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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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