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To the Headers of the Enter
prise. "With the last issue of the Enter
prise my connection as editor ami
publisher ceased, hating disposed ot
" the entire establishment to Mr. F.
S. Dement.
In taking my leave of the 'friends
who havo sustained mo for ne.iily
eix years past, I cannot but feeta re
gret, and to express my sincere grat
itude for their support and apparent j
approval of my course. Of course j
1 have had a full share of fault-find
ing, but this generally came from
parties "who had no interest iu tlto
success of either the Democracy or
the paper, they being, as a rule, per
sons who never paid a cent to sus
tain either. During my connection
with the paper, I have aimed to
make it ah organof the- party, and I
have at all times endeavored to ad
Tanco the interests of this county
and city. As a partisan, I may have
offended some, yet I have never
written a lino in malice or ill-feeling
towards any one, and have n8 apolo
gies to offer for my past record. I
retiro with the kindest of feelings
toward all. and while I regret to
sever my connection with the pat
rons of this japer, I feel that I
have but done my duty and that my
successor will give entiro satisfac
tion to its readers.
I do not deem it necessary hero to
recount the past, but simply give to
my friends the reason and cause for
withdrawing, fh my opinion a
place liko Oregon City lias no use
for a jmrtisan paper. I believe that
it should be free from party control
and siniply labor for the interests of
the county and State. There are too
many partisan papers, and by no
means enough local newspapers.
The Enterprise should supply the
local news and advotate the local in
terests of this place. A paper of
this kind should receive the hearty
support of all persons irrespective of
politics, in the countv, and I
be-
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lieve it will. I have been too long
in thecpolitical field, were I so in
clined, to now devote myself to a lo
cal paper, besides, all would believe
it to be impossible for me to re
main silent on political questions.
This, I am free taPconfess, is true, to
a great extent. But my successor,
who is a young man, cannot be open
to the same objections, ami this is
one of the principal reasons why I
retire. I have given a party paper a
fair trial, and, by hard work and
close economy, have succeeded in
mating it a saccess,so far as keeping
it alive is concerned, but have not
realized anything like a fair compen
sation for my" labor. I bespeak for
Cmy successor a liberal support as
long as he labors for tho interests of
U o
Clackamas county and the State gen
erally; but whenever he attempts to
run it in tho interest of on jai tv, I
hope that the same strict partisan0
support will be awarded to him thar
Las been to me. I havo not sold out
to a Republican, nor will the paper
be run in the interest of any political
party. Though poor, I havo never
given aid or comfort to theOmemy,
and I have lived too long to betray
any trust which my party friends
havo conferred on me. Mr. Dement
proposes to run it as a local news
paper, and as a business investment,
and for this reason ho will support
none of the political parties.
Those who havo paid me for any
time in advance, will receive the
paper until tho expiration of the time
for which prepayment has been made,
and those indebted will please remit
tho amount due immediately on re
ceiving notice of their indebtedness.
I have not accumulated a fortune, so
I must close up my business here
and seek other means of gainiQg a
living.
To the press of Oregon I feel un
der obligations for the general friend
ly feeling shown towards me, and as
newspaper or printing business is
the only occupation I have followed
for the past eighteen years, I know
of nothing else to engage in, and I
will 'riot bid them a final farewell,
presuming that I shall at some future
time again cngago in tho business,
but for the present, I bid the public
good -by, and retire.
A. Noltnee.
i'atc of Inflationists
Governor Allen is to be pitied.
The entiro press of his party.with fen
exceptions, is pelting him unmerci
fullv. There is the Louisville Cour
ier-Journal, for iustrnce, which before
election did its best to elect Allen,
talking in this way:
Poor old Bill Allen we are sorrv
for him the old, old man with the
int. round belly, and the flaky locks
cand thundering voice. What wiy
become of him ? Will he ever get to
the hite House? No. no. Hi
name no longer noised above that of
others bv the busy zeal of his parti
sans, or the still more clamorous en
ergies of his opponents, will drop
away suddenly from the lips of men
He ha3 ceased to bo of importance
the most paltry pretender to his
place is more and he will soon be
laid away among tho follies and the
fossils of the age. Good-bye. Wil
liam. The bad children typified in
Scripture -have mocked you and the
beasts have devoured them; and we
are only sorry that they have devour
ed the old man too.
To the Public.
By an oarticle which appears else
where in this number of the pajicr,
over the signature of Mr. Noltner,
its former editor and proprietor, the
public is informed that the Enter
prise has changed hands, and that
wo succeed him as opnblisher and
proprietor. Now it is quite prefer,
on an occasion of this kind, that we
should give our subscribers at loast
a brief outline of the courso we in
tend to pursue. We were born and
raised in Clackamas county, our
whole business interests aro here,
and here we expect for tho futuro to
i make our home. Wo havo had some
experience in journalism, but havo
never dabbled iu politics, and pro
pose to make tho ja2ero ono which
will be taken and read by all j'ersons,
whatever may bo their political or
religious opinions or preferences
We intend to devote tho paper to tho
interests of the people, and the whole
people. Wo shall endeavor to make
it eminently a newspaper, and not
pander to tho interest of any party,
ring, or clique. While we shall aim
to avoid jiartisan discussion, wo shall
at alFtiines give the latest and most
reliable news in politics as in every
thing else, and hold ourself free.Jo
express our opinion in regard to men
and principles, when we think the
best interests of our patrons demand
it, and shall be ever ready to uphold
the right and to oppose and con
demn corruption in the adherents of
Cither political party, whether in the
affairs of the county, State or nation.
On tho taxpayers falls the burden of
siqporting the government, and they
havo the indisputable right to know
what dis)o?ition is in ado of Jheir
money, whether it is apvdied to do
fray the legitimate expenses of a
judicious administration of public
affairs, or to sw;ell the coffers of pec
ulating offieo-holders and corrupt
politicians. O
We shall make tho reports of the
County and Circuit courts a specialty,
giving whatever we think0 will inter
est and benefit our readers. The re
sources of this countv shall bo our
particular study, be they of mineral
agricultural or whatever nature. The
farmer, the miner, the manufacturer,
iu fact all those whose occupation is
tho developement of our county,
shall receive at all times our undi
dided support and most Learty3co
operation. Mr. Noltner, who goes out, carries
with him the resjiect and best wishes
of his former patrons. During the
time he has had charge of the Enter
prise, he has sbown himself an un
swerving and uncompromising advo
cate of the principles of t,e party to
which he belons.Qmd a devotee of
public interests and tho develope
ment of the resourcesPof the State
and county. To whatever field of
labor he may go, our kindest regards
and warmest sympathies attend him,
and we join his many friends in
wishing him a long and banpy life.
and success in business beyond his
fondest expectations.
I . S. Dement.
The Associated Press.
The editor cf one of the California
newspapers, now in New York City
we learn from the Graphic, has re
ceived a dispatch stating that a peti
tion to the Associated Press to remove
Mr. J. W.Simonton from the General
Agency in New York, had been sign
en by 17,000 of the best people of
San Francisco. Thi3 is most decid
edly a step in the right direction.
Tho petition it seems represents al
most the entire business pommnnity
as well as the citizens of the Golden
Gate, wlfo feel deeply pained and
aggrieved at the way in which the'
memory of the great banker, W. C.
Ralston, had been traduced by the
Associated Press. It is a pity, the
Graphic thinks, that this outburst of
of indignation should be directed
against atD individual, although Mr.
Simonton deserves all the discredit
into which he has fallen. The real
difficulty is with the Associated Tress
itself, which, by preventing free
trade in news, keeps incompetent
papers alive which would otherwise
"go by the board," and give place to
journals a'id men of brain and
enterprise. Tho Associated Press
itself is tKo real culprit. By its con
nection with that corrupt monopoly,
tho Western Union Telegraph Co.,
it is enabled to humbug the gullible
public in ten thousand ways. If the
wires are to be controlled by either
political party, tho dispatches are
more or less flavored, be it with
Democratic salt or Republican pep
per. It is pasyrg strange that the
boards of trade throughout the coun
try do cot take up this important
subject and endeavor to elucidate
what aro the proper relations among
the telegraphs, newspapers and pub
lic. We repeat, it is most unfortun
ate to see this movement of our Cali
fornia brethren leveled against a sin
gle person. A change of agents will
not effect much, change in tho Asso
ciated Tress organization, the lop
ping off of a tendril will not kill the
tree; we mus-t strike a? tho root, we
must attack the master, not the ser
vant. It is a consolation, however.
to think that perhaps the eminent
respectability of the signatures to
our sister State's petition if not hav
ing any effect on the Associated Tress
itself, may awaken the people to a
sense of their insignificance, and
how completely they are in the hands
of a whimsical tvrant.
Our Financial Ihiin.
The New York Commercial Adver
User in a recent number gives a most
thorough account of the debts
ottho different States, princi
pal counties, and chief cities. The
result of its researches are not only
to be deplored, but in their very es
sence care appalling. Great figures
stand out on tho wrofig side of our
books like "frowning genii," threat
ening our destruction. Thereare
but few of our large cities which aro
not irredeemably lost in their in
debtedness, and few which are not
loaded with taxation taxation mere
ly to pay the interest on the Qreat
j principal. Tho debts of our nation
al, State and municipal governments,
amount to tho enormous sum of
nearly four thousand millions of
dollars, paying an annual interest of
two hundred and thirty millions,
and drawing after them a total an
nual taxation of seven hundred and
sixty nfilliona. As Gov. Tildea
showed in his lucid addres3 at Utiea,
it takes all the gold and silver of our
rich mines, all tho cotton crops of
the prolifio South, all the petroleum
of tho flowing mills, and all the co
reals of tho fertile West, "that aro
sent abroad, to meet only part of the
expenses of government! 44 When,
you have sent forward" he said
"your gold and silver, your cheese,
your butter, your petroleum, your
wheat and your corn and your meat,
and cotton and products of every
kind; when you have raked and
scraped this continent from the lakes
to the Gulf and from ihe Atlantic to
tho remoto interior, what have vou
doner? When you have gathered to
gether all theso products, and rpaid.
tho cost of carrying them to x sea.-'
board a cost larger even than the
original cost of racing tl.o products,
with every exportable commodity
carried to the Atlantic seaboard and
deposited in the vessels of foreign
ers, yon have paid ten months cf one
year's taxes."
This then is the point, to which
the profoundest wisdom" of the peo
ple must be addressed. The school
question, Know Notkingism, and
bloody-shirt, all fade into insignifi
cancy when coming before the people
at thesanio time as the probability cf
their country's financial ruin. How
long shall we be able to stagger under
so prodigious a burden? Shall it be
increased by thieves and profligates
in ofHee, or shall we relieve ourselves
of its weight by judicious economies,
by effective and persistent efforts,
and by thorough and wholesome re
form? There can be but one an
swer and but one way in which that
answer can be carric
d jntoefioci. If
pve mean to save cnrIveS from lit
ter collapse and ruin, the honest
men of the nation, who see the tr
ribla catastrophe which threatens
us, and who know how it may be
averted, mast join in a common en
deavor to secure the? rescue.
Kcfurm ifcliouls.
Wo aro pleased to learn of
the
movement on
foot in Portland to
establish a Reform school in our
State. There
progress and
needed than a
is no institution of
enlightenment more
place
i wo can
those of
reform, train and educate
onr boys who prove to bo refractory,
and who, under the present system,
have to3 be incarcerated in the jails.
By associating with old offenders
they are hardened and schooled
iu vice and crime rather than bene
fitted; cr else left to go on from bad
to wise, making it only a' question
of time when they shall bring up in
the jail or penitentiary. Such schools
have proved eQiuently tmcccs-sf ul in
tho Eastern States, where many of
the best and iiio?t enterprising busi
ness men have served a term in tho
Reform school, and been rescued from,
a life of crime aud misery through the
training and influence exerted there.
This move is decidedly a step in the
right direction and we hope those
who have commenced the good work
will not give it up till something
permanent is accomplished.
Election Retu
rns'
The following arn the returns of
the election as far as received up to
the hour of going to pres. Those
marked wjj,h
those with a
Counties.
t Baker
fBeutou
'Clackamas . .
Clatsop
f Columbia . . .
fCoos
Curry
Doughi3
Grant
t Jackson
t Josephine . . .
tLake
"Lane
7 Linn
;:'Marion
'MnItnomah
UV.lk
Tillamook. . . .
Umatilla
f Union
t Wasco
Washington.
Yamh;Il
Total
Whitney . . . .
Dimick
an aro olgeiaL, and
t , reported majorities.
Lane.
YtTarren.
o
. .... ?20
.... 511
.... 21U
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r-
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508 ".
2'J.
0.
. C02
.' 2oi
cio
!i227
.1201
. 2'J
'.2G3
. Col
.51)12
. 525
. 202
15.
, fit).
Ch3.
. 2'S.
. Sill.
.1077.
125. .
117. .
101. .
551. .
The Most Distil.;; -sg.-A Ciacka
mas county philo. .; :,.-rsays the two
most distressing ;:.;-3 in life aro to
have a vicious boy idcw you down
the street with a wheelbarrow, and
to be compelled to blow your nose
on a wet handkerchief .
LETTER mon NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New York, Oct. 10, 1S75.
Monday was tho last day of the
Fall meeting at Jerome Park, the
race having been postponed from
Saturday on account of tho heavy
rain storm that took place on that
day. Except ono or two accidents
the meeting has been a very enjoya
ble one, and tho thoroughness of
management and care in details show
tho enthusiastic spirit with which
the Jockey Club has taken hold of
theso races, and the great interest
shown by the general public in tnis
form of sport. A feature cof yester
day was tho procession from the
Club House up Fifth Aventto and
then over the finer road made by Mr.
Jerome leading to the Park, of tho
Four-in-hand Club. This club was
founded by Georga Griswold Gray
and August Belmont, Mr. Gray
being President at the time of his
untimely "death. The Club House
was at that time located at cFort
Washington (that lovely suburb of
New York on tho Hudson, where
livo James Gordon Bennett Jr.
Charles O'Connor the great lawyer,
Gardener F. MeCaudlcss, tho Pitts
burg Railway magnate, Augustue F.
Smith and many other fashionables)
but was afterwards moved to the
elegant mansion they, now occupy on
Madison Avenue. One must bo the
fortunate possessor of a four-in-hand
in order to bo eligible to a member
ship in this Club. Among the prom
inent members cf the Club are Au
gust Belmont, James Gordon Ben
nett Jr., who is spoken of as the suc
cessor of Mr, Gray as President,
Leonard. Jerome, Theodore Ilave-
moyer, son of tho lato mayor. -The
Austrian Consul General Fred Brou
son, known on the Avenue as "the
man with a boqnet," Will Jay, Hon.
Delar.ey .Kane, Mr. Xewbould and
Mr. Pctler. Six of thesa gentlemen
pari their hair and hold their canes
in the middle, four of them general
ly wear pants with a check cf a large
pattern, and five of them wear win
dow glass eye-glasses. Mr. Bennett
owns tho finest cf these expensive
turnouts (or rather neve r-turn-outs) .
Tho. horses aro imported blood and
the mail coach was made by Peters,
of London. Mr. Jerome and Mr.
Belmont, more patriotic have Amer
ican drags in;-do hy the widely
known house of Brewster & Co. and
Mr. Jay, grand-son of the Secretary
of Stair owns r.n imported Dork
ing coach cf ths .genuine En
glish pattern. There ;s a story told
about ono of tlm members of this
Club to the effect that while, in Lon
don for the first timo he entered cue
of tho Tail Mall Clubs and seating
himself, called for c!iop3 and pota
toes under tho impression thai he
wa-3 ia a public rosh.urant, tho ser
vants and book keener stared and fi-
muiY the latter avked tho American
li ne wa3 a new member or on tho
visiting list, lie wa3 so consequen
tial and so obstinate that a police
man had to convince him that he
had made a mistake, and could not
remain much Ies3 oat in the estab
lishment. And when they pnt him
out, he made everybody laugh heart
ily by swearing that he would go
straightway to the Lord Mayor
about the matter. n
Last week Gov. Tilden reviewed
tho 2nd and 1st divisions of , militia
iu Brooklyn and New York, and ves-
tor-day the 7th Regiment had their
annual parads, turning out with re
markably full lankj and making
their usual splendid and soldierly
appearance. Frank Bacon, of Har
vard University and brother of the
oarsman, is acknowledged to be the
handsomest captain in the regiment,
and there aro but two privates who
might possibly rival him in soldierly
appearance. q
Among the social events to come
off this w eek, the one most filling the
minds and conversations of the haute
month is the marriage of Mr j Lin
dencrone, the Danish Ambassador to
Mrs. Charles Moulton cf Cambridge,
Mass., formerly one of the belles of
the Imperial Court during the reign
of tho astute but (res cad us Napoleon
III. She is one of the finest living
vocalists, rivaling Lucca in voice,
Nilsson in style and Patti in culture!
She is a sister of Prof. Greenough of
Harvard University, himself a singer
of no ordinary merit, possessing a
tenor voice of extraordinary power
and compass. " II.
v.t.vUil
ill us Comity Ketunis.
, The following is tho official vote of
Clackamas countv:
v
Lane. AVnrrrn
urcgon City. . . ,
132 200
0 31
25 io
10 35
18 12
2G 2G
23 20
12 21
0 L7
20 27
21 17
G 12
43 7
41 G
17 9
22 32
30 11
39 31
11 17
50S 511
-tanemau
Braver Creek. . .
Rock Creek....
Aj.ari.ung s ,
( V.iibv . . '.
Pleasant Hill...
Milwaukie
Tualatin
Lower Moialla. .
Marquam
Union ,
Upper Moialla .
Cuttings
Cascades
Oswego
Spriugwater. . .
Eagle Creek
Marshfield .
Total 50S
Whitney
Dimick
. .30
The San Francisco board of Un
derwriters offer $1,000 for each ar
rest and conviction of incendiaries
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent, o
Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1S75.
I am very glad to be able to inform
you in this letter that Russia, after
all. is to take nmf fr. ;..
oui v v 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 U
celebration. No announcement lately
made in connection with this exhibi
tion has created moye genuine pleas
ure among our people. We unques
tionably appreciate the frienuship of
tins great nation, having experiencee
no small disappointment at her hesi
mting reception of our invitation,
and now her final acceptance will
give corresponding pleasure. There
aro strong bonds of sympathy be
tween tho two countries, which,
inougii perhaps hardly to be reason
ed abont-o or eveno sympaflietically
stalotl, are none the less potent. Our
mendship is grounded on her noble
attitude toward this country during
tho dark days of tho rebellion, a
friendship so ap2arently disinterest
ed, that to forgot it would be, on our
part, the basest cf ingratitude, and
bo deserving of tho severest Retribu
tion. Furthermore, there are spe
cialties which uuito tho Muscovite
and lankeo. Russia is indebted to
American enterprise and geniufor
invaluable aid in developing her in
dustries, and in arming her military
forces. Her farmers use our improv
ed implements, her manufacturers
adopt our machinery, her railroads,
largely constructed by American en
gineers, contract with our shops for
locomotives and cars, and officeTs of
her war department reside here to
superintend, in our great factories,
the making of arms for her troops.
tWo can confidentially say that our
people will meet the representatives
of such a government with aSincere
and hearty welcome.
Tho many buildings at the centen
nial grounds aro rapidly drawing
toward completion. A few days
since, Mrs. E. D. Gillispie, President
of the Women's Executive Commit
tee, broke ths ground for the Wo-c
men's Pavilion. She referred, in a
neat little speech, to tho pride she
felt when considering the work done
by women in this good cause.through
out the country. She truly felt that
to the women in a great measure were
owing tho enthusiasm and interest
whiclf are now so thoroughly awaken
ed in every section of our Union.
The contributions raised up to the
present time by women amounted to
93,330 87, and besides this, the sum
of 833,000 has been contributed to
the Women's Pavilion, which, with
its interior decorations, will cost
about $10,000. Much praise is due
theso noble women for the manner"
in which they have devoted thfjr
tirno and money to this important
adjunct of the great exposition, with
out hope of fee or rev.aid. Verily
the matrons and daughters of Co! urn- i
bia are the brightest jewels in the
crown of liberty.
Much excitement was caused in
this city the other day by the an
nouncement that one of the pricipal
buildings of the centennial had fal
len. A visit to the siaht showed the
report to have been greatly exagger
(P.
ated. The frame work of wha i
known as the shed section, annexed
to the main body of the building,
erected upon the site of Agricultural
Hall about a week ago; during the
high wind, is what was blown down,
"only this, and nothing more."
The Agricultural Hall will be com
posed of wood and glass, built in the
Gothic style, with a series of Howe
truss sashes. The nave is 823 by 100
feet, the transept in the centre 1C0
feet wide, and the transepts at the
ends 0 feet wide. The fuur courts
enclosed between the nave amLtran
septs and the four spans at tle cor
ners of tho buildings will be roofed
over, thu making the ground plan
of the building a parallelogram 105
by C30 feet, covering a space of about
eight acres, in which will be exhibit
ed the products of our soil? The
organization of a museum and school
of industrialrt to occupy the Mem
orial Hall at tho close of the centen
nial exhibition, was effected yester
day, and will doubtless meet with
success.
Several of ihe States it appears are
to have "a corner," so Pennsylvania.
m whose territory the exhibition is
to bo held, has a movement on foot
for the erection of a building which"
willtbe headquarters for 'Keystoners,'
and where all
had concerning Pennsylvania goods,
tc It is proposed the buildin' bo
of stone. The different quarries have
offered the stone free of charge, tak
ing their compensatian, I presume,
in the advertisement it will givo
them. With the main portion of the
building thus contributed, it is
thought that 10,000 will suffice to
complete the structure.
Our political squabble is now at
fever heat. 0Hards" and "Softs"
striving like Ajax, or some other
jacks, for supremacy. "Money" is
in everybody's mouth, "currency"
you hear at every corner; but never
theless it is even harder than ever io
find by "Stougutox."
Co'eeectiox. In the last issue of
the Enteupiuse, in an article under
the head of "Treachery Consummat-
,the, ?'ord "bribed" should be
"bridged,"
At His Ou Tkicks. Our friend
E. O. Norton, of Salem, is now at
the wheel of the Albany Morning Call.
Success to him.
Td.EGlf.PIIIU NEU'S.
Xew Yoek, Oct. 29. Late yester
day afternoon an order of arrest was
issued by Police- Justice Duffy
against tho editors of the Times, on
tho complaint of Joseph T. King,
Tammany candidate for the Legisla
ture, 'liio Times this morning saj-s
Kelly or his Tammany tools may ap
ply for orders of arrest against the
editors of newspapers three days be
fore election and thus endeavor to
silence all adverse criticism of him
or his creatures, but if ho supposes
this course will induce the icople to
turn out and vote for him next Tues
day he will find himself miserably
deceived. The public know what is
asked of them before to-day. We
are quite content to place our char
acter and reputation against this
John Kelly's.
Later Messrs. Jones and Jen
nings, proprietors and editors of the
Times gave bail to-day in $1,000, in
a libel suit instituted by James T.
King, Tammany candidate for the
Assembly. Q
S a isf Lake, Oct. 29. Brigham
Yemng has been imprisoned where
ho will feinain until he shall have
paid the c'J,500 and costs awarded by
the Court to Ann Eliza Young as al
imony. Monttelier, Yt., Oct. 20. In the
Supreme Court this forenoon was
heard the case of James Ferriter and
and others against James Tyler and
others. The parties livo iu Brattle
boro, where, on Corpus Christi day
oil June 1th, 150 Catholic children
stayed away from -school by desire
of their parents, and attended
church. Tyler, for the school com
mittee, would allow them to return
only on' the condition that they
sliould not do so in the future, to
w hich the parents would not assent.
The question before the Court was
whether the committee had power to
exclude children from school. De
cision was with&ld.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 29. The U. S?
Circuit Court, this forenoon, in the
case0 of Wilmer and others, first
mortgage bondholders against tlni
Atlanta and Richmond air line rail
road company, decides in favor ejf
piaintifis, and decrees that the trus
tees sell the entire property. The
first mortgage amounts to 1,213,-
000; accrued interest unpaid to date,
about S7OO.C0O. The roadcxtends
from Charlotte to Atlanta, X. C. 205
miles. O o
MEMrmsTenn. Oct. 29. Gen Pat
terson, collector of internal revenue,
seized last evening about 30,000 ci
gars in the hands of arious dealers
because the maker'3 name was press
ed into the boxes instead of being
burned in with a brand as required
bv law.
Arrangements have been made
withal t he R. R. Compares here to
carry delegates to the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Convenfion here, on
the 19th ot November, at one fare for
the round trip.
Sr. .Joseph, Mo., Oct. 2... Be
tween G and 7 o'clock, seven prison
ers escaped from the jail bv Haw ing
off the iron bars of a window. The
uisoners were, Frank Brown, mur-
lerer, and sentenced to be hanged:
John B. PaiSen, Osenr Kirk, Charles
Reyhont, and Thomas Hannon, un
der sentence for grand larceny; Alex
Bronght:;n and Win. Early) under
sentence for horse stealing. $500
is ofierea for tie capture of Brown.
New- Yor.K, Oct. 30. Large quan
tities of provisions are going to
Cuba. The City of Vera Cruz took
out a full load, raul to-day two extra
steamers leave for the same point.
In consequence of the recent arrival
in Havana of 15,000 troops, it is sup
posed that the provisions are intend
ed for them. Ttb cereals taken out
include rice and wheat in vast quan
tities, and when the 7.000 move
jpanish troops land, it is sunvosed
that the export of bread-stuffs will be
doubled. All steamers which have
recently sailed for Havana htye been
picked up as far as safety would ad
mit. The amount in steamers billed
to leave within the next two weeks in
greater than the capacity of vessels,
in consequence of which several ex
tra steamers will leave.
TheHouso of Bishops of the Fro-testan-tEpiscopal
Church ended its
session to-night. Rev. T. J. Scher
eschewsky was elected Bishop of
China, and Rev. Dr. Y. J. Clark, of
Georgia Bishop of Africa. After
some routine business the House ad
journed sine die.
The Board of Education of Union
Hill, New Jersey, voted last night to
prohibit the reading of the Bible in
tho public schools. Some citizens
threatened there would be blood
shed'before the Bible should be re
moved. WAsnixcTox, Oct. 29. In the
court of commissioners of the Ala;
bama claims to-day judgment was
rendered in caso 381 in favor of the
Pacific Mail S. S. Co., for $023,778.
A Madrid telegram was received
yesterday stating on the authority cf
xpo.o, mac mo Spanish cabinet re
cently discussed its replv to the
Washington note. Doubtless it re
fers to the summary of an unsettled
question between the United States
and Spain by Cushing, but involv
ing no new points of controversy.
Contracts for carrying the mails
from January 1st, 187G, to June 30th
ISiS, under the advertisement of
September 1st, have been awarded
by the postoffiee department as fol
lows: California From Redding to Lake
City, Jas. II. Warren of Albany,
Wis., at 700 per annum.
Washington Territory Seabeck
to Port Gamble. Wm. Warin, P-1S0
Oregon Eagle Creek to Highland
O. Price, 8211.
No proposal is accepted for service
on any other Pacific Coast route ad
vertised, all the bids received for
them being considered too high.
Londox, Nov. 1. The Marie Lane
Express in its review of the corn
trade for the week, says the weather
has been more moderate and but lit
tle chance for field labor in England,
let samples are in good condition
but the cautiousness of millers kept
prices at previous rates. At Paris
Hour was a franc cheaper, while
wheat was unchanged. In the prov
inces, wheat is six pence to a shill-(
"iff higher. In Belgium, Holland,
Germany and Vienna, prices were
firm, and in the latter the market
was rather dearer. At Odessa there
has been scarcely any business, be
cause of the pretensions of holders.
New York, Nov. 1. The J-Jreninf
Post's Washington special says Presi
dent Grant has ordered the removal
of the postmaster at Ogden, Utah,
who is a Mormon but not a poly&a-
mist. Th is i 4-rL
.j nisi, FtfMi 4
the removal of Mmun?i M?rJ
federal offices iu TJt;,, T, UoIdin3
val was opposed by Senat. - m
of California, on the grouuS?'
incumbent had a ii"ht to i t!,(i
al was oppose'! bv Si.". .: reiUo-
gious belief so Ion'
,"s reli-
as ho
practice polvgamv
.1 : i
and
Uii not
A. 1 r. v
break tiie laws of his conn,, m'th7
MAN-CHESTER. X. H., Xov. l' -
Mernmac has risen several f f
terday and to-day, on account c'
severe storm on Saturday nJ.he
Serious fears were entertain,! "r
the safety of the river will , 7, fu,r
has been built by the AmoskeV" ' U
to straighten the river.
ASIIIXCiTOX, D. C X.iv
United State supreme court r(t
of decisions in place of Mr W- n
resigned. ' UalIe,
Key West, Nov. l.-A new CiM
between this place0 and Prrtif
has been laid, and the second-In
repaired and restored, maki n ,i, ,-
x. uuu iius Lieen niinn i
"jiiiiiuiiieaiioii Willi the "
Indies and South America.
St. Loris, Nov. 2. Calvin T ;u
field.of New York, has filed a ft
in equity in the U. S. Circuit CW
against the Atlantic and Paaifc Pai'
road Co asking that a receiver for
the road be appointed. The petition
ih ut lehciuueu and JUuVfi
Ireat will probably to-day appoint
pumipiuiiu in -ew iork to act
in conjunction with some thoroughly
competent man of St. Louis.
STATE XCWS.
An exchange says
Ah, indeed!
it
is ramiuit
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About 3 i. m. on Friday last, ;;e
immense warehouse at Albany' cl
ing to the recent rains and the vast
weight of wheat stored in it, betn
to settle and sink. Fortunately a
train was intercepted by telegraph
and the warehouse emptied uf u
valuable contents. As the buildimr
now stands it is four inches out of
plumb. o
0 Senator Mitchell has gone back to
Washington.
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A young man named Pillshnrv,
very respectably connected in Alba
ny, N. Y, has been found guilty of
forgery in Portland.
Messrs. Paquc-t fc Son have com
pleted the dam at Lone Tree bar,
and will suspend work for the sea
.son, on account of tho high stage of
the Willamette.
Buena Vista is improving wonder
fully, and vacant houses are Scarce.
Five new dwellings are in course of
construction.
The county rights for three cons
ties iu Oregon have bwen sold by
Mr. Kellogg, inventor of the Oregon
plow, for 3,0U0.
.wie nriuge across t::e river at iiu-
gene will be commenced immediate
ly. Its completion will be of much
benefit dto0 the city a:;d adjoining
Country.
The monkey belonging to Wilson's
circus became so firmlv attached to
a little dog at Astoria that Mr. V.il
son had to take the little fellow
away with him; he has however
promised the o wner to send by re
turn steamer from San Francisco ths
finest dog that can be purchased ia
California. 0
Dal
las
war
mere tenestrnt
Circuit Court will convene at tho
Dalles- en the 8th inet. 0
Salem was visited by a killing
frost on last Friday morning.
The ground -gas white with erovr
at Lake LaBish on Thursday night
of last week.
Bears aro becomim
around Tillamook.
x-mma 2.
L
a Boise Citv o
mare, beat Target, a horse which rail
in the great four cmile race ia Cali
fornia last year, on the Boise track,
last week.
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Messrs. W. Jackson and Geo. T.
Myers of Portland, have purcaiiseil
the Rainier caunery of R. 1. Hn:ae,
secured the .services of Mr. Baa
Gage us superintendent, v.iii consid
erably increase the capacity of t-e
works, and be prepared for business
next season.
Tuesday of last week Lafayette
wars visited by a terrible wiiul storm,
which sprawled fences in all direc
tion, shook the houses till the occu
pants ihought thev won hi fall, anl
did a vast amount of damage to or
chards. The pupils iu the schools
thought tho building was going over
and stamped in short order.
For the past month about five immi
grant wagons passed! through Ocho
co daily, en route for the Willamette
valley.
M. L. Hansom has retired from
tho editorial chair of the Coos coun
ty Hecord, and is succeeded by
N. Marquand.
A petition has been sign1
throughout Southern Oregon, ask
ing Congress to take initiatory steps
for improving the Coos bay bar.
Thero is just complaint through?
out the State concerning the me
curiy of the county jails.
The Willamette river is now suf
ficiently high to allow0 any of Uie
boats to navigate it.
The California Fruit Dryer is
operation at Salem.
Thev havo had a cutting aff"r a
Beaverton precinct, Washington
county.
A farmers' clnb will soon be or
ganized at Cornelius. 0
The Coughler trotting colt was
sold at Corvallis last week, for J
The smallpox pest house, netf
Forest Grove was burned down
Mouday.
S. T. Johnson sold his mKr
Forest Grove last week for y- i
acre.
Postal Agent Cox has, made t Mi
tral City a distributing office for iu
Coquille river. - .
The new schooner at Marshfield is
nearly completed, this niakinff
third one built at Dean & Co. s
this summer.
The river at Salem rose seven
feet
on Saturday.
Judcre McArthur
Ltld court at
Pendleton last week.
With tho departure of the rheljs
troupe, all amusements ceased
Portland.
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