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0:!!:nH LI TV. TNi'iiNR W. Jl. 21.
The
nirllroat Situation.
Up tfi this timo Senator Mitchell has
fougbt the combined1 monopolists in
the Senate miauled, but we discover
Grover is just feebly coming to his aid
ond it is to be hoped that if he arouse3
from his inertia and puts forth each
efforts among his colleagues as he is
capable of exerting, that Senator Mitch
ell's struggle will be crowned with suc
cess. It inspires our admiration of the
man to see him battling the moneyed
hosts arrajed against him, and insisting
that the rights of Oregon as a State and
Eastern Oregon as a people shall be re
spected and propitiated; and all this
while the panderer of the Orego ion,
aided by a few senile nincompoops and
egotists of the Portland Board of Trade,
are exerting themselves, to defeat us
of those much needed guarantees,
"which must stand as a muniment for
the people, to resist the encroachments
nd avarice of the T. P. R. R. Co. Such
corporation needs to be bound in
cords of triple steel " to prevent
it from betraying its fairest
promises, and those bands, bappily,
Senator Mitchell has welded. To soe
the best efforts of the man sneered at
by the snarling malcontents who clus
ter about the Oregonimi is enough to
disgust a seasoned philanthropist and
turn the milk of human kindness into
schmeer case; but Senator Mitchell can
well afford to "shoo fly" the whole
pack knowing that nine persons out of
ten in Oregon are on his side, and be
lieve him to be working disinterestedly
an behalf of tho people he reiresents.
If they discover meritorionsness in his
endeavor, or better, if through his posi
tion and influence tho prize of railroad
connection is won.it is not in the pale
.of the Oregonimi ring to prevent him
- wearing Senatorial laurels in the way
of succession as a reward of merit. Be
cause he may have cut off government
pap from a fawning sycepant who hap
pens now to be in a position where he
c in bark, is not a crime to turn aside
disinterested judgment, nor is it likely
u'sc t the general benevolence of a
"people intent on rewarding a faithful,
.powerful and efficient public servant.
For removing a certain Collector of
Customs, nine-tenths of the people of
- Oregon respond amen.
For fighting for the Portland, Dalles
& South Pass Ii. R. and for guarantees
from the N. P. R. R. Co. in the interest
of Oregon, as great a proportion ap
provingly commend.
Threatened Indian Trouble.
News hus reached Portland that the
Indians on the upper Columbia threaten
an outbreak. We scarcely credit the
stories of their having yet committed
any murders, as the wily savage usually
waits for "grass" before sounding the
warwhoop, but we think it would be
advisable to have a small forco of
troops sent in the neighborhood of
Priest Rapids Moses' camping ground
to overawe any contemplated villiainy
in tha Spring. It is rumored that cer
. tain unprincipled men in 1hi3 region
jhave hired "squaw men" to go among
Moses baud and foment trouble, urg
ing them to kill off the whites who are
robbing them of their lands. The
motive of such a dastardly course is
probably to have General Iloward send
a large force of men to tho disaffected
district, when tho originators of the
plot will be able, to sell their hay,
.grain, beef and horses at high figures,
und get lucrative employment them
selves as scouts, guides, couriers, in
terpreters, etc. The poor Indians are
onade the catspaw to snatch iho hot
chestnuts from the fire for these avari
cious villains, and if there be any truth
in these reports, we sincerely hope that
the schemers agaiust the public peace
ond human life may be brought to jus
tice and made to suffer the penalty they
bo truly deserve.
Injustice from "Justice."
Oar correspondent Justice in rush
lvg to the defense of men well able to
fight their own battles does us an in
justice in intimating that we believe a
xnan cannot be at once worthy of popu
lar support and be a spiritualist or in
fidel. Good men have even been known
to worship idols, but then the majori
fj or luoiaters were not good men.
Socrates was a good man and a heathen,
as were Epaminondas, Cyrus and Cin
cinnatus. Our statement that certain
lubor champions are free lovers, spirit
ualists and Jinfidels was made in the
same spirit that wo might say Mr. So-
jindo is a Canadian and Mr. Thingum-
iibob a vegetarian they are things un
usual and we leave our readers to draw
their own inferences. Life is too short
and our space aot intended for meta
physical disquisitions as to the right or
wrong of being a froa lover, a spiritual
ist or an infidel; we simply make the
Announcement, and those who like this
jkind of men will support them, those
.who do not will oppose.
"We extend our sympathy to Sister
Dnniway in her bereavement. That
promising 'foundling, tho pet of the
ladies, the ICth Amendment, has been
tilled by harsh treatment at the hands
.of our Senators and Congressmen. All
those rhetorical flourishes of the 2eio
Northwest, all those logical lectures,
that famous trip East, all wasted as it
were on the desert air. Too bad, too
Jjad. De morlHis nilpi$i bonym.
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Pays Your Moiiey,
Takes Your Choice."
You!
The question just now agitating the i
pulpit and the press stems to be one
which Siiould not at this lale date
awaken any unusual excitement and
solicitude. Either hell existed or not
a ye:ir ago, as now, and those poor fel
lows who died before Liming all the
learned opinions on this vexed ques
tion (if they have not found out
already) have missed a very important
matter, and in dying so soon have per
haps missed the path that Beecher and
others would like to have pointed out
to them. If Henry Ward Beecher
really believes that there is no future
punishment, why has he kept so great
an affair hott ed up, letting us poor
ignoramuses go plodding along with the
constant fear of "the weeping and wail
ing and gnashing" of the dead by and
bye, continually haunting us? People
who had determined not to die yet
awhile will have no hesitancy now, and
the mere "walking around to save
funeral expenses" will be a thing as
much oat of fashion as Ilades itself.
Another great advantage in this piece
of Beecberism is that no matter how
good or how bad we are, there will be
no St. Teter to stop ns at the gates of
I Paradise weall pass a like members
ot tho press aU a cirus, "good, bail
indifferent." This belief is encourag
ing, it gives new hope to a fellow, and
is equivalent to paying "we're all going
to Heaven anyhow, so let's have a good
time here on earth ' whether we commit
sin in the pursuit of it or not." A doc
trine of this kind is delightful, and we
seriously wonder why Beecher has not
preached it before, for it is bound to be
immensely popular, and will take like
the diptheria, among Oregonians. But
a truse to nonsense.
Wo believe an earnest discussicn of a
cardinal doctrine will lead to good. It
will act like a powerful wind winnow
ing the chaff of error from the grain of
truth; and will also fan the dying
spark of religions interest into a blaze.
There is one point in connection with
this subject in which we differ radically
from many of the correspondents in
ttilTe:ert papers, many of whom seem
to speak from authority of special reve
lation. Undoubtedly the ono who
signs himself "A Believer in Hell,"
knows more of the true 'inwavilness of
this section than even his non de lirne
implies. Ho would apparently insist
that whosoever does not believe in the
doctrine'and preach an eternity in a
lake of literal fire has no business in
tho orthodox pulpit, and is dishonest if
he stays there. This is confounding
the substance of the doctrine w ith the
formal statement of it, the truth with
its verbal presentation and rhetorical
embellishment. The great underlying
fact covered bv the doctrine is that sin
will be endlessly punished. The state
ment of it has varied in every ago and
takeu a different form from the lips of
every great teacher from St. Augustine
down to Hopkins and Peabody. Pic
tures 'are not principles. Tho truth
innst be distinguished from tho tropes
in which it is exhibited, as man from
his clothes. The imagery of ignorant
ages which seemed appropriate to the
unscientific minds of even the ablest
scholars, must not bo confounded w ith
the soul of reason it was borrowed to
embody. And the studious and con
scientious endeavor on tho part of the
christians of all denominations to strip
the husks cf verbiage from tho grain of
fact should not bo branded as dishonest
or inudel. ibis is a breaking; up
time in the theological as in the social
and political world. Men are modify
ing their opinions on physical and
psychological, political and sociologi
cal themes. Everywhere there is an
effort making to re-adjust the liviug
faith of the mind to the known facts
of life, and the laws and realities Of tho
universe. It is impossible in an apre
like this for men of studious habits and
earnest inquiry to accept the statements
of five or ten centuries ngo, as to wear
and work in thearmor of the Crusaders.
To denounce them as dishonest on ac
count of their fidelity to the higher
laws of mind and conscience is not only
unjust but injurious to religion. There
is an evolution of thought as well as of
life. Men may not be good logicians,
but the world is not governed by logic.
Sentiments nro more powerful than
sylogisms. When leading scholars in
a great church like the Established
Church of England express their sol
emn convictions on a topic of momen
tous import, as Maurice and Frederic
W. Robertson did, and as Canon Farrar
has now done, holding still to the sub
stance of doctrine while dropping its
antiquated drapery, they certainly
should not bo denounced as dishonest
and called upon to square their phase
ology with the traditional terms of be
lief or leave the sacred desk. The
iatuonc cnurcu is truer to the truth
than this, as has been shown by the
eloquent Bishop of St. Louis. Rvan
we believe. Thomas Starr King, whom
many of our readers may have heard in
early days in San Francisco, declared
that the old doctrine of hell docs not so
much overrate as misstate the penalties
of a guilty love and life. A thorough
good tempered discussion of this would
very likely show that all christians
very nearly agree on the substance of
the doctrine, however they may differ
a to lt3 fo"nal statement. "Verbal
differences will abound so lonpc as
minds are cast in different molds, edu
cated in different schools, and left free
to think and study on different lines,
without the least dishonestly. The
subject is open to discussion, and "as
you pavs your tviey. you takes your
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Telegraphic News.
i:aster:i.
Washington, Jan. 10. The House
committee on Pacific railroads met too
dav to hoar the aj-cruuients on the Xorth-
em rac;ne raiiroau. Argumems wer- i
made by Col. Gray for tho company in
advocacy of the proposed extension of
time for the completion of tho main j
line and branches. Delegate Jacobs :
and J.J. McGilvra, of Washington Ter- '
ritory, were heard in opposition to the j
extension so far as it relates to the j
branch across the Cascade mountains, j
The Oregon delegation were all pres- j
ent. Mitchell stated that ho could not
agree to the bill as offered by the North
ern Pacific company for the reasons,
first, that it did not give propar protec
tion to the rights of settlers; second, it
did not compel commencement of work
on tho Pacific coast for the next nine
years, and third, because it wholly ig
nored the Salt Lake railroad enterprise.
Tho chairman of the committee stated
that no bill or amendment had yet been
introduced in the House or was before
the House making provision for the lo
cal interests thus indicated and he re
quested Mitchell to offer an amendment
to give his views.
Mitchell replied that he expected his
colleague, Williams.to offer such amend
ment, but as Williams did not do so tho
committee adjourned until Thursday
next, for further hearing. The commit
tee also notified Representative Wil
liams that any amendment he desired
to offer would be most readily consider
ed, and ordered to bo printed.
During the session of tho committee
Mitchell took occasion to refer to cer
tain newspaper reports, attributing to
him the authorship of the joint resolu
tion concerning the Northern Pacific
land grant, introduced in the Houso by
Representative Thompson, of Pennsyl
vania, some time ago, and stated that
Thompson had never spoken to him on
the subject, nor he to Thompson, nor
had he any knowledge th.it such resolu
tion was contemplated. Furthermore
he, Mitchell, was opposed to it.
New Yoi:k, Jan. 10. The Sun, w hich
is prominently tho workingmen's paper
here, calls attention to what is charac
terized as the significant feature of the
silver controversy, viz: That the party
in favor of tho ailver dollar coincides
very nearly with the party which op
poses resumption of specie payments.
They clamor for the coinage of silver,
but a large portion of them do not in
tend that the metal shall be currency
after it is coined. All they want is to
lower tho standard according to which
paper money circulates, and thus still
further depreciate- it. Knowing that
the effect of the first greenback issue
was to raise prices, they are sure that a
further issue would raise them again,
and seeiug that approach to specie pay
ments has been accompanied by a full
in prices they conclude that the only
way to arrest that fall is not to pay in
specie. They have neither eyes nor
ears for any interests but those of the
people who have bought property with
borrowed money. The man who holds
land or merchandise which does not be
long to him is a suffering angel, but the
laborer, widow and orphan, who have
lent him their savings, are entitled to I
no consideration whatever. The editor
thinks the silver bill will pass the Sen
ate, be vetoed, then fail to receive the
two-thirds vote necessary to make it a
law. If, however, tho result should be
otherwise, we may look to see Voorhees
ansl his friends come to the front with
their intlation schemes. The question
will then arise w hether tho silver bill
shall bo executed or shall be suffered to
become a dead letter.
The (inzettc, Baltimore's Democratic
organ, desiguales the Bland bill project
as the real enemy of the laboring men.
It proposes to pay the ploughman and
mechanic 00 cents instead of a dollar
for labor. The currency is now within
two cents, of par.- If the schemes of the
silver men were abandoned, it would
come at once to par. Resumption would
accomplish itself in three mouths. To
postpone resumption by inflation for
the purpose of making uionjy cheap
would bo little short of a downright
swindle.
The Indianapolis Journal continues
to battle earnestly for speedy resump
tion. Washington, Jan. 21. Senator Mitch
ell to-day introduced a bill appropriat
ing 812o",000 to enable the United States
coast survey to establish a station for
the purpose of making tidal observation
at Astoria.
At a meeting of the Senate railroad
committee to-day Senator Grover made
an argument earnestly supportingMitch
ell's provisions in aid of the construction
of a railroad from Oregon to Salt Lake
City. He said the people of Oregon
would not lay a straw iu the way of ex
tending the time for the completion of
the Northern Pacific railroad, but they
thought they should have something to
say concerning railroad legislation for
the northwest. They were deeply in
terested in the Salt Lake and Portland
railroad project, because it would bring
them more speedily in connection with
existing roads. He also showed that
tho land grant proposed for this project
would not exceed tho number of acres,
about 5,000,000, which the Northern
Pacific Co. projoses voluntarily to re
linquish by change of route. Colonel
Chapman, of Oregon, was also heard in
advocacy of Mitchell's bill. Represent
ative Williams Avas not present.
Foreign
London, Jan. 21. A Vienna corres
pondent telegraphs the following: It is
reported from Constantinople that in
consequence of the decision taken at the
great council on the 17th,Izzod Bey has
been sent to the Russian headquarters
with fresh instructions to the Turkish
plenipotentiaries giving them full yow
er to sign, whereas they at first were
instructed to refer the conditions to tho
Perte. It is said this resolve was taken
in consequence of the pacific tone of
England at the opening of the British
parliament, and also because Russia has
given notice that she shall insist on the
immediate acceptance or rejection of
the terms.
In consequence of the new instruc
tions to the plenipotentiaries it is ex
pected in Constantinople that the armis
tice will be signed immediately, perhaps
Monday. Preparations for the Sultan's
removal to Barusse are consequeutly
suspended.
A Pera special also says Izzed Pasha
w ill convey to the plenipotentiaries full
power, and he will inform them that
England is not likely to go to war. An
other correspondent at Pera says the
negotiations have commenced. It is
stated the Turkish plenipotentiaries
have been instructed that they may
offer to make Batoum a" free port, cede
territory on the Asian frontier as far as
Kars, and dismantle the fortifications of
Kars and Erzeroum. They may also
COURTESY CF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
propose the following programme for
discussion by the European conference:
TheBalkans'to be considered the south
ern limit of Bulgaria; Roumania to bo
independent; the Dardanelles to be open
to men-of-war of all nations, and the
settlement of tho Montenegrin and Ser
vian q tiention to be temporarily defer
red. Difficulties kave already arisen.
It is reported Russia had demanded
that Adrianople be included in Bulgar
ia; also the cession of Batoum and op
ening of the Dardanelles to Russian and
Turkish men-of-war only.
Prince Humbert was crowned King
of Italy at Rome on the 10th. Ho will
uphold Italian unity, and conform to
the measures inaugurated by his father.
Amnesty- will be granted political of
fenders. London, Jan. 21. A Constantinople
dispatch dated the lbth inst., via Syria,
says the .Porte, at the instanco of the
Sultan.orileredall valayets at a distance
from the seat of war to send, pending
the result cr armistice negotiations, all
the forces they can spare to Constantin
ople by the 'quickest possible route.
The same dispatch says it has been de
cided that the government and Sultan
nnit Constantinople as soon as the Rus
sians reach Tchatalja, a station on the
Adrianople railway 25 miles from Con
stantinople. A Gallipoli dispatch says: A panic
prevails here in consequence of a report
that the Russians are between Uhunko
pria and Keshan, ten hours' march
hence. Orders have been received from
Stamboul to resist any advance Troops
are expected from Smyrna and the Dar
danelles. Constantinople, Jan. 21. Tho opin
ion daily gains that in consequence of
the threatening aspect of internal affairs,
especially in the capital, the Porte will
bo compelled to purchase a cessation of
hostilities. Three hundred thousand
refugees are Hoeing to this city.
London, Jan. 22. A disp-.dch from
Constantinople .announces the entry of
Russians into Adrianople. The Austrian
consul here telegraphed last night that
the town was tranquil. No news of
armistice negotiations.
"Justice7' to the Front.
Editoii Entkkpkise Sir : In your
issue of the 17th inst., in advising work
ingmen of Oregon, you seem to imply
that, because Mr. Lawson, of Salem,
President of the workingmen's club at
that place, is an " erratic lawyer, free
lover and spiritualist," ho is unworthy
the confidence of a free people. Now,
as to Mr. Lawson's lc-gal ability, I leave
others to judge; and the accusation that
he is a free lover is yet to be proven.
That Mr. Lawson is a spiritualist, I am
willing to admit; but suppose he is a
spiritualist, what of it? Are men, in
freo America, to be proscribed for their
religious belief, and does the Oregon
City ExTEiirisiSE mean to take the first
step in that direction in Oregon?
It would seem, too, you wish to imply
that spiritualists everywhere are un
worthy people. But I can assure you
that in their rants aro found some of
the most worthy people on earth. Wit,
ness Abraham Lincoln, Rev. John Pier
pont, Win. C. Bryaut, Peter Cooper
Robert Hare, tho chemist, Judge Ed
monds, Rev. Samuel Watson, Wm. and
Mary Ilowett, the Brownings., Pho-be
and Alice Cary. and many other emi
nent men and women I could mention
in this country ; while iu Europe it is
claimed that several of tho crowned
heads there are of this faith, together
with miny lords and ladies, and others
of high standing in society. Si), if Mr.
Lawson is a spiritualist ho should not
be ashamed of it, seeing he has such
good company and so many of them
it being reckoned that there aro eleven
million spiritualists in the United States
alone.
Yon also warn tho workingmen's par
ty of Portland against Mr. A. C. Ed
munds as a political leader, because he
is an infidel. Suppose ?ilr. Edmunds is
ftii inliilel. I again ask the question,
what of it ? Are infidels to bo classed
as unworthy people, either morally or
politically ? Were not Franklin, Payne.
Jeii'Tson, Ethan Allen, llumbolt and
Agassiz infidels? Aro not Tyndal,
Huxley, Darwin and many other emi
nent men of science infidels? Are not
infidels, generally, the pioneers of
thought? And wherein does infidelity
ineapicitate a man for being a good
citizen?
But the "unkindest cut of all" is the
insinuation against Mr. Robert Dale
Owen, and our honored minister at the
Court of Naples, whom to have been
acquainted with was to admire as a
gentleman and scholar of high standing.
Justice.
Jni'iortant llulini?.
The following is a recent ruling of
the Secretary of the Interior in regard
to adjoining farm homesteads:
There is another class of homesteads
designated as "adjoining. .farm home
steads." In these cases the law allows
an applicant owning and residing on an
original farm to enter other land lying
contiguous thereto, which shall notwith
such farm, exceed in the aggregate 100
acres. Thus, for example, a party own
ing or occupying 80 acres, may enter 80
additional, without regard to price,
whether held at SI 25 per acre or $2 50
per acre; or if owning -10 acres, he may
enter 120 acres additional," of land held
at 81 25 per acre, but cannot exceed the
maximum, of 80 acres, where- the land
proposed to be entered is held at 62 50
per acre. In making final proof, it is.
not required that ho should prove actu
al residence on tho separate tract enter
ed, but it must appear that he has
resided upon and cultivated the original
farm tract, and has lone fide made use
of the entered tract as a part of tho
homestead, inclosing, cultivating, or
otherwise improving the. same.
If tho overworked labor champions
! can spare the timo irom their daily
toil (of trying to get political prefer
ence) , we would cordially recommend
to their perusal that chapter in ancient
history that treats of the Agrarian law
and tho fate of one Spurius Cassius
who jumped into tho breach for the
pretended defense of the poor classes
only to further in reality his own am
bitious ends.
The report is gaining strength in
Washington that Senator Patterson con
templates resigning his his seat. Should
he do bo, and should Senator David
Davis vote with the Democrats, and
Sharon stay at home, the Senate will be
evenly divided between the two parties.
I Mr. Reuben Pig, a prominent citizen
j of Polk county, died on the 17th.
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Postmaster-General Key i3 talked of
as the candidate for Governor of a new
party in Tennessee w hich will oppose
the repudiation of the Stat8 debt" and
will include most of the Republicans.
XEW TO-DAY.
Sheriffs Sale.
BV VI FIT UK OF A DKCKKK AND KXE
cution issti.'U out of the Circuit Court of
the state of ureon lor t he count v of Marion,
and dated on the lT8t li day of December, A. D.
1877, in favor of the (State or Oregon and
atrainst Ii. V. Dowel 1, and to me direeted us
.Shcritr of Clackamas count v. State of Oregon,
for the sum of Nine Thousand Three Hun
dred and Kitrhty-six l.i-KHl Dollars on the ad
day of August, 1S7", witli interest thereuKn
from said ;id day of Aujrust, 1S75, at ten er
cert, per annum, and Twenty-seven Dollars
costs. Upon said writ, there is a credit Oct. 11,
ls7", of Three Hundred and Ninetj wiht (?'J!S
Iiollurs, and also a credit Oct.'io, 1S77, of Two
Thousand Seven Hundred lKllars.
Now, t herefore, for want of jx-rsonal proper
ty out of which to satisfy tiie above named
judgment, costs and accruing cost I have on
this the 1st day of January, A. D. 1S7S, levied
un the following described real estate situ
"ated in Clackamas county, Oregon, to-wit :
All that part of Henry Miller donation land
claim situated in Clackamas countv, being
part of section 29 and ;0 T. 1 S. It.. 2 E., forty
live acres more or less, and on
Monday, lo ii lthday of IVbruary, A. D
1S78, at ID o'clock A. M. of said day atth
Court. House dimr in Oregon City. Clackamas
county, Oregon, I will sell all the right, title
and interest of the above named 15. K. Dowell
in and to all the above named donation land
claim or so much of said Maim as may be
situated in Clackamas county, to satisfy the
balance upon the above, named judgment,
Interest, costs and accruing costs, at public
auct ion to the highest bidder for cash to me
in hand paid ou the day of sale.
J. T. APPKRSOX,
J(I-5w. Sheriff of Clackamas Co., Ogn,
Oregon City, Jan. 23, 1S7.
Guardian's Sale.
BY VIKTUK OK AN OftDEK AND I I
ense made and entered of record in the
Comity Court of Clackamas county. State of
Oreiron. in the matter of the estate of H-nry
Urant ig-im, on t his."th day of SeptoinbertlS77,
I will oirer lor sale at public auct ion, on
Nu.tunla-,th raa day of IVlirmiry, 1h7S.
at the Court House door in Oregon City, coun
ty of Clackam.-i. State of Oregon, at the hour
of 1 o'clock 1. M. of said day, the following
deseril"d real estate belonging to said estate,
to-wit : A part of Land Claim No. 4'i in T. 2 S.,
It. 2 K., tM'ing the donation claim of Wm. and
M. A. S. Ii. Holmes, bounded as follows, to
wit : lieginning 1"I) feet S. ot t he S. K. corner
of a block ot land situated :i said claim
ownedbvJ.lt ltalston, numbered 15 accord
ing to plat of blocks surveyed by I.. K. ' art en ;
thenc west, along the S. lin-? ot said la-t men
tioned tract of land I,:i!M feet ; t hence soul U
4- 7-l' fe.-t ; t hence east 1,:i teet ; t hence
north along the Territorial road leading from
Oregon City to Molalla 42 7-H) feet to tiie
place of beginning, containing 1 1-2 acres.
Also the following tracts of land of said do
nation claim, to-wir. : Beginning at. a point. Si
lei-l S. of the s. K. corner of said block of land
numbered i:J ; running I henc" west along the
south line of said block l,:jiMt feet; thence
SOUt h 42 feet. ; thenee east 1 ,: feet ; : hence
north 1 .!!" fe'-t to t he lOaceol beginning, con
taining M n r -s more or h-s.
Terms of sale Cash in V. S. gold coin on
day of sale. CIIaK LotH's.
Guardian of Henry nraiitigam, an insan"
person.
Oregon City, Jan. CI, 1878-51.
HEW-GOODS
.AT..
Volvoi'iiisiit Brow.
Will remove to Ii meikt's Hitllsliiie;,
(formerly occupied ly I. Selling) i!otit
tiie first of Ffliriinrj-, anil will open out
with the finest stork of )-od.4 in t ii city.
ACXES&IAN BHDS.
ST3AYED OR STOLEN !
ONE YOKE OF CATTI.E STRAYED FROM
Oregon Cityaboirt the TM of August. The
lot lowing is a descript ion of the same;. One,
brlndle, horns stand no -, t he other, pale red
Willi while s;m!s on face and back; both
marked wit h under bit and split, iiv tie- car;
both small size. I will give !10 to any one
returning them to me at Oregon 'Uy, or S.I
for informal ion of t heir whereabout s.
Jan. 17. l7.-t-lt. JOHN WILSON".
NOTICE.
U. S. Land Okkk-k, Oregon City, 1
Oregon, Januarv 11th, 1S7S. )
ClOMIM.AIVr IIAVIMi IJEKX ICXTKKKII
j at. t his oltiee by .lames Greener, of Wash
ington Co., against John Wall, of s.id county,
lor abandoning his homestead entry, No. 2i7i,
dated June -j-j.i, 1S72, upon rhe S. K. of s -ction
2' l, township 2 nor! h. range 2 west, in Wash
ington county, Oregon, with a view to the
cancellation of said entry: the said parties
are hereby summoned to appear at this oltVc-e
on the IWIi day of February, 1S7S, at l1) o'clock
A. M., to respond and furnish test imony con
cerning said aliened abandonment..
I..T. P.AKIN, Register.
T. R. HARRISON, Receiver.
Jan. 17. 1S78-H.
JQH3 CRA &CO
GREAT GLEAB1HG SALE!
TII1H DAY.
W'c wlll'romuienre
SWEEPIK3 CLEARANCE SALE I
Preparatory to stork tuUInjr. The av-ru-mulatrtl
reMnants of tho past year -will
he offered at prices that -will show the
public that ue mean bufclnesa. In the
following; departments we have laid out
large lots, whloh wc will sell 35 and 30
per cent, below regular prices!
lilack Cashmeres,
Colored Cashmeres,
prcn Goods,
Waterproof,
Iilnkets,
Sheetings,
Towels,
Table Linen,
Hosiery and Underwear,
Felt Skirts,
Khan Is,
White Flannels,
Colored Flannels,
Cinhrcllu'v
And Fancy Goods.
JOHN CRAH El CO.,
Jan, 10. 7S-tf.
POKTLAXD, Ofc'ii.
Guardian's Sale.
V'OTICE IS HEREBY OIVE.V THAT IX
pursuance of an order of the County
Court of Marion 'county, Oregon, made on
the 15th day of October, A. D. 1877, I will ofTer
for sale to the highest bidder, all tiie riirhf,
title and interest of Dee Wright, Orr Wright
and Ella Wriiht, minor heirs of Joseph A.
Wriirht. decensi d, of and in and to the follow
ing descried parcels of land situate in Clack
amas county, State of Oregon, to wit: lyot, 3
of section KuniltheS. W. H of the S. E. ii,
and Its 1, 2, 3 and 4 of sect ion 20, all in T. 4
S.. R. 2 E. of the Willamette Meridian, con
taining 1) acres more or less. Th Interest of
snid minors belnr? each nn n nl i i.ie.i
' third interest in said above described land
Said sale will take pl.oe at the Court House
door In Oregon City, Clackamas county Ore
gon, at t he hour of one o'clock I. M. orl '
Tuesday, the 29th day of January, A. I)..
1S78. Terms of sale gold coin in hand
R. C. HAMSBY
t, r. guardian of said minors.
Dec. 27, 1877-St,
THOMAS CHARIHAN
ESTABLISHED
183.
HliEsmES TO INFORM THE CITIZENS Oh
XJ Oregon Citv and of the illamette al
ley, that he is still on hand
and doing 1 uti-
ness on the old motto, that
A JTiinble'Six Penecis Betterthan aSloiv Shilling
I have just returned from San Francisco,
where I purchased one of tho
LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED
STOCK OF GOODS
ever before offered In this city ; and consists in
part, as follows :
Boots and Shoes,
Clothing, Dry Goods,
Hats and Caps,
Hosiery of Every Description,
Hardware, Groceries,
Oils, Paints and
Sash and Doors,
Chlnaware, Queensware,
Stoneware, Crockery,
Plated ware. Glassware,
Jewelry f Various Qualities
And Styles, Clocks aud
Watches, Ladies and
Gents' Furnishing
Tatent Medicines, Goods, Fancy fo-
Hope, Farming tlons or Every
Implements of Description
All Kinds, Carpets,
Mattings, Oil
Cloth, Wall Paper. ",ete.
Of the above list, I can say my stock is tho
51 () S T C O I I r. E T E
ever offered in this market, arid was seletrd
wit h especial care fort he Oregon City trude.AU
of which 1 now oirer for sale at tho
Lowest rtfaret Rates.
No use fori he ladies, or any one else, to
think of going to Pori land to buy goods lor I
am J h i -miifU t'j Si II. Cluttp and not to allow
mysv ll to b
INDECSOLD IN THE STATC CF OREGON.
All I ask is a fair chance and quick pay
ments, believing as 1 do that
Twenty Years Experience
in Oregon City enables me to know the re
quirements of the trade. Come one ami all
and SL-e for yourselves that the old stand of
THOMAS CIIAKMAX
cannot be beaten in quality or price.. H would
be useless for me t o tell you all t he advantages
1 can o'.Ter you in t he sale of goods, as cvrry
store til at advertises does that, ajd probahly
you have been disappointed. All 1 wish to
say is
I'ome, find S-?, and Examine for Yourselves,
for Ido not wish to make an? mistakes.. My
object is to tcltall my old friv rnls. now thut J
am st ill alive, and desirous to sell goods chea p,
for cash, r upon such terms ns agreed upon.
Thanking all tor the liberal patronage hereto
fore bestowed.
TIIOS. CHARM AX,
Main Street, Oregon City.
Tcgal Tenders and County Scrip taken at
market rates. TIIOS. CIIARMAX.
B"5H.mm) lbs wool wanted bv
nov. 1. '75-tf THUS. CIIARMAX.
LIVSnV, FEED, AiiD SALE
it2& STABJiE. SSfc
rpiIK TTNDERSK4XED PROPRIETOR OF
I. the Livery Stable on Fifth street, Oregon
City. Oregon,. keeps constantly on hand
Uuyli?s, C'rti iiares
iin.l Ibu ks. f-attldle
itud Bug-.sjy Horses.
Ii'iees Treasonable
Oregon City, Xov. 5, 1S7". Proprietor.
rOFI.D IXFOPwM THK CITIZENS OF
Oregon City tnid vicinity t hat he is pre
pared to furnish
Fir &, Cedar Lumber,
Of every descrip! ion, at low rales.
A P P L ?AB0 X S .
ALSO,
Dry I-Toorhie, Ceiiine;, rJiisfic,
jSprnrc, (for shelving), I.nltice,
Pickets, aud l-'eiire-PoMf g, Cedar,
Cottslrtnlh Oil hand.
Street and Sidewalk lumber furnished on
the shortest notice, at as low rates as it can be
purchased in the State.
Oive me a call at the
oniuntx city sa ir mills.
Oregon City. June 10, l?S75:tf
Ol
IFF HOUSE.
OREGON CITY,
T. W. RHO
0 REG OS.
Jrropnetor.
Transient Itouvd, SI to 5"' per' I)).
Sinjrle Meal SO fenK
ltu.-t.ril ;-r Week. - ."i GO
Iiourd uml Iudjfiiir. per ivtkn OU
The Table will be supplied with tho best the
market affords.
Hall Supimts furnished on short notic, and
at reasonable terms.
Xov. 19. 1X75 :tf
L. JAGGARS,
Dealer in
FLOUR, MY, STRAW, OATS, POTATOES,
WOOL, ETC.,
GRAIN SACKS AND TWIftE
(t'"The highest market paid in cash for all
kinds of produce .
One door sotitli of PostoUIoe.
Oregon City. Sept. M, IK77-if.
"IT fv fJreatchaneetomakemoney.
X 9 J 1 'ilf yon can't get gold you can
get greenbacks. 'c ri-ed a person in every
town to take subscriptions for the largest,
cheapest and liest Illustrated family publica-'
tion in the world. Any one can l come a suc
cessful agent. The most elegant works of art
given free to subscribers. The price is so low
that almost everybody subserilws. One agent
report s making over $1"0 in a week. A lady
agent reports taking over -lint subscribers in
en davs. All who engage make money fast.
You can devote all your t ime to t he business,
or only your spare time. You need not be
away from home over night. You can do it
as well as others. Full particulars, directions
ami terms free. Flegant and expensive Out
fit free. If you want profitable work send us
your addressed once. It costs not hing to try
the business. Xo one who engages fails to
great pay. Address "The People's Journal,"
Port land, Maine.
m OOBE & PARKER'S
P&TURBIHE WATER WHEEL!
W. R1. WALLACE,
Agent for
Clackamas County,
And the State in general. This Is one of th
best wheels in use on t he l-neifie Const, and
gives perfect satisfaction in every instance.
Any one purchasing a wheel which does not
come up to the guarantee, if properly put In,
the nionoy will be refunded and all damages
paid. For further information apply to W.
M. Wallace, at Cutting's Mill, uear Viola,
Clackamas Co., (,r at this ofliee.
Kept. 13, 1877-Omos.
fi:E KORTKWEST GRANGER
Washing Machine.
See tlii lilsicSsixte
Before Purchasing Elsewhere.
1- lie attention is
Mai ne. It is an Or !
took e
d to tills splendid:
i Invention, anil
First Prcin.vtm
at the
LIST OREGON SliTE FAIR.
It will bo
MAXCFACTCHEU AT HOME,
By a responsible firm. It contains four cor
rugated Itollers. equal to four wash-boards
working in unison; will not injure buttons
or clothes, and is the most useful and ierfect
ma' hine ever offered to the public. Patented
October 16. 1877. Reing manufactured here. In
case any of its parts are broken, such part
can be replaced at a low figure without buy
ing the entire machine ; and such parts will
be supplied ret' where then? was a defect in
the machine sold. County and State rights,
for sale. Address
A. 51. CORXELH'S, Patentee,
dec.!3,77-tf Oregon City, Ogn.
! A GAHO AHD PROSPECTUS.
Having oenel a free Intelligence Office, for--he
purpose ,f assisting newcomers to our
State ioall possible means at my command,
wle re ase kept tiles of all leadingiieusp-(iers
published id Oregon and Washington Terri
tory. I have also determined to establish a
land journal, tn-ljc called
TME OREGON AUD WASHINGTON
LAf-iD REGISTER.
The ol.j 'ct of wh eh. is!o bring IjukI Owners
arid Heal Ksiale Agents into closer comniuni--ration
with the t I.ou;iih1oi Immigrants who
are arriving in this city with a view to the
ultimate purchase of lam's. It will ! printi d
in regular newspaper form, eight page, l.xIS
nchesxaiid will be devoted soe)yto t i: J pur
pose lor which it. is esia biished. The lirst
edition of 5,1 mo copies wiil be issued about
the pith of February ; 17S. and as oiten tie re
al ter as t he in lux of im migrat ion demands.
Description of farms and ot her pro-rty for
sale will be condensed to occupy ten lines (70
words) or less, and wil. be charged tor at the
r;it" of one dollar each.
It is more t Pan probable f bat from twenty
fiy,e thousand people will be- added to our
popuiat ion during I he spring and summer of
1K7M. Nearly all immigrants who come i
Oregon and W;;s!i:vmlou Territory land lirst.
at Portland, and wi'l rccieoa copy ol t l.isG
paper, as it will be distributed gratuitously.
I! will therefore b-the best iosillc means of
bringing lands and other property for sale to
tb'-ir notice.
D script ions cf property for sale nay le
written out in fu.il, gtvii g character, lrtcaiion,.
price, terms of Sale, and all advantages of
schools, churches, road, etc.. which w.ll be
cdilorialiy condensed to the- required space,,
and the- letter number d to eorn-s; ond with
the descript ion, and tiled in my office for r. -Ii-rence.
;o charge will be mad" tor sab s
arranged through (his agency th nly fee
n quired l-ing one doll-.r for each descrip' ion
inserted in rhe f,ANi Ki:o jstf.i:, which must
be for w a r-led wit h t he tlescr; ; t ion . It may be
sent in silver by regisicrcd letter, or by iis!al
order at my risk.
Correspond' ikc on all subjects connected
wit h the dcye opment of all h iri ii" ns ol t he
stare and Territory lespeet iully s.li. fled.
I keep a registtBiii ay ollice in Inch are
e life re. the wuirts of a.i carts ol the stiili' a ml
Territory for laborers, ineel.anics, merchants,.
etc., which is:)en lor the ir.
newcomers. Notice of such
fullv solicited. A I malt' r in
licat ion in t lie land rgiste'r i
oil - in e side of tie pa p- r on ly,
ii the first of February, ls".
of property for s-ile wiM Iv
order of their arrival those
nisi cction ol
wants rejn ct
lemleil lor pill
mist Vie v. run 1.
and he in prior
Ail d- sciij tii.i.s
insert" d in the
coming first on
the outside p::g- s.
relieving that t hispi-.b'.ic-'it i-m wiil begreat ly
to the advan'ag of both buyer and s.-il--r, I
respect fully solicit t he pat roll age ot t he ) i; b ir.
Address all communication o m-1 at I'or;
la ml. Oregon. 1J. J5- STAitNS.
Portland, .'g!v., I x-c. 2, 1X77. j.i.Mf.
Gl
ii
In the County Court
f Clackamas CounM,
State of t-'l'iiii.
In t ii matter of t he estate of Austin . ';.( ! ,
deceased, and the application to S"1I I lie
real properly of said estate.
,1"V CHAUl.OTTK II K IC (I K. AND AM.
3 other persons unknovn. interested i"i
said estate. 1 n t le- name ot t he s't at of Ore
gon, you and each of you are cited In be ;.i:d
appear liefore- this Court at a ti nn thereof tn
be held on Sat unlay, January iMh. 1S7S. at
the hour of one o'clock P.M., to show cause,
if an v exist, why an order slum Id not be ma!--by
this Court to" sell the following described
real property belonging to said estate, to pay
the debts thereof, to.wit :
The West half of the F. V: of sec. ?. and -IV
.teres off the W. side of t he E. v of t he p.. V
thereof in T. 5 S. U. 1 K. of the Willamette
Meridian, containing -'" aflrcs, and situate in
Clackamas count v, Oregon ;ceording to the
ltit ion of W. Fish, administrator of said
estate, tiled in this Court Iecembcr 1st, lSj..
l Witness my hand and the seal of-
J I..s. said Court t his leth '.lay of
( ) December A. D. 1S77;
W. H. H. FOFTS, G
dec20,77-4t. County Clerk,
NEW LINE OF STEAMSHIPS
BETWEEN
PORTLAND & SAN FRANCISCO,
THE P- G. G. S. CO.
7II.L, HERKAKTFK RUN" A I.IXE OF
' steamers every t.ive days between
sm frangisco Ann port-
P;issrn?rr A f c g : r. 111 o i 1 a t i o n s rnsiirpassrt!.
Tickets for sale at J. M. Kacon's liookstore.
Oregon City.
For further particular apply to
T. McCHK KKN t CO., Agents.
Portland, Oct. 11, ls77-tf.
Kotice.
U. 8. TiAXD Okfick, Orkoox Citv, 1
Oregon, January 9, 1S7S. (
1GMPFA1XT IIAVIXC. P.F.FX KXTF.KF.D
VV at this office by It. C. Patton, of Washing
ton county, against A. F. Ingrahatu. for a ban-,
cloning his homestead entry, Xo. ISSlt. daic.1
August 21, 1S71, upon the horth-east quarter
sect ion JO. township 2 north, range 2 west, in
Washington county, Oregon, with a view to
the cancellation of said entry: the said par-,
ties are hereby summoned to appear at this
office on the 7th day of February. 17, at 10
o'clock A. M., to res)ond and furnish testi
mony concerning said abandonment.
U T. P.AKIN, Register,
j.i 10,7S-lt. T. K. HAKKISOX, Receiver.
MOTIGE OF C0?,S0LIDATI0M
XrrriCF is hfrfijy given that tub
JA tin" firms of T. A. Invi v C'i. and
Horttre. Siiell e. Co.. heretofore engaged in
the w holesale Drug, Paint, Oil and Glass busi-.
ness, at Nos. 71 and 71 Front street, respective
ly, have this day consolidated under the iirm
name of
ITOF OK," J ) A V I Sr CO.,.
and w continue the biisincssat Xo.71 Front
st-ol tit il further notice.
CHAS. IiOIxiE.
T. A. D VI.
TortUnd, Ogn UF.o. W. SNFXD,
Januarv 1 1S7S. KK. ARNOLD.
pi.AXKSOF FVERY DKSCRIPTIOX FOIt
i Sale at t his ofiice. Justices of the Vaou
can get anything in their line.
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