln0,oG7;
bushels of bailey, 18,012; bushels of
rye, 4811; tons of hay, 10,0:G; pounds
of wool, 108,575; bushels of corn,
4,028; number of sheep, 25,001;
hogs, 0,41)1 ; horses, 5,221; cattle 12,
031; mules, 11)2; pounds of tobacco,
5,221); bushels of potatoes, 34,100;
bushels of apples, 02,003; num
ber feet of lumber, 3,807,215;
pounds of cheese, 00,950; pounds of
butter, 170,912.
The military authorities of the
United States have named the lake
in which the Wallowa river of East
ern Oregon has its rise, Lake Whit
man. This lake, though small, is
picturesque and worthy of a distinc
tive, aula a more appropriate one
than that given could not be found.
Mr. Whitman being one of the early
martyis who was stricken down by
the hand of savage cruelty while
plauting the crop of civilization in
this western world.
Farmers aro holding back their
w heat for the immortal 81.
The tax levy in Y'amhill conntv
this year is for count v purposes, 8
mills; State tax. Gy mills; school,
3 mills. Total levy, 18 mills.
Look out for tramps.
The preliminary surveys for tho
proposed ship canal froai Unity to
Shoalwater Ba' are now in progress.
Another Paper. A neat little pa
per called the Morning Call, is being
now daily published at Albany. "It
is independent in everything and
neutral in nothing." May it contin
ue among our exchanges for years to
I come.
TKRKITORIAL XRWs IT,,M"
1 The Legislature of Washington
A""lul.) convenes at O vnn.ii
11. .1.,.. r , , , -'"'ri'l on
the 4th day of October.
Gen Milroy lias been ar.Pojnt(li
agent for the Nisquallv, P lv Si
and Chehalis Indians. ' "15".
Mr. Victor intends putting ,n,
making fish oil, glue and hin-Us
at Quartermaster's harbor lu-ar
coma. ,l"
Cheyenne polled 12", votes at tl o
late election in Wyoming.
Green Lake, Colorado, has !,,
stocked with GO.0U0 salmon Pru
mountain trout.
Howe, .1 telegraph operator, at
iucsou, .Arizona, washed
worth dust and found a
worth 8110 in six w eeks time.
St. Louis capitalists have organ
ized a company with 8-.h0vrii';o
to extend the Denver and ('l;evuni(.
Railroad into Eastern Montana".
Average daily attendance at tfo
Vancouver public schools, 12(1.
The barn of Morris Baker of Van
couver was destroved bv lire on IV
day last.
Seattle is filled wkh strangers and
busy as a bee.
Pacific Mail Co. is making things
very lively.
Tho hop fields of the Puvalhip
valle y are now thronged with Iiiuiaa
and Chinese pickers.
Shipping is very lively at Tort
Town send.
Peach crop at Walla Walla was a
complete failure.
The 010,000 stallion Woburn, died
at Deer Lodge, Montana, last week.
Recfe Johnson came into Ib-leua
from Snow Shoe gulch w here he has
been mining, for two j.ais, wi;h
813,000 worth of dust in 'a satchel.
The Walla Walla people are im
porting quail from the East.
The oiling season is at its fu'l
height at Neah Bay. Already abo:::
8,000 gallons have been taken. A
large portion of this oil is brought
over by the Indians of Vancr.oxcr
-isiann, ana soul Iv the trader at
X- 1 I 1 T
j J'; Pys a duty 01 seven
cents on own muion. it is expected
that at least 5,'JOO gallon s will b
taken this season, and considering
the late advance in the price of oil
tiiis mut be a pa ir.g business.
There are 40 horses in training for
the fall races on the Boise city trackP
Port Gamble lias a "staving" gy.J
cornet band.
Caleb Lyon, ex-Governor of LIa!.
died in Rossvill", Long I.shmd,
the 7th of September, aged -J year.
Thr went! o: turr.e-d' quit.- en! 1
at Silver City, Idaho, b;st. week an 1
gloves and overcoats were hroir.M.r
into use. .! he chang
the season than usual.
is
O
earner 2:1
Tho oleclion on the v.hirf
tion at Olymphi en Thursday !
week resulted in a vote !' i
i vor of hv in a tax to b
".id a
to deep water, to 5 agai;
ivat wen; ;.ir. .
w Ch.iiid-e
thirty he,
'.;r. ( T::.
i-s v, i , j; , Y
. but f died
near Olympia. lost
of sl eep, ki'.b'd 1 -y a
day a v. '.: :. : ! er hu :
went, out to the pr.ur
tret the bear.
Mr. Platte
Middleton, r.i
Bi
vii o s r.
er date ef ti e I'll.,
j that he was then -7 miles oi.t fp u
iuise City, and getting an-fg tu!
rate. The w ire stritiirers coiam lie. t
! at J'oise C :tv t
next da
the V
j and he says they wii
overtake
! crew of pi do setter?-.
Col. Al. Thompson
his snrvev ing eontra'-t:-
ia'.s
for
fh.Mel
lt'1't .yesterday ::f teri.oon . :
b matilla slave for Sult-nT. Or
j where lie will meet Mrs. ihrn:
lacy jnb
mav not
to n t or
l;C back
IMS
bei.
We are requested to state tint
fare return tickets wiil be sohl fr: '.n
all points on the Northern I'.KuC
Railroad to persons who desire to
attend the Oregon State Fair at a
lem, beginning October 11th. 'He
trip from Tacoma to Salem, on this
occasion, w ill cost 8' 75.
The steamer J. C. Libby bror.djt
up from Muckiiteo last night
barrels of salmon, for shipiijcr.t ca
the Salvador to San Francisco. 1 his
is a part of the present seasons
catch of the Puget Sound Salmon
Company.
Newcastle, tho town where the
mine of the Seattle Coal Cenipain'
situated, now possesses a pepiiMj
tion of 400 souls, including
working men.
Seattle now provides its cit; 7x-r.
and Ft rangers dwelling therein wiOi
light trom 13 street lamps.
The recent census reports Vc
the population of Seattle at bel
aud of the whole county, 2'd4.
One hundred and twenty-six csr
loads of tea passed Corinne last oo.
for the East.
The thermometer has been nnur.?
the nineties for the past live days st
Walla Wah'a.
The revenue from citv licenses in
Salt Lake is 8100,000.
It is now announced that Sj-O' '1
Tail won't consent to sell the 1-1
Hills country. He'd rather in or
gage it on long timeat ten per cent-
Young hoppers are hatching0'
by the millions on the Madison .vj'
Stinkingwater. They will
.... 1 ; v i 1..t- .rr,TS bctO1''
grow oig enougli 10 t t i
they are killed bv the frosts cf Mil-
icy
4lmnS!llld
1 1 V. C ! ,1 I,,,VC Pist b-tU
IIP"1
uusut'is 111 iiiaiiiwi j .
delivered at South Mountain, Jdi.
All the mechanics in Olymnja hc
more work than they can .ttel;,J
and there is not an idle one m to ;
Carpenters arc all engaged, r"
up new buildings and '"M0
others.- The merchants have 0o
doing a lively business of 1
several firms have found it rieic .
to hire additional assistance,
boot and shoe manufacture rs
overrun with order?, e ic
they have been unable to nil on
count of not being able to obhui
required help. All the hotels lia
a large run of customers, ana b
of them are overflowing with ll
ers.
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