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8. A, CLARKE.
O. W. SXYDEB.
Oregon Weekly Statesman,
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loll9tied every naming except Monday.
8 inscription, by Ibe year, 9 00. Advertising,
per square at one inch per month, l 50.
Ad'srt eucut In Daily n I Wkklt, $3 per
square ol one inch er month. -.
fcrr0!flce in Stewart' BrwH BuUJtng, up stair
iju. paim:.
HOMCEPTHITIIO-K PRr FEU
ring lli.l mild, tfticenl m.Uical treatilit-iit
ii . c -nnult nlin at hit cttice, crner of Liberty
. ami Cjart streets, i pt.-it USera House
n f?oay and nhlap niarntesa Medical a
vies and treatment wilt e given tree ol coarire
to al. those who are unable to pay for the er
v.res of a Physician. juntSI
L tv. J. UlDOK,A.
JraJute of N Y. University In 1SJ2.
.ttlie Me.lical Ci.ivsvaity and Hoapitala
Paris, sraour. In 141 auU IMS.
Prcytioner on thia coast nee
Late A. A Su geon U 8. army.
Offloa Patton'a fleck, Beltm, Oregcn
Ke.-idenee, CheinekeU Hotel.
niay2dwtf.
W1LLUH WAbUO,
A-ttomiey ut Law,
AND
REAL ESTATE AG EST.
Office i'ln Patton'a Block,
BAIEM, ORB80.N,
t'iay!2;oaug
City JL ii fjj ! t o i
J. W. lOVTHER,
Druggist a nl Apothecary,
Mooree' Block, Salem, Crigon.
Aprll'JSlf.
ii. uirdTii, h. d. a. t. LBisn, . n.
llll'S CAHFJCKTICR fc CHA6K
Olllce un Liberty St ,
SALEM : : : : : : OREGON
ralem, Tec 9;b, 11T.
JAMfcS A. tut u akajsua, st. u..
(Late of Bellevee Hospital UedlcaJ College
N York City.
Office in Commercial Hotel, Sali-m, oreon.
HealtleMce Joe. Wlii'. Urlck.
B" C SIMPS-.S. J. a. WAYM1BS.
.A. ttor
nej'M At
BALM, OREGON.
Ofllre In Patton'a Brkk, pp etalm, Inst roon
on the front. no22dawtf
J. C. OBl'BBS, M. D.,
Late at Salem,
rl'i!iicijiiainnliii';eni.
Olfere bia profefeiona! servirei to the
citizens of Dullna and vidnity
Xov. ldwtf
J. r. CAPLKS, J.C. KOULiNlr,
. Notary Public
CAPLKS A- nOHKLASiU.
Attprneyw at IiXAV,
PORTLAND, OREGON"
Office, up stairs S. E. corner Frjnt and Wash
tnglun street fceil. 'l. IWhltu
A. W. BKL.T, M. H ,
Ollice tttid residenee corner L uiou and
cmirr i al reels.
SAl.EM.OKKliON
rdi r e&n lie left at Soiuher's DraT Stort
PuWULL . K'LlAiai,
Allorni! and (nuna.lora t Laivi
and (olcltor Ua Cbawcery,
ALi iNf, OKKGOJ
:. l ..SOTARY P' BLIC.
W"Uectiana and - onveyances promptly attended
t-
J. L. lOLLIXd.
Attorney tit 1.31 .
UAU.AS. OUKGON,
Prompt atirniii n alien o t.ui: rt. Siec-iuhf
Collection ami trans cti-:e In Heal tate
Ullic on Itairs In tlte Court iloute. decl4tf
B. a. Biwa, - c..lfEBT,
Moiary Puhlic. A:torney at Law
II A M M V. It A T i. Ii II Y
Office over the Hank,
BALEJI,
- . . OR1GOS
KSTATK, lSUKAKCK
and CitllrclinK Acer. Kal l-iute in
the city ai.d country li-r rale.
Abstract of all title ill X irion county.
;alem D.c. 4 Ul'. iiwtl
riRFISH A TKIM? .!(,
PortUnd.
f. W ROYAL
Patton's Block, SaUm
HOYAL,
C W
Ileal EstateAget't.
City Property and Farm for !.
rent and rent cclleciad.
Uoue tA
ll-1-!
JOHN J. DALY,
Attorney & Counselor at Law
BUKSA TIS-TA, OREGON".
Will pmctice In Polk and adjolnln eoonties.
UfOoliectiotia at'endil to pronptiy.
febl&tl
W. LAIR BILL. W. W. IH Yr.R. . WILLIAMS.
'ornerly ot aJcm
HILL, THAYER & WILklAMSJ
Attornevs L lounsclori-at-Law.
Will practice In Federal and rlale Coarts.
Oflice--No. 10O Mnl St., (over Pmt
' office), Portland, tlregon.
-'"'idawly
DH J. C. BKLT,
I. ate of Fan Francico, nffe- hi fervlce to th
citizen of Haietn an l virinlty. Having had U'n
yetr experience in the practice of mediciae, I
feel competent to attend all case that may eoaie
under my ctiarae.
OIHce, at reaent. Cor. rhurr.h and
Inlon Sttceta.
iuiyi
HOTELS
Chemeketa House.
SALKM, DBEGOJI.
Thl new and elegant lltel, inpplied with every
modern convenience, to now open for
the reception of fueiU.
II. r. EABIIAKT,
Mayttf.
Frcprlfltir
Capital House,
(Knewa a Capital ReK'aarant, Opposite Che.
B-'eket llolei.). -
Commarotai Straei, Balem.
IlftKORM TKkT'hVBLIC THAT I
am prepared to frmifh tha best the ctarket
affot da, at tha following low rate.
Single meals, from 6 a. m. to It) p m....M 45 e's
Red - 25 eis
Bm rd per w.-ek (4 On
Htt rd and hnlging per week $5 no
Coffee. ta oreiu-:olae,wiih cake......MH In it
Utrawberrle an I .ream, with eake HI ct
-Ojr.ter, rot up quickly In every style, at
Can Kranciaeo price.
H. ADLER,
-Propritor.
June2
NOTICE!
Portland, - - Oregon.
GREAT BEDUCTIOX IX PRICES
AT THE
St. Charles Hotel.
From th first day of Aafftiatthe price of Board
and Rooms will be redact! to the Mlowlng rates :
Transient rnora ant board pr day (2 00
Transieut fMittes, room and board
extra, per day . f2 to $A 00
Pt-rmmnvnt Bkaxle room and bonr-i
pr week..... 90 find apward
Frrmaoent day board r per wtek.. .$7
Perm neat Suites of Koomt for Families in pro
portion -
Ued per nl-rht. ...... 75c
Tuts being the Only flrit-ctnst Hotel tn the
city being built of brick, with Bar and Billiard
Rooms on the premises. Table and attendance
oniurpsssed on th-s eost, and aH tbe modern
Improver-Bents -the subscriber trusts, with (he
above eomtlnattoo of advantages, to meet with
a proportionate share of patrstmge from the ciU
s:BS of Portland and the tiwTelina; pub 1e
JOHN J. JACOBS
ugtf P'opicior.
90 nOfl ,TVS- DaUT.red i
JVjMUU my Shop In 8 ilem.
.T. Ttf. l'OH,TF.H.
ihi Coibt Jiange and -Kore Lln..'
Iq the dfscriptiotia ofHrrgan we
have given from time to time tbere u
one portion of the Slat8 hich, upon
reSf tio. v wtw HUU4 't--Tti'Ub
puriioulir notM-thwvw wt re able to'
give to it when treating of western
Oregon, ot w bleb it forms a part. Vie
mean the fust iri,ft3 poyVF'n8
and the shore line of the Pacific. Tbia
region-Hforptnt WjVy-eipxj irrder pj M)oal rancbise,Bttd all otbef. political
the Slate, its entire'eitent from north
to south bus en average tiidth from
east to west of ebotrt thirty miles, and
contains about 9,000 square miki tfl
territory. For half of its extent it is
bound by tbe Willamette valley on the
est, and tor tbe other half lies across
the mouths of the valleys ot tbe
Umpqna, Rogue and Coquille rivers.
In cHamte it is nearly aa much differ
ent from tbe great interior valleys as
they are from the E til I more interior
plain? of Eastern Oregon ; being of a
more even temperature torougb the
entire season, especially being much
cooler. This is owing to the fact that
the district lays more immediately
within the influence of tbe sea air, re
cti iiig, it dots, the cooling mois
ture of tbe prevailing norHi-welt
winds in summer, and tbe south-west
winds in winter. These winds irti
pingiog against a mountain range,
tbe soil of which is an absorbent clay
loam, produces a forest growth that
few regions of tbe globe can eq'jal.
It is emphatically a grouina country.
It will, cover itself with something,
and is found to be remarkably adapted
to the production of tbe cultivated
grasses and all, plants of the Brasica
tribe. Its capacity to produce such
crops as cabbage, turnips, potatoes or
carrots can hardly be exaggerated by
reasonable language. Near tbe sea, in
locations lying open to the prevailing
winds from the ocean, it is found that
their influence is sometimes injurious
to such grain crops as.wheal and oats ;
a good growth of straw being always
certain, hut the graiu sometinies
blighting in tbe head and failing to
form. It is not believed that tbi-se
deleterious influences exist to bucL an
extent as to prevent t'ae settlers of me
region from supplying themie'ves
easily and abundantly with breadstuff,
bnt this, joined with the broken char- .
acter of the country, together wi'.ti
its superior capacity to produce grass
and root crops, points to it as the dairy
region of .the future Oregon. This
new is sustained so far as experiments
have gone at Clatsop Plains, which is
the oldest settlement within this re
gkio, where butter and cheese have
always been the staple productions of
industry. Tbe same is true-of tl.e
next oldest settlement at Tillamook
Biiy. Of course in aistricta remote
from large markets, as these are, tbe
rearing of cattle is always a part of
the system, sometimes the leading part,
or most important.
Next to atock-Taising and dairy farm
ing, the region we are describing is
destined to be the lumber and oal
mining region of Oregon. Lumber
has f.ir many years been one of the
leading : exports- fiOm the extreme
northern and tbe southern portions of
the district, and at Coos Bay coal min
ing, in addition to lumber, has teen
and is an important and growioz in
dustry, bat co&l has been found at
various points between Coos Bay atid
the mouth of the Columbia as at
Yaqnica, TillarDO'ik add the XebaU-m
river, and there is little douit that as
tbe settlements extend into tbe, as jet,
almost unknown districts which liy
between the few isolated poin's at
preeent settled, the country will te
foutid to abound in coal, iron, and, in
ll probability, limestone indeed the
tatter is known to exist in tbe viciuiiy
o,f Cape Lookout, twenty miles touth
of the mouth of the Columbia river,
but for lack of roads is at present use
less. The. broken character of tue
country will insure i i s being the last
to be gobbled up by rnilruad aud other
subsidies, and as it is better suited to
the man who, from one or two cows,
desires to increase his substance tj
twelve or twenty than to bim who,
from a present stock of fifty to one
hundred, desires to increase to hun
dreds or thousand; for the latter,
Eastern Oregon is the place ; the form
er, in our judgment, will be able to
find neighborhood, and consequenly
school facilities for his children with
the most certainty at some of these set
tlements of tbe coast range. Of these
settlements tbere are several com
mencing at the month of tbe Columbia
and going' soutfcwurl down the co i'st
we bate Clatsop, Tillau-m . V'T'n
Bay, Alsea, the month of the Liu. (
tbe Coquille, Coos Bay, Port On jrd
and Ellenburg. The varieties of tim
ber which form the basis of the lum
ber interests of this region are red and
yellow fir, hemlock, spruce, pine and
cedar in the north coast, and the fa
mous red wood is found at tbe sontb.
In addition to lumbering, the prepara
tion of tanners extract 'might be added"
to le products, aa extensive bodies of
hemlock timber are fonnd near the
mouth of tbe Columbia.
London Compared with Otbeb
Citikh. Tbe late census of London
(rave a total population of 3,883,092.
ome idea of the comparative site of
the British metropolis may be formed
when it is known that its aggregate
population is greater than that of tbe
eleven largest cities in the United
States.' Here are the figures :
1 New York,
2 Philadelphia
3 Brooklyn
4 St. Louis
5 Chicago
6 Baltimore
7 Boston ,
8 Cincinnati
9 New Orleans
10 San Francisco.....
1 1 Buffalo
Total
London
.. 927,436
.. 673,7215
... 406,097
... 312,963
... 299,370
... 2X3,070
253,924
... 218,900
... 184,68
... 150,351
118,050
3,828,575
3,83,092
Excels of London 51,617
London has a greater population
than the three next largest cities in
Europe and America:
Paris 2,000,000
New York 927,-ir;6
Berlin : .-. 810,000
Total
London ..
Excess of London.,
.y3.7:!7,4:!6
,..3,83,092
... 14j,Cafl
- Two scavengers were quarreling as
to their respective ' working abilities,
when one, meaning to silence his
mate, said: "Well, Bill, you can
sweep tbe middle of the street, but
you can't do an. ornamental piece of
ot-.It. lib-. .-...J.ff - - r " rl n 1 - -
A 1 S-iJ f
V. i received direct . tram,, Uo
i . i . r . i. 1 1 i . i , i
Ri(bt8 Puztfi' fircular aonouauing
formstipaof he lVicVoria. League,'
M aose " mission jf to. j.uoite lbs pre
gresgiYe. portionf Ibe Anierjigan, jpeoj
pU injo PUyf Jjorgaaiza$ios4,' yjto
into jicUttar; 8.CX grantor telec
rights to women and then VhsJarajine- is
to march to the polls in bigb top bouts
and flowing crinoline, all the men
wearing chignons that want to, and
all women wearing trousers that da.-e,
and -dect Victoria C. Woodhull Sirs.
President ot tbe United States.
Tbe idea has come upon us suddenly
and we are too much electrified to im
mediately announce allegiance to Vic.
Woodhull and the American Eagle,
and we have some curiosity to know
how many men sbe intends to marry
between now and tbe end of her presi
dential term. We may not find time
to adopt her 'platform of free love and
free votiog, or to remember to vote for
her in 1872, bat we beg Woodhull nut
to hesitate about accepting the Presi
dency on our account.
Hon. George H. Williams.
It is not often that a new State las
:bat a new State la
such influence in tbe Uuiled States
Senate as Oitgon bad in the li.st Con
gress. Both our Senators during that
time may rightly claim the respect of
our people. Senator Corbett as pos
sessing tbe most valuable qualities as
a man of energy, of business tact, of
unremitting effort in behalf of Oregon,
directed by tbe highest integrity and
correct judgement.
Senator Williams ba3 won for him
self exalted fame as a statesman, and
has reflected much honor upon the
name ofOrpgoD. It was a mark of
high distinction that President Gratit
conferred on bim with the appointment
as one of the High Joint Commission
to negotiate the Treaty of Washington.
This alone will perpetuate bis name in
American history, but bis name is also
im perish ably associated with the states
manship of the Union ag reconstructed
out ot the political chaos which was
left by the civil war.
Writing for Newspapers
Every newspaper bas correspondents
who desire to be heard, and in many
Id -lances are io hopes of es'iiblishmg
a literary reputattou by writing for i:
columns. Tbese contributors t'urni h
prose and poetry, fict, fiction and
f.incy, aud wonder why tbey cannot be
accommodated with publicity, fre
quently cliurging the silence of pub
lishers and failure to honor their pro
ductions with apace to iguoraace,
prtdjudiceor jt-alousy. Th;3 subject
is well handled in an editorial reply in
the New York Tribune addressed to
aspirants for space in the columns of
that paper, and we give a poniou of it
to our readers as it covers a subject
which we have frequent occasion to
consider. Its candor and sense must
be apparent to every person endowed
with common reason :
" The newspaper reading public is
immense and continually on the in
crease. Ot course to supply ibis reat i
mus3 of readeis there tuiirl tie a ors
responding Lumber of writers. E ery
paper that has influence bas its literary
tti.tr upon which it depends mainly for
i's malarial. Tbe accepted writers are
tho--e who comprehend the spirit, the
lotip, and genius of their journal, and
when a writer of ideas and facility has
c-t"biished his or her connections, the
publisher is generally slow to make
chitiiges that are not required. There
i? a certain style called the newspaper
style. Its characteristics are conden
sation, incisivetiess, and pith. When
an editor picks up a manuscript the
tale of it generally hang on tbe first
page ; often it is determined by tbe
first sentence. The acceptable writer
gets near tbe heart of his sul ject in
ten or a dozen words ; introductions
nd np'ihig":es be discards ; a story or
an anecdote may serve as an introduc
tion, bat it must be short, sharp, and
deci.-ive. Editors generally are city
men witn metropolitan dispatch aud
promptness, and they are impatient of
ail circumlocutions, prefaces, nnd
platitudes. One may sy what has
been said a thousand tirae before, but,
unless a piquancy and a nameless gr ice
hangs about it, the editor will call it
common-place, and away it goes, sell
ing as waste paper in Ann st. at 7
cents per pound ! Sentimentalists and
moralizing are of slow sale in the liter
ary market ; a style as retnofs as pos
sibie from the style of the average ser
mon is tbe writing most lik-lyto b
accepted. The clerical diction is not
sufficiently adapted to the depravity of
current newspaper literature. A tew
years since the managing editor of a
prosperous paper felt a special interest
in a young lady of bright faculties, and
full culture She was very anxious to
have it in her power to earn money at
with her pen. He took her
nnuu -.(." which had been dashed off
with great r.i; i n '. n;l paid an amac-
uecsis for copying u -i (1 correcting
its grammar, punctuation, capital;,
and spelling. After retouchiug its
rhetoric" he submitted it to the literary
editor. That gentleman replied when
banding it hack, '' we don't care bow
Lottie Elder cell, it makes no ttifl-r-ence
to us or the public ; it doesn't
appear from this roantiKTipt thst
Lottie Elder knows anything that the
public is interested iiijknowinp." S j
the paper went to -the waste. btsket
Tbe best friend for this young woman
is the critic, who will pull her rhetoric
all in pieces, 'and show her how to put
it together ; who will expose her errors
in grammar, strike out ber redundan
cies, eitt out her commenplaces, and
leave only the pure wheat ot good
thinking and fine expression. She
may gain many bints by studying the
style of the most popular magazine
writers. By no witchery have they
won position save the witchery of lov
ing, and unremitting labor in perfect
ing their style. With them every
word is chosen with care, and tbe
sentences built up without sound of
hammer into shapely ediffces of truth
and beauty."
Rocou os Kalaha. A short time
since the-notorious vagrant, Thomas
Harvey, was np before Judge Denny.
He was convicted, and was allowed to
select from two modes of punishment,
either to go to Kalama or be sent to
j til for twenty days. He selected tbe
former, and immediately started for the
embryo metropolis, but, strange to re
late, be did not remain long. In a few
days he was back io Portland, saying
that he preferred the jail to living in
sach a "miserable place as Kalama."
Such being tbe -case, ba was turned
over to the custody of. Chief Lippeus,
bo wilt furnish him quarters in tbe
City Jail for the period ol twenty days.
Portland BalUUn.;
Probably the Kalamatians will come
back on our lively contemporary with
the reflection that the severe morality
of their town is harder on a Portland
scalla wag than tbe horrors of the Port
-'v-' 4 "-.; : '- '
SALEM, OREGON
Railroad Consolidation la Callfor
. nta. .
Te hare been ranch flattered and ea
conrajred tr: Oregon, of late, by the
newVtbat a gigantic railroad "corpora
tion) was formed In California, to con
struct a railroad through Southern Or
egon, to connect the California Pacific
Rtilroad of California, with the Union
Pacific at Ogden, in Utah Territory ;
and also to conueet Oregon: With Cali
fornia, direct, and also with the over
land ronte. Our only hope of connect'
tion to the South with tbe general rail
road system tbere existing, seems to be
that such a northern route shall be
taken bold of by men of sufficient
capital to handle tbe enterprise and in
sure its speedy completion.
We were assured, by parties who
bad opportunity to be well informed,
that this whole movement was only a
stroke ot policy to compel the Central
Pacific Kailroad Company, or rather
tbe men who control it, to purchase
the stock of the California Pacilic
Company, which was the only corpo.
ration that could be considered its
rival in that State. This iofor'ua'.ioa
seems to have beeu correct, lor the
Central Pacific men have 'purchased
tbe majority of the Block of tbe Cali
fornia Pacific Company, and tbe two
L'jtnpaoies are practically consolidated
and all work stopped on the proposed
roule through Southern Oregon to
Utah.
This result bas an important bear
ing on the future railroad interests of
Oregon. The Central Pacific Company
bas now control of every railroad
route of any value in California, and
evidently has tbe means to handle a'.l
its enterprises vigorously. California
looks with much distrust upon the
schemes of this coporation, and the
present election turns practically upon
ttie railroad question, both tbe politi
cal parties having repudiated railroad
influence and denounced the granting
of subsidies in any shape to copora
tions. California undoubtedly will
and Oregon'a j undobtedlv can and al
ways should keep clear from such iu.
tluences, and prevent spoilers -from
reachiug the pockets of tbe prople by.
robbery sanctioned by legislation.
The Califoraia monopoly is as am
bitious as it ii powerful, aud no coubt
h is the intention to own the j rofitai.le
lii.es of railway from the Columnia
river South. There is reason to bc-lii-ve
that it will soon show that in
f miou, aud we are inclined to think
i the best ihitig that could uapptn for
our Si au-, it should. One monopoly'is
as good or bad as another, and if we
ni rd rai'.roads, as we uuuoubtedlv do.
waut llienj handled by men able to
build tuern, andpossessedof thefiuan
cial etui us to hurry them up in the
quickest possible time.
Oregon owes nothing to any man or
mea ia this connection. The most
we need accord is simple respect for
t'je talent men display in forwarding
our enterprises in the attempt to make
their own fortunes thereby. We look
for monopoly, and we expect the Cen
trr.l Pacific Company to come on a
monopolizing tour to Oregon, and we
expect the exisiling railroads to sell to
them ct merire into the grand consoli
Jiiion, nnd the sooner it is effected the
st on r iil financial daylight shine
ri.roujih jiitliern Oregon and bles
the whole Willamette valley.
Chaos Comb Again. The demoral
isation of Democracy in California,
m.iy tie imagined when Oregon readers
leuru that Pat Malone has turned Ile
puljl'can orutr aud has taken the
stitnp for Booth. A change must
have come over the spirit of bia dream
with a vengence. This importaut fact
we gather from the Oakland (Cal.)
U ail i Srwt.
As Oregon Boy at Hakvauu. The
following from a correspondence of the
Providence (Ii. I ) Journal, describing
Commencement Day atllrvard Univer
sity, wi;l be of interest to Oregon
readers, though we wouldn't wonder a
bit if the Oregon bsy's whole oration
was'nt a satire which the Eastern
folks accepted 83 grave earnest :
An unusual storm of applause from
tbe boaters and ba!e-ballers greets the
next speaker, Silvester Warren Rice
There is no getting that travestied into
L.tiio. And looking from our young
tj lulheruer we see the entirely oppo
hits type in the long-limbed, gre'l
sbouldered young Westerner who
cornea forward. We gazs upon this
youthful giant with the usual admira
tion of the weak for the strong, aad
are not at oil surprised wlen we limr
be is from Oregon. Certainly no less
a territory could produce such a Sau -sun.
Aud in his story of our Indian
troubles " be firings dowu the house"
two or three times with bis intense
earnestness. Tins young Western
Samsou look the side of the Iudinn,
tid in alluding to the dishonesty of
the whites in their mercantile trans
actions wUh the red man, he told
many facts to prove bis own views to
be just. Among those facta be stated,
with an unsmiling face and a trem' ns
dous power of indignation, that at
one time his nefariously dealing couo
trymen sent out to those unsuspecting
Indiana ' 15i pairt of garter and not a
tingle pair of stockings!" The gravity
of niB statemeai, hurled out as if al a
culmination of indignation, and as tbe
last height of iniquity, made the sen
sation of the day. The President and
Faculty shook with suppressed langb-
ter, the girls gvglfd, and tbe Students
fairly outdid themselves with applause.
Hiatusndom Not Fab Distant.
Our contemporaries are re-pnblishing
from the Chicago Standard a letter,
written by Rev. C. Curtis, from Salem.
Mr. Curtis is an old gentleman recent
ly from tbe East, and no ffoubt is a
good Christian man. We cannot be
lieve he weighed the words we quote
below, when be wrote them, for if be
did be mast have ioteoded-to denounce
the eight or ten prosperous churches
in Salem, not included in his own de
nomination, as allied to heathendom.
Tbe last clause of bia letter to the
Standard'retdi as follows :
If any of the readers of the Stanf
ar J are panting for a plate, where tbey
can make great sacrifices in doing a
pioneer work and we may hope a greet
werk l-.r Christ, 1 say to tbem, come
to Oregon ; for here, of all places this
side ot heathendom, is the place to do
it. If jtny of my old friends io Michi
gan, or others, have a thought in this
direction let me l.tar from them.
Coon Quality. Dr. J. C. .Grubb. of
Dallas, informs us that the wheat in that
section is'very excellent in quality, confirm
ing the statement made by Mr. Newsom
the other dav, tt,at tbe berry is more plump
and full than usual. Tbe farmers of Polk.
Hienver!nr '4-e!e harvests yield
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23; 1871.
sState IVews.
Portland.
From the Portland dsiiiesof tbe 15'b
An extensive bed of fine moss agates,
bas recently been dtscovered in tbe
vicinity of the Warm Spring Indian
Reservation. The extent of the bed is'
not yet known, but there is little doubt
as to 'he quality) of the stone.
Tbe M. E. Conference adjouined
yesterday.
- Appointments of pastors for Salem
District L. T. Woodward, P. E.
Salem and South Salem, L. M. Nicker
son ; Silverton, G. W. Adams; Rack
Creek, W. D. Nichols ; Dayton, T. A.
Wood; Yamhill, J. II. Ally u ; Dallas,
J. James j'Buena Vista and Tillamook
are to be Bupplied ; Albany, 0. W.
Shaw ; Jefferson, John Flynn ; Wil
lamette University, L. J. Powell and
L. L. Rogers Professors, and A. F.
Waller Assistant Agent.
The OrifUuime arrived at half past
5 o'clock last evening. She will sail
for San Francisco on Thursday August
ITih at G p. m.
Yesterday afternoon a Chinaraaa
engaged iu workiug upou the Street
improvement at the corner" ofSecqrvd
and Hall, met his death by the caving
of an embankment.
The Oneonta brought down last
night sixty tons of waeatj principally
from Walla Walla.
On Sunday atternoon, between three
and four o'cloek, iu attempting to
cross tbe river in a skiff, three men
slightly under the influence of liquor
were capsized, and had it not been for
timely assistance, might have lost their
lives.
From the Oregoniun of tbe 16th, we
take the following :
The committee to whom was referred
the decision of the award of $300, for
the prize essay, fcave decided that ilrs.
A. J. Duniway and J. Quinn Thornton
have furnished essays of equal merit.
R. B. Taylor, formerly conne;ted
with the Slimouri Itfpullican in an
editorial capacity, arrived on the Ori
flamme, and rumor says be is -to be
come editor of the Ihrald-
1. B. Uandley, of theHVur Side, hss
finished his contract fur surveying the
Warm Spricg3 Reservation..
Peace and serenity reign in and
around Por'.l.and since Superintendent
Meacham had nil the drunken Indians
removed.
One hundred and futy-four patients
are confined in the Insane Asylum,
of whom thirty-aine are femalee-.
Fine watermelons are reaching Port
land from the D.ilic-3.
The Oriflamme leaves Portland for
San Francisco to day.
The grand pow-wow at Umatilla has
resulted in nothing. The Commis
sioners and other eminent persons in
attendance have returned from there.
A rran named Charles Kempton was
drowned at Canemab on Tuesday. He
ell between tbe logs io the boom at
Elliott's saw mill, while moving some
of ibetn.
A Chinese labcrtr was killed at i
Portland, same day, by tbe caving io
of a bank on street grade.
The Pixley troupe are returning to
Torllaud.
James Pipes alias Stephen Massett,
lecturer, etc., is to arrive in Oregon in
a few days.
The Oregunian learns of tbe death of
Judge Shipley, County Judge of Jack
son county,- who died on Wednesday
last of pneumonia.
A new turn table is nearly completed
for the West Side Railroad near the
bone yard.
Ague prevails at Portland on both
sideg of tbe Wallamet.
The Bulletin says Bishop Morris is
adding to tbe already large accommo
dations of St. Helens Hall. Tbe pop
ularity of that excellent school, for
young ladies, causes a great increase
in the number of scholars.
Grapes of excellent size and Savor,
raised at the Dalles, rival in Portland
markets, those brought from Califor
nia. Eastern Oregon gradually de
velops great fruit raising qualities.
The number of insane patients, is
now 14-1, instead of 154 as vaj report
ed. Idaho.
From tbe Boise City Statesman o
August 12th :
The threshing season in Boise Val
ley is now fairly under way, uud
enough is known io assure us that the
wheat crop is an unusually light yield.
It is probably tbe lightest average crop
ever raised io Uoise Valley.
A number of emigrants from Mis
souri and Kansas passed through town
yesterday, bound for Oregon and Wash
ington Territory.
George Loyd, formerly of British
Columbia, was drowned io Payette
river while on bis way to Warren's
diggings a tew days ago.
A severe frost injured vegetables in
Boise Valley a few days ago.
W'lIiigtoat Territory.
Louisa A. Mullnn has been bailed out of
jail, and has left the oountry.
The Walla Walla Annual Fair will com
mence September 20th, and -continue four
days. -- ---
New "wheat is rapidly coming in and
finds ready sale.
The house of O. W. Hartness, near Walla
river, was burned midnight of the 9th.
The family barely escaped in their night
clothes, and lost everything.
From the Kalama Beacon of August
15th:
Steps have been taken to establish a
school in Kalama. .
A hotel is going up at Carroll's Point, be
luw Kalama.
The Methodist Church building will be
completed in two weeks.
A paTty returnet from the Lewis river
mines do not give a flattering report.
Work with teams and men is rapidly be
ing pushed on the railroad.
Yeaton t Cromwell's saw mill at Rainier
is rebuilt and has commenced to saw.
Terrible accounts are received of tbe
famine in Persia. At Yead, some 500
children have been killed and eaten by
tbe starving Mohammedan population
Smallpox prevails to an alarming
extent io tbe chief cities ot Germany.
New York devours nearfy a thousand
. 1. , , .
The pity and County.
From oar Daily of Aiujtut .
Local BaitviTiKs. Mr. Charles Cart-
wrigbt, who has just roturned from Albany,
inform ns that their factory lias about
4,009 boxos of soap ready for shipment,
lie intends to remove to Albany this week.
Capital Engine Company were ont
drilling last evening The fire bell is a
dice plaything it makes considerable
noise The foundation of the Methodist
Church is being torn away preparatory to
its immediate removal. Our young friend
Fred. G. Sehwatka returned last evening
from Wet Point." Welcome home The
son of Mr. Tbos. Towosend, living about
four miles south ef Salem, got thrown from
a mule and dragged lome distance a few
days since, receiving injuries which are
feared will prove fatal. '
Shallow Water. For the last two days
tho teams engaged hauling sand from
Minto's Islund have driven across the mouth
of the slough iu going over with the empty
wagons, instead of crossing on the ferry.
Tbe water at this crossing has always li-.-cn
shallow enough for cattle to cross in mid
summer, though not so easily as atprefent.
The indications are that the mouth of tbe
slungh is becoming shallower, which is
probably cnu?ed by Iheonrrent setting more
on tbe other siofe of the river'. Should the
large body of water constituting the slough
abore, become merely a lake, it would be a
serious matter to Salem, as the presence of
so much stagnant water would be greatly in
jurious to public health. The project f.r
opening a channel above to tau-e a per
manent current to run through tbo.cbaiu of
sloughs which form tha Islaud, ia very ea-y
of accomplishment at reasonable eien.-e,
uud Ibe city should take it into considera
tion and secure its benefit uf. an early day.
Mammoth Pasurama. Barker's moving
panorama of the Four Rivers of the West,
will bo cxhiliited at the Opera House this
evening. Each sn no is IS by 12 feet.
Thcte scenes wera painted on canvas ly
Steven Barker, Esq., a citizen of Portland.
Tho scciies include views of the Pacific
coa?t, Yoseniito Valley, Lake Tahoe, many
scenes upon the Columbia river, the Wil
lamette an 1 Portland. The mountains i.f
Oregon are represented, epocially our
favurito Mount llnd. Puet Sound views
and the towns on the sound, Victoria, Car
rilioo and Alaska, all are reproduced on Mr.
Barker's canvas, in the lorty-six views to
be exhibited. This Panorama bus only
been completed this summer, and has bc-.-n
exhibited at Victoria and the cities on
Puget Si.und, coininaiidtn from all tho
newspapers there the uio.-t favorable, criti
cism. It "ia an r.vbibitiou that tnu.-t com
mand admiration and respect, "and will soon
be taken Eat, where we Lave no doubt tho
enterprise wiUjln? fully appreciated ami re
warded. Admission 50 conls, children half
price.
Goon Joke. Mr. Harr, one of the parly
that started tn the coast yesterday morninir,
had selecte 1 a number of ch'iicc b.ioks and
novel to read, tvrnp'cd tlicm up nicely
and laid them awny until be was ready to
start. But it so happened that a second
person fiui;U tl.o bidden treasures ami
played a laughable trick iiptm him by re
moving bis selected literature and plicing
a patent office report, s-veral Germa-i
almanacs for ISM and four voluu.es of
Clark's analysis of corresponding ae in
their stead. Im:iii;e the look of disu-;t
that- will hang up . ii his classic brow when
he unfolds his trt.-urcd talc of Jove and
roiiist:ee and finds these antiquated relies
of bv-gone days.
Dki.ta. W. T. We yesterday had a call
from Uev. J. C. Adams, "alio visits his old
home aft.-r attending Conference, lie bas
been for a year pas! at tbo town of I'elta,
twenty miles above Walla Walla, on tbe
Tuuchet, mid speaks with enthusiasm of his
new li .me. Tho Touchet country is some
what extensive and very fertile. The set
tlers are cultivating the hills there with
ex'-'.lleiit results, the crops of grain being
excellent raised thereon. The town of.
Helta (otherwise Wnitsburg) is quite thriv
ing, contains ahotit 200 population, has a
uiiiulier of a lores, shops and mills and prom
ises to become aii( important point, in fact
is occ now. Mr. Adams says there still is
ro-.ui for mi ro settlers.
The Nathan Juvenile Tn.upa arc to visit
Salem next week. Mr. Nathan came up
yesterday and engaged Ibe Opera House.
They will probably commence about Wed
nesday. This troupe has been giving very
successful entertainments ot Portland.
They lately came from Australia, and have
been well appreciated in California. They
will undoubtedly succeed in Salem as well
as elsewhere.
Te m pk it A xi"k Lkctcue. Miss Carrie F.
Young, M. I., wiil lecture this evening
upon temperance, but at what hall it has
not been decided, but handbills will bo
issied to-day giving full information. Miss
Young comes, welt reoemmended by tho
prefs and pulpit of California and tho
East. The subject is omi of groat import
ance, and should be atteuded by soma of
tbe young gents of this place, whom wo
nre certain could be improved in tlvis re
spect beyond comprehension. We will also
Solicit the presenco of -our " naber" across
the hall.
Gkcat IIctfrs. John Williams, who
is known to be a great hunter, informs us
that he has becn'over on the Coust Rango
Mountains on a deer hunt, having as com
panion a gentleman born and raised inRogue
River, but now residing over in that neigh
borhood. They killed twenty-seven deer,
about the biggest kill we have heard of thia
season. Johns Williams says tho most re
markable part of the story is that tie
Rogue River man killed twenty-six and be
killed all the rest. The Rogue River man
is an Indian and has lots of meat dried for
next winter, i
Wheat is Marios County. Mr. David
Newsom, to whom we are often indebted
for items, informs us that farmers are well
advanced in harvostsng their Fall wheat in
this county, and that it yields well say 25
bushels per acre upon an nverage. The
berry is unusually plump, clear and fine,
equaling the finest wheat raised in early
days more plump than for five years past,
Spriug wheat is filling well, that i such ns
stauds well aud was properly fiirmed.
Accident. A son of Mr. Sawyer, of
Yamhill county, was dangerously hurt a
few days since. One of tbe horses attached
to a threshing machine jumped, broke a
tug, which struck the young man in the
stomach, knocking bim a distance of sev
eral feet. He was" picked ap senseless.
We learn from Br. McASoe,. who attended
bim, that be will probably be out of danger
in a tew days.
Runaway. -l-A horse belonging to a
farmer named Dickinson, took fright yes
terday while Standiug near Rclly k Scott's
blacksmith shop, broke bis baiter, dashed
np street regardless of damage to his bar
ae, until just In front of Cunningham i
Co.'s store, wbeu be turned into it, mooriug "
his carcass among the pots, kettles and tin
ware with but little ceremony.
Sewing, machines form a staple article of
trade, here in Salem. Royal & Smith are
receiving additions to their stock every week,
and have a large lot, brought by last steam-
mm.
$2 50
POCEFDIN6S Or TUB TEACHERS ASSOCI
ATION. Marion County Teachers Associ!-
tion met ot tl.e Cnivern: i b ipel yester
day at 10 o'cloek. Considering llio 1 u-y
season of the year it was quii.- fully at
tended. Tbe following persons were
elected officer for the ensuing year : Presi
dent, Prof. it. 3. Powell ; Vice President,
Prof. L. I. Rogers; Secretary, A. A.
Bonooy; Treasurer, Miss Ellen Cham
berlain. The following Executive Committee was
appointed: Win. Simpson, I. C. Jory and
J. M. Garrison. -
In tbe afternoon the subject of penman
ship and orthography were taken np and
discussed, the former being led by Prof. L.
L. Rogers and the latter by Prof. Wmi
Simpson. Tbe discussions were tusen part
in by most of the teachers present, and
were quite Interesting and instructive.
The exercises of the day were closed by
an excellent Sonjr by two little girls.
The following is tha programme for to
day : Algobra, by E. P. Smith; Reading,
by L. J. Powell; Essay, Public Schools,
br II. P. Cook.
aftkhso-jk.
Es.ay, What Shall we Teach in the Pub
lic Schools? by Mrs. Eves. Lanara ; Cube
Root, by I. C. Jorv ; History, How to
Teach It, by Prof. King. The exercises to
be enlivened by frequent pieces of music.
"We would call attention to the following
programtuo of tbe exercises in the Univer
sity Chapel this evening: Music ; Address,
by Prof. S. W. King ; Music ; Essay,
China, by Miss Ellen Chatnberlin ; Music ;
Pantomime Exercises, by Prof. W. S.
Smith, of the deaf mute school; Closing
Song.
Oregox Contkbesce. On Saturday the
Conference adopted a memorial to the next
general Conference, requesting thattubacco
using ministers should be deluded from
the ministry.
The Pacific. Chrintian Advocate was pro
nounccd to be financially in a good condi
tion. "Dr. Dillon was recommended to be
continued as its editor for four years more,
and provision was made for the employment
of n assistant editor.
Revs. G.C. Barger, Win. Miller and Wm.
Cornell, local preachers, were elected dea
cons in the church.
A collection of about $300 was taken up
in the evening to aid in building churches
in needy districts
On Sabbath morning Bishop Jones
preached a powerful sermon to a crowded
church, aiid the following named rireacbcrs
were ordained deacons: Joseph Hoberg,
John S. McCain, Thomas Pearne, George
Waters, Wm. H. Mcisse, Gordon C. Barger.
Win. Miller, Wm. Cornell.
At 3 i'. m. Iir. Thomas, of San Francisco,
preached to a large congregation, after
which the following six were ordained
Elders: Clark Smith, John H. Adams,
Ilarverd Patterson, Hiram B. Lane, John
Howard, James 11. Allen.
Nkw Cab. The Lew cab, belonging to
Mr. Anderson, continues to do a railroad
business and on railroad time. Tbey car
ried some passengers cut into tbe country
j icvcrul miles, yesterday, and returned lie-
forc anybody could have time to miss them.
They w ill engage to carry passengers to
any point betweeu Salem aud England on
reasonable terms.
At the Depot. Business iu the rassen
I ger line nt the depot was unusually lively
i yestirday. All tbo trains came in with
j heavy passenger lists, the Portland evening
' train brought np over 100 passengers among
j whom wo noticed Col. I. R. Moo res and
i family. Rev. Mr. Nic.tcrsnn and family,
i Mr. 1". ti. Sehwatka and Miss Georgia
1 Urown.
Goon Coffee. Cox & Earhart have an
cxeelieut article of parched coffee for sale,
put up in pound packages. It is genuine
coffee and no mistake, all ready to griud.
Families that are tired of parching their
coffee can try this to good advantage
Smoking Oxen. Mr. A. J. Brown,
blacksmith, was engaged yesterday in (hoe
ing four yoke of Government oxen, which
are to be used for carrying supplies out to
Fort Klamath. They will start the last of
this week for that place.
Cunningham A Co. are receiving large
invoices of goods from the East and Europe,
direct importations, and are, of course, able
to sell them at such rates as to defy compe
tition. Shooting Gallert. A shooting gallery
bas been opened in the rear of the Brook
Saloon. Over four hundred shots were
firod on Monday last.
Two Government mule teams were on the
street yesterday, loading with provisions,
etc., for Fort Klnmath and Yainax.
Pi-rtm one Deity of Attgutt 17.
Local Brevities. Fresh Oregon peach
es, and California grapes nnd peaches are
for sale nt Lampson Co.'s they are the
first of the season Dr. Richardson has
removed from bis plaus of residence to the
Commercial Hotel..-'.... Drs. Richardson and
Ballard performed an operation upon the
eye of Mr. Parrish, of Linn county, yes
terday There is a letter retained in tbe
Postnffice for want of stamps addressed to
Mrs. Madelia Grubbs, aud oue without any
addrcss A Government team carried
out a Turbine wheil and other machinery
for a flouring mill at Fort Klauiath Mrs.
Tbmnpsyn arrived here from St. Louis in
less than two weeks, on last Monday.
Disuases op the Eye. There are many
cases of diseased eyes in every country, so
many that some physicians make a special
ty of their treatment, and devote themselves
to tbo study of opthalinic practice. Dr.
Charles Wilson, now in this city, comes
from California, well recommended as a
very successful practitioner in eye diseases.
He brings an introduction to President
Campbell, of Monmouth, from a clerical
friend in California,- who certifies to his
skill nnd reputation; and that be successfully
treated his own son, after several others
bad failed. Dr. Wilson operated success
fully on several cases in Umpqua.
Ho expects to remain here for some time
and will bold all examinations free. As
will be seen by his card he don't want any
money paid unless the patient receives ben
efit. That certainly is a fair proposition.
Persons living at a distance can address
letters of inquiry to him here, and will re
ceive prompt answers. There arc, no doubt,
many who will be glad to improve so favor
able an opportunity.
Mrs. Carrie F. Young, of San Francisco,
did not lecture last evening as announced.
Seeing that no room had been engaged for
her, and that many of our citizens were
absent, she concluded to return to Salem
about October 1st. We were much pleased
with Mrs. Young, who appears to be a sensi
ble, practical woman. Her lectare at
Albany were highly rpoken of by both the
paper tbere. The Woman' Journal, at
Sioa Jrancisoo, is published by her, and tbe
numbers wa have seen show ood family
reading. We are inclined to think that
when Mrs. Young return to Salem she will
be listened to with Interest.
- We learn, at a late hour, that Mrs.
Young did lecture last evening at the Con
grcgational Church, but we Were unable to
per Amirm in Advance.
Tracbebs' Proceedings. Yesterday's
session of the Teachers' Association, In the
University Chapel, wae quite largely at
tended by the teachers of the county, and
tba meeting was quite pleasant and profit
able. :
Tbe forenoon was mostly occupied in dis
cussing tba subject reading by Prof. Powell.
Tbe word " Method" was tbe principal
topic of discussion, and was quite seal
onsly favored by many of the most expe
rienced teachers. It is no doubt quite an
improvement on the old method. of learning
the letters by note at the teacher's knee. '
The Association was favored with a
splendid essay by Mrs. Eves, and a stir
ring little speech by Major Magone.
Tho afternoon was mostly occupied in
the discussion of Algebra, being led by
Mr. E. P. Smith, and in a spirited discus
sion of the subject of corporal punishment
in the government of schools.
The following is tbe programme for to
day : Music; Essay, by P. H. Crook;
Music; Geography and School Govern
ment; Musio; Gazette, by J. M. Garrison ;
Music. .
APTKRXOOM.
Square and Cube Root, by T. C. Jory ;
Music ; Free Schools, by J. A. Waymire ;
Music ; Miscellaneous Business ; Music.
EVEXIMS.
Address, Darwinian Theory for the origin
of the Species, by Rev. C. C. Slratton.
Exorcises beginning respectively at 9 a.
m., 2 p. v. and 8 r. u.
Largs Womas. In the Oregoniau of
August 13th is an account of a large
woman who is now residing in Vancouver.
Mr. T. McF. Patton is our authority for
making a few corrections in the item. Her
name is Betty Stitce ; she was born in
1849, and is, therefore, 21 years old ; she
has but one child; her father is living.
Last year the families had a re-onion, when
there were present 79 children, grandchil
dren and great grand children. She was
married to a man by tho name of Parker,
from whom she was divorced this Spring,
he being a " wortb!ess shiftless fellow."
Assault and Battery. A case of as
sault and battery lyis tried before Justice
RignS yesterday in which Win. Royal was
complainant and Octa Pringle defendant.
The fact as near as we could learn them
are as follows : Mr. Pringle had refused to
pay bis additional school tax for the pur
pose of supporting free schools, when, ac
cording to law, a quantity of bay was
seized and sold to the highest bidder, Wm.
Royal, who offered to sell it back to Mr. P.
for the lame as be gave for it, but Mr. P.
became exasperated at some remark and
struck the complainant over tbe head with
a hoe. For making use of this kind of ar
gument he deposited $10 and cost in the
coffers of the worthy Justice.
Whirlwind. A clothes line, on Com
mercial street, was visited by a genuine
whirlwind yesterday that made it look like
it had been run through a threshing ma.
chine in a very few minutes. It carried
handkerchiefs and shirts several hundred
feet into the air, but these were discounted
by an inflated skirt -that passed beyond the
clouds, and is still ascending for aught we
know. . Tbe lady owner of the new depart
ure stood gaiiug with wonder at the sud
den rising of ber Sunday skirt.
Pianos Tcnkd. Those living in this
city who have pianos that need tuning can
have them attended to by calling upon
Prof. Francis, who has paid attention to
that branch of business, and taken lessons
of a professional teacher. We have no hes
itation in recommending him in that capac
ity, a we have tested his skill in that
respect.
Eola Pottery. Mr. John Richardson,
of Eola, is carrying on the pottery business
there extensively and successfully. His ad
vertisement Ibis morning is worthy of at
tention. He showed as a sample of his
stone-ware, glazed by a method of his own,
which is of yery superior jquality. " Pat
ronise home industry" has become a
proverb, and when home manufacture is as
good as Mr. Richardson furnishes, it is a
duty to give it all possible assistance.
New Church. -'-Workmen commenced
excavating for tbe foundation of tbe new
Methodist Church yesterday, and the base
ment which is the only portion to lie
finished this season will be pushed for
ward as fast as possible. Tho old church
will be moved across the street aud the new
one erected in its present site. The plans
and sj ecilicotions vent from Chicago were
accepted, and the church will be finished
according to them, with the exception of
being reduced a little in sizo
Panorama. The Panorama of the Pa
cific coast was exhibited to a very good au
dience last evening at the Oprca House,
and seemed to give good satisfaction. The
familiar scenes were heartily applauded,
and tbe evening's eutertaiuinent passed
pleasantly by. They will repeat their ex
hibition this evening.
New Pumps. The celebrated American
submerged pomp is advertised this morning,
by the Pacific Pump Manufacturing Com
pany, San Francisco. Great advantages
are claimed for it, as the advertisers state.
mplicity, durability and economy ara the
most desirable qualities in machinery of
any kind and this pump i said to combine
tbem all.
Diminutive. Dr. Chase had a diminu
tive steam engine, of his own make, on ex
hibition yesterday at W. W. Martin's
jewelry store, which worked like a charm
in running a lathe. It U a handsoino piece
of work and will be exhibited at the com
ing fair.
Fi.ocr Shu-best. The Salem Dray Co.
were engaged yesterday in hauling 200 bar
rel's cf Salem flour to the depot, to be ship
ped to Portland this morning. The mills
are receiving large quantities of grain daily.
It is impossible for them to get any bran
ahead, as the call for it is so great.
Accident. While Mrs. Nesmith and
Mrs. Chase were diiving up State street
yesterday their horse became frightened
aad ran into the sidewalk, throwing Mrs.
C. out of the buggy but doing no serious
injury.
We ore under many obligations to Mr. A.
A. Bonney, a young graduate from tho
Willamette University, for daily report of
the proceedings of tbo Teachers' Associa
tion now i session.
Fire. A large tn was raging about
seven or eigbt miles east of Salem last
evening which illuminated tbe sky in a
grand and beautiful manner.
Real Enterprise. Wm. Davidson,
r.. Real Estate Agent, of ibis city, bas
placed a end.r obligation to him for a
copy of the iitt of premium for the Ore
gon State Fair, to ha hel l at Salem, Oeto.
ber next. Mr. Davidson exhibits a real
enterprise, worthy of all commendation, by
circulating far aad near, whatever of pub
Ite document he believes will do good, aud
aceoBimodate the people of this growing
State. Jay Cooke A Co. acknowledge
through a letter Io Mr. Davidson, their
obligations for bis valuable maps, and
promise in return to do all they can to d. -velojt
Portland and Oregon and Washing
ton Territory. Christian Allocate. j
The reservoir is approaching et.nipletion,
and it will not be Ion . beforengiac and
fire companies will be a useless ornament
in a mrtinn of nor citv. '
Salficrlptieai Die.
Quite a number U Weakly swbaef Ibere
are still twins for, their snkssrletlaal few
the prevent year, which, wttStoeay of thehi
is drawing to s close, xfot paid ta thl
first six months they ew Are dollars, tot
if tbey send tb awaatiitptien price soot,
they eaa still have it al tb advance rale,-
$2.50, Tn Spring: Vrf tb yea it adult
time. for callettoor aad hf Ton have nof
yet paid np for yonr paper yets fill osier
a great favor by doiag so immediately.
No man needs ready aash More than he
who publishes a newspaper, and bas cash
to pay down for everything. , , ,
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LeCTI'M To-KIGnT. r
- The lee tare of Reverent S. C. Adaax on
Scriptural History at tha brie Chorea the
other evening, is spoke, ef a having been '
both instructive and interesting. By m
unanimous vote of those present be will
lecture again this (Friday) evening at t
o'clock, at Reed's Opera House, which is
selected as a more central place. Mr.
Adams has spent much time and money in'
the work of preparing tbe chronological
chart to illustrate his lectures. To-night
bis subject will be Profane History, Ancient
and Modern. His. desire is to tone tbe
minds of tbe young and old to a higher
plane by stimulating them to investigate
practical truths, and so store them with
valuable information. Bis lectures should
meet with cordial assistance from all friends
of education, and thtt man . should be en
couraged and supported by both the press
and tbe pulpit, who labors to impart truth.
Admission will be free, and a voluntary
contribution will be taken from those able
and willing to assist ia defraying the ex
penses of the lecture room. All are invit
ed, and especially the young will be bene
fitted by attending.
Natban Juvenile Troupe. The adver
tisement of this troupe will be found ia the
paper this rooming. As we have' no per
sonal acquaintance with their performance
we copy the following critique from the
Orrjouiam after their lint evening in Port
land, referring to Petite Marion the lesding
performer : " Of the new comers, we do
not hesitate to say that no one witnessed
the performances of La Petit Marion a -child
on'y ten or eleven years without as
tonishment at ber wonderful precocity.
Her management of the Irish brogue, dra
matic conception of the parts ,she essayed,
and perfect familiarity of the "business"
of the plays, would have reflected high
credit upoa ber had aha been an setress of
twenty five instead of the mere child she is.
Her rendering of tbe patbetio lines in the
character of Andy Blake, was a fine as it
could have been done by many a veteran.
In tbe rolicking humor of tbe piece she was
equally at borne. In fact she was the play
itself, though Mrs. Nathan did the character
of Granny Blake very creditably, and
brought down tbe bouse in one passage in
her double character of Lady Mountjoy. .
Mistaken Identity. We are furnished
with a good joke on one of Portland's ris
ing lawyers, that happened at the depot
yesterday, and is as follows ; When tbe
down train from Albany arrived at tbe de
pot, a well-dressed young man, wearing a
Scotch cap, stepped upon the platform.
when he was assailed by tbe proprietor and
runner of a cheap restaurant, who imagined
tbat be was a wanderer from tbe Highlands
and wished cheap board, which the irrepres-
sible proprietor offered at " only six bits a
day." The wealthy young man succeeded
in making him understand that be was nei
ther a Scotchman nor looking for cheap
board, althongh his outward appearance
suggested tbe former.
Methodist Church. The services of this
chuich, until further notice, will be held in
tbe chapel of the Willamette Uuiversty.
Tbe old church building Is to be removed
across the street, tu the lot opposite, whkh
will require several weeks to accomplish,
and put it in condition to use. Rev. Win-
Hammond, a recent transfer from New
York Eat Conference, and now stationed
at Eugene City, will preach at the chapel
on Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock a. m.
For Eugene. J. B. Nichols, in 'tba boot
and shoe business on Commercial street,
packed up his goods yasetrday aud started
with tbem to Eugene City, to open in ibe
same lino there We can recommend VI r.
Nichols to the people of that place as a
good citizen and very clever man to deal
itb.
Dr. Carpenter informs a that the son of
Tbomas Townsen, who wa so seriously in
jured a few days since by being dragged
some three hundred yards by a horse, is
still unconscious and in a dangerous con
dition. ' Tbe Lord hath created medicines out of
tbe earth, and be that is wise will not ab
hor tbem." Eclesiastics XXXVIII. And
vTeatherford A Co. have the. ifin'n for
all the ills that afflict poor mortals. It
At the Depot. Passengers continue to
make business lively on the rail, and freight
is not fur iu the rear. The i o'clock train
brought ten wagons, three of which were
for this place, and about thirteen ear-load
ot iron and bolts for the front.
Hotel Ahrivals. Tbe following is the
list of arrivals at the Chemeketa Hotel on
Weducs lay and Thursday, August 16th and
17th:
Alex Campbell, Godfrey Brown, C. D.
Chapman, Rev. A Myers, Edward Cook,
M. O'Keofo, 11. D. Hammer, C. W. Par
rish, L. Goodman, Col. B. B. Taylor,
wife and two children, and Eugene Sample
and wife, Portland ; R. 8. Floyd, steamer
Oriflamme ; J. C. Davenport, Silverton ; D.
U. Howard, A. B. Meacham, City ; S. W.
Kiog and lady, J. L. Fithbaek and lady,
Lafayette ; Miss Churchill, Monmouth ;
Geo. Comegy. Dr. N. Hudson, Dallas ;
A. A. Bonney, M. J. Fursy, Gervais ; J.
F. Barrows, John Brown, Astoria ; Hon.
W. II. Clark, J. L. Cummings, Canyon
City ; Dr. C. II. Hall, J. W. Crawford.
Grand Ronde ; Maj. Jas. Magone, Oregon
City ; Dr. Holraad, Howell Prairie ; W. J.
Estncr, Jefferson ; T. L. Dugger, Lebanon ;
S. Grube, Yamhill. '
Auctiok. A large quantity of children's
boots and shoe will be sold at auction to
morrow morning at the store of Friedman
I Gosliner. Anybody and everybody tbat
does need, or ha any intimation of seed
ing at the present or any rotor time any
thing of this sort will do well te call early.
llfKTiNO Party. C. W. Parrish, Coun
ty Clark of Multnomah, I taking his sum
mer vacation. He is in town, getting np a
party of his nld friends to ga into tha
mountains on the Lebanon road, on a bunt
ing expedition.
Snir-MKXT or Wheat. Tbe steamer Al
bany yesterday took down a shipment of
000 sacks, 1200 bushels, of new wheat from
Wheatland and Lincoln, on the river below
here. This is the largest shipment yet
made this ean.
DissoLmos. The firm of Patterson k
Thompson, Real Estate Ageota, was dis
solved yesterday by mutual agreement, E.
F. Thompson retiring. J. M-. Patterson
coutiuues the business in the same office as
before, en Durbin's block, Commercial
street,
Good Time. The Salem Dray Hack
Company hauled over a hundred barrel ef
flour to the depot yesterday morning in
time for shipment on tbe 9:15 train, which
is a specimen of this energetic Company's
busine qualifications.
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Mr. George Holman left on the Southern
bound train 'last v"ing Ja vi", the
town on tbe line of- tbe raad to aaake ar
rangement for the (hipment of new flax
seed, which they are continually byufng.
The hack are still making quick time to .
and fr .m tbe depot. We tried the n bot'l
yeerday, and cannot decide which is the
fv teT em or who ia the faateawa'rlvr."
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