S'
i.
To Weekly Subscribers.
Those of our Weekly subscribers
who liave not yet paUirj) for tlK'it pi
pers for the year which' lias passed, are
requesUdJo -"'-nlv forward us
ThreJOoliiii1t,,fJp fc
will accept "Fire tMttnr, a pay
for tlie past aud present year, if rcfuit
GjhM!ki n month. - y.jmeiBbac
that newspapers rre not run triSwiit
wiwjy-arid sjou't cotnjdaia if pencil
marks aronhd this jwagl-flnhtemlnd
yotrpf tliat fact. t r
timosSiUTc easy in this ofEkv, otlnjr
wise not. We need ever- dollar we
have an honest claim to, -wl jnee'l (
t!mv Kov.14, 171.
PROFESSIOXAL , CARD.
1 M e ,
SALEM. OKIK.nN", the oldest anil larp?sl
in.-i)r)rau.v! S4I100I in the State. -.;Ciaical
Guwiw-rrin 1 . N enal aiul PjlentltV- s-.ua nra ol
stii'lv. For full liil'omiaikm ad'tre- ihe Pres
ident, T. M. UAIX'H.
or C. N. TElfRY, See. of IJ'J Trustee.
So. 7. (ISv.lv
O OFFICE -Xo. 1, Moores" Week.-Be-dence-Court
Street. Opposite University.
04H ...
j. '. uitrnBS M, iv -
PHYSICIAN AND Sl RGEOxf offers fcts
proles.lms'.l sri-vleon to the ltly.iif ra!
Iji aiul viciuii. , ov.Vrtf
A. n. HiJ.T, M . D,
OFFICE AM) KEelPENTE Coraer Union
and ( 'onrt uti-eet, Suleia OiitfoU. JlwVnj
can be ic.fl ai, souther's 1 im-; -store.
dAw
de, j. c. pixr,
T A TiC OF SAX FltA-MIScO. offers his
XJ wn i'i-' to tlie eily t Miuu ami Ylouuiy.
lliivlnc ha'l ten yewr exr-erteiirt- In tlie prae-li.-e
of mesiieinc, feel 'in-ient to attend all
fw that may eota iuJtu' ui) chiu'Sdv i - j
Cilice at pro-sent, t'orner (hnn-li anil Union
1K. II. OAKPILNTEK.
1irvsicxy axd srur.EON, offioeand
- Itesi'lenee on l.iiiertv atreet, nearly oppo
site the iire-xtlonel Chur.;l.
Salem, "Suv-Wlli, 71. tT-
S. e. KIKVSbK. f " . A. W ATMIKK.
SUPKO?! AfWATMIRE, '
. .
TTiHiXEYS AT 1LAW, Salem, Oregon.
JV ltie-H. Pattod's Brick, ttpalr, last
r'xmi on tjie I'roiL ) t uoviUwtf
A- .10IUXASA, .
4 TTOllXKYS AT ,AWi-Pm1tanrt
iV srn. OHirc, up alr-3. Bi tximor Front
ami W a)iUK'.oi. ."!m'i.i,
I'OK I I.L & FI.l-NX,
TTi:NKYS AT I..IWwl SH-Hrra
( ! , Aliuuy, UiOi.-m. j L. Fl.fXJi,
i olli iions av.d conveyances pronij)y . ol-i
leiiiici . r" -- t Mnu
5 --T-r
.. JIIAMWt(.,.. , . f. TtRKY,
Konrrv ! V; " -V '"-Attonrrr .it I.a."f
OFFICE OYKK THE IMXK. SteWOi-ft
j' n. Ii.'itl K-(;i:c. Iuii'Mih' ami l'-:.s-;ii.ir
Atvnts. Kt:i:e In the Cli v (ind
hi i v '.r aV. Alu-trut of ai! ttUufttn Ma-
nwacmiiny. .,--ileu. lti"?
J1M1 A. I;i41!ARm-45(, M.l.,
1HYSH..X AX M ft(;KOXwric I5eIK;c
lMilml MUnJ ColUw New York Ufty.)
Ufa in .MtnttV Hrl.-k. ain, Oki.
l-n.A fiioitc the X, li. enrr.cv ol' Marion
Nitutiv. , . ' '
I'AKKIMI ATKIHX'. r. W. KOYAL.
liirtlaii't. ration' Ulvk, Saluiu.
t . W, BO,u'i
KEAL ESTATE AKENT. ' City l'roiwrt.v
a in I Farina loruilu. Ilou.sen to rent anil
rent.- coittttfj!.
lr2.ST,asE,, s
OFFICE riilBIX'S JI$IXX;K, up Walrs,
SaVm. I re5iMi. Entran.-- oh ftatc street
opinsitv ilw I)tii Store at Tlutt.ilwir A ftor.,
nn'Kalso fio t 'omnieivial rtreei, ojpol e lrug
Kire of J. W. souther. beplutf
, IIUXIHAIER WILI.IAIW,.t
AiTonxEyi 'oxsn,.Ef- at law
Will pra. tl.-e in Fwleral ami S: ate Courts.
Wi.to- No. I'M y im Street, (over l'ot t MUk
Port la iv I, Or; ri in. ly
CHANCE fit HICKLIN, -
(OvcvC,o A Ejiihitrfs), . :
oii:inerei..! Street, nleiu, OregToti.
AS BEFOliH, WE IiKJflUK. tHEv PAT
rmiace of lhw apprtviaiieK lirsit e!ai
JhtIhI Wor!;. , .,.. . .
Nitrmii Oiiib tor ihe pillriei!i.'i.tOB of
Teeth. ' o.-Ul.tw
C. W. RHODES,
-A. RCHITE C T
om. in Ot4ni Itnikllne,)
I.IMr.H Y MKEKij -AJ,EH. ,
1LANS AXI SPECIFICATIOXS. AXD
Aivnmie lietail Drawings fiiriitlui frtr
all ile-H-iip'.loiL'. oi liull'ihif and piip'rintesid
cure Htrwflv a!tonik"t in. lU wt:
SM1TJV r J-V. MtaiF.Dini.
SMITH & RflERIDITH,
r
Griswold's Btock, Opposite Bank,
HAIJSf," OHKOOX .... , f ,
Tr. ?ninh Vt'rwmhareiiiitriit'l'io'cslr.n
ol a new i.ncMlkoil j ilenlul piaie, which for
lieauiy a'vl eonn'oi t, far exi-e!s any thing that
hn ever !Tt lntriK!n, e.l In tlie pn'fesrion.
'Hie Inri'ii'ioii i uovi pajeiuo-l. and called
II I'lirviiie and Sinvh iniproveiniiit on v;t,--
mn orwt a p'aicj'i" ; )
'1 iie lni .rovt nwui coBMlM In Ktippnrtl'.ig the
p'ale to the nioiuli vvLh snwill Iui'k ailii-lie I
to tlij p'au: awl vacuin. luatva:! of covtsriujt
the ulio.e. v".l of Hie looiiih wlih ihe plate, :i-
l:a- l'"!l tin' cll-tolo liefetotor.
We Inten t to loirmlik-e ihls .t !c of work in
f lift wwlHMM ' wxa an pwkiik-nlilp: ffifei
me;i3 nt thi- im'W h !e of workcau lie m'vi at
?ini;ii A .Mto'edilli's wiii.-e. .';1 our t'oi in
er p:i:ro:i and ihi'tmbiK- ineiuta!, arecoi
illaily iir.i i-'! to eatf add Xiui!e tliem
NEW YORK BAKERY.
aki;s ami s irs,
AI-SO
Family Groceries,
ixovfi, A a , w i :-i
St f.AXl,
corri;i'-
C'KiAKS
roHAteo,
Ami a'l Hod of
Onlcri imaniitly tilled, and delivered
lo ail pirts of the city lit of chaiyc
dtf K. W. KA YRCR, Stnte Street.
II 0 T E L S
CHEMEKETA HOUSE,
SAAJKM,, - - - - - - - - OKIMMtX.
Thl -1 new ami ekvant Hotel, Bnpplied with
every iiMfleni com-enleiice, is now opea
for the nvcpUon of ;,,t'l's.
Fn-e Co.uh and Basnje Wagon froa tlie Cars.
It. F. EAKHAK I, proprietor.
SejitZTiUvtUf
Reduction in Prices!
ST. CHARLES HOTEL,
POKILIMI, ...... ORIOX.
Only Tirst-Class Hotel in the City,
TrauNiPut Boom find Board, Per
Day, i OO.
The most clupant acoominotlntlons; tabic
and attemkinve umurpawd, at Ihe atmve rea
wmahle priees. JOHN J. J At 'ul W,
octTiUw Propiielor.
coyinEuciAL iiotkl.
The owneiK of thte raagnlfk-ent bnlldmifaro
running Ihe Hotel on their own account until
they And a live man, up to the times in hotel
ouslnesB, for an 0000 pant. The Hotel has liail
many hnnrovente and wklitlons In the past few
days, and will lie kept or.lc.rlv and quiet, wilb
clem rooms and b -Is, and a lirat-olass tab's.
Salem, Xov. Iu, l7i.
BT I'lHKBK Sr.
0 men I roii ik U1 t"il and care,
lcavts for a whila ibu crMnl.d nart;
Warr wf IhbIi nJ faiut jf rfji
"Torpet your yearn i'-c;lni!'W(I eomd
As chiljrcn back la vhililh 4'( home !
Follow npiin the winding rill,
-When t'liiuhing up tb summer hilift,
J thoir green jhrji jpn ft ewnf!; rJ
And otUy lwn4ocur ioai ttiit O W l
On Nature a calm and perful braaat.
Walk through th.' Fere and fadiaa; wntni,
So litily jrodhcn by yoar fi,
Win n nil yon. knew of i t wa rx4.
And 1 1 y ilr:iBi.Mi .,1 H wut acct;
And lot fnd tuemory lead yoa baek
O'er youthful lore's em bun led track.
Xasta tbe ripe fruit of oiobawMionfkfsX
i Drink fro t! massy well nee wire.
Breathe fragraaee rum the erow Jed iuow,
Witfc fraab sweet clover ranninj; o'er ;
And voat tlia tioaaoretf at y ytf tvi;
Of -silrer ryo and goldcu wheat.
Go Mt beside the hearth njrain,
..Who ftrde oBBr w;rl ind gar ;
And if 'from out the f reMu1i ttiain ."
Some ahinins linka have drojtped awav,
Then gaard with tentUroart aid naoltlf
The remnant'of thy hielrill fean'W
Draw neat tbe bhajriJ with A nty sproad,
And if in the aeeusU mcd plare
Taurce Uir Catber'a ruoti ad bxlf
Or uiother' patient, lovius face.
LlVkte'S4MiirdifeiM9 fcavrf i, rt
xoana uou mat inese are leu you ui.
And' tboogh where home hath l.fn you
.. tnd t"" '
- To-day in alien lonelin s ; ; -Tboogh
yu may elasp'tfo hrothar' h snd.
'' And olaim no Bistort tuuder ki) J
Though, with nafrioad our lovrf nijji,
Tbe paat if alt your eompaay ;
s - f
Thank God for friendn-'ytnir life but known
yorefery dear, departed .lay ; s
The blessed pt iafe nl. ue " -
God (fives, but 4 'OK not take away ;
BiIt inTily keep a hove
Forna the treasures that w lov.-.
3Ire Quixotism.
jJXhe Bu!ljttith-.i foun.l anotlMT
wiiif1iitilli4igJlt'a-iidN";'. for it :i
ViilorpiiFl .aprpiritjiK-. tlie old
Ehmi. evtr did. Now, tigitingvviml
luilfs U a pectular tratii) and tUo otily
l'"tcleiits In thii liraueh of Tii'dnrv
llavc4l.'eu .Hl,, oxairgcM-iUciJ tit r of )i
epr or .Siusti rnrti)lr.. nd t
t iiilt'hmii w!io t - and weave tin-
nimama ultiUi ailoni Uie lit'. ii
t.-'.".:.-i.l -... -1: Tr 1
interesting ami ittl-iftu4fut" jiMUil;.
.withwit .experitmeiii - nsatiNH
sometinics of 'lariii fa-ttic jjTnl cr's
'thto&tyf'iometyttKa of-ft&nHiuitHr at
tlie fjoantity with wiiich he att-ofi" for
i quality ; at nthVr flings of woikUt
. tliat has taieutj frvt tlteiiL-ttdve away ia
so mall a community as Portland.
Tiien, oew 'ionally, and rin-ly, we ex
ierience a pleasure in i'nisi;ifi: his
column, canned :lirt! vi;r with
-whleh lie 'gre for"'' -soiiH-lxidy,
tiiongh for luonth-i p;ist lit- : iwkiI
so gently that we have fean-d that
44 Othello's tieetiitioii wa"ne." Hut
these exhibitiofi - Avhitit mn-'t have
made other' quikr in thrlrhoot, Tmyp
ntwr seait-il n worth a eeot.
. 'llie pnrtietimr.wiiKltnill which the
mWt "?rpt tpf? lUt, t&-A letter
pnbisisd,!o it eiyvbi the Sa'ei-nnen-
to Union, of Xov. 20th. whieh it ny
we wrote and wliich contain " f.tlso-
Jvwvls" wtitcti vc ilareiit pn!Ii-d in,
the Statesman". Xow we have never
seuthuiGorj'6nofaletterI The I'm ',
of the,, 20th, ha- either misil it or
else we nii'wetJ it, and so mi-i d the
heretlial uttt-ninots of wine," wreieii
who stole tlie name of Sa!em to. write
a letter from, and n -anlt wllli cahnniii-
ons iru!HCDb tlie ftitreU Mtune of Ifol-
laday. v e ia:ver ilnl if. we arc no
such man of letter. Onr inaiicit ami
jt aeeine u of malice, of which we
are incapable ii-ver took math n lmpr. 1
Kven when we heard tluit Ilolladay
wore a mhjhty oath tlittt iiq would
Lave a mt. Fair of hi own next
yeT-we never repeated it;', srd
tltonh wc have hMnl that lie has
aid lie wotdd go $ 10.000 and ern
f 50,000 on a Pair Ground elscwhero to
clean ours out, we kive ahvnj"3
lieved that he would not do anj-tlilng o -tlie
kind, for while lie might be a lit
tle out of sorts, he would t ft snre to
get over it. - - -, .
Whenever we rt'tvtve the Z'm'iii
w'ttfi i iiat,JtUer, in, Ve' will puWislr' !f
to let the world see how lunch it take
to raise tiie'nirstjhief wirb tlw UiuieU
and tluit. paper could .have done . the
same if it had freen inclined to do flic
fur tiling. In the uinaiithut', itttou'L
make a. straw's difTq-enec to this 'piper
what the CaiiioniU ptipew publish or
whttt the liu'ldin thinks' of tlietd,
Out of emaideratiiiu for Alt'. Holla
tlay we haye hot alluded to hi ill-htr-nior
about Hie Mate I'air. for we raw
no oVm! to come of It. Tho " l?:itl
Hulo't wrn! a mi-ili:l:ti and we ' have j
plalnTsiiT't or stwl thwr -fri tB" -r.t
o, and we thought the lea-t -aid a'io'ft
the whole affair the hetliT. SaVin U
tio way repo:!f ihle for h:it the Sx-;.-tty
dil,-4id w WiifcY tkit il:e,iejn al
Of tin i Oi-rtwif. Yhe ?. (
ha matle a mistake in tint dnirgino;
(lie name of it proprietor Iseiore tlie
public in that vouueclifia. . ,. ; t
A Few FaeS Statcl.
' The 0reyj)uan Iu of late bt iu mtik
ing some ungenerou remark .'dxatt
the btisiuess of M,-. A. Myer who, a
Our n ak-ri know, is engaged iu the
Very important enterprise of building
works atid machine shop iu this city
for the manufacture of agrienltimil '
machinery. It .appoarud -to n that
these reumrks inust liave been dictated
by jealonsly of Salem, aad that Mr.
Myers would not have been made the
subject of unfriendly comment if his
enterprise had been conducted in the
interest of Portland. While it looks
tluit way we boe the suspicion is not
well directed. '; """ ' :
The dtfttenieut tliat Mr. Myers
bought valuable water jmwer and
property hi. this city of tint Woolen
Manufacturing (kmpaiiy and that he
litis since borrowed $ lO.tXX) of flic State
School Land (.'omniiioners is correct,
and as he is not a Democrat, they
tlescrve commendation for loaning the
State funds to foster home manufac
tures, esjK'citilly a the loan was made
on 4Piieneuinbered and unimproved
retil esUitc over three time in value
the sum borrowed.
In this connection the Herald says :
Gov. Grover is no longer in any : way
connected with or ihterpsted in tlie W.
W. Mfg. Co. of this place. . We depre
cate any dragging of ordinary business
matters unnecessarily iuto politics and
suggest to our neighbors at Portland
that considering the prosperity of that
burgh, which furnishes them a theme
to brag upon the whole year round,
they may as well allow some improve
ment to be made elsewhere without
keeping up a chronic growl about it.
. .'J':-
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Jutlje for Yourselves. . , ,
1 The Sacratnento f 'w'ow, of last I
1
iweek, i at haud xtottta tiling a leltlr
jfroin Oregon front wbie4 wos quoto a J
free and eay iarigrapli tUttt. iunst' t
jthe one whioli lroused tlnilse x1 the
BM'Jetin tbatlsr day? , UaoSliti?in
juitcMtfi) ftOlfile.toiiloiJadtD', Jivk a
IbiindffuWktinA "aftii. 'witti: bated
lain of. As to thefanthorhfp' of the
letter, that U rwftidttipwTiadi concerns
T AEr'X&3 ilia uOrrcspojtf ilt
the. t-7"3.TVH;WSfolkrtT1?i fwhrs
1 1 Tut titat ttW -M fpfouoanoed . to
tave been -soocr?. ftibd iu many re-,
fcpect" an improvenieut on-, former
jyeatv-tlie apparent -.Jack being javi
jnp the -abstee of ladles fancy work
JnMthe Pavtnoti.the lfet Of jiremhtms
ttthsit line'haVinsr'theen ptatly re
Uluced. ,'i'hat was probaldy a mistake,
fl'bore ia some talk now of having: a
p-eat fair- rouud built tip at fciist
1'ortlarKl- ll'w Itoyal Highness the
Duke lloliaday. is sstid to lie exiija
rated at the iimU; Agriajltui-.d Sin-iety
atnd agtdnst Salem, because the Fair
jwas heKl here, and they say he has
pronounced hi curse on our fiir
jrrovnids, -;tnd swear no paenger
train shall ever stop there sigain. 1
roally latlieve that xienjaitmi U out of
-Bort. but tlieu 1 beiiuve they tlo hi;u
Siijustiee to sotne'eitei' lii.reircsfifii'.g
ttie extent of hi wrath. It 1 certain
liowever, that he is down on tlie State
i. Agricultural jSuciely. and indeed he
ihas reason tuougli, viewing matters
finiii lit .'fjtndMiint. and of cture it
would Ik- hardly fiir to judge so im
portiuit n per ina go from any other.
Su we will resoivt." inirselve into tUit
attitude as joon a, po-sible.
: The Oregon State Agricultural So-ck-ty
i a homepmi nfta'ir; it tnem
lier?, ollieers, lnaimger, etc . are men
who wear tlie ba.lge of the society ail
fair week, ami sleep with iL pinned lo
whatever garment they chance to we ar.
Thee hotiet men hud that same
badgo printed on eoinmoti cotton cloth,
and then had the cloth tut tip iu strips
with it nigged edges grovt iiig r-igged-er
every hour. 'J'!ieseVu-tic- pned a
rule that all m--:i. ivganlle of the cut
of tla-ir jib-. .iou!d wear thii badge
piiimit to (he l.ijipi'i. of tlrt-ir owl;.
and aliot Tln-m wore them, wore IhclU
o, and wore thent proudly at that. '
JXow the trouble aroe rlins : r.e of!
lhe-e pletieian magiiatis saw Moilad iv j
cuter wi! b ur the Utdge so piotivtl. :
and de)n-d him to pi:i it on ; hut 11 - I
looked at hi rim e-hu::dr. -d-dolt.-'.r I- !
a"ct nit. and :;t Ihe budge, audi
lt'ti!tln"t -ee it. 1'hcre wa a tlilli r-;
cuce, you see. ill bolii n-.:its ai.d wear
ers which the agricultural tiii-u :
ttmldn't "ce t but the luke awit. and '
o did many other. the plain fact'
are lUat the rule wa a l..rd o.ie, and
give otl- i s" o u:a!;y 1 1 -ivlv Holla
day ; I ut he t.Kik it to h. art, d '
the hoard didn't rescind tie nil.-, ho got
into bis palace car and rolled ilmvu to I
Ka-st l'ortkuid to hunt up a piatu. "',
his own to hold future fairs. (if
course flic rule was not adopted with
olfeiisive intent, and of coitr a in 1 1 ;
lof good sense wooidu,t make a n v
a Unit a thing which was gem ra! in it -application.
Jt was a mr rule, :i:.d ;
is certain to be i-escinded Ijefore i
other fair. A to tlie removal of the
fair and the pn:ljudice against Saleni. 1
licit city is no way ri-sjwm-ioie lor
what tlie State Agiicultunil Snaety
does. The fair ground itself is two j
'mile from town. Money is pxiwerful, j
but there are tilings uiont y cannot tlo, j
one instance lieiug It powcrlesuc. i- 1
optnily control tho tict-i of an iud'pend-
cut community. 'The liirniers of On--j
iroti are as iiulcitcntleiit as any inc.;!
living, and they will hold their Stale
Fair wIh-ii and how and when' to suit
(he:n-e!vi. but they should adopt rca
eontible rnle upvertliole.
. The following i a portion of an edi- j
torial in the liulliH, ol" Tuesday, and j
Riibtance ol tlie whole article : - .
; Tim coTrrpondcnt of the Sacrarneu- ;
to f'ni'n who write regularly from
Salem I tbe editor of the ST.viF.S5i A v. j
It frnntientlv Occur tkit hi Con-i-
pmdence contain matter whieh he ; Klizdieth Lottg v George Long. E
wonM not dare or would find it iniio- ; s-ihivan a ;ioi!ileil n-fs-n-e to take te
litic to ri-efT.t in his own paper. tilOMy ar,,i r(.,)0rt t t, ronrr.
t omparanvejy tew m .-rcgon reau nc i
letter, and therefore, ttnlew the pre"' ,
of tliis State call attention to them
they pass current for so m,t,-li fact.
1 ct 11 1 otton uic ctt-e mar tne writer
makos nv ff the colnnin of the r '.'-.
to serve his spite and malice agnint
ersooor cwportitions by publishing
tUeroit. remark and .sfcitemeuls utterly
devoid ot triUlitumess, chielly slander -
oih an.1 wholly vindictive. Were he
to publish auy of these in his own pa -
1 tli.ootuinuuitv in which he lives
would at oncenbtikehiir tor tlio au -
dacUy .ami mianiiess ot fal-liools
Uit when read by strangers in the col-
tiinnsof the SacramcnM t'ni'itt some
wilt Ijelieve them only iiet-au tn;-y
will f;iil to know the character of their ,
autlior. and hence cannot know of U
want of every attribule which const t-!
tutcs fhe-man of titith or of entidor.
Ja Iii letter, which apjiefir? in tic,
("l?'bi of Xovembor 20t h, the C)rre---1
poiideut takes ov-.iioi to refer to the i
tiiovemerft which has !'pn made to es- :
l.lblisli a;r ' Association in thl city for!
the prtrpo! of giving Annual Fair.!
for the lietterdevelopiueid of the farm- ;
lug and live stock and industrial inter-
est o"; the Sfcit-e. generully. and. to
prat Sty a solely personal pi-pie again t :
Ir. liolladav, he iators and !i-toci ;
t he tat-t Bi the i-Jie to have it apjiear
Hl'n tiioeuicui- ii-n '-vcii inn. 1. it
jiipoii bei auie a;i olliecr of the late Fair
wantonly aiKl gio--ly iosu'tcd Mr, II 1
laday -jut a larg uumlK.r of other
Yi-itors nf tlie Fair li.id bei-u wuutoiily
and grossly i:uu!(ctl. , ,
Our niiider will leat toa:nve with
ntb:itMr. Ilolladay should be miti
fled with having supreme coiitrtil of
the tniLusjHM-lation basincas uxour ftate
-without attempting to bully newpa-
pers oruer,i.arKTeorretiotideiit. A
attacks from Ids organ are rather cal
culated to make fj-ieii'lj. for tlie Statw--max,
and as wo liave suceefsled in
maintaining a diameter for both "trulh
and car: dor" despite much ue-vspapt r
iibuse, ye lwive no a::swt.r to inake.lo
isiteb slaruler as the above, if we liave
pite mid malice" ag.tint Mr. Ilolla
day, the readers of this jiaper will
give us credit for remarkable fairness
towards him.
SlTHPTI ART liAWS. Tin sumptuary
law which have at different tinnrs
lieen enacted are instance ot lutrassing,
sere and ineffectual legislation.
Particularly is thin true ot what a
writer in tlie Albany Lav Journal
styles teinwrance legislation. Ae
ifinling to bis opinion, and it is un
doubtedly tlie correct one, the laws en
acted to arrest tlie vice of intemper
ance have not gained the desired ends
have injured both public manners a-tid
public morals, and in attempts to do
away with old evils have substituted
iu their place other and greater ones.
Twenty-live year ago the first -called
prohibitory liipior-law went into
force in Maine, and was almost imme
diately re-enacted in the other Xew
England State., in some of the West
ern and Southern States, in Xew York
State, and even in one of the Canadian
provinces. Did drunkenness cease?
On the contrary, it increased; and
there is more limior drunk to-day, in
proportion to the population, than
there was twenty years ago. It was
quite as practicable for Canute to ar
ret the advancing tide a to prevent
men from drinking by legislative en
actments. And the legislation on the
subject not having been successful, has
beeu detrimental. Let men once fee
tliat any laws are dead letters to be
delied with impunity, and public re
spect for all acts of public authority- is
weakened. It U liir better to rejwal
useless laws tlian to keep them on the
statute book. Persuasion will lie
ionnu much more eilicacious ,111 pre
venting intemperance than torce.
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SALEf, OREGON,
STATE NEWS.
-jASbama,'! Writing to tlio Orcno-
hi'-wK-ate" fwire oY hxttres
liwmff flie Winter rtkwt.hs and thinks
I here, k .uougft vlbrl,iaitd fcilent to
aawe tt tntereumf. j . :
Some fcT desperate' people attempt-
f d to take a?Iehrh-rido. iu Portland on
Bundav. It waa a failure, because the
ground was unrtt,- V
JCelegr9rA.;,ioetve -yesterday an-
hotuioL'S, tfio .appoiiitiuent of . Mesi-5.
K StivieVwtas X. Kisk anil ,12.Ga-
. i . .
. .Cojumisiio.ier-i to, extunitie . aud
K'iort upon the first twenty mile sec
tion of tbi Oregon Central railroad.
Tlie same, geuflemen are Commission
ers for tho. Oregon and California rail
road. ' ' . ; : ,
Carrie Mnore. a fi-mnlo skater who
has been deTighting tlie San Francts
cans ftif evrral nioutti', will arrive on
the ; Ajtix," under engagement to the
skating rink here. -
Xtd. Percj", convicted of grand lar
ceny, in lK;:iting a man on of money
by means of tlie strap game; w ill re
ceive his sentence to-day.'
From the Orfjynian we learu tbe fol
lowing : r ; '' J "J ' 1 -
; A inan named S. I. Swanort was
Severely injured on Monday by failing
from a ladder upon a revolving sliatt at
the Xorth Portland sawmill, lie i a
Swede anil unmarried, lie wa at
tended by Dr. Chapman'.
The - trial of tiie strap gnruists has
I ecu postponed till next wet.
From the lltsr.tlti we cull the follow
ing items
The Vtiited States District Court
met yesterday. The only ease for
trial wit that-of a man named John
Savage, who was arrosfr-d lat July for
Felling li 1 nor to indiau. lie wa
f 'Uiiii guilty of the iudictineut.
The 21 lufantry will leave this Dc
p'.itnieut in a moatli it two, aad will
join leu. Crook's command iu Arizona.
v. here it ". ill v!ii ve, the 'IK Itifautry.
I'liii will ivli'-ve the 12th I.ifaulrv, lit
jiresfiit :u Stoi l-'rau'cisco, and !h- latter
.v ill come here.
vi; eait L.i:u", i'-'t'ceejius.
Sophia ii.ita.. v- .!.:irU - g! . :
tvfnuit taken a.vi rt fh ii iiaituer :
appMiited refer -e to i ike 1 vnk nce and
: ort the saute ! :iis Court.
Amy Pnrro'.t v l.'mi' S Pa trot t. j
h port of itfciYe filed and divorce I
;i-a :ted.
Matilda O Penter v Samuel I'enter.
Ai'gued 011 tiemnnvr. Submit ted.
James PutnpiJly Yi John I)owidng.
Ih-murrei- to answer argued and sub
snilti !.'
S-iniii A Sandirson vsChas II San
derson. D-itiuni r to couiptaiut with-
drtwn and h ave giantcd to answer.
Villiam Campbell v-. -lory and Itas.
'.rgip'd on niotioii to fti-ike out part of
iswt-r. Motion overruled.
.Harvey, et al.. v Oivhant. et al.
fiidgniCJit by d.-taulf.
Campbell vs Jory and R-tss. Jury
trial; wititee- cxamiiiod. Came
continued till to-morrow morning at il
o'cloii..
- Xovemher 2s 171.
Matilda " Center v Samiwl Penter.
Argued on demurrer. I tiiunvr stM-
t tined and leave to amend granted.
Jame PumooHy v John Dowtiitig.
Argued oa demurrer,
i It'cd.
Detnuri-er over-
Stale of Or-gon vs John Moll,
j,. rntrrcd hv District Attorney,
A..to:iio Vurlado admitted a
Xol-
citi-
-
1 '' t'1' 1 states.
! Siphi-t J Kngle v Cliarles Kngle.
i Catne .submitted and divorce granted.
j llifcim Campbell vs Jorv and Ikis.
, . ' -
1 ' coiitinuetl from yesterday ; ver-
j diet returned for pl.-iintill".
i o T J Smith v I X Lawrence.
j.rH1 , -j , y , AtY,.rn00ll
i , '
j consumed iu examining witnesses,
Sulavitted.
Court a'liounKl till FridaV niorninr;
at !) o'clock.
A ew-Flneland Fanner's Than's7lv
inj 111 ttio Oltleu Time.
Thank 'giving is a Xew Fughuid in
stitution. Her sons scattered tl-.c
world over in the Middle States 00
ihe prairie of the Interior, in the
sunny South, away toward Ihe setting
sua. and in otlier realm , where pleas
'pv, or bus'me-s or philanthropy has
led them in lovmg i-eini'tntiraijce ol
rve it ! nnr ii(Ww lias tr trie roueh-
;ng all, hcautiiid signitiejince as iu tin
.... 1 .rave it Inn It. anil wtilt
proposes to endow it with all of itn-
mort-iiitv tfiat pertain 1 e:nth
Fifty year ago. betiire tl:e en ol
ste.-imho.tt autl rai!-ear made home
gathering-; fi" (tietit aad eaw. Thanks
giving wa the one uav. when children
' and tlie children's children met under
j the ;i:iiv-;t:-ll root". s;ic thed tiie I'icks
1 or tm jrrar-iiairiMi larner witn a nrau
tia fmln(s ki wd tlw fuiTows from
! the mother's ein-ek. and then with lien-
! eoietious unspoken
ma vIks hut al
ways leu went out ao.un into the
wide world, to labor and" wait, till an
other gathering should gladden the
toiIo;nt year.
Thanksgiving then wa not o.-y a
feat. Nit Tin offering. The life of t lie
Icop!e w.-n in til'iintr the soil. Tlie
stream tliat wound tln-ir way among
the bills ran unfettered to tlie sea - Xo
oh:mJ of the in :t horse threading tiie
valleys ditur!ed tlie beautiful stillness.
Trade, and tlie life in village, wliere
one 'man give employment to hun
dreds, were unknown. . Each planted
iu the spring and gathered in the fall ;
and if tlie seaon liail given abundance,
it was as if from tlie hand of God.
And so the finest of tlie fruits and the
liest of everything were thus conse
crated in the presence of tlie household
as an offering of tlianksgiving to the
loving, and bountiful, and beneficent
Father.
There was one life lost at. the burn
ing ot the Sherman House iu Chicago.
The victim had lieon camns'iiur tliat
night with a party of friends, and re
tired, by the aid ot his comrades,
shortly after 12 o'clock. When the
Hames threatened the fated building
they went to arotue him, but found
tii3 door locked. Ity dint of trcniend
011; jiouuding they managed to make
him hear. " Wha'ser tnaVr," huskily
asked the half utieoiieiniis inebriate.
Get up quick," was the reply, " the
hotel is on fire." "'Ell 011 lire:-'
wlia'cr s'iKxse I care. Ishn't "ell ihici
a'iways 011 lire r" Just at tluit mo
ment a great vouinie of smoke hurst
through tlie hall-way. and the wretdi-
eu man was left to his fate.
Two young princes, tlie sons of
ArcnduKe Clitirles ot Austria. Iiad a
warm dispute in the presence of no
less a person than tlie august Emperor
himself. Greatly excited, one said to
the other, "You are the greatest ass
in Venice!". Highly offehded at a
quarrel in hi presence, the limneror
interrupted them, saying with indig
nation, "Come, .come, young getrtlc-
mcii, juii lorgei mai j am ptvsetn.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1871.
A RetnarkaW Illstory.
In 1S5 Mr. Thni:,i Slieelian nf
Dunkirk, New York, foreman In the
blacksmith department of ttw Frie
railway shops nt that place, patented
a Hubintiriue gniliple, wliidi, tliougb.
an ingeuiouj inveiitlon, proved to be
one for which there was little demand.
This was his first invention ; and the
cost of its completion, togetlier with
orto year's struggle to manutaottu-e and
introduce it completely exhausted Mr.
SheelianV means And reduced hitu to
the extrcmet poverty. lie whs, iu
Cict, in jirctty nearly the same con
dition as Palissy tbe potter, at tha mo
tneut of bis greatest tlistres. A wife
and eight children in Shedum's family
were mincwl to the verge tf destitii
tion, and Mr. Slieehan became un
commonly bitter. -
JtHt at tliis ciisw, Mr. S. D. Col well,
general freight agent of the Erie rail
road, at Dunkirk, chanced to meet Mr.
Sheehan iu the street of that town,
and aiw-ted hhn with
"Well, Thomas how are the grap
ples? 1 hear they have ued you up."
'Yes" was the answer ; "ihe grap
ple - have done my business ; I wish I
had never seen then.'"
"Throw 'em away." advhed Mr.
Ctdwell. "Have you anv now
iJied?"
"I liave one almost done," said
Thomas.
"Finish that ; I 111 pay you $40 for
it, and have it ued for picking: tip coal
at tbe dock. The money will help you
in your prest tt emergency, and you
can go b;ick to your old place in the
sliop and earn a good living for your
Cimiiy."
1 will." said Thomas.
Hack to his htimhle home wctit tlie
inventor, with new hojx- in his bn a-t.
and et him-elf to fitiish the grapple
wit ii all due speed. Hut iino.i wltat
slender threads uo the foi tunes of men
ha:ig ! A tap, the only one our inven
tor had of the size required, suddenly
snappetl attnd.-r and a it was eH-ii-
tial to the progjvs-, 01 the work, he
init-t have a new one or he could not j
goon. 1
In this sfrt'tt. he applied to hn wife
tolendliim twenty-live cent to buy;
tiie necessary -stool to forge the tap. ;
lint she. having no faii'n in the trrap-
p!e. retit-ied. for two very go d n-aon I
tir-t. that h!k- Im lieved tile mote-y j
would lie thrown away if r-he gave it .
to her iaisbni'.fl : and second, tluit ! ;
had not tiie iuoiii-y to give him. -ve:i I
' m di'tuxed. i he rl'usilwa; a-,
oned wish some very hot spice UmiI
in. id.- 11 wr
ihipalataliie to k Ooiua
1 .11! lie he I hotiirl't
!:m 01 a m.-rcli tut 1
who. iu brignu-r
color of his nio;.ey
would now tiive i
day-- iiad seen lb
. tinu who, rt-ni-ii
.i ii credit for tin
! ur II niod'cuiii ot -lee! 1
11: red lor
t'wtap.
To this merchant topn ti-r hi re
fpie:t, tiegau lati; r ahour the Iai-h:
a;:d th.ally tr.iyi:;g to politic-, hot
w-.ir.lc parsed hetwee;-. them. -i:: I our
frUaid f eling hi iii iiilciesi w ould uf
fer too keenly by asking eretiii for
steel, ctmc aw;iy witliout it.
With no dcfikdfe purpo c he went
home, pondering 1100.1 how be -ImiiM
stirtnoiiMt this, mr.v no trilling oh:tac'e
of the broken t ip.
I le found his wife making lye for
soil soap, but her acidity iii no way
iiiiiiralized by the alkaline ii-aetio.i.
f lespo.idelit llild diMounged. he sll
down, in no very enviable mood, when
he chanced to spy a piei-e of iron lying
near the tub at wim-t; his spou-s- wa s
-working. Mmliiatie.g how he ctmid
make that pieii- of iron hard
ingii 1
lor a tap. led to a ntiier rude experi
ment. Hie. result of which haw: made
hhn a tVier nian than hoover dreamed j
of being. ' !
It so happened that from :i dii! aai 1
relalive, a Konian Catholic prie-t la j
In-l rat, our triend bad inherited iUl;.' j
a library of w orks on clu'iui-Jr. : sonic j
of them niv Hn v.ilu ibic. ii;- liad :
read ssime of tlie-si books to very good
purpo-s. Tber is sureiy i-arl-oo in ;
tililt lye." thought he. If j only could !
tret tliat into this iron i.i the proper
proportion, I should have st-td. and I
from that my tap. a..d so riuisli niv I
grapple."'
viilh little hope or faith that he 1
should succeed, he took some of the 1
lye, aad adding, without any particii-,
iar reason for so doing. ome saihx-tre :
and comniOii s;iif, made a pi-ite w illi
this solntio i and a hard grudged sau-
ccrful of the little remaii.ing H.mii- ;
there was iii , the bouss He then j
forgi-d 1he tap. and env,"!ej.!l;g it in
the paste, put the whole into a lutisl ,
iroi Ixix antl expotltt to a hi at for)
two hour in a blacksmith's fire. To
his joy and urprie, m lieti he tmik i'J
out, it wa lianl etiough to cut teel. j
Tlie jrratiple wa fuiiiic.tl. ami fortv I
dollars llowed iiito the liimily trea-ury
of Thonia Sherfuiu. He went back
to his old work, disgusted wit h patent,
and resolved ni ver to have anything
to do with one again. But thcremeni-
brat-oe of the tan. hardened in
,t ri,A f'irt 110 fl..iu.il in Slk
in.i . .i 1,,.,..,,.. f,ii 1 .... . , ... I I
1 laving a great (kal of ease-hardening
. 1 ... L4i7iiyji. ei.ier uu, in j
repeat the expcrinx'uf ujain a large j
scale, which he did with perfect sue-!
e-ss. -
For twelve mooths le. went 0:1 to ;
exK .-rimcut, purcii isiiig the niauaiais i
with his own money, In id working iii j
secrt't by night and at odd hour;. At '
the end of twelve, months he reoo.i- j
sidcred Iii sciitcntx: of condemnation
t.i patents and applied for o::e o.i his j
price's, whidi was granted S-ptcinlx-r 1
4. ' the claim being for a combina
tion of damaged flour, jiota-h l;.c, or j
lye frtvtii hartl wontl a!a'. nitre, com
1110:1 sttit ami sulphate of zinc, for ca v j
hardening iron. In 1 S'I7 be pitetitcd j
.1.. 1... .1.. i...- i... .......'.1
an improvement on the ahoved named
jiroi-ess. in k- took out .l.ait'ner
patent tor ;tii entirely ticjv jh-ihi-ss.
which eo-i-isi hi the use of raw 'iiiie
stoiie, chanii d, 1'Iacl-: oxide of man
ganese al S'xla. c immo 1 --ait avl pul
veriinj rosbi coinliined. for coiivei tiug
iio i into stock whicii i now widely
ue1, aiid fiwn which he. ha reaped
qn'te a forttt tc.
Xo less thai twe:ity-t hre of tbe
iiMai.ig rail way 111 Ameii.-t now 11 : 1
this prixsi-, 11. id :r Jicen-H.' from t!w j
rnteiibe, for !nnl.'i:tuir liie ii.iks
-guides, pias asd ruts of I oc; mi olives, j
e!lcctt:igr tv ai toil I, uo les a .saving
tltm freui five to six hu:a!n-d dollars
aium tliy 0.1 each locomotive, in obvi
ating the lot motion co-.ise imif u; 1
the Wear (,f Hnfcs guide and pin.
The luvehtor lrn alreadv n-i-.-ived
for licr-.i- u ider his juitciit of I S W.
f2;).f;."V. ami ha just sold the remain
der ot his patent in America for f 15,
000. Salt. The Yrek;i Journal of the
1st, has the following :
Tlie middle lake which has run dry
iu Surprise Valley.leavesa .seiliineot or
bed of superior rock salt, clear a crys
tal, from four inches to a foot in depth,
and covering an area ot 15 miles in
length bv 0 miles in width. It was
never lieore supposed tiiere lake? con
tained any salt, and tlie. water was al
ways considered clearfresh water, with
sdine alkali-in it, as most of tin; fresh
water iu Northern California pnrsscsse.
Sheriff Ihirgss brought a simple to
town, which is a good as we ever si w
any place ; and he .siys towanls the
centre of tlie dry lnkp. it w:is even
nitvr looking tliau, this TIk- three
lakes in the valley liave. been formed
sinoe "49, as Slu'rifT Iturge ;--iys he
drove a tt-nm through the va!ley in
tliat year where tlie 'lakes now exist,
and that tin: old emigrant road aes
through tlK-m. Tlie jicople are busily
employed with tettm and wagons
gathering up the salt and storing it
away, no less than ten teams and
wagons being in use when Burgess left,
leaving small dark sjiots on tin vast
white surface, which appeared like
snow on the eround. Tlie lakes in tlie
vallev liave never contained lih of
any kind, which indicates that its sa
line tendency exduded them, yet the
lake beiog of recent formation with
no tributaries to feed teem is also given
as a cause for 110 fish getting into them.
Brigham Young's lsxk, "What I
Know About Women." will certainly
be a:i iuexhautive work.
A Fearful KsctUI.
'flic luoprietor of a billiard saloon
.Joining tlie- i-tottiee at Chicago, and
a friend of tliris O'Connor, of this
city, arrived here vtfftilav afternoon,
dreoxifuliy laimed". He gives tiie fol
lowing graphio decriUou of his ad
ventures in that ill-fated dty during
the fearful lire :
"Tlie lire on Sfichigan avenue broke
out ir the finest marble fronted resii
dence in Hie city. On the bae ball
ground there were 50,000 , people,
shivering, looking at each other, chil
dren crying, men and women running
alxart distracted with the hr.s of tlieir
chlklreii. Tlie ieop!e living on Michi
gan avenue brought out oil paintings,
whidi were jumped upon by rowdies
and thieve. Tlie Pavilliou caught
Cre about four o'clock, and the roughs
stole riotlM and everythiuir. and went
t Randolph Van Shaak's liquor
store, where they rolled out five bar
rels and drank tlie content, after
which they were fighting all night. I
saw one old man hit over the head
with a h'i post. Xumeron tight
occurred in all directions. Xo news
was brought in of wliat was going on.
I can give you no description of the
monster in human shape, who roamed
around the sjiot where they had taken
refuge from the driviug-tire-drift. In
ail God's world I could not lielieve
there were such men in existence.
Murderers thieves aad lewd women,
commingled with beauteous -ant! vir
tuous women. One noble soul, whose
name I could, not : scertain. died with
her balie, which had jtit come iuto the
world a few hours before.
1 saw an old gray liaiivd Konian
Catholic priest, of mime sixty years,
lying a stiffened corps:, his
WHITE H.Ult S.MK.l;l.I WITH lU.OOP,
While Iis brains wen: scattered around.
The poor victim had !cen trying to
protect a young girl from the contamin
ating grasp nf a lvmd of li"sieradoes
and his reward was being brained with
a club and kicked till life was extinct.
1 pray to (od. reporter, that I may
never see such an appaliug sight again.
Men were tln-re so intoxicated and
li.- l.-viled that they fought under tbe
ii.linence oli spirit among each other.
a;al do.c:i jvcro the
1 staiu.im; affkavs
; Wiiieh t'Mili pla.-e. Tin mob reigned,
i .-oi-.l th'-ir :v:gn was infernal. It beg
, g.;r- de-. i i;.;io!i. and inuk'-s m- shud
j dor to tliink of ii. Sonie gioups were
enga-i:! m piav nig ir inviiic uiercv.
,
not of t l-.c
as., 1 have dt-scri'.ied.
They roamed around s,.(u;11g what
t'iev could n a!, and ivoiiutit.!; the air
' witli their loal lu-some talk.
I The i.unier..iis atrocitic coiipnittnl
; 0:1 poor, helpless girls, ladiesofl.ir.il
' a.nl education, by this artirsed honl--.
! will never lie fully known to this
' v. in-ill. How many d:ed th.it night I
, do not know, nor cannot goes. Siillice
it to say that the deaths were numer
! oils, particularly women, to whom tbe.
i shock proved too great. My own ner-
von. sy-teni t-. eiived a heavy strain,
j - I tl.f 11 wt ut into the prairie, about
j four miles out of the city limits and
s;v there about fariy-livo thousand
p ople without shelter, in the driving
cold riin. with ho protection. The
r;rill fell i;i torrent', and jxiijile sIoimI
there weeping atvJlieir sad position
1 homeless hu.igiy, and worn out wilii
i.itiiio. Some ptaveil and sonic 1
inrs'd. I pa-vd the niirht under a
i hitggv. which I forlnnafelv found a
siini'i iii -t ine" lM.ni the main bexiv of
t ee oeo; .le.
I aw several peepie lauig and shot 1
at the eoriii-r of I'nion and Kin.'e j
s'-eet .' Cue man, an iiiceiidiarv, had !
a. 1 armful of bavin:
Another had
a r
in is-e-
Tiaii.F.r.u noMit j
ion. 'fheir shiift was a j
In hi
short one. I saw a gh.i-tly sight the
rkeletoii of a m ill, -s-atui 011 a window
sill, who had tried to escape, but had
Imim. lic.diile all hi ell'orts, lieu ten
back by
tiie spot
the Hames. ami iieri-he.l cti
neither tuviug Ihe iwiwer to
advance or retreat. Awlul sights met
, t'- e view at every turn. People have
. vry little idea." I ihiuk. of the terri
ble loss of lit'.-. There wa no stttrva-
! tion. .Death from lire, from t xpo-ure 1
a;i. from violence, swept away vie'-1
! tons hv the hit 11 1 :!!. "" A. )'. .'-tnn-l- j
Line n.Vs I?cat:i lieu.
Tiie Tleil In w Mrli tlie lWnrt.rr"l I
rolu Hi ( for N-il lit liiiil r llis
toi.i -'tin Iet nufl t'ttrciitiire nt
l9r'-eit in tl.e loMPsioii of n
1 vim I.hI,i iu M'nKhliufiAMi.
Vlien millions of soul on tlie free
i sou ot .111erna aim mrouguour ine
i c'.vL'ijil world were shiH-kcd with the
I ; uioue.i-me::t of the asaiu:ition of
I Pn,;idet;f I, iooilii on the eventful night
j of the. 14th nf April, 1 -"io. strange to
j n cord, amid the agonizing excitement
ot nic iH.iso;i one inn-re--, niir inci-
dent conencted with hi death
past'd by and almost entirely
wa
for-
s-otten
Wlien the martyr President received
the shot that cost his liti- and made a
i.ali 1:1 weep, bis attendant- removed
leui tp the re-idoncc ne.ne-t Ford"
1 ,n aire, ou 'lent!' street, .directly op
posite. 00 iifiii d by yir. Win. l'eter
s i.i. Mi body was laid on a lsd in
the iio.n situated 0:1 the tlr-t tloor.
a id tiie blood that git died from hi
mortal wound stained the sheets and
p llow that furnished i!.
When Mr. Lincoln died, and his
corpse was removed for interment,
the kind lady of the house wa
tlioughful enough to store away in a
lo.aec of .safety the b'-vul-stained pil
low and llie -pr.-a.l that had cover d
I Ls lwxly. He wa wrapjicd iu the
I loo i-stained .sheet and removed to
the undertaker's. '1'he bureau which
.;o.. in the room at the time of hi
death reniiiiii I in re still, and le.irs
the mark of .1 thousand lien knives
l or month .-ifl'-r hi death, persons
v 11 vi-itisl the r::i. desiring some-
titieg.i a 1ne.11 ':ito. would cnip M
fn:ii thl' p'ec of furniture. The bed
teld aud mtttivs ba In'oii id u e by
;ue iU;:ii!y of Mrs. Peterson ever since.
I'lie pillow -ci . pillow, and lusl-spri-ad
have Imi-ii pre-n'i vd until the
present day i i tlie condilio.i Hk-v were
I.i wlK-ii taken from Mr. Li:icohi"s dy
ing coocli ; and. strmge to ,siy, indeed,
the-.' arii'-'es. villi able relic-", too. wen
priced niiBi" hig'ily by lih wife ami
cliildreu of a liii-igner titan by a great
govcriiiueut.
Our reader will reinemlKT the pul
lisbed aifonnts of the sudden death of
Mr. Peterson some months ago. His
wife also died recently, leaving five
orphan children, and tlie furniture of
tbe house ha leen offered for stile.
One of Mr. Peterson's daughters
we leant, called iqiou a prominent of
ficial in the Interior Dciartment three
days ago, and informed that official
that the relic were to Ix sold, and
wished to know if tlie Government
would not irtirehase, them, as she di
liked to expose tlie articles at public
auction. 1 he young iady was referred
to CoiiiuiKlotier ICggett. the olllcial
asur'mg her that it might lie proper
for the Government to purchase t'lem
for exhibit ton iu tlm museum of the
Patent. Oll'nv. Parties acquainted
with tin fait fvpresa some surprise
that the tJovenimeiit b-LS not obt.ainel
xi session of lhoe relics long ago.
Wit ;!ihijt nt Vrrow'-rV.
A might be expcctis!, th mortality
a n mg MoniMHi children is frightful.
Tiie ixilygaiuists are like tlie old woman
who lived in a shoe, and do not know
what to do with tlieir many children;
at anv rate tliev do not properly care
f, u- tliein. Of aixty leatbs ui Salt
I-ake City ui a montji, f irty-four were
children. Heber Kimball Is reporUd
t liave tairied forty-eiglit chiklren out
of sixtv-three In ins eouection: one
bibop had lost twenty children ; an
other, twenty-eight ; another, seven
teen. Joseph binith nan six wives.
but left only two sons. Tlie death rate
among Mormon of all ages is said to
le greater than that of this city or Xew
Orleans and more than twice as jn-eal
as tliat of Oregon
ISM.
$2 50
The City and County.
Jfroin WrrJuetU'ij' 1j-u":I.
Wlt-l-AMFTTTr. llNlVF.K?! nr. This
l'nivrTity is tlie oldt-st, and ha ever
been considered tlie leading institution
of learning ia the State. Though it
has umLly been prosperous yet from
ks earlles history up to the present
time, ' it has uever enjoyed so
much ppor-perity a it does to-day.
Tlie linilding is one of the finest struct
ure Jn tlie State, and at present L ac
cx)tiiiuotlatU.g over one hundred and
seventy popUs The Faculty Ls com
posed of readier wlto.se talenti and
quaTifi-at!ons are superior to any In tlie
kind. T. M. Gatch, Pjskkit and
Protessor of Auclent languages Is a
gentleman of long exjierlenoe in gov
erning, and Is without a superior, as
the present uiaiuigemeiit of tlie school
wiil attest. Ij. J. Powell, i'mfessor
of Matliematk's is in every rcpeet tit
ted for tbe jwsitioii, Itiving lield tlie
.same for nearly teai years. L. L. Rog
ers, Professor of Natural Sdenee. i a
man of distingui-lied ability, and Is
eminently well qutdified to fill the
jwsitiou Imj occnjiesw M.:s Mary M.
Adams, l'revitt-e-s, and teadier of
inodern langnages i a lady of tine
education, and possesses those very
accomplishment needful to insure sue
cess in a station so inijiortant. Mi
Ellen J. Chamberlain, teacher In the?
preparatory dejiartiiieiit, lia lie-Id tliis
position for several year, and tiie ad
vancement that tbe pupil under her
charge have made ha l-en rapid and
satistactory. The increase in the num
ber of student studying music h;l
give!! rise lo the necessity of sectlriug
an addilioaal teaclit r iu this depart
inetit. For --ix or seven years jit
Mis. !. Perry lt.-t Ui'ii teacher of
music, who ha made grand achieve,
mel ts In her proles-ion. many of lier
pupil having uc pured a sUid almo-t
inevrdibh. sin i mistress of llie
piano mal Imt greatest li-:i-urc seem
to la found w hen her scholars succeed
!.(. Miss I'-l.tuch t ir.iy ha ait-i-pttil
a position in this department, and i
giving h-ssoiis ii 1 he orgui.
I 'ndi r the direct ion of Prof. Kogets,
the Commercial 1 epirtmcni is lHne
li'.ti.ig a latge class (,f student wlw
iiie availing themselves of it advanta
ges. The facilities for obtaining n
tiioi-oiigh 1 us'iees clia-i! ion are com
plete. Student of both sexc are
p-pivseuti-d in thl department, and a
knowledge of account keeping, etc.. i
lK-ii:g (-Ubiioeil a easily by tiie females
as by tlie male.
Tiie Medical school iu connection
with the University, is attended by
;u''e a lai-ge class of young men win)
re all striving to become masters of
lie science. Truly the Willamette
niv'-i sity 1 enjoying aVeaoti of great
.ro-pority. and the iiresent affords tbe
tnnigest cia.auagi incut to boie for
reatcr results in tin future.
Cawnf.t Hai.i.. TiiisluU. situated
11 the southwest corner of Moores'
ilock, will ba ojiened this evening,
viien Rev. .Mr. Knight w ill give an
x!iibilio:i id" (lie n;anycuiiosities
vlticli he ha bac:i collecting for sev
ral years past. We. visiteil this-niii-cuin
of iiiiimal and birds yesterday,
and mil t say we were pleased licyond
ex; cctulioii. The Cabinet at present
contains more than two hundred ani
mals and birds lieside a large unm
ix 1' of inscits. Ve found many otlmr
-a:cimeii t lwre, but. we liave -not space
lo give them nieutiou. A sm.iirad-tnitt.-mcc
of twentv-live cnts is asked.
is some co,is'nieratr:i for (lie cost of
lining iipliie iiall. Tlie walls are also
. nog Willi sclent Mie pn-tures repre-
'iiting tue teolso! Aortii America.
.'he door will !m- ojm n at -wvi-n o"clx-k.
!l g; a id sp.;id an hour w ith Mr.
vnight I'ni- cv aiing. and be will tell
.ou nio'v a'liut bird, animals aud
ugs, than ou iv r k a w.
Fi;im W.11.1.A Wai.i.a. Mr. O. A.
1 H'liui has iu-t returned from the
o uiiibia. wia-re he took a look at tlie
; owlilz and in:ule contracts for tlie
: inner tlirreahouts to raise llax seetl
not'ner year. He found a much bet
. r i-ountry than be rxpeited ami is
s uite dc'ightcil with it. He considers
he soil and climate of that region re
larkably well adapted to the culture
f Max, a, id seem ; to think that flax
ill lo a favorite product of the larm
r tin re in future.
1 AX.r.n l"s. the necessity of dig
11
it' '.along the street for tlie
urjKise of !ayi..g w afer mains, is u.m
oidable. Put to dig a ditch ae-ross
e pvi.aijial street in town, which
,-eunvd yea t.-rday.and h ave the same
ticov , ivd luring the night, is down-
ghl care-esau's: and should Ix' looked
tier l y the city authorities It h"-ai-s
to it that no o.io. i:of even a cor-
ir.iiio 1. has the right lo place any
it rot lion-; iu the streets that will 011-
inger hii nan life.
FiH.lt 'F. 'Coi KT. lames Shult. ap
ear.d la-fotv K"c order P.iltcrsou ye,
j-.l ay iiiornmg 0:1 a chaige of drunk
mess. His Honor dispose! of llse
1-1 by i;ii:io-i';g a Ii ie of five dollars
ul .
ls. which ihe fellow did't liave.
ad c:. 1 ;e inenflv had to goto jail
here he will have a cliancc to Invird
X out.
Danoi pops - JlKiia-iK. Commercial
fin t fridge, over Xorth Mill Creek,
in bad coiabtioii anil needs mi me
at.- attention. Tlie bridge ha, set-
ed in tlie ci ntt r and the bank at both
id Iia Cillen in to stub an "Xtent as
render it dinrrrisi: for team to
.-Ol.
Raffle. TIm! reilhi for Mr. -To
"n's hor e a::d .-addle ciine o f la-t
itht with the following n-sult. In
m- ral.le for ihe imr-. F. Ij viand
0111 Revnolds were a tie. For 11k
addle, McFadden, Mintoand B. Hani-
Ito.i, were a tie.
Died. In Dallas on Saturday night
he 25lh int., of consumption, Miss
Catie Howe, twenty-two years of age,
li Howe was an estimable ladv.
nd highly re.ieded by all wlio knew
er.
Wateu. The laying of water mains
tun Commercial street to tlie Salem
' tills began yesterday. 'Tim intention
to have a net work of pipes running
hrough flic whole building so as to
ood it with Wilier in ease of tire.
TiiANRsiaviN5 Ball. Great prep
. rations are !eing made for the In!!
. hich li to lie held at tin; Chcmeketa
louse ou to-morrow evening.
' Tiiaskuivixg Day. St. raid's
.pioi)al Churdi will be open for
ivlne service atlO'v. a. m. to-morrow.
' ,0 service in tbe evening.
O. &C. Railroad. The down train
; :ft tlie depot yesterday afternoons with
j Mir cars of wlicat, three of flour and
. wo of merchandise.
' The Fikst Raft. The first raft of
i vff logs of tlie season came down the
- iver yesterday.
' I Ioliday. To-morrow being Tl ia nks
giving Day, all the schools of tlie city
will be closed.
per Annum in Advance
rom Thursday f D-tilg.
IxTFJiYiKWFJ). We tiotcrmincd to
oommeooe tiw Uisbieau of Interview.
big candkfetea for high position, and
tin city clectio.1 affords an excellent
opportunity to introduce tbe practice.
Yesterday ire called on Seth R 11am-
nter, Esq who annonnces himself as
a candidate tor Mayor of our city-r
and ia tliia connection we would also
remark that Vic C. Woodhnll Is run
nitig for President of U. S Wliat
Seth saitfa is this : Tliat lie exects to
be elected ami to be Mayor for the
whole citj' and to operate generally ou
tlie square. If elected and he or
somebody else will be lie Will act 011
bed rock primiple. up ami up, and
aeroaipliali much for the city. We
have gas etaougli, and too much water
In winter, and Mayor Hammer will
fiivor tlie. IntroeliK'tion of either elec
tricity or wind as a motive, to keep
tlio people agoing and tiade equitably
adjusted, When asked wliat lie would
do wlien lie didn't know what to do,
lie answered witliout scratcliing his
head, anil promrtIy, tliat lie sbiHild
hunt some man who had lots of sense,
and ak his advice and follow it Im
plMtly. Hammer Is our man. our
motto is "Hammer ami Tone." He
promises to proiKMUK and decide tiie
-cow qiiesthni"' .shortly, ami we shall
then give hi opinion "as to wla'tber
large cows Miall run in tlie street or
whetlier small cow shall run at large.
City Coxvkntion. I-ast evee-ing
tin" de!eg:ites from tlie different Wards
nit tat the tlie Court House. Unfits
Mallory, E t-, was elected diainuain,
J. X. Matheuey Secretary, aud tlie
pr.icoediiig resulted iu tlie nomination
of tlie following named gentlemen:
For Mayor, Ilaniel Pay ton; Re
corder, J. M. Patterson ; Marshal, Ja..
W. Fisher; Treasurer. A. X. Gilbert.
Tl-e Pillowing nomed gentlemen were
elected Executive 'omniittee for tlie
ensuing year : First Ward. 1). McCully;
Svoud, Cajit. JScott; Third; li. F.
Drake; Fourth, J. A. Baker; for the
city al large, Kufu Mallory. The
Convention the;i adjourned with three
cheers for the tk-ket.
Thanks;ivix;. Of all tlie things that
are thankful 011 this sublunary apliere
you can lict your pile on a printer as
tlie tliaiiksgivingest creature afloat.
To-day we shall all lie too thankful to
work, and dim vistas of turkeys, fried,
roasted and stewed, will float dimly,
through our imaginations until such
hour as tlie iHiincr bell sliall call our
faculties into play. We wish you a
Happy Xew Year a Merry Christmas
and a good Thanksgiving, ami if you
miss Uie Daily to-morrow, beloved
friends, refresh your minds with tlie
thought tliat with brains and stomactis
recruited bv a day of ret, we shall lie
with you at an early hour on Saturday.
The Wat to do rr. Tlie case we
mentioned tlie other day, where a
neighborlmotl assistetl a poor man in
buying a span of liorses. sliowed tliat
Oregoriians are ready and able to as
si ;t all new comers. An emigrant had
just settled there, liaving cqme from
Iowa this season ; lie was a cripple
and poor, so tiiey passed around tlie
hat iit a sale where the gatliering was
large, ami by contributing 50 ct. to
fcl'oaeh, collected alHiut ij50, which
with a little means he luut enabled him
to puivbise his liorsi'-s. Our iieople
can affonl to encourtige new arrivals
ny sucii occasional assistance wlien
ucoessary.
LiuxtiE of Fium.-,J. W. Smith lias
bought out tlie drug store of Tliatclicr
& Son, and will hereafter devote las
personal attention to the conduct of tlie
same. Mr. Smith is competent iu all
business resiH-ct aud will liave tiie as
sistance of Mr. Harrv M. Bear, one of
the most competent ilruggtts we liave
ever had in Salem. Mr. S. goe- below
toslay to get ready for tlie Holidays.
What the Matteii Wa. Mr. J.
L. PanL-h was driving a band of slieep
the otlier (Liy witli a Dutchman for his
assistant, aud noticing that one of tlie
hind went lame, be asked: "Jacob,
wnat is the matter? and Jacob cave
the foriowhig lucid reph: "Heliash
Rot kicKetl 111 liLsii iimut stiouiter, and
it make him lame iu hish fore tigli.
(thigh.)" Tliat was all that was the
nutter with tliat slieep.
The Wine of Apoc-ynum Ls tlie latest
wonder of medicine and Mr. Forstner,
the gunsmith back of the Evangelical
Church, has the agency for it here. He
Inform us tliat lie knows many casas
where persons here have lieen relieved
from eases ot obtinate disease, such as
fever and ague, heart disease, rheuma
tism, debility, indigestion, &c which
it is claimed to be a sovereign specific
or. -
Wheat Shiited at Umatilla.
Mr. Harvey Meacham Informs us that
a large amount of wiioat lias been
hauled from Grand RoikIc valley this
year, and ship'ied from Umatilla to
Portland. 3lany teams gooverwitn
freight
River.
lit for Grand Ronde ami Powder
mid tliey load with wheat on
the return, so tliey can haul it for a
reasonable price.
Caiuxet Hai.i.. A large company
visited this Hall last evening, and
spent an hour or two in a very pleas-
and social manner. Mr. Knurht will
give anotlier exhibition on Sirurday
aturnoon, especially ior cnunren
Admittance, ten wut. We predict
that tlie little folk will be highly
please.!.
Died. At his residence in this city
on Wednesday, Mr. T. J. Phillipps.
aged 40 years. Funeral will be held
at tlie Baptist Church on Friday, (to
morrow) at 1 r. M. Friends of tlie Cim
iiy are invited to attend. He will lie
burled with tlie Imnors of tlie Masonic
Fralemitv.
On the Rivee. Tlie Fannie Patton
came up yesterday, and after receiving
sixty tons of flour from tlie Salem Mills,
went back, intending to finish bcr
cargo at Lincoln and Wheatland,
will return on Friday.
Slie
Woisk Si'spes 1 ed. The baement
stories, of the M. K. Chnrch and tire
A gricultural buikltng being completed,
work has' been suspended. Tlx will
remain in rtntu . ei-ltrps, until
S;ig. -
Pl.EAK RETntN. Mr. '1sWMlk A.
x)k informs ut1mt ou Tuesday even
ing lat, at tlie Racist sociable, lx!d
at the residnice of Mr. J. Williams.
some one. through mistake, carried off
Ins overcoat. He ih'strcs tliat the per
son taking It. sliottld leave tlie same at
Mr. Williams' wltcre Uie exciiange can
bo made.
Thaksoivimi Day. To-day being
Tlianksgiving Day It. will be properly
observed by the leading business houses
of tlie dty. Tlie batik will not be open
at all. Divine services will be held in
tlie Methodist, Episcopal and Congre
gational wiiurcnes."
Removed. L. Cheesbrough lias
moved his bag lactory to tlie south
room of the Chemeketa House.
. 2Tew Actxt. Mr. O. II. Kimball,
Uie newly appointed railroad agent at
tliis place,' entered opou tlie discharge
ol his duties at the depot on Friday
last.
- Thajtk!ottiio Skryice. Tlie reg
ular Thanksgiving service of the Con
gregational Church will be lield this
evening at 7 o'clock.
AT TBX Depot. Tbe freight train
left tbe depot yeaterda, afteruoon with
live can of flour, nine of wheat, two of
stock and one of mercharidlse.
AllThmos ask Ready. The par.
tie y arranging for tbe ball to-night,
were as bury at bees ail day yesterday,
and from wliat we can learu the affair
Is going to be spJnndld.
RtWtXAB Tmrt. We were in
formed yesterday by one of tlie river
captains that oa Monday next, ti e
boats will begin-making regular trip-.
Take Noticf.. Tlie Postofllee will
be open to-day from 9 to 10 a. m., and
from 5 to 6 p. m.
' Adjockxed. C'Srciiit Court stand
adjonnml until 10 o'clock Friday
morning.
The Suffering ia .Vichigau.
A corresiioiMlcnt of tlie Chicago
Jimrnnl writing from Grand Rapids "
Michigan, remarks as follows :
It is difficult, at this distance from
tlie scene of conflagration in Midiigau.
lo measure tlie extent of tlie ruin ami
suffering brought 'so suddenly ujion
thousands of peviplc. Many are Imuse
ls aud de'ieiKlent wlio, lint a few
hours since, were ready and willing to
relieve Uie distressed. Mudi autferiiig
must mark tlie dreary Winter months
to come. Warm firesides in happy
Xew England will not forget tluit
everyaiollar, or wetariog apparel,
blanket or comforter, sent to ilioblgau
now will assuredly alleviate sutfenui;.
Arrangements are perfected to distrib
ute uplies iu a motpra die-able man
ner, so that tlie greatest bunlen of snf
6'ring may lie reached and leswmsl a
siKin a possible. It shtaild not Ix tor
gotten that lake navigation to several
points will soon dose, rendering com
munication much more difficult ; this
fact should stimulate tlie forwarding of
supplies. Xever more than merely
comfortable, with no otlier than Until
restHirces. hundreds of mechanic and
laboring men, with families aie now
looking dimly from cheerless lieartlis,
and wondering ho- tliey sluill live for
months to come, or until saw-mills
factories, etc-, are rebuilt, to give
them employment. Tliey are indus
trious and willing to work, but tlie
business tliat employed tliem lias been
swept away.. Again, hundreds of
firmer liave only gathered ttieir cro,
to see bouse, Irani, crops stock, and
alas! iu some Instances children, con
sumed lxfore their eyes utterly jwv
erless to arrest tlie progress of the
flames. Wliat Is to become of t!ieso
Suddenly stripied of every comfort
who can picture tlie gloom of such i"
soeue. so complete a desolation, were It
possible, and tiie instances of tiie indi
vidual trial and distress set forth in
living light Y How would tlx hiunait
beait repond in deeds of cliarity! I
am aware of the efforts of your good
citizens hi behalf of tlie sufferer
of Michigan ; would 1 could find
words to thank tliem. Every
kindly thought or act on her ac
eount will be treasured by her (jnitelul
people, whose every prayer sliall be.
may God avert from you and yours a
calamity so great as that which now af
flicts us.
Tlicre Is in San Francisco a miiklle
aged man, who a yaar since was at
work by tlie rrfontb a" a medianlc, and
not worth a dollar. To-dav he l worth
at least $1,000,000 in luirdeoiu, and
bis income from one mine alone iu
White Pine is over $1,500 jiertlay. I
will say this for him, tliat lie lias more
sense than most men wlio liave grown
suddenly rich. He is investing bis
money in San Francisco real estate.
Tire other day a friend was joking him
on tbe subject of marriage, remarking
tliat lie could now marry any young
ladv iu San Framisco, to which lie re
plied : 44 Well. I knew a gal out West
who was willing to' marry me wlien 1
hadn't a cent, and now I'm able. I'm
going to lnarry her."
"Well, my gooJ fellow," said a
vSetojious General to a brave son of
Erin, after a battle, "and what did
you do to help us to gain this victory ? "
"Do!" replU-dMike; "may it please
your honor. I walked up bouldly to
one of the iuiniv. and cut off hi feet."
'Cut off bis feet ! and why did you
hot cut off hi head !" asked tlie gen
era!. "Ah.- an' faith tliat was off
already' replied Mike.
. A colored servant sweeping tint a
bads'lor room found sixpence 011 tlie
cirjiet, which he mrrii-! to tlx- owner.
"You may keep it for honesty," said
he.- A pliort tune alter lie missed his
gold lxmeil case, and inquired of hi
servant if lie lnd seen It. "Yes sir."
was tlie reply. "Ami wliat liave you
done with it ?" "Kept it for my bon-'
esty, sir!"
A mama iu the rural district lately
gave lier 5 year okl hopeful an out tit
of fishing tackle. Soon six lxard a
shout from Harry, ami running out
found one of her best liens fast swal
lowing tbe Hue in her crop, wbltlier
tlie hook hail already irrecesleil it.
Harry, observing tlie tronbled mot lier.
quietly remarked : Don't worn-,
motlier ; I guess sliell stop when slie
gets to tlie pole."
God's livery Is a very plain one ; but
its wearers have good reason to tx con
tent. If it Iwve not so much gold lace
about it as Satan's it kre out foul
weatlier better aud beskles it Is great
dal cheaper.
King James I, was oucecutreated by
hi old nure to make Imt sou a gentle
man. " Xac nan, nurse," was tlie re
ply of the British Solomon ; " I'll
make him a lord, and ye wull, but its
heyoud my power U make him a gen
tleman.' ;
A Dutchman has got off tlx; best
thing 00 the Xew Yoik Orange-Hibernian
row :.
'?f dey wants some tights let 'cm
go back to de places dey erxyms from
and get all oe fighting dey vants.
What Ue tuyval have we Americans .
got to do rait der oranges and lemons
and sudi dings."
A young man wlxn had come Into
iosi--loti of large ptoperty hy tlx
death ot his brut Iter was asked bow he
was getting along. "Oh!" aWl he,
" I aiu having a tlreailfbl time ; with
getting out letters of administration,
and attending the probate court, ami
settling claims 1 sometimes wili lie
liadu't died !"
If you liave a frletHl wlio loves you,
wlio lias studied your interest and lia
piiH'ss, be sure to sustain him in ad
versity. Let him feel tliat his fonner
kindixws U appredatcd. ami tliat bis
former love is not thrown away. .
Within a slxwt time A young la
dies of Louisville have lxen sert-xisly
iwisoned bv the use of Imjxirted Cice
powder aiiidtei-au?d with lead. In
eadi case llie ctfect of tlxs cosmetic
wa paralvtle both to the system ami
tlie facial beauty of tlie maidens.
One of tlie aiK-estors of 'Bill Nye"
lis been imeartlx?l iu San Francisco.
While excavating for tlx? new Clty
Hall building tlx skeleton of a man
with four aees" nixl a "king full'' hi
Ills coat sleeve was dug np.
Among' the richest revekitious
against tlx Tammany ring, the feci
appears that two negro minstrels were
paid a hundred dollars a month eadi
or making joke, at tlieir public xr
formauces against tlx Republican iar
ty and prominent leaders.
A large portion of the bHines prt
of Cameron, Mixaouri. was destroyed
by fire October 13th. , : ,
Bret Harte'a much -talked -of ptx-m,
delivered at the Cambridge Phi Beta, ,
Kappa Convention, is now running
around, and wlmtever other fault may
be found with it, many will re me nber
to liave seen the story in prose j ears
agone.
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