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o o o Q 0 o o o o o o o o 0 o O G O o 0 0 'V o 0 o o 0 o o O o 'til OREGON CITV, OREGON, Jl".E 16, 1S7C- Immigration. 1 THE We are glad to note the frequency I vrii which this subject La3 of late ft oun d its way into the" columns of the Oregon press; it means a healthy interest in the State and a determina tion to advance her best interests. California was a rich State from the time it was admitted into the Union, but it its only of late years that its agricultural resources have become thoroughly known and its real wealth unbosomed. To what, it may bo asked, are we t.o attribute this late developemut of wealth? lack of o people, scarcity of those whose pro vince it is, in every land, to lay open chidden riches. The gold excitement Drougnt many to California early in the '50s, but they were a nomadic set, and with Cariboo, Reaso river, "White Pino and Frazer river excite ments, scattered in every direction. It was only when the news of Cali fornia's big grain yield, big pump kins and other monstrosities reached the East that a class of permanent settlers began to jjour in. They were generally of the farming classes, and at this present writing California's wealth is owing more to her agricul tural pursuits than the product of her mines and all other resources put together. Immigration is the very lifo blood of a new country, without it no great results may be expected. Our State at present offers inducements to immigrants nnsur jias.sed by any other Stato in the country; and all that is necessary is to set these advantages plainly forth, and irp some manner mike them at tractive, or of a naturo to compel attention, then scatter them broad cast over the land like the farmer his grain in our fertile valleys, and the result will not bo unlike that which attended the efforts of California in the same direction. In Europe laud is such a precious article that the peasantry cultivate under the very fences and all along the roadside, using phosphates and a great amount of labor while hero, acres upon acres are lying idle, only waiting for the plough-share and the seeding to produce immense crops with comparatively no trouble. The Sunday Welcome, in a well written article on immigration, lays too much emphasis, wo think, on immigration bureaus; they are undoubtedly a gotl institution, and we are sorry there are not more of them, but we scarcely think the fntnre develop ment of this Stato is entirely depen dent upon them. An immigration agency in Portland is very commend able and a very good place in which immigrants can get information after tltpji get here, but what wc want is something that will bring more of them here, the taking care of them after they get here being of secondary importance. A bureau in Boston may be a very good thing, but to our Onotion it is hardly active enough; it is merely a place to which people who have indirectly heard of Oregon may go and receive information. We want something to stir up an enthu siasm, a kind of Black Hills excite- Gment, a something that will make our State the common talk, and then, and till then, need wo hope that our valleys will, like California's big vegetables, attract thousands of well-to-do farmers. A merchant who would havo offices in the different large cities for the purposo of giving information concerning his goods, tho quality, price, etc., would never do as much business as the house which would send out its agents to those cities, and thus "drum" up purchasers, and show the people how decidedly to their advantage it would be to buy. Any scheme to increase immigra tion should not bo passive. After tho iron is once heated tho blows should fall thick and fast. If Oregon really wishes for a large immigration that mere places for answering ques tions will have very little effect, the better it would bo. Wo would rec ommend tho publishing of articles in the New York and other Eastern papers on tho resources of our State; tho engaging of some well known gentleman to lecture through the States on "Oregon;" tho employment of livo immigration agents to play the same part as tho drummers in ll . - - 1 ? 1 'J r me mcrraniue community, in ways of this "kind wo keen up a lively in terest in the State, and we venture to O say that a largo immigration can be had only by such active, aggressive work. Wo have received a copy speech delivered by Hon. of tho J. H. Mitchell in the Senate at Washington May 10, 1S7G, on tho prohibition of the immigration of tho Chinese, in which he eloquently, as is his wont, portrays the evils arising from tho excessive influx of this heathen bar CD barian on our shores; and wo be lieve his convincing words, have hud the effect to produce that amount of Cenlightment to the Eas tern Legislator, who has hitherto insisted on tho "universal brother hood of manV" as will result in con q fining this pestiferous relation to the eomfiues of tho Celestial Kingdom. The Senator's head is level, and he O ought to receive the thanks of both parties lor ins earnest enort to cur- i tail the growing evil of Chinese im migration. Diplomats. It certainly would appear very ludicrous to DTsraeli and Gortscha kofl to know that an impretentions little weekly paper far off in Oregon City takes it upon itself to give ad vice concerning troublesome Eastern questions; none the less, however, is it the case. Judging by the tele grams now being received, Russia is encouraging the Bosinians in their revolt against Turkey, and England, jealous lest Turkey should fiually gain possession of tho Sick Man's territory, is said to be secretly sup plying him with pills in the shape of guns and amunition, while both na tions are said to be preparing for a mighty war. The signs of the times in Europe portend anything rather than the approach of the millennium of peace, good will on earth. Indi cations point to the proximate pros pect of war on a grand scale. In tho interest of civilization this warlike aspect of affairs is to be re gretted. The kings and potentates of Europe may desire war to further their ambitions, but the plain people have had enough of it in all coun tries. What they want is time to recuperato exhausted energies and acquire the means of making exist ence enjoyable. In spite of tho clank of sabres and the neighing of battle steeds, horror of war and need of repose aro tho main characteristics of European civilization. Tho aim of tho present efforts of the common people is neither glory nor conquest, but an accumulation of wealth by means of perfecting industry and commerce. Every right-minded per son desires tho permanent establish ment of peace in Europe; for her people now seem to be on the thresh old of a civilization which will have but slight resemblance to that of precediug ages. The aspect of every thing, except for this cloud just come, seems to bo changing, and utility is tho popular keynote of the future. Notwithstanding kingcraft, the people have chosen it, and those who govern will bo compelled to conform to the spirit of tho epoch. When they consider the cost of war, its terrible tax on their energies, in dustry and productivo capacity, they become heartily nrerso to obeying the caprice of their rulers. The ways of wealth aro undoubt edly the wa's of peace; and these ways are to be bought only by con ciliation, arbitration and interna tional tribunals. Commerce and in dustry have been promoted by tho increased facilities of intercourse, and this interchange leads to concord. An exchange says, "The olive branch and sword, the pruning hook and bayonet, the ploughshare and gun, these must go hand in hand until all nations shall war no more," a time wc hope not far distant; though we fear, as we said at the outset, the immediate prospect of the initiation of an era of peace and fraternity is not great. The Kings and their min isters are just yet raoro potential than the people, and the latter are not sufficiently self-reliant to assert their inherent right to pursue the quiet paths of industry when such is the dictates of their interest. Election Outcropping. There aro very few substantiated conclusions to bo drawn from the recent election; perhaps the only one that approaches any certainty is the paradox, that the Stato belongs to neither party. Whenever a county was carried by the Democrats hi too, the Republicans came up with a sim ilar victory as its offset. Where the Independents took xart in the fight, it was as Independent Democrats and Independent Republicans, being, through the State, about equally divided. In counties free from tho Independent movement, such, for instance, as this and our neighbor Multnomah, the contest was severe, and the spoils of battle almost equal ly divided It would therefore bo a most diffi cult thing to predict with any accu racy the vote of this State in the Presidential contest. Democrats are sanguine and claim the State, while Republicans, of equally hopeful na ture, boldly assert that Oregon's elec toral vote will be cast for a Repub lican. In our opinion, the party which nominates tho best man may connt on this State should there be sixty liicumonas in tuo iieiu. in a Stato so decidedly tho pioperty of neither party, and so filled with inde pendent voters who place little de pendence on the honied words spread on political platforms we feel safe in saying that the best nominee, in November next, will receive Oregon's majority. Of course Republican and Democratic leaders will take excep tion to our deduction, but as a liberal Noier we cannot help feeling that those ballots which are pledged to no party organization hold the bal ance of power in this State, and will manifest tueir power in supporting that party which shows by its Presi dential nomination that it honestly has the welfare of the nation at heart. O'Leary and Schimmel, who claim ed to have walked 500 miles in six j days, in San Francisco, have shared ; Weston's fate of be-in r declared hum- bugs. An amateur ntiit;M-u,--u - lishes the statement that their alle"-- cd feat was an imposture. Advice to Foreign The Hawaiian Treaty. Washington, J une 15, 1S7G. Editor ENTERnusE Dear Sir: I was surprised this morning on receipt of your valuable paper of a recent date to find that you oppose the re cent treaty of reciprocity, entered into between our government and that of Hawaii. I was not aware that any opposition whatever could possibly exist in the mind of any ! person in uregon, oi any political party, against this treaty. I have for years regarded a treaty of this character of the highest importance to the commercial prospect of the North Pacific Coast. You are laboring under a misap prehension in supposing the tariff will cut off our revenue a million dollars. The reduction will be but little if any in excess of four hundred thousand dollars. I very much regret that you should view this measure in the light you do. Very Respectfully, &c., John II. Mitchell. We aro glad our article has edified Senator Mitchell that there is a feel ing existing on the North Pacific Coast against the treaty referred to a feeling that our Senators and Rep resentatives have no right to legislate in the interest of tho Mumbo Jumbos and adventurers in the Hawaiian Islands, at the expense of the tax payers of the United States. Tho Senator confesses to a deficit of -100-000 in the revenues by reason of tho treaty, but tho calculation is based on the 2ircsent yearly exportation from the Islands; while this treaty is so beneficent to the Kanakas that they will now more than double their productions, which will run up the loss to our revenues to the million dollars we computed it at. We had all the reciprocity wo wanted before the inception of this treaty. Tho Islanders were forced to buy our breadstuff's, which from our contigu ity and lines of commerce existing, left them no alternative. If, as we presume the Senator will claim, that it will havo tho effect to cheapen sugar (which is erroneous), how would he care to faco the beet sugar manufacturer of our own North Pacific coast, who by tho results ho has helped to bring about by legisla tion, has put the Cannibals ahead of his own countiymen in the race for supplying sugars to tho trade? We hope, if it is not too late, that Senator Mitchell will array himself along side of Senator Booth, of Cali fornia, who on this question struck the key-note in the beginning of the discussion in showing up the mani fest iniquity of the proposed treaty. We see the ways by which the treaty was smoothed through the troublous sea of legislation is being investigated, and 300,000 was said to have been the emollient to make it slip easy. Wo believe so unjust a measure could not have passed both houses without some aperient of this kind administered to the average Congressman. A Councilman on the War-path. Editoi: Enteki'Kish: I discover tho following, published in an ob scure village paper in Oregon, which needs a little ventilation: Eor pure meanness, the Oregon City Radicals can take the palm It has long since been claimed by them that they have an exclusive right to rule and control that place, and if a man dare to possess independence enough to act against their dictation, he must suffer in some way :it their hands. This was the case in the re cent election. The night watch man was opposed to tho election of Mr. McCown for Senator, and worked for Mr. Myers. The Radical candidate went to him and intimated that it would be to his interest to change his course, and work for the Radical ticket. This only exasperated the person who held tho position, and he went to work with more zeal. Find ing that Mr. McCown's intimations availed nothing, two of the City Council went to him and did the same thing. On tho samo night of tho election the Council met, and Mr. Hansen was removed, and for no other reason than for working and voting against the Radical candidate for Senator. There are men in the Council who are to-day employed by those who differ with them political ly, and who did all they could to elect the Radical ticket. On tho same principle, they must expect their discharge, as it is but fair to presume that they should expect to be treated as they treat others. This is the way Radicals manage things in Oregon City, and we hope they aro the only ones in Oregon or else where who are so mean as to descend to such disgraceful practices to hold power or sec uro an election. We believe the story of the watch man being approached and threaten ed by two Councilmen originated in Toney'a known disregard for the moral conveyed in tho story of Geo. Washington and his little hatchet. The Standard Borer has, as usual, called upon his imagination for his facts. "The nightwatchman worked for Mr. Myers with a great deal of zeal," as we discover above. The marshal, nightwatchman, &c, work ed for Mr. Myers with so much zeal that he became utterly oblivious to the fact that several whisky saloons in town were hospitably disposed, and the ardent was being dealt out openly in disregard of law. His at tention was called to this in the morning, but "zeal" in another direc tion, as aforesaid, made him disre gard ful of it. Duty is one thing and zeal another, Antonio, and a disre gard of the one and a wedding to tho other is why His Satanic Majesty has a moneyed interest in you. Councilman. The Beaver will make the fourth steamer running cn the Stikeen river. TELEGKAPHIC MiW'S. Eastern. Washington, June 10 Postofiico discontinued reak, Washington county, Oregon. Postmaster aj pointed Robert W. Harris, Brooks, Marion county, Oregon. FiiiLADELpniA. June 10. Fran cisco Peralto, the Mexican, accom plished the feat at Sulfolk Park to day of riding 150 miles in seven hours, using 25 mustang horses. The rider started at 12 noon and closed the last mile at ten minutes of seven. Washington, June 10. The bill reported from the judiciary com mittee and passed by the House to day, concerning immigration, is Representative Piper's bill to enforce the strict enforcement of the Page law of last year relative to coolie and Chinese women imported for im moral purposes. In addition to present requirements, it prescribes tho penalties of fine and imprison ment against any collector of customs who neglects or refuses to execute the law when cases covered by it are brought specially to his attention by the affidavits of any two citizens alleg ing information, belief, etc. The House committee on Terri tories have authorized Wiggington to report for passage at the first oppor tunity a bill to regulate elections in Territories. It limits the elective franchise to male citizens of twenty one years, or upwards, who are not bigamists, polygamists, as they res pectively offer to vote. Tho bill in the main is a copy of the California State election law. All ballots are, however, to be enclosed in envelopes of one form and size to be furnished by the territorial secretary, This measure will be reported asi substi tute for the bill introduced by Lut tvell, which is a copy of Senator Christianey's bill to regulate tho elective franchise in Utah. It will bo observed that the substitute dif fers from Christianey's measure in a very important particular, and is not retroactive in its requirements con cerning polygamists. Washington, June 10. It is be lieved about 100 Republican mem bers of Congress will leave this city between now and to-morrow night for Cincinnati, to attend the nom inating convention. Several Demo cratic members will also bo present in that city. Blaine, in reply to in quiries as to the truth of the report that he designed to attend the con vention, says the report is ntterly without foundation, and ho never for a moment contemplated such a step. The Tribune's Washington corres pondent says the Democrats are so inflamed against Blaine that they are so likely to reverse their decision aud admit hearsay evidence. This decision can be reversed in two ways; by reconsideration of the for mer .action by tho judiciary commit tee or by instruction from the House, which enlarges the Morrison resolu tion, so that it is incompetent for the judiciary committee to reconsider its action. Democrats say that the admission of the telegram from Cald well entirely changed the legal as pect of the case; so that the Demo crats who before, different state of facts, voted with the republicans, will now be certain to vote with tho rest of the Democrats for the enlarged jurisdiction. It may bo possible for the Democrats in the House on Monday, on suspension of the rules, to pass the Morrison resolution, as many Republicans will be absent at Cincinnati. There can be no doubt that the Democrats will then have a two thirds majority. Washington, Juno 11. This morning a short lime before eleven ex-Speaker Elaine left his residence in company with Mrs. Blaine and slowly walked to the Congregational Church, which isabout three-fourths of a mile from their home. Just as they reached the cnurcu lie com plained of severe pain in the head and dizziness, at the samo time plac ing his hand upon it. On entering the vestibule, he was so overcome with sudden illness that he cime near falling; but this was prevented, and he was assisted to a seat on the steps when ho exclaimed, "Oh this pain!" A conveyance having been procured, Mrs. Blaine returned with him home; he then being uncon conscious. A bed was brought into the front parlor on which he was laid and a messenger having been sent for Surgeon-General Barnes and Drs. Bliss, Cox, Verdo aud Pope, they soon appeared and lost no time in cupping the spine and resorting to other counter irritants and reme dies. From eleven in tho morning until 4 o'clock in tho afternoon, he laid unconscious, breathing irregu larly. His wife, physicians and other friends remaining at his bed side. During that time the physicians said Blaine was suffering from ex citement of the brain and nervous ness superinduced by the recent events in which ho has been a prom iuent actor, the symptoms being aggravated by tho weather, which to day was very oppressive. New Youk, June 12. Some excite ment at the Atlantic Beer Gardens in the Bowery occurred last night, caused by the police arresting a number of barkeepers; sixteen were arrested. Several fights occurred, when the proprietor, fearing a gen eral riot, caused the bar to be closed. Over 3,000 excited Germans and others were present. There was much cheering, counter cheering, etc. Washington, June, 12. A mem ber of the House just from Blaine's residence reports his symptoms de cidedly unfavorable. Blaine has been for some timo in a semi-unconscious state, but is now-talking wild ly, entirely out of his mind. He im agines he is still at church and calls upon those around him to take him home. The House passed a joint resolu tion to modify the treaty with China, so as to restrict immigration. The appropriation committee have reported the armv appropriation bill some 10,000.000 less than tho esti mate, and with sections reducing the force of tho army and pay of officers. W A su ington, Juno 12. Midnight. The House to-day unanimously adopted tho report on Kerr, 201 members, all who were p resent, vot ed affirmatively. After the presen tation of the report many Republi cans spoke favorably of Kerr. New Youk, Juno 12. A Washing ton dispatch says Speaker Kerr is worse He slept very little last night, una aunougn tne acute pain oi neu- ralgia in the bowels from which he j COURTIS Y OF BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA was suffering is diminished, there are symptoms ot great danger and his voice is failing visibly. It is feared that his condition is such that although he may struggle on for some time he is nevertheless likely to die any day, and this report has cast a Rloom over his DemoerntiV colleagues. It is generally said that Kerr will never again be in the House. Washington, June 12. The joint resolution reported by Piper from the committee on commerce and passed by the House under suspen sion of the rules to-day requested the president to submit to the gov ernment of the Chinese Empire an additional article to the Burlingame treaty of July 28, 187G, to the follow ing effect: Tho United States of America do hereby reserve the right to regulate, restrict or prevent the immigration of Chinese subjects into the United States except for com mercial pursuits; and reciprocally the Emperor of the Chinese Empire does reserve the right to regulate, restrict or prevent tho immigration of citizens of the United States to the Chinese Empire, except for commer cial pursuits. The joint resolution as originally introduced by Repre sentative Page, of California, was amended by the committee by insert ing the words "except for commer cial pursuits." The vote on its pass ago was yeas 128, nays 15, and the point of order that a quorum had not voted was raised; but afterwards withdrawn and tho resolution was declared passed by the requisite two thirds majority, the vote lacking on ly two of being a quorum. Sfmngi'IEld, lenn., June 12. A party composed of four white men and one negro was struck by light ning to-day and instantly killed; they had been engaged in cutting wheat six miles cast of this city, and were taking shelter under a tree from tho storm. Washington, June 13. About 8 o'clock this evening Blaine called for paper and pen, and without aid wrote the following message, to be telegraphed to Congressman Hale at Cincinnati: To Eugene Hale, Cincinnati: I am entirely convalescent; suffering Only from physical weakness. Impress upon my friends tho great debt of gratitude I feel for tho nnparalelled steadfastness with which they havo adhered to ms in my hour of trial. J. G. Blaine. The foregoingdispatch was written by Blaine at his own suggestion, and in his usual bold and distinct hand writing, showing no trace of weak ness or hesitation. Congressman Wallace, of Virginia, received the following telegram at three this afternoon from Hon. II. W. Blair, at Cincinnati: "Pennsyl vania solid for Blaine on first or sec ond ballot; his nomination most propable." Constantinople, June 10. The Grand Vizier has addressed a circu lar to the governors of tho provinces suspending the regulations promul gated during the reign of the late Sultan, and ordering them to await fresh laws. London, Juno 10. In a violent thunder storm at Valonne, three sol diers of a regiment encamped there wcro killed by lightning, eleven paralyzed and one blinded. London, June 12. The exploring expedition to Northwest Africa left England Saturday. Its main object is to aicerttvin the feasability of ad mitting the water of the Atlantic into a portion of tho desert of Sahara. A telegram from Constantinople says the eldest son and the mother of the late Sultan have been murder ed. Paw:;, Juno 11. The funeral of George Sand took place at Nahant yesterday, and was attended by thou sands of persons, although a heavy rain prevailed. Prince Jeromo Na poleon and Alexander Dumas were among the pall-bearers. Paul Men rice read an eulogy written by Victor Hugo. London, June 13. One of the passengers on tho steamship Mem phis from New Orleans is Jeff Davis. Tho Standard, this morning in a leading editorial on tho Winslow correspondence, says: The papers in tho caso presented to Parliament, do not seriously alter our previous opinion that Secretary Fish is techni cally right regarded the terms of tiie treaty through on this point, we feel much less confident as to the mean ing of tho act of 1870; but we are in clined to think that while the Secre tary is technically right ho is sub stantially wrong. The article con cludes as follows: The government has no desire to shelter Winslow or any other American criminal, but it cannot depart from tho position it has reluctantly taken, and we must hope therefore that this government will soon find itself in a position to assent an interpretation of the prese ent treaty, or the conclusion of a new, one which will insure tho object tho two governments have in view. Berlin, June 11. Serious inun dations have occurred in Western Switzerland, caused by heavy raTns and tho melting of snow in the mountains. Railways are much damaged. The whole Canton of of Thurgen is submerged, and many bridges and houses has been carried away. Several persons were drown ed at Tranfeldt, tho capital of the Canton. Four inmates of tho house were killed by falling walls. The Federal council delegates one of its members to proceed to Thurgen and offer assistance to tho inhabi tants. Pacific Coast. San Fkancisco, June 10. The Pa cific Mail steamer City of Peking ar rived this morning from Hong Kong via Yokahama. She brings only about 100 Chinamen.. Four or five hundred intended taking passage on here, but on receipt of instructions fromlheir countrymen here, all re turned ashore except the number above stated. Sax Fiiaxcisco, June 12. It has been decided that the banks shall be closed in this citv at noon on tho 1st of July to 10 o'clock A. M. on tho 5th. It is quite safe to affirm, there will be a general suspension of financial institutions and whole sale house during that interval. Maj. Gen. McDowell will succeed Maj. Gen. Schofield in command of the military division of the Pacific, and he isexnested to nrrim im rl ! that purpose on the 20th inst. Santa Rosv Juno Henley who shot and 10. killed C. W. James Roland of this place a month ago, was hanged by the vigilance com mittee last night. San Fkancisco, Juno 13. The records show that yesterday was the hottest day that has been experienc ed in San Francisco since the rec ord has been kept. At one time the thermometer touched 95 degrees. There are 13 Chinese lepers now in the pest house. Physicians recently appointed to vaccinato the public free of charge, have closed their offices, having vaccinated in the neighborhood of 20,000 people. -c . c- 8UMMAKV OK STATE NEWS. Douglas county has an oil mill in prospect. The I. O.G. T. Grand Lodge met at Salem on the 13th. Tho scissors grinder has honored Roseburg with his presence. Oregon makes a splendid showing at the Centennial exhibition. Only three marriage licenses were issued in Yamhill county in May. James Lotan, Inspector of Boilers, has been paying Coos Bay a visit. Dallas is to have a regular old fashioned Fourth of July celebration. Election day in Roseburg was celebrated with pistols and whisky. Independ2nce is to bo connected with Salem by a semi-weekly stage line. There are G7 lodges of Odd Fel lows in this State, with a member ship of 3,020. Since the 1st of last October, a fraction over 90 inches of rain have fallen at Astoria. In Polk county the Independents elected seven of their candidates and the Democrats six. The Baker county mines are ex pected to pan out "better this year than ever before. Marshfield has a skating rink, and it is not satisfied with that but wants a velocipede hall. A man in Baker county voted a $180 note, instead of straight. Democratic ticket, as he intended: The Knights of Pythias are to have a grand parade and celebration at Marshfield on tho 4th of July. Tho Polk county Telegram boasts of having in its possession a chicken hr.ving four wings 'Vnl four legs. The Lafayetto Courier tells of three men catching 1,700 trout in three days fishing in the Nestuck. Some of the best blooded horses in the United States will take part in tho Centennial races at East Port land. Portland weights her sidewalks down with pig iron and other heavy material to keep them from floating away. All of tho Democratic candidates for the Legislature in Umatilla, union and ijaicer counties were elected. There is a man up in Sweet Home, Linn Co., who came into that valley ten years ago a poor man,- and now he has 13 dogs. Josh Davis, Henry Prang and Ike Longstrcct have entered the li.-t for tho billiard tournament at Portland during Centennial week. The schooner Sparrow, which 'was wrecked on the Umpqua bar several months ago, lias been launched again and is ready for sea. Two ladies of Salem, out riding in the sun and wearing drab-colored veils, were badly poisoned. The doctors say it was the veils. Tho Democrat says: Tho Siletz reservation has been removed to the banks of the Calapooia between the two graveyards near Albany. Tho meadows of Douglas county show an unusually heavy growth of grass this year, aud the amount of hay put up will be very large. Warren Johnson, of Jefferson, has been appointed blacksmith on the Malheur reservation, and Mr. Mans field, of the same place, carpenter. An error of a hundred votes has been discovered in the count of Linn county, which elects the Republican candidate for prosecuting attorney. Tho Stafesnnoi moves for au inves tigation in tho boot and shoe busi ness of tho penitentiary at tho next session of tho Legislature. We second the motion. Albany had a meeting the other day to consider the advisability of having a Centennial celebration of their own, and Mie man that voted in favor of it can't be found. The academic year of the Umpqua academy closed on Friday of last week. The graduating class con sisted of Mr. A. Mires, Mr. J. Chap man and Miss Emma Chapman. Edward Akin, of Jefferson, steps to tho front with a sample of flax known as the Rnssian variety, which measures twenty-six inches in height, aud is but a fair average of a fifty acre field. An aged Indian on the Umatilla reservation last week attempted to ride a wild pony, but tho firo and vigor of his 3 011th had departed, and the bucking animal laid the noble old red man low, breaking his collar bone, injuring his shoulder and al most fracturing his skull. Two young men at Jefferson had a little unpleasantness the other day, and shot at each other a couple of times apiece, but fortunately, with out doing each other any damage. Of course tho trouble was about" a female, as it always has been ever since Eve caused the first row. Lizzie Hansen who was arrested last week at Oakland on a charge of grand larceny, and was confined in tho county jail, died on the 12th from the effects of self-imposed hang ing. Last Saturday she said she would sooner die than go to the peni tentiary wher,e her husband is con fined. Richard Alexander, who was sen tenced to the penitentiary from Was co several years ago, was pardoned out by the Governor on the 12th after eight years and half imprison ment. He was sentenced for a term of twelve years, and during his term of service has proved an exemplary prisonor, winning friends among officers aud prisoners. TRRI'ITOHIAL NF,vrf ITEMS Gov. Ferry will return to Olvni pia about the 1st of July. There will not be less than 1,500 men in Cassiar this season. ' The Eliza Anderson is to run as an opposition boat on the Sound. Twenty-five or thirty patients are suffering with diptheria at Seattle. The strawberry crop in Walla Walla valley is enormous this year. Olympia had a half dozen street fights in one week, and not a good time for fights either. Arnold Miller, a logger was crush ed by a log aud immediately killed near' Union" City, Mason county, re cently. Olympia is afflicted with footpads, and the citizens have taken prelim inary steps to organize a Committeo of Safety. One firm of Walla Walla has ship ped forty tons of eggs, 500,000 pounds butter, and 100000 pounds bacon this season. J. F. Martin is president, and A. J. Cain, clerk of tho Board of Trus tees of tho town of Dayton, W. T. James Gough is town marshal and W. A. Bacher treasurer. Mr. Moorehouso, of Umatilla, has 200 acres of growing wheat, which good judges say will yield sixty bushels to the acre. Think of that 12,000 bushels of wheat off of 200 acres! The Washington Mill Company are constructing a ship considerable larger than the Wild wood, which is to be of the best material, with all the recent improvements in ship building. No less than ten convicts are now confined in the Walla Walla county jail, making that institutions rather too crowded for comfort. They aro all territorial prisoners, and their expenses are defrayed by tho Ter ritory. The Walla Walla Statesman says: "We hear of a case of smallpox at Colfax, Mr. James V. O. Dell, tho lawyer, being the person thus afiiict cd. He is supposed to have con tracted the disease Avhile on a visit to Lewiston. A fierce fire licked rip the best part of the town of Green River, on the Union Pacific, a few evenings ago. Among the buildings burned were three restaurants and a billiard hall. The loss is about 10,000, with not a cent of insurance. A whirlwind at Salt Lake the oth er "day, lifted a hot house, with its lioral and vegetable contents, from its foundations and carried it up in to the air five hundred feet above tho city. When released it came down with a crash on an open lot. The Walla Walla Cuion has this: "The Idaho Shttemium has been taking dispatches regularly since the Nevada and Northern Telegapb. line was completed to that place. It paid 1,000 in advance for them, but was informed the other day that they could not have any more dis patches for "telegraphic- scrip." As that paper has some 50 worth of the stuff on hand it is justly indig nant at being thus "bilked" by a bankrupt corporation." Tho Walclt nvtii says: There is no use to galvanize the fact, that Walla, Walla made and put up butter, is. not what it ought to be. There is something wrong and that wrong is in the manufactures. We ship like all other inland towns do, to wher ever we can find a market yet we never vealiz.i what other countries do. Packed Isthmus butter brings right here more than our home-made, and knowing this, wo ask, dairymen, where is thy blush?" A case of some interest and magni tude is being heard before the land office at Olympia, involving several parties and finds of considerable value. Floating scrip to the amount of 13,310 acres of land, has been is sued to one Thomas P. Valentine, iu connection with an old Mexican grant in California, and an application has been made by J. It. Wheat, attorney, to locate some of said scrip on tho east half of the Maymrd donation claim in Seattle, for the alleged rea son that it is unoccupied public lands of !the United States. Hugh McAleer, E. Calvert, E. W. Blake, C. C. Rich, F. A. Minnick, tho Northern Pacific railroad and tho city of Seattle aro claimants to the samo laud in whole or part. Tho pleadings set forth that the claims of the above defendants aro not valid, and that tho location of the Valen tine scrip claim is. o . a- Tlic lit'sislatiire. The following shows the political complexion of the Legislature ac cording to the latest returns: democratic: Baker, 2 Representatives; Benton, 1, Representative; Benton and Tolk, 1 Senator; Clackamas, 1 Senator and 2 Representatives; Clatsop and Tilla mook, 1 Representative; Coos and Curry, 1 Senator; Grant (doubtful) 1 Representative; Josephine, 1 Senator and 1 Representative; Lane, 1 Sen ator and 2 Representatives; Linn, 1 Senator and G Representatives; Multnomah, 1 Senator and 2 Repre sentatives; Tolk, 3 Representatives; Umatilla, 2 Representatives; Wasco, 1 Senator and 2 Representatives; Yamhill, 1 Senator and 2 Represen tatives; Lake (doubtful), 1 Represen tative; Union, 1 Senator and 2 Rep resentatives; hold over, 11 Senators. Total, 21 Senators and 30 Represen tatives. KErUT.LlOAN : Benton, 2 Representatives; Clacka mas, 2 Representatives; Columbia, 1 Representative; Coos and Curry, 1 Representative; Douglas, 2 Senators and 4 Representatives; Lane, 2 Rep resentatives; Marion, 0 Representa tives; AVashington, 1 Senator and 5 Representatives; Yamhill, 1 Repre sentative: hold over 4. Total, 8 Sen ators and 20 Representatives. INDEPEN DEN TS ; Jackson, 2 Representatives; Tolk, 1 Senator and 1 Representative; Washington, 1 Representative; Total, 1 Senator and 4 Representa tives. Hi tuing JuuruaL o O ; I