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OREGON CITY, OREGON, SOY, 10, 1876,
The rrofcaWe Result.
Hayes' Klectlon ClafmeU Ty One EIer-(
toral Vote.
Oregon Kctlccuiedl
O
Up to the hour of going to press,
the news received by telegraph -with
reference to the elections seesaws in
such a waynow the probabilities
neing for ITayes, and next for Til
den that we are left olmost wholly
to lean upon or hopes for conjec
ture as to the final result, it would
seem that Ilayes was- elected by "tho
follow ids' voter
Jfaye. TVdcn.
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Colorado
California
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa,
Illinois
Kentncky
Kansas.
Louisiana.
Maine
Maryland .......
Massachusetts. . .
Mississippi
Minnesota
Missouri
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire .
North Carolina. .
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania. . -.
Rhode Island
South Carolina . .
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia. . .
Vermont
Wisconsin
10
G
G
11
15
11
21
5
8
7
12
8
8
is
35
9
10
11
3
w
o
22
21)
1
7
12
8
II
5
W Totals
185
18-1
We don't feel like crowing any yet,
and we may possibly have to remodel
our count in the next issue.
Oregon has gone 'Republican by
about 800 majority, and is a sour
grape for our Democratic friends
who have been routed, horse, foot
and dragoons, everywhere so far as
heard from. We expect to be able
to give the full vote in our next
issue.
The Liquor Law.
o
A bill was raised by the Legisla
ture making it a j cnal offense, pun
ishable by a fine of one hundred dol
lars, to sell spirituous or intoxicating"
liquors to minors, or to persons who
are intoxicated or in the habit of be
ing intoxicated. This forfeiture may
be collected at suit of any citizen of
the county where the offense is com
mitted against tho bond of the liquor
dealer. This law, we look upon as
one of the lest a fi d by the Legis
lature, for we feel confident that the
most depraved man in this country
would not desire that boys have a
free run of the faloons, or that they
be legally able to contract a habit
in their youth to destroy them in
their older years. We suppose that
the part of the law which prohibits
the sale of liquor to persons intoxi
cated or in tho habit of being intoxi
cated will lead to endless litigation.
Tho wives of inv b ?a1e dr:iikers will
sue the liquor sellers, and often a
drunken man will do the same be
cause he was sold "rum" whilo in
c toxicated. We are glad the law has
passed, but fear that it will be the
occasion of more law suits than have
ever passed through chancery.
The patent office at Washington
shows itself to have been more than
self-supporting during the past year.
Its receipts for fees and other ser
vices were 8787,000 and all its ex
penses, including salaries, were but
001,000. There were 22,208 appli
cations received for patents, and 15,
911 patents issued, during the year,
besides 3.G13 patents allowed, but
not issued, for want of the final fee.
Also 1,037 trade-marks and 499
labels registered, and 2,913 caveats
filed. Ouly two patents were extend
ed. Tho government agricultural re
port of the condition of the cotton
crop through October gives tho fol
lowing per cents, of the condition for
the several states: North Carolina,
84; South Carolina, 80; Georgia, 85;
Florn!, 80: Alabama, 70; Mississippi,
83 j Lonisiana, 82; Texas, 91. Ten
nesse, 91. The impairment has been
caused by the equinoctial storm in
North Carolina, drought and rust in
Georgia, caterpillar in Florida and
Alabama, the boll worm in Arkan
- Bas, and frost in Tennessee.
o
The biennial report on the pro
gress of Oregon gies the white pop
nlation of the state in 1875 as about
105,000. ngainst 87,000 in 1870, but.
though the growth of population is
slow, a prodigious- amount of wealth
is produced. Nearly GO 000 acres of
land are under cultivation, G,250,000
bushels of wheat were raised, over
3,000.000 bushels of grain. I,SG3,000
pounds of wool, 1.555,000 pounds of
butter besides 4,800 barrels of sal
mon and 80,000 cases of canned sal
mon, the salmon fisheries alone be
ing valued at 2,000,00. a year.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Maine.
New York, Nov. 7. Maine is Re-
publican by 15,000.
Maryland
Baltimore, Nov. 7. Tilden's
ma-
Jority 10.000-
Georgia.
Georgia is Democratic by
50,000
or 00,000.
Nevada.
Dispatches from Virginia City to
the Democratic State central com
mittee concedes the State to the Re
publicans by 800.
Mississippi.
Louisville; Ky., Nov. 7. Private
news from all over Mississippi re
ports the election of five and perhaps
more Congressmen, and sa3S the
State is Democratic by over 30,000.
Information f omsame sonrces states
that in Louisiana the straight tickets,
so far counted in the city of New
Orleans, show a Democratic plural
ity. RUode- Inland
Providence, Nov. 7. Partial re
turns from all parts of the State
show Ilayes will have from 5,000 to
G,000 majority.
Alabama.
MosTiioMEKY, Ala., Nov. 7. Elec
tion quiet throughout the State. As
far as heard from Hayes' majority in
i this citv will le 1,000. The few box
es, heard from indicate a large Demo
cratic majority in the State. It is
safe to say seven Democratic Con
gressmen are elected. .
New Jersey.
New Jersey Nov. 7. The State
has gone Democratic by 13,000.
Iu-vvn.
Iowa goes Republican by 45,000,
and elects all member of Congress.
Urrgon.
This State has gone Republican,
electing Williams to Congress, and
the Republican electors. The ma
jority is probably 500. to 700; Com
plete return may reduce it, or may
run it up to 1,000.
New York, Nov. 7. New York
county: Tilden, 112,208; Ilayes,
58,050. Tilden's majority, oJ,uoO.
Three hundred and sixteen towns
outside of New York and Brooklyn
show a net Democratic pain of 3,53(3.
Brooklyn probably is 12,000 Demo
cratic. Tilden's majority in Kings county,
including Brooklyn, 17,088.
Buffalo City gives a Democratic
gaiu of 3.41G.
Sonlli Carolina.
Charleston, Nov. 7. Official re
turns from various parts of the
i State show large Democratic gains
ever where compared with the vote
of two years ago.' No Republican
pain yet reported anywhere. The
Democratic committee are'jubilant.
yii n ii oho t n.
St. Pail, Nov. 7. All. returns
from Minnesota indicate a heavy lie
publican majority. All candidates
for Congress are elected.
Michigan.
Detroit. Michigan, shows a Demo
cratic gain, but the State seems Re
publican by 10, 00 majority.
IUitioix.
Illinois is estimated Republican
by 20,000 majority.
Indiana.
Indianapolis. Nov. 7. Returns
from 80 townships give Tilden 13,
37G au.l Haves 13.134. The same pla
ces in October pave Williams, 13,
Connecticut.
Hartford. Conn.. Nov. 7. Fifty
nine townships including Meriden,
the onlv city vet reporting, gives
Hayes 11.007; Tilden, 13,335; Hayes'
majority, 1,050, Hayes' vote over
Robinson's last spring. 3,280; Til
den's over Ingersoll, 1,190. Those 57
towns gave st Democrattc majority
last spring of 1,028; Republican
gain. 2,090.
IIartfort. Nov. 7. Democratic
majority 30,000.
Nov. 8. Republicans claim the
State by GOO majority.
N'wrtli enroll na.
Wilmington,Nov. 7 .-Returns thus
far received show almost universal
gains. Wilson, county gives a Dem
ocratic gain of 400. Indications all
favor a decided Democratic majority
in the State. Republicans claim the
State by a small majority, hnt admit
it is very close. Democrats claim
the State by 5,000 to 10,000.
California.
Nov. 8. The State has gone Re
publican by over G.000.
The Latest.
New York, Nov. 8. There is
growing confidence in Hayes' elec
tion. Crowds already cheering
for President Hayes. Times, Herald
and Tribune claim Hayes election b
one. Columbvs, Nov. S.--There is
great excitement here over the an
nouncement that Hayes is elected.
His Trivate Secretary is sending out
telegrams claiming a majority of one
for Hayes,
Chicago, Nov. 8. Democrats ad
mit the resnft defends on Florida.
The supposed keeper of the b-nes
of Tom Paine died recently in Ens
laud.
ile kept his dark secret well
having only affirm, d vnon ,.,. i,
had them in his possession, hating
received them from flrvt
took them there from America.
When asked further in re-ra d to H.p
matter he refn ed answer, and it is
now feared it will never be known
what Las been become of the bones.
There
in being a f ill-blooded negro after
an. uut of !J00 deaths in Savannah
in.ui yenow lever since August i
not one full-blooded black nor
is included in the list, and none have
uaa the fever
A Vienna journal has invented the
story that Russia made a treaty with
... miru oiaies, m Augnst. by
which the former ceded Okhotsk,
"... u.ij.u-enr territories, to the lat
Cr,' ,,,)L1'?"P fo-r .veral ironclads
uu xo,owuiWv roubles.
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
Philadelphia , Oct. 11th, 1S76.
Once again within the charmed
precincts of the Main Hall, the de- I
scriptive indication reigns supreme, !
and down the winding aisles wo go
to gaze on treasures from afar. Of
course, tho varied exhibits have ex
perienced no material change of ap
pearance since last our pen faintly
summarized their beauties; but cer
tain representative displays seem
worthy of renewed attention, and to
these we shall now refer:
Twenty-two acres sheltered by a
single poof, and abounding in pavil
ions, show-cases, monuments and
fountains, and floating the insignia
of thirty-six countries and their col
onies tho richest and most powerful
of earth is a sight well calculated
to improve our Yankee self-complacency.
The immensity of the expo
sition is grand in the extreme far
transcending in its complexity ordin
ary comprehension.
Fassing Mexico's rich mineralog-
ieal collection, wo enter the triumph
al archway inscribed in letters of
emblazoned gold "TheNetherlands."
Great maps, illustrative of the recla
mation of Znyder Zee, grace the
walls; Hollands choicest products
load the-tables; and copies of every
work notable in Dutch literature, gay
in morrocco and vellum, fill the sur
rounding cases. Belgium shows a
wonderful piece de resistance in a
carved pulpit huge, in size and sub
lime in execution around which are
tastefully grouped articles suggestive
of that productive land and industri
ous people. Brazil's mauresquo pa
vilion opens to the gaze glittering
stores of precious stones, auri feronn
and argentiferous ores, and other
products of her distant province:-!
and vast territorial possessions.
Next, Switzerland stocks her booths
with rare curiosities of delicate hand
iwork and patent labor Swiss-coi-tape
clocks, musical boxes and tovs.
Adjoining is France and hsr colonies.
The prevailing idea of modern Gal
lia, appears to be an orderly arrange
ment. Silk and ceramics aro dis
played in regal splendor and profus
ion. A porcelain set of chamber
furniture of remarkable beauty and
yet studied simplicity, is appraised
at 100,000 francs, for which price
(32f),0C0) it awaits a long expected
purchaser. Jewelry and bijouterie
glitter from hundreds of cozy recep
tacles, and delicate patterns of ex
quisite laces arid Increased attractive
ness to costly show-eases.
Tho Central Pavilion is devotM to
the ornamental art, and here the
principal nations msss their skilled
workmanship in friendly competition
for artistic honors. England dis
plays a collection of gold ami silver
plate, enamelled ware, and numerous
electrotype reproductions of antique
works of metallic art. Tho 'Helicon
Vase," the result of six years of pro
found study and assiduous labor,
occupies a 2-rominent position. It is
a superb repoussee design represent
ing the progress of Poetry and Scnlp
tare, and is valued r.t 30,000. Ger
many is distinguishable by a rich
display of majolicas and delicate
glass fabrics. The porcelain exhibit
is nnsArpassed, and "unzer Fritz''
may well be". proud of his subject,
Konigh, the manufacturer. The prin
cipal picco, held at G,000gold, is a
vae threa feet high, embellished
with a car fully executed copy of
Raphael's ma-ter-pioco, "Aurora"
the glory of Dresden Gallery. An
other vase, commemorating G rman
ic victories and progress, is val
ued at 4,500, and is noticeable for
originality a;;d expressiveness of de
sign. France shovys a matchless
chimney-piece, compose.! of bronze
and marble, and ordered for tLe
Louvre at a cost of 05.000 francs
Surrounding which are many ot!,er
articles if the 'same and different
materials, a-1 evidencing a high or
der of workmanship and appreciation
of the beautiful. Tho Austrian sec
tion fairly bhics with glittering
glassware. TheBep.im exhibit is
simply indescribable in its beauty
and delicacy. A pitcher, marked
"only $115," is superbly lovely.
Ethereal as-a soap bubble, sparkling
translucently, it seems to have sud
denly expanded from clear and crispy
air into a forui of grace and symme
try. A decanter receives adornment
in a life-like enprav np of Phaeton
driving the chariot of the Sun: the
very breath of the horses is visible
as it issues from distended nostrils,
and one can all but feel the qui verg
ing of poor Phaeton's hands and hear
his labored breathiusr. a-s he ineffect
ually strives to curb their fievv speed
t:.,... r i i - i . ..
Some of these vases-are britrht with
colors and glowing with loveliness,
fair and delicute creations, they are
the extremes of fragility and loveli
nessthe material presentment of
melodious poesy.
To the west stands Great. Britain,
flanked by her mauy colonies. From
all these lands, some deep in the
night of antipodes, and others glori
ous in the light of northern day,
come offerings rich and rare, quaiut
and curious, ornamental and useful.
Canada and India exhibit separate
displays, and, as indicative of their
progressive achievements, are worthy
of close and studious examination
The latter shows costly camel's hair
shawls, and gorgeous brocades and
silks. The famous Docca muslin lies
in piles of intangible mist filmy and
delicate, a dress pattern in a pill-box!
Apocryphal as it sounds, we grate
fully receive the information, mus
ingly c nsider and soberly pass on.
Across the main avenne is Russia,
agreeably surprising the eight-seer
C00RT2SJnDF BANCROFT LIBRUtt,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
and exploding, 'at one fell swoop,
the popular fallacy of her pastoral
semi-warlike state of barbarism. In
india-rubber goods, , cotton, linen,
woolen fabrics -ami metais, sue iui-
njsie3 decided evidence of her proud
position as an industrial nation; but : ningarray, without a well-preserved
it is in the exhibit of jewelry, gold scalp, although it is a$ -brittle &,
and :lver ware, bronze, furs, and; charred paper aud sloughs off readily
decorated cloths articles of higher to the tpash. The hair is perfectly
lnxurv that she -appears most cred-; preserved and, by its progressive
itablv and excels most unexpectedly, j changes from the original color to
Adler of Moscow, displavs massive i silvery white, the ages may be close
oliarmincr in their ! ly approximated. Decayed " cotton
soliditv Some are perfectly plain, 4 tilling the ears and nostrils; and ban
and others "learn with bunches of , dages swarthing the limbst indicate
creamy pearls,' sparKiing niamuuus, :
softly-glow-iug' opals, lender ame- j
thysts and quivering rubies. Their !
antique designs and splendor of color j
vividlv surest Solomon in all his
clorv the days of
vast wealth and
'li:irhrif r.-arl and pold. llair
beautitiers in the form of
sheaves of golden wheat sprinkled
with diamonds, look liko blades of
rustling grass glistening with drops
of purest water. Punch bowls, ladles
and cups of exquisite workmanship,
are profusely distributed throughout
the section, and add their quota of
attractions to the scene.
Other than the adornment of pre
cious gems, many articles are decor
ated by arabesque designs wrought,
in tula'work, and by the still more
difficult and costly process of dam
asking. In oxidized and rcjoussee
silver efforts, the Russians are unex
celled. Ropoussee, let me explain,
for the benefit of the uninitiated, is j
a style of high metal relief work, in
which the projecting figures are all
hammerer! out from Indiind, instead
of being stamped or c-ist as is the
more customary method. The amount
of time, patience, and artistic skill
required is almost incredible, and
far exceeds in value that .f the coni
nosincr metal. "The Adoration of
the Magi," a standard production of j
this style, in valued at 7.000. of'
which sum probably one hundredth
part is represented by raw material,
the remainder being involved in
skilled labor mental and manual
The bronze display takes rank with
that of semi-precious stones. Of the
latter a malachite mantle-piece and
accompanying clock, nr.! held at
1(),(M)0; a pair of vases of the same
material, two feet high, at 5,000;
lapis lazuli table, eighteen inches in
diameter, at 750; ami all else pro
portionately -
"All common good bas common price ;
Exceeding good, exceeding.
In furs, it is unnecessary to say that
Russia is unequalled. A sable cloak
of rare beauty is labeled 2,700, gold;
a black fox collar, 1,200; and so on
ad infinitum to the speedy depletion
of the purchaser's pocket-book and
the visitor's rapturous astonishment.
Next, we encounter a mural en
closure surmounted by thegli tering
arms of Spain. A triumphal gate
way, triple-arched, with immitation
of pink granite and bronze facings,
and luxuriantly draped with hang
ing silk, separates Espanola's col
lection from the hurrying throngs
without. Depending from the arch
of the central entrance is a faultless
candelabrum of oxvdated silver and
brass in gothic style, contributed by i
the King. In tho porticoes, young !
Alfonso displays carved woods inlaid i
with gold, marvelous tapestries, vases I
from the Royal Museum of Madrid, j
and catalogued exhibit? from tho i
Royal Armory. A richly carved i
side-board, the hero of three interna- I
tional expositions, occupies a distin- j
guishod jMsition. Azulegos tiles j
resembling mosaics are exhibited in j
profusion of numbers and styles. Of !
damasks, woven in arabesque and '
abounding in durable colors, of la- '
dies' beautiful hosiery, wonderfully j
delicate in design and texture; and '
of woolen blankets, tho warmest and ;
downiest of coverings that e'er pro- t
-I - 1 !
lecieu seeping innocence irom a
midnight shiver, there is not space
or time to write. The whole display
is eminently creditable, and shows
that Spaiu is not yet dead to the
memory of her past glories.
The silver manufactures, works in
terra-coffee, wood ornamentation, and
furs of Denmark are passed, and
China anil Japan are before us rich
iu lacquet-ware, ornamental design-",
silks and embroideries. Nothing is
here more beautiful and delicate
tha?) the ivory carvings. They are
the very perfection of human skill.
Among those exhibited is an ele
phant's tusk, two and one-half feel
long, imbedded in a solid mass of
ebony. Carved on this is the repre
sentation of a rocky eminence raising
from out a bamboo plantation.
through the elastic canes of which
'Chinese cheap labor' is slowly push
ing its way. Beginning at the apex
of tho tusk attending up tho concave
side to tho thicker end, is an ivory
city on a mountain side wonderfully
well executed. Here are losn-housos
and palaces, shaded by pr ves of
mulberry; streets alive with march
ing military; windows graced bv
happ -looking Chinamen r und tow
ering above all, gay with bells and
banners, are tho characteristic pago
das. In the temples bow on bended
knee hundred ot CVlestnd worship
pers old and young, male and fe
male; and yet in all its glory of con
structive ingenuity, requiring three
years of patient labor, this trrand
effort brought in China but i?o'20, for
which amount it became the property
of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art.
Such is but one exhibit of many, for
great and diversified are tin ivory
treasnres displayed. In m not her sec
tion these cunning Asiatics displ iy
articles of food and medicinal com
pounds. Smoked lizards and lish,
insects and reptiles, of the most re
pulsive appearance and sickening at
tributes, usurp the place of more
civilized pills and powders. Pre
pared opium, in semi-liquid state,
occupies another cae. So powerful
is this drug that a whiff or two sends
the devoteeintohis abnormal oriental
sleep, changing scenes of pain into
dreams of indescribable peace, and
magically relegating adverse realities
into elysiums of fascinating loveli
ness. Agricultural products, .shoes,
paper and silk till the remaining
cases, while vases and broi.zes orna
ment the winding aisles.
Near by is Pern, who carries off.
without competition, the palm for
ghastly exhibitions. Everybody who
has heard of her hideous mummies
seems anxious to gaze upon their
'symmetry of outline and fullness of
proportion.' Possibly they are re
quired for variety's sake, but still it
is shocking to weak nerves to be ush
ered from scenes of surrounding
beauty into this horrible charnel
house of the 'dear departed.' The
collection embraces skeletons and
rnieTrgBr'M''
mummies of Auricanian Indians, a
race, according to the most reliable
published authority, extinct at least
two-thousand years since. The bones
are bleached and bare, but there is
hardly a skull in tho long and grin-":
me ujjuuci iu muuu mo tnc;ici.iiJS
liquid was applied; apd may suggest
a solution to the- problem of bor.y
embalming one, of the lost arts of
antiquity. To individualize, one of
the upliest ami most horrible 'beau
ties' of the collection is a female
mummy with long gray hair and
wrapped in a shroud wromght in
feathers a garment rendered as fra
gile by age that, if taken from its
glass case, tho circulating draught
would resolve it into primordial dust.
A copper spoon, for use on the jour
ney to the happy regions of the Sun,
lies cross-wise in the mouth which
is eternally shut by an ivory disc and
encircling cord. Tied around the
body, like rods on the axe of a Rom
an lictor, are knitting needles and
rolls of what once was cotton yarn;
near at hand is a little bell of pure
gold, to merrily announce her com
ing, and several pots and jars which
contained food and water, for sonl
sustenance and bodily comfort, dur
ing the trip to the distant heavenly
abode. In addition to this sombre
gallery of the- dead, there is a large
collection o-f potterv, herbs and cur-
ios thoroughly represenraxi ve or
this far-off land of Pizarro's pride. j
Argentine Republic lias an analo- i
pons exhibit, while across the aisle
Italy entices the visitor with rare
mosaic work and marvelous sculp
ture. Sweden shows an amount of
attraction ne'er dreamed of asexisting
in that region of snow and ice. Then
Norway fixes our attention with
startling jxipier-mnche tableaux of
'Folk life.' Hero stand Norwegians,
men and women, youths and infants,
clad in grotesque dresses of fur and
woolen, and copied direct from na
ture. Their attitudes are thorough'
life-like, :sml the situation suggestive
of hyperborean domesticity. A fam
i ily group exhibits costumes of all
ages; a marriage proposal snows the
bashful suitor, dubious 'papa' md
anxiou- daughter; in another two
old women are busy at tho distaff;
and so on through a lengthy array,
all of which are strikingly realistic,
but none more so than an affecting
representation entitled "A Babv's
Death." The last fluttering breath
lias just left the body, and the little
face is ghastly calm; the mother
kneels in silent agony and bitter
grief; tho grand-father leans on his
staff, sad and sorrowful; and the
poor father, holding open a Norwe
gian bible, clasps a little girl, who is.
half afraid and wholly ignorant of a
'terror' whose force exceeds her in
fantile comprehension. Devoid of
life as are the figures, wo go away,
when tho clanging bell sounds forth
the hour for departure, with heavy
sihs and aching hearts for that home
of blighted hopes and pious resigna
tion conscious that the little cofiin
always holds the tenderest sorrow.
R. M. I).
TELF.li It . V F 1 1 1 C N RW'.i.
lastern.
Pahsox, Ks., Nov. 3. Da A. G
Long, several years Indian delegate
to Washington, died to-day at Tish
omongo. capital of the Chickasaw
j nation.
j Washint.tox, Nov. 5. The Presi
! dent accepted the invition of the
j Centennial Commission to the form--j
al close of the Exhibition on the
10th ihst. He will be accompanied
to Philadelphia by members of the
Cabinet.
Washinoto.v, Nov. G. In the mat
ter of the application of Mrs. Balva
A. Lockwood for admission to prac
tic as an attorney and counsellor of
the Supreme Conrt, the Chief Jus
tice announced, as the decision of
the court, that none but men are ad
mitted to practice before it as attor
neys and connselors.
Chicago, Nov. 7. The voto for
Cooper in some interior counties is
nearly equal to that of Tilden.
CiiK'Aoa, Nov. 7, 11:15 P. M.
The following Eastern States have
certainly gone fore Tilden: Connecti
cut, Indiana; New York. New Jersey
in doubt, but probably Democratic;
Louisiana and South Carolina prob
ablv Republican.
North C irolina- is claimed by the
Republicans.
Par flic Coast.
Ri:dpXX. Nov. 4. The California
and Oregon Stage Comp itiy'b oae'i.
carrying the U. S. mails jnd W. F.
fc Go's express, was stopped lev
t hree masked higii way men la t night
at 12 o'clock, three miles north of
this place and W. F. t C's treasure
box taken, containg 1,100, and als
the registered mail pouches, all of
which were cut and broken open
and handed back to the driver. B -n
Hoiladay and party were not mo
lested. Partie- are in pursuit of the
robbers.
LVNION. Nov. 4. The R-1--SO
Turkish armistice is regarded as
highly favorable to Russia, because
it gives her time to export her
wheat crop and put her finances in
better condition. The effect on the
the European wheat market natural
ly suggests itself, lhe Turks can
only suffer by the enforced delay
and the best opinion is confirmed
that Turkey must suenmb to Russia,
and that war will notbeeome general
unless provoked by subsequent im
moderation on the part of
Russia, which is not an
ticipated. There is no reasonable
foundation for the sensational story
that Russia has already demanded
the withdrawal of Turkish troops
from Servia.
A London dispatch states that
Prince Bismarck is seriously ill.
His doctors fear softening of the
brain.
The transaction of the U. S. Land
Office at Roseburg for the month of
October amounted to 441 acres sold
for cash; ten homestead entries em
bracing 1,280 acres; twenty final
homestead entries embracing 2.752
acres; thirty pre-emption filings;
one donation certificate.
SUMMAUV OF STAT Ii SliWS.
The Chemecketa Hotel at Salem
has been closed. ; .-s.
.Wheat sells for 75 cent aljfislgej
at "Forest Grove. ;ij :.
.' Greenbacks are very, scarce in, Coos J almost incredible;
! yuiintj' juoi " ,. .wini we nave
I lliere are over c,uuv wuuna m i u.lllilll.-c. jivesrei
Portland Library.
Supreme Court will nieet the first
Monday in December. "
Eugene is reported to be free
from -the smn-H-prrx. "
r.nt four guards are now employed
at the Oregon penitentiary.
' The" small-pox is-reported to have'
disappeared from Engene City.
Tho farmers are busily : plowing
and putting in their fall grain..
Hon. W. D. Fenton is lying quite
low with typhoid fever at Sal?m.
Fifteen marriage licenses were issrt
ed in Polk county in November.'
Twelve marriage licenses were
issued in Yamhill during October.
Hon. James H. Douthit died at
his home in upper Ochoco recently.
Twentv-three houses have been
built at Buena Vista in the past two
years.
T. Cornelius. of Washingtonn
county, raised 5,000 bnshelsof pota
toes this yfar.
II. A. Grigsbv was arrested in
Jackson county for
wife last week.
shooting at his
Hon. W. R; Dr.nlwr is doing good j
service in the tempereucc cause in
Southern Oregon.
There are sixty men and firms in
Linn county who pay over 150 State
and county taxes.
The O. y C. R. R. Company is
putting down new rails between
Harrisburg and llalsey.
The University at Engene is in a
flourishing condition, the number
in attendance augmenting daily.
The Salem Statesman says: the
characters of young men in that
city are getting freckled fast.
Hawkins, who escaped from jail at
the Dalles some days ago, was recap
tured at Eugene on the second inst.
It is dttfpcult, on account of falling
timber, to keep np the telegraph
line between Coos bay and Rose
burg. The Lafayette pooplo wonder why
a boat does not come up to their
town occasionally, 'as the water is
quite high enough.
The Bishop Scott Grainmer School
is soon to l.e incorporated as a col-
! lege. It has 54 pupils enrolled, of
i which twenty-two are boarders.
Buena Vista don't want the river
(bridged at Salem. Its aspiration to
I rival the capital city wo i Id not be
promoted by the bridge proposed.
i
j The Statesman insinuates that bet
I ting on the result of the election is
I a violation of the gambling act, to
j all of which the legal fraternity de
; mur.
Niel, who killed
Halsev last week.
a Mr. Hayes at
has been indicted
for murder in the first degree, and
the trial is to begin on the th in
stant. John Willia'us and Frank Srho
field have jut been eonvie.tcd of lar
ceny from a dwellingin Linn county,
and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
The roads leading from Roseburg
to Coos Bay and Jacksonville are re
proted very muddy and heavy travel
ing. The stages on both routes are
now running on short time in cronse
quenee. -
Mr. Scott Baily, of Lane county,
who, it will be remembered, acci
dentally stuck a dirk iu hi knee last
September, after a long spell of sick
ness died on Wednesday last from
the effects.
It is reported that, a stratum con
sisting of red paint. . vellow ochre.
and cinnabar and coal, with, we sup- i
pose, a mixture of gold, silver, iron
i i - i
aim lean, has ueen aiscovereu near
Buena Vista.
The annual meeting of the board
of managers of the Oregon State
Agricultural Society will be. held at
the secretary's ofiieo, in Salem, com
mencing on Tuesday, November
2-Sih. at 10 A. M.
The Slieat Anchor, another vessel
that saded about the same time from
Empire City, and encountered the
same storm wiiicii wrecked the Per-p-tui,
is also thought to 1k lost,
with ail o-l board. t
Edward Hansen. William TI.
Ihainlette, and Frank Toinpk;ns con
victed and sentenced to the peniteij'
ti--y for robbing the U. S. Mail in
A;.te!ope Valley. have been pardoned
by the President.
At Canyon City, Ooetober 23,
1870, Miss Mary Sinclar died. - She
was a woman of questionable occu
pation, and we understand that it is
intimated at Canyon City that she
was nuisoiied. She left property to
the amount-of 40,000.
' Te P, aker 'City Demon-nt says: Fet
erltosrnns, formerly of the Virtue
Mine, shot a colored man . named
Morris in the Granite creek country
last week. The ball lodged in his
head. lie had the bajl extricated,
and is now walking around the
streets all right.
Last week Mr. Flanagan, of Em
pire City. Coos. county Treasurer,
was visited, by a burglar in the
night, who stole from- his pants the
keys of the county safe. The thief
then .robbed the safe of
;T. mill
x nny to.ooij ot tue money was
ill
suver nan uoiiars. .
G. W. C. T. Dunbar gives notice
that he has appointed fh following
State deputies; Rr. J. R. N. BelT
Colonel T. H. Car.n. William Rnssei
of Weston. Captain O. C. Appleate
B. H. Allen, T. B. Hand ley, Asa
Shreve. H. V. Grubbe, James II
Frnsh, William Grant, Rev. J. W.
Miller, Dr. J. W. Watts. Rev.E. W
Dixon, Rev. S. S. McCain, William
Harmon. William B. Carter. W. R.
James. Prof. Ii. J. Rouse. Rev. II.
C. Jenkins, B: F. Ramp, W. S. Mc
Meen. Hon. Peter Paquet. Prof. T.
H. Crawford, P. II. Fox. Isaiah
Hurt, J. E. Houston, II. N. McKin-
I ney, O. H. Walker I-
" icioria.
'Wfcavo received a letter tTn
Vietoriaays the Oxonian
Pf oh a picture of the c0 '
ditipii of tilings over ther
et the writer
no personal ac-
erence to a n-.
son
residing
in
Portland f. i -
st2?4ipg or veracity., .TuQ point of
the letter-we have not space fo
publication in full-is that the- small
tmris-an'epHienKc ther"e, Hal iIqJ o
numerous Indian camps and vil!a-e
about the borders of the city tb0 fit
thy natives"are -constantly -aviE
from the loathsome disease, ailtf" thai
persons having iatepermitM to
roam about the streets and go into
business -houses without -any effort
being made on the patt of the public
authorities to . restrain them The
writer says this utter disregard of
the prevalence of the disease, has al
ready exposed several person
u have just arrived and who were t,
apprised -of- its prevalence, t the
contagion and some have died in
conseqnence. All people on the Amer
ican side are warned to give tho
town a wide berth, and cautioned
that, if tLey disregard the, warning,
they do so at their peril. The writer
also takes the local press of Victoria
to task in very round terms for not
giving the truth to the public, and
demanding action by the local gov
ernment ior the suppression of tLo
terrible contagion.
We have given onl- a meager out
line of the case presented' bv the
writer. omitting nianv details which
seem too horrible for credence.
While we do not vouch for the ac
curacy of the story, it is evident that
there" has' been culpable neglect
for otherwise the disease could have
had no such long-continued run as it
has had iu so small a town as Victoria.
The Oregon City Locks.
The followng is a synopsi? of the
law jut passed by the Legislature in
regard to the dam and locks at this
city.
The bill f nbstantially provides
that it shall be 'unlawful for those
who - control, tbo -locks to charge
more than 50 cents per ton on
freight or ten cents -per heal for
passengers, prohibits the delay of
boats, etc. It further provides that
there shall be a board of three com
missioners elected by the Legislature
at each session, they slialf choose a
a clerk and fix his compensation.
His duties shall be to keep a register
o-f all vessels passing through the
locks, a transcript and compilation
of the freight list and nnmlier of
passengers on each vessel. The
board is authorized to bring and
maintain all proper actions of law to
compel tho company ow ning the locks
to keep them in repair, and also to
recover any forfeiture the company
m y be liable to pay for any failure
to keep and maintain the lucks.
The bill further provides the ow
ner of a boat suffering detention shall
receive from the company 50 as a
forfeit; that the boats passing thro'
shall furnish tvrn certified ... lists ef
freight one to the locks company,
the other to the clerk of the board.
These lists must be correct under a
penalty of 5 per ton on an excess
of freight on the boat abov? thf
amount j in the list. The comn;is
sior.ers receive 2'0 annually, "wmk
or -play," and 85, a day for the tiai.j
actually employed. Attorneys shall
lie payed by the. Legislature on the
certificate of the board. The com
pany also required, to - certify to
the Secretary of State an item;zed
statemeut of the disbursemrnts and
liabilities of said company in order
that the net receipts of the company
mav be ascertained. ' ' '
John Bright; in his recent speech,
remarked that England had five hun
dred million of dollars invested in
Turkish funded loans. "It may he
said," he added, "looking back to
those loans, that at this moment
there is not an ironclad that slum
bers on the Turkish waters, there is
not a musket, or a rifle, or bayone ,
or sword, by which a Servian has
been killed in this war, or unarmed
men and helpless women and chil
dren, have been murdered in Bulga
ria, that was not purchased and paid
for "by money borrowed from the
credulous people ot this country."
The Tribune says: "The people
of the Dalles, are very deeply excit
ed over the new and rich discovery
of silver in Iheir vicinity. Last
Monday evenjng..Mr. John Lndd and
a number ot others in the, interest of
parties in this city procured fast
horses-at the' abovp-named town and
sttti-tbd.for the new Eldorado with
the intentions of staking off claips.
Mess i-s, F J u m m e r , Pa r sou s, White
and a crowd of the first discoverers,
learning their iideution.immeiliately
hired trie, fastest teanutlioy conld
find and, arming themselves with
pistols, rifles and shot-guns, started
in pursuit to protect their interest
and tight in defense thereof if neces
sary." To PnEVF-XT THE
Skin fkom Dis-
C OLOIUNG AFTEK A BLOW OK A 1 AXI"
Takts a little day's'tarch or arrowroot,
and merelv moisten it with cold wa-
teraad lay on the injured part, iins
must be done immediately. u
as io prevent the action of . the air
upon the skin. However, it may bo
applied somo hours, afterwards with
effect. , I -learned this when a resi
dent in France. It may already bo
known here. but I have met with none
among. my own acquaintances who
seem to have heard of it. Raw in('at
is not always at hand, and some
children have an insurmountable
repugnance to let it be applied. 1
always make use of tho above wnen
my children meet with an accident,
and find that it keeps down swelling,
and cleanses and facilitates the heal
ing of scratches, when ftbey. happen
to fall on the gravel In the garden.
It isaul-that tit Ssndwiqh Ishan
ders'betievp that Beelzebub waUea
the earth in the form of a woman.
And now and .then a man is to be
f ou n d i n t h i s ' con u t ry ' who bel ieves
so too, and that he has married that
woman. " -