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TM itiTRPR!Sf? ' Organize. OREGON CITl', OREGON, SEPT. 8, 1S7G. Tho People ami Retrenchment. Yes, vro want retrenchment. So do the Democrats, their platform reassnres us. But do the people ? On that point we confess to some misgivings. That they want re trenchment and reform in the ab stract, is undeniable. But when it comes to the concrete, and to jartic nlar appropriations for the benefit of particular localities, we fear that the people are a little " mixed." The River and Ilarbor bill for example, exhibited marvelous " staying" pow ers, as they say on the race-course. It went rapidly through the House, although no one denies that it was the most fearful product of mis cellaneous log-rolling the country has seen for many a year. Does any body fancy the members voted for this bill in conscious defiance of the will of their constituents? On the contrary, they voted with the sublime consciousness that their constituents did not care a button about it, except to get as much pub lic money as possible spent in their immediate localities and for their private advantage. Then the bill visited that homo of purity, the Senate. There additional jobs were stuffed into it until even a Biver and Harbor bill could stand it no longer, and exp. rienced a bad attack of indigestion. In detail, the Senate wanted to appropriate about fifty millions ; in gross, Mie Senate per ceived that it would not do to appro priate more than about five millions, and on that ground sent the bill back for reconstruction. Each Senator was of course, confident that his constituents would be happy if he could get " an appropriation for them," to the extent of half a million or more, but he saw that if every other Senator did the same, his con stituents would bo angry because so large a snm in gross was wasted upon localities iu which they had no interests. The appropriations for postal routes, much as wo may need them here in Oregon, follow the same law. Each member trios to got as many mails per week as possible, for the inhabitants of the most insignificant town in his district, because he thinks they want as many as possible, and care not a bit whether their mail is self sustaining or not. We might particularize in this very State, but we dread the ire of our small towns, and tho merciless pen of a certain Eastern Oregon editor. If there is only one man in the town who ever writes a letter, ho wants to be able to send a le' ter, and to get an answer every day in the week, and he is tho especially active and busy man of the place, to whom others listen, and he convinces the good;peoplo who never write or read letters that they are terribly wronged if the government does not give them ' adequate postal facilities." Moreover that man, when the caucus comes for the nom ination of a member of Congress, is seen to be the one active and irre pressible person whose hostility the member who wants re-election does not desire. To that member the one man who wants more mail facili ties is the only constituency worth mentioning in that particular vil lage. Wo have seen going the rounds in Democratic papers a tabu lar statement, showing how enor mously expenditures for unblin buildings have increased. We are asked to believe that the responsibil ity for this extravagance rests, first with Mr. Mullett ; second with the Republican members of Congress and the Republican party, and not at all with tho Democratic party. This is a little too much, even for a Presidential campaign. It is not three years since a Democratic mem ber was defeated for renomination in a district of overwhelming majority, becauso ho had failed to . get an "appropriation" for a new post office in ono of the towns in his district. We can name not one, but many Democratic members who are en deared to their constituents, notwith standing lack of ability, solely be causo they have been able to log-roll through Congress numerous appro priationsone of whom, " tho noble son of a noble sire" dwells not a thousand miles from Roseburg. In brief, we think tho people need reforming fully as much as Con gress or either party, in this matter of expenditure. When they elect candidates of either party because they pledge themselves not to work for appropriations, public buildings, or rivers, or harbors, or post routes within their district, we shall begin to believe that retrenchment is de sired a little more earnestly than it has been hitherto. Tilden's advice, with his three hundred thousand a year, " that we livo within our iucomes," strikes a poor devil of a country editor pretty much as tho turkey story did tho Indian. It is now generally conceded on very hand that Capt. Cochran's line of boats will not only be built, but will also do a large and remunerative business. It is stated Gov. Hayes will not take iny jiiirt, personally and directly in the canvass. fc. 7 Last Saturday evening the Repub lican voters of Oregon City precinct showed a good example to their brothers in the good cause through out the country. A club was organ ized and on a healthy basis. It will not do for us to under-estimate Mr. Tilden's strength in this State and we trust the step made by the Ore gon City Republicans towards organ ization may be shortly followed by all well-wishers of the Republic throughout the country. We do not wish toraise any scarecows with which to frighten indifferent Repub licans into doing their duty, but will simply call their attention to some unpleasant facts: We forget exact number of the late official count of Governor Tilden's private secre taries, employed in organizing the campaign, but the lowest calculation is enough to show that it will not do to disparage the amount of work wh ch our enemies are;'putting into tho Campaign. Governor Tilden is a shrewd organist, and for two years he has steadily employed the political strength of his party in Xew York with the sole purpose of strengthing his candidacy for the Presidency. ' His whole career as a Governor has been devoted less to his official duties than to tho manu facture of political capital so much so that ho shrewdly added some thing like a million of dollars to the tax levy of his first year, to bo applied to reducing the tax levy of 1S7G, and to his greater glorifica tioD." During the convention at St. Louis it was notorious for the strikers bullies, secretaries and agents gen tlemen of good position and affable manners whoso only employment was to put themselves whore they would do the most good, to utilize their personal acquaintanceship and local intimacy, and to sow the seeds of a Tilden propaganda, North and South, East and West. We cannot afford to bo less pru dent, less energetic or less sagacious than our enemies; and the watch word of the present month ought to bo Organize." Iu this State of Oregon which has increased so rapid ly in population sincotho last de cennial census, no show of tho full Republican strength has ever been made, and there is only one way to carry out the full strength. That way is to organize a Hayes and Wheeler club ; not only every pre cinct in Clackamas county, but throughout the State. In this coun ty, which is Republican on any fair issue, we ought to have every Re publican voter enrolled in a club and our work will not be complete until that is done. We have plenty of men to come forward as delegates, and fill all the kid-glove places of political life ; what we desire is that these men should take off their glov s and should set themselves to work ; should go among 'the jxjople and rally the voters, that we would be able to estimate with accuracy and certainty the vote we would have to rely on a month before the election. There are very few States, wo opine, in which the organization of the Rejmblican party is as backward and loose as it is in Oregon. This is probably owing to the security with which wo held our supremacy in so manyfchotlyJ contested fields ; but whatever tho origin of it, it ought not be allowed to continue. In Indiana, we learn from exchanges, where the equality of party strength ha3 called forth every resource that ingenuity could suggest or labor utilize, an elaborate organization is carried almost to perfection. Not only is the strength of every country and of every subordinate district known to the Central Committee, but local energy and zeal are enlisted to secure the polling of the full vote. Organization counts for nearly as much in a political party as in an army. Without it a hundred men are merely stragglers, to be routed and overthrown by a smaller and better disciplined body ; with it they are a littlo army in which each man yields the strength of the whole organization. After along and pain ful period of trial and dissensions the Republicans of Oregon have found that there is nothing to mar the harmony of the party nor to weaken its unity. It only remains, for the body of the Republicans throughout the State to take up the work as we have hero in Oregon City, and with the unusual prestige of their united strength and action, and favored by tho gross blunder of Lane's nomination, it is not impossi ble that they may wrest a victory from their over-sanguine opponents. The margin of republican majority in the present United States Senate is not very great. The next will probably go with the presidential election, though it is possible the re publicans may save it by a small majority, even if Tilden is chosen. The present members of the new Senate, beginning March 4 next, are 30 republicans, 54 democrats and 1 independent. There aro 22 to be elected, from the following states : Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey. Deleware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisi ana, ( two ) , West Virginia, ( two ) , Illinois, Michigan, Arkansas, Kan sas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Oregon, and Colorado, (two). The demo crats must get 1G of these to turn the majority in their favor ; and they will have to have a great run of luck, in order to do it. But that is what they are expecting. Spring field Republican. Which He of the Standard lamenteth in his Friday's issue that Capt. J. W. Cochran & Co. have succeeded in getting sufficient assurance and pledge from the farmers to sustain his boat at a reasonable freight rate ; we.see the point, Tony. You thought if Capt. Cochran was not able to obtain this guarantee, 1 e would not construct a boat, and he wouldn't; but notwithstanding your herculean efforts to deter the farmer from en tering into a compact of this nature, we are happy to inform you that your influence was not overpowering and Capt. Cochran has a splendid large and commodious craft under way destined to carry her full capacity of contracted freight at just about one-half the figure charged by the monopoly you are tooting your horn for. Instead of commiserating the lot ot those farmers who have thus engaged transportation with Capt. Cochran would it not be well for you to 'turn a littlo of your bowels of compassion, towards the vast bulk of the farming community who must perforce ship with the monopoly and pay nearly double what Capt. Coch ran's friends are under contract for? Unhappily, Capt. Cochran's boat can only transport ono ton in fifteen of the freight offerings of the Willam ette valley, aud you have a large" constituency to mingle your lamen tation's with, but pcrhap3 it will be a better and more consistent part for you to essay, to bend your ener gies to lullaby their fears and assure them 'tis best 44 to bear the ills we have than lly to others we know" not of" for if some other company should buy out your pets they might doublo tho present reasonable tariff, and then ichor would yon be ? con vincirg argument are suited to your calibre, go iu Tony. Assuage the fears, and be soothing sj-rup to those who represent tho Fifteen Tons, for thoso who in proportion have the One tou contracted, have no uso for vour commiseration. Remarkable Clan of Religious Lunatics. St. Lcuis, Sept. 2. Tho Globe Democrat has a. letter from Kensett, Ark., detailing some atrocities com mitted by a religious sect called Cobb, at Gum Springs, White coun ty. It appears an old man named Cobb rules the community, and is regarded by his followers as Jesus and is obeyed accordingly. For some time past singular noises have been heard at Gum Springs, and a few daysago C. D. Humphreys and a Mr. Blake determined to ascertain the cause. They therefore visited tho locality, ami as they wero passing the hut from which issued the strange sounds, a man named Dover one of the Cobb'tics, accosted them, saying God was in the hut, and in vited them to enter and seo him. They alighted from their bnggy, nd Humphreys was at once seized by four men, and Blake by four women. Blake broke loose from hi.s captors and ran about a hundred yards, when on looking back, he saw the men cut ting Humphreys to pieces with long knives. He hastened to to an and reported the case, and r. party of cit izens at once started for the scene of the murder. Oa arriving at tho springs, they found Humphreys' head cut off and stuck on a fence paling. A boy, riding by, hail been compelled to get off his horse, bow to the head three times and utter a prayer. A parley ensued between tho leader of the citizens. J. C. Black, and Dover, of the Coblutes, during which the latter took Hum phreys' head from the fence several times, and shook it back and forth and replaced it on the paling, at the same time ordering the citizens to leave. At last Dover and his crowd advanced on Black and his p. arty in a meanacing manner, and the latter fired upon thein.killing two men and wounding another. Hie remaining four men, four wo'iion an I two chil dren were arrested and taken to jail. There was great excitement among the people, and 13-nching was threat ened. Next day a preliminary exam ination was held and all the parties released. They talk incessantly about their religion, and there seemed little doubt but they were all crazy from tho effect of religious excitement and starvation. Later advices from Arkansas say tho coroner's inquest held on the body of Humphreys returned a ver dict that L. B. and J. M. Dover, Titomas Gainly, John aud Eliza beth Nelson were principals, and John Clementins and Lee Dover accessories. L. S. Dover and Thomas Gainly were kill ed by the posso making the arrest. Old Cobb escaped to the woods, and at last accounts was not captured. It appears Cobb came from Michi gan where he taught these atrocious doctrines until driven out. He first settled in southeastern Missouri, where he made a few converts, and, it is said, offered up infants as sacri fice. Ho was driven away from there with hi3 fanatical followers, and went to the White country and in duced a few more ignorant people to joiu him. Tho accounts received do not give any reason or cause for the attack upon Humphreys and Blake, and the murder of the former, but tho Cobbities seem to have been rought up to a high degree of re ligious excitement and frenzy, and were urged on by old man Cobb, who had taught his followers ho was not only Christ iu person, but he ut tered the decrees of God hirnself ;that anything they did was devoid of Tronc. Poor Lo Means Business. Last Monday afternoon a dispatch was receive! by Gen. O. O. Howard to the effect that the young men Fin- ley and McN all who killed an In dian in the Wallowa last spring, should be surrendered to them. In the event of a refusal they threaten to burn the valley in one week. A company of cavalry has been sent out by the commanding officer, Fort Walla Walla. COURTESY OF BANCROFT ""LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, TELEGRAPHIC NEVS. Eastern New Yokk, Sept. 1. The Ilerald pub'ishes an interview with Gov.Sey mour this morning. The governor j says : 44 Yestarday morning I re- ceived a letter from my physician for hiiiiiintTmo makinfr unv mental or physical effort, and declaring that the acceptance of this or any other public position would be det rimental if it did not prevent my ul timate recovery. In view of these facts it will be impossible for me to accept the nomination, and I so in formed the gentlemen of Saratoga, who waited upon me this morning, requesting my acceptance." WASHixGTON,Sep. 1124 clerks out of the 800 employed in the war de partment and its various bureaus were to-day discharged on account of the recent action of Congress or dering a reduction in tho clerical force of the departments. At the request of the Senator Mit chell, instructions from the War Department will be forwarded im mediately with reference to the com mencement of the work on the canal and locks at tho Cascades of the Co lumbia river. The secretary of the War assured Senator Mi chell an examination and survey of Coos Bay, Oregon with a view to the improvement of the com mercial advantages at that point, shall be made of the $40,000 approp riation for such surveys. Senator Mitchell has secured an increase of mail service on the route from Jacksonville to Brownsborough Oregon, from a weekly to a semi weekly service; also a mail service from Bridge Creek to upper Ochoco. New Yokk, Sep. 3. The Demo cratic dilemma intensifies every hour. The World, Albany Aryus and some other journals propose ignoring Sey mour's declination altogether and marching on to victory under his name and banner. The Sun says it would not be advisable, fn our judg ment to put either Dorsheimcr or Potter in nomination for the first place on tho ticket. Some conspic uous Democrat of long standing in tho party and of necessary repu tation in the state should bo nomi nated: such a man, for instance, as Hand, of Albany, or Lord, of Utiea. The Sun says we would respectfully advise that a few gentlemen who have become rather conspicious in the campaign, should be promitly withdrawn. Among these, W. S. Andrews and Mr. Pel ton, a relative of Mr. Tilden, may be mentioned. They are gentleman of much activity no doubt, but not qualified to be trusted with the power of ruining or even injuring important public con cerns. J. Thomas Springs and S. I Fairchild might also, at the same time, be restored to that privafe life which wo trust they may long con tinue to adorn. Seymour lias telegraphed" to the Associated Press that he gave Ma-gone- his letter of declination- Ma gnne, who is at Albany to-night, de nies that he liu3 the letter, but will give the public deiiuit information relative to the subject to morrow or next day. Magouo does not want even this statement made public. Washington. Sept. 4.- The IT. S. in Attorney General has issued full structions to U. o. marshals as to their duties in the coming elections to the effect that all citizens must be fully protected at their registra tion lists and while voting, also pro tected from any violence which may be threatened for having voted as they deem proper. Special deputy marshals are to bo appointed in cities only of 20,000 inhabitants and upwards. In discharge of duties, marshals can call upon all civilians or tho militarj", or ever service they may be, State law or oilicers can them. citizens in what and no impede Chicago, Sept. 4, The Times' Washington special &iyx: Tho charges concerning Tilden's failure to pay proper income tax is to be judicially tried. Correspondence was ijegun with t ie commissioner of internal revenue, and yesterday tho second letter from district attor ney Bliss was received at the inter nal revenue bureau on tho subject of Tilden's so-called delinquencies Commissioner Eaiun said he did not feel at liberty, to make tho tenor of the correspondence public, but he could say that Mr. Bliss was of opin ion that suit ought to bo instituted against the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. The commis sioner, however said he was entirely free from political prejudice in the matter, and what he advised had been without regard to tho promi nent position now occupied by Mr. Tilden. Ho adds that in his opinion the years 18G-2 and 1833 are tho only ones concerning which suit can be brought. How far the suits will be Xressed is doubtful but at any rate the suit3 cannot be completed until some months after tho election. New- Yokk. Sept. 4. Tin case brought by Moultou against Beecher for $50 ,000, for malicious prosecution, was up to-day in the Brooklyn courts, on motion of Sherman for a chango of venue as it is thought would bo easier to procure a jury in some other country than New York, or King's county. Sherman submit ted a number of affidavits from Beecher and others to that effect. Gen. Pryor, for tho plaintiff, object ed, and moved to dismiss the case, as he thought the court has no jur isdiction' in regard to it. Jur'.ge Dykeman decided to consider Pryor's motion, first leaving Shearman's motion to stand over for this week. The Democratic State Convention i: officially requested to re-convene on Wednesday, Sept. 13th, at noon, at Saratoga, to nominate a candidate for Governor, in place of Horatio Seymour, declined. Chicago, Sept. 4. Tho Tribune's Washington special says: Gen. Geo. P. Buell, Lt.-Col., 11th Infantry.has been ordered to Cheyenne Indian agency, on the Missouri river iu Da kota to command the troops recently ordered there to arrest and disarm all hostile Indians coming there. Gen. Buell has jast arrived from the department of Texas with his whole regiment. The Tribune's Washington dis patches received here shows that Judge Settle, Republican candidate for Governor in North Carolina, was prevented by a rebel mob from speaking at Charlotte, the homo of Congressman Vance. Settle's oppo nent is the ferocious rebel whose speech is now so widely quoted. White River Junction, Vt.,Sept. that the fixcitin? canvass of the past few weeks will culminate to-day in bring ing to the polls nearly every voter in the State. Free conveyance is fur nished every voter. Reports from all quarters show that no such en thusiasm has been manifested since Lincoln's first election, Republi cans consider there is strong proba bility of an increase of 5,000 votes over" their majority of 1S74. and the Democrats are sanguine the elec tion will show a reationary senti ment in favor of their party. WoKCHESTEK.Sept. 5. The Republi can State Convention assembled here to-day, and Van H. Beard was chosen temporary chairman. A resolution giving women voice and voto in pri mary meetings of the party was re ceived with applause and hisses and referred without debate. Hon. Geo. S Boutwell was selected chair man, and addressed the convention at great length. On motion of Geo. F. Hoar, Alex. S. Rice was nomi. nated Governor with but a single dis senting voice, and Horatio G. Knight was nominated by acclamation for L'eut. Governor. Theticketwas completed as follows : II. B. Pierce. Secretary of State : Julius L. Clarke, State Auditor : Charles Endicott, State Treasurer ; Charles R. Train, Attorney General. Pacilic Coast. Salem, Se;:t, 3. A man named R. S. Briggs, who has been chop ping wood below town entered the Conerress Hall saloon this morning, exhibiting a pistol which he desired lo sell to the proprietor. While handling the weapon it was dis charged, the ball ent ring his breast. He stood still a few seconds, the pipe lie was smoking dropped from his month and he fell backwards on the floor dead. The coroner's jury re turned a verdict of accidental shoot ing. Ho was about 35 years of ago aud 'has relatives living near Cor vallis. Oregon. Svx Fr..vxcis,o, Sept, 2. Eighty five cases of smallpox reported for the week ending last night. Total cases reported to date CGi). Seventy two deaths occured during the month of August, Sax Fkaxcisco, Sept. 4. A nam hcv of city officials, railroad men, capitalists, journalists, Sec, left on on the southern Pacific railroad this afternoon to witness tho driving of tho last spike to-morrow on that branch of road connecting Los Au geles with this city. Edwin Booth opened in Hamlet to night at tho California theater to an audience which fil'.o I every foot' of standing room in tho auditorium. He was enthusiastically received a:i I repeatedly called before the curtain. foreign. Constantinople, Aug. 31. Tho council of ministers and great dig nitaries of the empire have proclaim ed Abdul Il.traid Sultanvice Mural, deposed. Tiio hop crop is a third snort of last year, and Belgium but a half crop. Constantinople w.i illuminated on the 31st nit. in honor of the ncjv Suit in. Allof th; present ministers will remiin in otlie. London, Sept. 2. Besides the failures in the Cleveland iron tr i there, has been an unusual number of smaller bankruptcies announced do: ir;g the week in trade and manuf.-f tures. wit' 1 liabilities from id to 10,0 .10. Advices from Dun l-o report great d ::.": -si on in trade J there. A forp.n-.jh t ago ou ; of t 1 ; i largest works in tbft town eloM-d. i throwing nr-aiiv -2 (i-fd : rs-ns out of Olii'ilovuk'tit. Yi e l". 1 :t v eii ;e & Simpson announced that ono of their mills would elose Timvs lay next, 1 and also iniimited a possibility "of : having to dispt.:i;;- with their weavers Lviwwii oo r.n-l ... ' 1:1 :vinit,!(r 1 mill. At the sami time the Manches j ter JC.'-'unim r to day reports the faii ; ure of Messr s Strahi.ug, t a and su gar merchant.; of Mo ov iv'issja, wtiii targe l'.:itMUl:os, ot v .-1 tlv h S75-.) 000 fa-Is on Eo:!and I ,rr.:i tit.- !---i :ep 2. rrrsh rii-on- val-i oi hv.ssiiin reinforcements '. linue to reach us and to pass on to tho front. I 1 1 1 v Rnssian oilicers camo last nig ui ana lortv others with their Cossacks to day. Tin's in eludes sorai! officers of tho Czar's imoenal Guard, and 111 of their comrades have leave of absence for Servia. Russian officers declare they hive saved Servia. It is stated they drive tho Servians to battle when necessary with pistol and sa bre, and shoot down laggards re- morsely. London, Sent. 5 At a larg3 meet ingheld inRoehdale last night, to pro test against Turkish atrocities, a let ter from John Bright was read Bright said it is now understood throughout the world that England is the main if not the one supporter ot lnrkish rule in Europe. Had it acted with Russia and the ot her pow ers, it is almost certain that the Ser vian war would not have occurred. But for the confidence caused by tho support of Eugland, the Turks would not have dared to commit tho horrid crimes of which thev have been guil ty in Bulgaria. Those crimes are not new. what is new, i3 that En gland cannot see crimes until news papers describe them and that an English minister treats them as small account as the common incidents of war. England should clear her self of all partnership in the interests and policy of Turkey. It is a part nership unneccessary to our interests and degrades us in tho estimation of every Christian nation. -. . o A CtmiosiTY. The Chicago Tri bune of A ugust 23d has the follow ing : Tho casual observer of the Palmer House yesterday saw something of a curiosity exposed on the marble counter in the shapo of a portion of a whi to-oak tree from which projec ted the firmly-imbedded horns of a deer This curiosity was discovered on tho bank of the Willamette River, nearSalem, Oregon, by George Cur tis, Macomb, III., who now has it in his possession, and will place it amoung the curiosities exhibited at the Cen tenuial. The tree was 30 inches in circumference and at the ground and the horn was found imbed ed in the tree 9 inches from the ground. Mr. Curtis had it done up in a shawl strap, and was exhibiting it to curiosity-lovers and selling them pho tographs thereof. Tho very natural question, "How did those horns get there," remains unsolved. -Appearances indicate SUMMA1SV Ol' STATli SEH'S. Roseburg calls for moro carpen ters. Peaches $2 per bushel at Rose-' burg. All the carpenters about Pendle ton are busy. Portland has organized a Hayes and Wheeler Club. A citizen of Chehalem lost an ear in a row last week. The Good Templars lodge at Eu gene is a thing of the pa-:t. W. M. Hand of the Mountain eer, has started to the Centennial. The cargo of tho Ajax frm As toria last week wras valued at $9G,950. Seattle hoodlums roll lumber off the wharves on Indians passing in ca noes. It is said the Douglas county small-pox patient died of exposure and neglect. The young ladies' reception at Sal em last Friday evening was a success in every particular. The wheat crop of Douglas county is one-fourth short. Barley and oats are a full average, Prof. Collier, of Forest Grove, has accepted a professorship in the Wil lamette University. A forty-three-inch cucumber was raised this season by Uncle Ed De lashmntt at Dallas. Hop picking will commence on tho McKenzio next week. Pickers will be paid 37 cents per box. Eleven Umatilla Indians passed through Baker City last week on their way to join Gen. Crook. Five new families, one of which has ten children, h . ve recently set tled at Bonanza, Lake county. The O. S. N. Co. is carrying from 170 to 500 tons of wheat and flour from the Dalles every day. For th.e benefit of the new steam boat line, Benton county has pledg ed to ship 8o,000 bushels of grain. A drove of fine horses and mules wero started from Roseburg last week loli ml a market in California. The fine steamer Geo. W. Elder reached Portland last Tuesday morn, ing 70 hoars from San Francisco Wm. Anderson, of Salem, fel from a wagon last Friday, and susl tained a fracture of the collar bone. Ayoungm.in named Pringle, who had his leg thrice amputated at Sa lem died from the eii'ects lust Fri day. Tho Fru't Prerorvin Company of Albany has been running to its ful lest capacity the past two or three weeks. .Thirty-one neros of wheat were re cently cut in Umatilla, comity in sev en hours by a single-gear VI foot cut header. MY. Wn. II. Pick vood, of Ba ker City, was terribly injured by a vicious cow, a few days ago, but will recover. Four th is n 1 b -shels of wheat w.ii p.;;c:ia .-;:. 1 at week at six-v cent.- i;:e:i City l;;t per bu.hel, de- ! iivered 011 the ears. Tue diivetnrs of the Union County Agricultural S ei tv l ave ordered rth of silverware to distrib ute at the coming fair. Tha people of I'.ilk count.- are in d-.bt to too 11:11.) nit of abo it ."). 0J0. There is abont :?-2, ) J.-M in gross property aud about .t?i.l:K),000. taxable. Mr. A. Ilurgren r.f Portland, has bef n missing spice h;st. t-!at r.nlj;y. and it is feared that lie drowned hhn self. Toe Oregon Furniture M.m nfactoring Co. offer a reward of 100 for his recovery. Thousands of bushels of wheat are being hauled from Weston to ide Whitman station. Ar?d yet v. e learn that two thirds of t.'.e entire yield from that section of Umatilla county will be held and stored for a better price. The bodv of A. Ilurgren w.u re covered last Tuesday at Portland. Tho verdict of the coroners jury was that he came to his death on the 31st of August, 1876, by drowning in the Willamette river, while in a 'it of temporary insanity. Tho amount of wool sheared in Douglas county thus far this year is greater than ever before, and will ex ceed the yield of former years by many thousand pounds. The wool is also better being very long and clean and of an unusually fine grade. According to tho assessment roll there are iu Lane county this year, 5,3(55 horses and mules. 13,235 cat tle, 43.SG2 sheep. The value of all property in the county is !4,G05,235. on which there is an indebtedness of 1,331,109 aud 321,755 worth is ex empt. Messrs. Badollet' & Co., of As toria, awarded first prize, a watch valued at 00, to Charles Street, and second prize a watch valued nt 50, to Charles Brown for the highest and second highest number of sal mon caught during the season by tishermen at that cannery. A runaway at Stayton on the 1st caused the breaking of Miss Jones' arm and dislocating her shoulder. the breaking of three rili for her brother-in-law, and the probable killing of her married sister, who was at the time in a very critical condition, besides badly bruising Mr. jor.es and two other daughters. The Dallas Itemizsr says: "Sev eral Indians have told us that they expect a very severe winter in the coming one. That every one of their signs would indicate one of the hardest winter this country has wit nessed lor many years. They are very anxious to work in order to'get " grub " enough to last them through as they believo thero will be no weather this winter that will allow them .to do much at their usual winter's occupations, viz: chop ping wood, making rails and grub bing. It remains to be seen how reliable their prediction is. How ever, there is no gainsaying tho fact that they sometimes hit. Tho salmon in Paget Sound aro not so abundant as usual. A Savage Article. That fearful disease polthma the cause of the death of an old farm er in the valley a few days ago. 1" paroxysm came on hjai iQ i -6 shape Ua I will soon breath my last brcatl, I have 110 fear of mortal Wj? From this mortal body will ri The pure spirit that never ai's L.ot the tell-tale tattlers keen Their tongues while I sleet' While there is one tattling tAn The Millennial dav can Iftattlingtogueswereoluihied),U' Then peace on earth would reiff,', A. Savage And he suicided immediately after Young man or young woman, if yo' have contracted this dreadful lis easo, beware ! Stop before it is too late. Let not any ditliy ramb of yours changeuddenly from strophe to anti-strophe. Do not essay aim. eration or sibillation, lest in some grand cilmacteric of Iambic, Toa will be forced toexclaim, 'l"aia bust." Take pills, take Tarrant's aperient, take soothing syrup for heavens sake, do not take to poetry ; there is nothing so melan cholious, that so racks the mind from its natural state, as the vast upheaving of the sensorium when metamopher and fancy must he yoked to something sublunay and sensible. Quit. . . TIIl It 3 TO HI Aii ITHMs. Queen's circus cleared C,000 in Salt Lake City. Tho Mormons voted the Indian women at tho recent election in the City of Saints. Never since the discovery of pre cious metals in Utah have the mines looked so well. Yesler has contracted for three fourths of a mile of the Seattle and Walla Walla railroad. A man named Turner belonging to Kitsap couuty has been taken to the insane asylum at Steilacooin. A proposition has been made to remove the jam in the Nootsack ri ver for 500, and it s to do the whole work or receive no pay. During 1 tst;veek heavy frosts visit ed some local. ties in Clarke couut ty. At Fern prairie potato tops were killed, and late corn was nip ped down on Lewis river. At tho Seattle court, the lottery keepers Val Wild man and Joseph Fares wer found guilty of gam bling, and Thos. Jones was imlietwl for robbery, and Thos. McLane con victed seas. f grand larceny on the liijdi I-TEW TO-DAY AJmi:iislr.!tor's Solii?. "YOTKS IS 51KH-:HV filVKX THT jlN l hay-' bi"i !!;-.;i!:it -i l,v the Hun. Con nfy "ourt of 'I'H'!;,!ims County, Hat--ol' Ur ran, ;i.!,i!:!ijs:r:il;;rni' t li-' st ;iif nf A. J. Art::. "Soil, i .;) s !. t ii- T'Ior i r smiis li:t i::;4 i.i il. s if'.;! sai.ii-stiiti1 will i r-; t!i-ta t,.:i-.;t t ! !Vt t!W in t r jio.i ' i:y, !,:; .;:;!,,;! ce.ntty, ',-tW of i.Mio:i, willi j ro; r voi.va.-rf-, witliiiiMX ui:jiit.is froai U.ilf. j. yt. ijacox. Oron .'it;--, S ;!. Ttl;, 1 stiv-it. Ad'r. -k isiistraicr's u'A ?. YfiTIC." IS liKriJIV OIVEX TISAT x " I h;;v !.': point' u ulii.itiistr.itor .! in ," t "or V';i:i-oi: . !-ir, l"vas,il, !y th- It mi. (V)ii:i:y o"irt,"f Sa.'k:itn:i ooi! n y, St J ' or i !r-'fn, t ii-T-for -, ail r : iv::ir ciai.as ::.:ri-;t sisit-, i 1 p-.!!:. tri'-i.! ti in- it :i r,-r vv.:r!iTs, :tt t ho !:'.?' i .Johnsnii t Mo ('own. In Or ii City, ' I.u U 1 aias v ninty, Stat" oi Orv: a, wiriiiti six months trotu this l.i;. . a i nr.; w 11s1i. Or.-va City, s 7th, KSo-lt A-1T. 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Subscription price, SI .10 PEU YEA II, including postal. Sample number, 20 cents. Address the publisher, ,. Sam i nr.. P. O. P.ox 3, l'ortland, Orepon Remittances can be made by repst reu letter or bv order on any of the PJ?,u,ul Iiusiiu-ss Houses. sei'ti ,n' PUBLIC LAHD"8ALEr" U. S. Land Office, Oreoox City, J OTICE IS HEnKBY CI VEX THAT in pursuance of instructions iron tn Commissioner oft ho Genera! 1-a na - under authority vested In him by s-.cu 2.4-ofthc lie vised Statutes ot th 1 " ' States, we shall proceed to otfer at l'""nt sale on the .tn tiny o "f"ui this 1 lands Sei of Sec. T IS t! 5 Si; H. 3 W., and Lot 3 of Sec. J b, 1. 11.4. W. All persons ha vine l'"'" d- risrhts to any oruon oi sani ""V"-' "" nont vised to make proof thereof ami l , before the day above desipnat -d Balc.othertvlsMhlrriffh OWEN WAPE. W" T. It. HARRISON, AVcnirr. Sept. 1. 1S7C :lt. FfliLLSHERY GOODS ! Tt ST RECEIVED, AT IK?v2ftnd Warren's Millinery 0nnery eleg-ant stock of latest styles of Mill""" and Indies' Furnishing CJoods, for tnc SPRiKG TRADE, Which will bo sold at reasonable prfc- Endies livimrin thpcountry.favorinp wit h t heir orders, will find tliem pn..i - attended to. ..,--v One door south of Dr. Welch's office Oregon City, March 17, 1S70.