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THIS OREGON STATESMAN: FRIDAY JAyUAUY 15 1886. FKOM TUESDAY'S DAILY. Tiik Wood Sawyers. Tlie white wood cawing brigade is liecoming ijuito formid able in numtxTH, ami is increasing. Since Mum paiier started itM man out with a buck saw ami saw-buck, about three niontlis ago, it has been rather a cold climate for Chinese wood sawyers. And it is said that there ani now only two of tlio pig tailed Mongols in tlte business, and tiipj' stand a fair show of Ih-'hik run out, for the couictition is too tbirk for them. Every dollar that has Iwon paid to white wood sawyers has lieen spent here, and put in circulation, and the aggregate amount is tpiite a large sum of money. It lias be come ho that any one here is ashamed to hire a Chinaman to Haw wood, and it should bo the raw. The time should quickly come when any one will lie ashamed to hire a Chinaman to do any thing that can be done by white labor. The way to quit is to quit, and the way to make the Chinese go is to make it so lonesome for them that they will be glad to get away. This is the only tino solu tionof the Chinese question, which with an absolute prohibitory law, would soon wood out the heathen horde. 1 lurnih for the wood sawing brigade! But Fntu at Walllla. About half past five Sunday morning fire broke out in the laundry of the Oregon Railway & Navigation company's depot and hotel building at Wallula .1 unction, and before anything could Iks done to stay the pro gress of the Humes the entire structure was reduced to ashes. All the guests succeeded in making their escaiie and most of them saved their personal effects. Nearly all the furniture and hotel appur tenance were burned. The building was erected by the railroad company Koine three years ago t a cost of $50,000, and was one of the finest buildings of the kind on the coast. It was insured for $2ti,000. The hotel and saloon were owned bv the A. J. Hotaling cornpanv and managed bv Mr. (''linn. Their loss is estimated at between H,(HI() ami $W,hK partlv insured. It is altogether liked v that the company will rebuild immediate ly. The telegraph office in an adjacent building was not burned. The origin of the lire cnuhl not Vie learned, but it is ui posed to have lieen caused by n defective Hue. Ikied to Ku.i, an J'.iHToii. intense ex citement was created at Forest irove on Saturday by a bold attempt to assassinate I; If. Thomas, editor and proprietor of t he Pacific Pharos. .Mr. i nomas was on tus wav to the ucimt at b :.(,) a. m., on Saturday morning, for the purpose of tal, ing the Portland train. His assailant was ambushed in a ( lump of small irees, and bred throe shots, short range, at his in tended victim. One hall passed hrough the lapind of Mr. Thomas's coat, and set the breast of the coat on fire. The other bullet took effect in the left leg just above ttie knee, inside, ranging downward, and lodging on the other side below the kn It just missed the femoral nrterv. third shot was ineffective. The would lie-murderer threw down bis pistol and made g.iod his escape. The w eapon wa.j a 45-calilier, bull-dog revolver. Two the five chambers were found to be load' cd. A ViiosrKCTi's. Some very ambitions persons of Salem are trying to get up a joint stock company to run a new daily pajierliere, in the interests of the work ingmen, etc. They want $S00, and sell their shares at $5 apiece, which is quite reasonable. The $800, also, is reasona ble. It is too reasonable to make any daily pajier jiermanent. It costs that much each month to run the Statesman, and the material, machinery and appli ances would cost five times that much to replace. They expect also to start a weekly jmiikt. Their intention is good, but thev must have more capital stock. They now bavo about 0 subscribed, and every body that wants "glory for one day" should proceed to get their autographs down on that paiier tor some stock. Make it fctO.000 for that is very reasonable, and t hen the new sheet will lie in a position to knock capital higher than beef when the cow jumped over the moon, ami they can make it a crime punishatile with death for a man to own over $7. Why, $su0 won't half buy a decent press, and it won t buy more ttian a liauull ot tyje. Gentlemen, increase votir stock. Ikm't be fools. The wav to run a paiier is to run a paper. To make it a success you have got to be the Iwll-wetber of the flock. FROM WEDNESDAY'S DAILY. The Boy isciiARirn. A jieeuliar sjiectacle was that in the recorder's court yesterday afternoon, when six small boys ranged themselves before his honor, the recorder, on a charge of vagrancy, com mitted by diso! -eying the 9 o'clock ordi nance. The recorder, after consulting with the marshal, concluded to let the boys off" under a reprimand, and Marshal Harbord did not make a formal com plaint against them. The boys were giv en to understand that if they came again before the recorder that they would Ite fined. Other boys will do well to take warning that the ordinance will be strict ly enforced in Mure, and that if caught disobeying the ordinance they will be arrested. Contract Made. The governor, sec retary of state and state treasurer, con stituting the board of public buildings, have signed a contract with the Electric Light Company for lighting the public buildings for one year with electricity, in accordance with the act of the Feial session of the legislature. The contract calls for ;;;( incandescent lamps, to lie distributed about the penitentiary, asy lum and capitoi buildings, together with seventeen lights of sixteen thousand can dle power for lighting outdoors, to be placed on masts. The contract price is i),(M)() per vear. It is likely the company will begin the erection of their machin ery and poles at once, and the lights will tie in use inside ol tlie next ninety days The contract, of eouree, is on the basis of good lights, and if they do not apear satisfactory to the tioard when runnm; the contract is to lie null and void. It is to be boiied the lights will prove a sue cess, for, if they do, Salem, as a city, will feel the lienefits largely, aud may in the future light its streets with electricity in stead of oil, which pives but little light. To Ski: The Train do Bv. Mr. IV Tape of East Portland, was the victim of a liec.uliar accident Sunday afternoon. Going to the (). R. & N. train, he sat on the fence which skirts the, incline on the river side while the train went down to connect with the transfer boat. He nat urally supposed, savs the Standard, there would lie room for him to sit on the fence to see the train go bv, but was mistaken A olt protruding from the stops of the mail car came in contact w ith the side of his right leg between the knee and ankle and cut it badly, w hile the force caused him to lose his footing and fall over back wards. He fell about ten feet, strikin upon his shoulder, and receiving a severe shock. Warf.iioiseman Short. A sjiecial to the Albany Herald states that Blair, the warehouseman, at Corvallis, is short in bis grain stock that had been deposited ith him. Reliable information shows shortage of upwards of 0,000 bushels in Mr. iBlair's accounts, for which there is nothing to show and no recourse, save the very poor satisfaction ot a criminal prosecution. Something overs '.My tmsh- els are in C. Ceasar's hands, in Portland, but so hypothecated and covered with cuntv claims that not a kernel is avail able, unless it could be claimed by iden tification of property which is impracti- able. Iho loss will fall entirely upon farmers who had stored in the house. Fki.i, Dead prom Excitement. Mrs. John B. Tinker, who lives in East Port' land, died under very peculiar circum stances about S :30 o'clock this morning dog belonging to the Parker family made an attack on a neighbor named Mr. Chanoot, and the latter turned around on the vicious hrute and began to beat mm awav with stones. Mrs. Parker saw the man chasing the dog with stones and with an angry look in his eye, anfl began to remonstrate with him, and defend her property. She grew quite excited, when suddenly throwing up her arms, she fell ack, dead. J r. C. 11. Kallety was called and pronounced her death as resulting om paralvsis of the heart, conned by violent agitation. Gum: East. George Saubert, foreman of the Statkmian olhce, started yesterday for his old home in Vernon county, Wis consin, lie goes over the O. K. & N. line to Huntington, thence over the Ore gon Short Line and Union Pacific to Council Bhills, thence over the Great Kock Island route to Chicago, from which city he w ill proceed homeward, lie com bines business with pleasure and will be gone about a month. George lias work ed faithfully in the office for the past seventeen months, and this is his first vacation. The boys all w ish him u pleas ant and profitable trip, and a safe return. His address while gone will he Star, Wisconsin. Accident. An accident occurred late Sunday evening near the coal elevator below Albina. Thomas Little, an em ploye of the grain elevator at the flour mills, while on his way to work aliout 9 f, fell frem the high trestle work and broke his Vg. He lay in the water all night and was found this morning in an inseusible condition, and was taken in charge by his friends, who have done ev erything in their Hwer to bring him to, bin their efforts were unavailing, as death put an t'nd to his suffering soon after he was found. Mr. Little was aged about twenty-nine years, and was a native of ohi'. He had been in this state about eighteen months. hie i nion l Aciiic. An uuiatia cap italist who is indirectly connected with the Union Pacific railroad, says the com paiiy will do more work this year than it lias for manv years past, and gives it as hbt opbuon that the first move of the Un ion Pacific will be built into the Pine creek mines, then they will tap the grain growing region of eastern Washington. ihese, will be side issues, however. The company will build from Ontario, on Snake river, across southeastern Oregon, thence over the Cascades and through the Willamette valley to Portland. Baker City Tribune. -Ai,MVr a Kikk. Sunday morning about live o'clock, officers JMead and Lynch pafwd W rage's tailoring shop, on State street, near Commercial, and notic ed a bright light in the room. They broke open the door just in time to save a conflagration. Wrage had taken the ashes from the stove and put them in a wooden box the day tiefore, and some live coals set lire to the box. No damage. Prospect Hill. A correspondent writ ing from Prospect Hill gives an account of a New Year's dinner which was pre pared by the "men folks,'' in honor of tlie ladies. An excellent dinner it was, under t he auspices of the literary society, and did great credit to the gentlemen cooks. An excellent time weshad. A ' !oon Appointment. James P. Wild er has received his re-appointment for a third term as superintendent of the rail way mail service, eighth division, which includes Oregon, with headquarters at San Francisco. This gentleman lias been m the railway mad service fur over twen ty years, having worked his wav up from a postal clerk to his present elevated jio- sition. News. Hie effect of the an ointment will probably be to make the manv democrats who wanted the place a great deal '"Wilder" than they were be fore. II For Plaintiffs. The case of the v. t . Dana against tlie uregon state ag ricultural board, was decided yesterday in the county court by Judge Shaw, giv ing the plaintiff judgment for $100 and costs, and disbursements of the action it is understood mat ttie case will be ap jiealed. Newspaper Change. Homer II. Hal lock, well known here, who lias had charge of the Heppner Times since Feb ruarv 22d, 1K84, takes leave of that paiier, and Jerry Nunan and Harry - Kevte will move the paierto Jjexington,a candidate lor the county seat of Morrow county. Work Re-co.mmmenced. Contractor Deuhaiu has again begun work on the new school building. He says the work will be completed within the next sixty days. F"or ten or twelve years I have been se verelv atllicted with catarrh. Never be fore found such decided relief as from Ely's cream balm. 1 consider myself cured..!. W. Burlington, Meehaniesville: N. Y. (Price 50 cents.) tf. Archie Fuqua, of Pendleton, is men tioned by Mark Twain, in a humorous article in December's Century. Archie used to tie a chum of Mark's in davs gone by. PROSPECT HILL. For California. Mrs. Dr. A. G. lH?ar durft left last evening for a month's visit it Linden, California. She went as far as Corvallis on the steamer Bonanza, and from there will take this morning's train for Yaquina, thence to San l'runcisco on (he Oregon Pacific, steamship Yamiina. AecKAisEKS. County Judge Shaw has ainnnted i,evi Herren, J. C. Peebles and V. D. Belding, appraisers of the estate of the lute Daniel Clark. Miss Mary, daughter of Dr. Reynolds taught a successful term of school, and won many friends among us. The usual monotony of winter ha lieen enlivened somewhat by a literary society field at ttie new school building A. F. Davidson lectures ujion the sciences; J. P. Robertson's isjlitical talks, essays readings, etc., follow. Both old aud young participate. Mrs. Crandall pre sented a melodeon to the society, at which Mrs. Ftta Judson presides. On Christmas, the ladies assisted bv few of the Liberty district, gave a fine dinner; the table literally groaned with its burdan of substantials and delicacies In the evening the young folks met, and "chased the hours with flying feet New Year's, the gentleman reversed the usual custom, and gave a reception to the ladies, serving a fine supper of oys ters, cold fowl, cotfee and cakes. The center of attraction was a beautiful frost ed pyramid cake, sparkling with fancy candies. It was sliced the last, and pass ed Willi compliments ol a baslilul young gent, with the request that all should taste and test his culinary skill. A sud den movement of the napkin to conce the tearful countenance told the secret of cayenne jiepiier flavoring. Notwithstand mg the lit Lie "episode," the New Year supper was a success, ami heartily enjoy ed by tlie ladies especially. A ietition with 23,000 signatures favor of optional cremation has lie presented to the ieiman Reichstag. A. S. Gross Retires. On Monday A. S. Gross retired from tho Casino opera house at Portland. Charles V. brush, who has been interested in the house for some time pat and who is well, known here, he having tieen deputy I'. S. mar-j shal for some time, purchased Mr. Gross' interest, which he in turn sold t) Joseph Holder. Mr. Holder will hereaf ter manage the refreshment portion of the house. The lmard of directors then met and appointed Charle u . 1 rush as president, and aiiwinted W. 11. Kinross as acting manager. Mr. Kinross will do vote his entire time to the business of the house. At the conclusion of the engage ment of tho Thompson opera company it is the intention to form a stock opera company and give opera comiquo indefi nitely. Articles Fii.eo. The following arti cles of incorporation have been filed in tho office of the secretary of state: The first Baptist church of Davton, with $800 worth ol property, .lames liaxtcr, lleuben Snyder, Jonathan Arms, A. N. Alderson anil J. W. McDaniel, are incorporators. The Jacksonville mining and milling com pany, of Jacksonville. Object, to mine for precious metals in Jackson county. Duration, two years. Capital stock, f'JOOO, in SMKI shares, incorporators, l Javid l,. Curtis, Henrv Patie, Jno. Orth, Win. Jackson and David Cronemiller; the Alaska packing company, of Astoria. Duration, ten vears. Capital stock, $20,000, in 200 shares. Object, to pack can. put up. buy and sell fish, fruits, etc, Incorporators, lv. H. Johnson. .M. roard and II. Plath. Serioi s Accident. A. S. Wentworth, Walton river mines, in Lane county, met with a very serious accident iast Monday evening, lie, bv some means got bis leg caught between two rocks half wav between the knee and hip, cruslun; the flesh in a fearful manner from there to below the knee. It is not thought that there is any broken bones, or that the knee-joint is out of place, but it is impos sible to tell, as the limb is so badly swollen. He also bad the skin torn up on the inside of his hand at tiie same time. Considering the care and attention he receives among a rough set of men he is getting along very well. At; u.v in the Field. Nos. 1 and 2 of Vol. XV. of the Christian Herald, of Monmouth, are at hand. The paper is Icvoted to tlie interests of the Christian church, and it is a very interesting jour nal. The Herald has taken a vacation of about a vear, but returns again to a re newal of its good work. The Herald will be issued in combination with the Christ iau News, of .Sacramento, Cal., in the fu ture, and subscribers can get the paper from either ollice. The News will cover four pages of the pa;er and the Herald the other four. ill 11. 1'arrv is business manager of the Herald. FKOM THURSDAY'S DAILY. W1IEX TO REGISTER Some Sheep. If Win, Pendland meets with no bad luck, be will have 37,000 head of sheep next shearing time, be' sides his crop of lambs. The clip from these sheep will be about seven pounds each, or 130,000 pounds, all told. If wool should be 20 cents per pound, (and the general belief is that it will be) the clip will lie worth $:-b,000. Add to this, say 10,000 lambs worth next fall $Lo0 per head, and he will have the income for one year, from sheep alone, amounting to $o2,H00. The cost of handling those sheep is enormous of course, hut after all the expenses are paid, Mr. Pendland will re alize a sum for his vear's business almost equal to the salary of a country editor. Heppner limes. Escape of a SrsracTED Robber. Sev eral days ago, the West Side ticket office at Forest Grove, was robbed, and among other articles taken were the railroad tickets. .Monday morning a young man got on the train at F'orest Grove and ten dered a ticket lor Portland. It was one of those known to have been stolen,' and the conductor, getting off at Cornelius, telegraphed the sheriff of Washington county at Hillsboro, to come to the tram, Soirte way or other the young man sus pected something wrong, and just as the train started away from Cornelius, jumped off. He is well known and will lind it difficult to get away. The Pcllmanh. The O. & C. R. B passengerlrains will only haul Pullman sleepers between Albany and Ashland hereafter, discontinuing the service be tween Portland and Albany. Sh allowed a Pin. Miss May Tooley, a young lady living in Portland, accident ally swallowed a pin yesterday, and at last accounts was in great pain, and her thle was despaired of. Beai tifi l BiRiw. Thus far only one pajier iw our state, and t'ut: one published in Portland has meiiti:ied the advent uf anew ami beautiful vocchs of birds, hence it is fair to Kupp-i-e th:it thev have not yettiecome very common. A flock of fifty or sixty seen nMr!y everyday in one locality, stay long eno-tgh u-li time to afford a little opportunity for f ndv as to color, habits, etc. In si.e t :.;v are small er than tlie robin, their coats being of dark olive green with wing tips and throat of a creamy white. Their beaks are shaped like those of the paroquet, curved and strong, which . i y use to good advantage for breaking open the seeds of the maple trees of which they ap pear to be very fond. It is interesting to watch them alight on u mossy roof and dig for the seeds partly buried in it. On a recent morning thev made a picture beautiful enough for one of William Hamilton Gibson's '"Bark-door studies" as they sat grouped on a tree and an old ladder, preening their feathers, turning their heads this way and that and twit tering to each other in their musical bird -language. They are not timid, or easily frightened at the approach of man or do mestic animals. l'iiemekkta. Asking County Co-operation .The state board of immigration, anxious that the good results that have come to the counties tluit have organized a county im migration board, and issued pamplilets, should extend to every county in the state the coming year, has issued a circu lar letter requesting ail counties to send descriptive literature. The circular says : 'lhero is every reason to believe that during the current year a large immigra tion wille ome to Oregon, and mainly as the result of the wide and judicious "dis semination of information about the state by the board, during the past ten months. In anticipation of that- influx, and in or der that each county may have its claims to attention properly presented to those new-comers, it is certainly important that the board of immigration rooms here shall be liberally supplied with a carefully prepared, accurate and every way trustworthy pamphlet, iteseriptive of these divisions of the state." The First Monday was the lu April Evidently lutenl of New Company Formed. Articles of in corporation of the Pacific Cider Vinegar company were filed in the office of the secretary of state yesterday. The object of the corporation is to engage in buying and selling fruit and vegetable?1, canning and preserving same, manufacturing ci der, vinegar, etc. The capital ttock is to be $20,000, divided into 200 shares of the value of $100 each, and the principal of fice to be located in Portland. Tlie incor porators are Francis Sealy, Gideon Stoltz and J. U. Coleman. Tin: Coat Gave Him Away. A few evenings since a babe, not many davs old, was found wrapped up in an over coat on tiie steps at the Sister's convent, on Fourth street. It "is learned that the overcoat belonged to Hugh Cosgrove, who lives in French prairie, Marion county. It is said that he boarded a north-bound O. & C. train at .Marion sta tion a few days since, and came to this city. He was accompanied by a woman who had a child. 'i'ortwnd .News. the Law. The ifuestion ot the proper date for the sitting of the registry boards in the sev eral precincts in the state lui been the leading one before the people for the past few days, but there apjiears to be no good reason to doubt the statement, that the first Monday in April was intended by the law. Tho trouble arosa from conflicting dates appearing in the amendments as passed at the special session. The first amendment passed by that body was the bill providing for a uniform system of blanks to bo used and the one which has become famous since, wider the "name and style" of "the Aver bill." This bill, as stated before, was to provide for tho use of a uniform system of blanks, as its prime object, while a subsidiary clause stated that the time of registry should be on the first Monday in March, ami tiie luesday and Wednesday there after, in order to provide for the same date as the original law passed. This amendment was signed by the governor on November 30th, 18W). Another amendment was then intro duced after the above had passed both houses of the legislature, the prime object of which was to change the date of regis tration to the first Monday in April. This amendment, however was signed and be came a law on November 25,1885, five davs earlier than the "Ayer" bill. it is iwual for a later law to repeal all former laws in conflict with it, but in this case, according to the best legal advice, the intent of the law is to be considered. In law tho following four salient points are considered in judging of a law : 1st. "The words of the law;" 2nd. "The con text;" 3rd. "The subject matter ;" and 4th. "The spirit and reason of the law and the evident intention of the law makers." The intention of the last amendment passed was evident; and that was to change the time from tho first Monday in March to the lirst Monday in April, and the courts will in all probability hold that as the proper time for registration. Acting on this opinion County Clerk Chapman has caused to be sent to all the chairmen of precinct committees in this county the following NOTICE TO VOTERS. "All persons desiring to vote at the next June election are notified that they must appear at their usual place of voting on the 5th, (ith, or 7th clays of April, 1880, and register; otherwise, under the late law, they cannot vote." It is to be hoped that the several other counties in the state will take this inter pretation of the law, so as to make the registry on a uniform date, and save that muchcauue for contest at least. MONMOUTH NOTES. Hose Challenge. In a late number of the Sporting World appears a "picture of hose team No. I, of Seattle, and claim' ing that team to be the "boss" team of the coast. Capital hose team, of this city, desire Seattle hose team to know that if the latter are anxious to be known as champion of Oregon and Washington territory, that a race for any amount of coin can be arranged to take place in this city during the season of 18S0. lhey are earnestly invited to come over to the tournament this summer as competitors for the tournament prizes, if they will. Wants to Become a "Melicax" Max. Jim Westfall, the well-known Chinese contractor, declared his intention of be coming an American citizen last Satur day, before the county clerk, and signed his name with a flourish to tlie document by which he forever renounced his allegi ance to any crown or foreign power, and esjiecially to the throne of the pig-tail kingdom'. It is not probable, under ex isting laws, that naturalization papers, making him one of Uncle Samuel's sub jects, will lie granted. Jim Westfall, however, donated f50 to the O. P. rail road, and is a white sort of a C Innanian. Albany Herald. Fire at Scio. From a private letter received in this city, it is learned that fire broke out in Jack Bilyeu's hotel, Scio, Linn county, on Monday night, January lltli, at 1.' o'clock. Iho tire spread to Mr. P.ilyeu's livery stable, and burned both buildings to "tho ground. It was hard work for the citizens of Scio to keep J. H. Daniels' store aud Geo. Morrow's tin store from burning. Had there been a wind blowing at the time those build ings would have been burned. The goods were packed out of Daniels' store building. Mr. Bilveu's loss is lictween $3,000 and $4 ,000. ' To he Rearranged. The state board of immigration will soon have the folder ''Oregon as it is" rearranged, and a large quantity printed to be distributed among the railway companies at Chicago, Oma ha, St. Paul, Ixmver and other places. There is largo demand for Oregon litera ture from the eastern railroad companies. During the last week the board sent out 17,000 folders "Oregon as it is," 1,500 pamphlets of the same title, 1,50(1 news pajiersand other publications. Change in Hocrs. Hereafter the money order window at the postolliee will be open at all hours between 8:30 a.m. and 4 :30 p. in. This is to accommodate those who can onlv reach the ollice at the noon hour. Services at Brooks. Rev. J. A. Hoi lenbaugh desires the Statesman to state that he will begin a protracted meeting lit Brooks, on Sunday next, at .5 o clock. Wells, Fargo and company's ollice will lie ojien from s a. in. to 0 i. m. continu ous! v. PRESS COMMENT. The new year dawns upon tlie United States as the most favored nation in the world. Business is reviving in every department. Our store houses and gran aries are full to overflowing. We are free from all foreign entanglements. The public health is good, and with reason able care there is nothing to dread from foreign pestilence. We can look back upon 1885 with grateful hearts and for ward to 1880 with hoiie and confidence Yerily this nation is the chosen of the Lord's. Chicago News. When all men are equal in mental, moral and physical strength ; equal in inventiveness, enterprise and industry; equal in wisdom, prudence and tact; honest, unselfish and accommodating to their neighbors, loving their enemies and doing good to those that hate them, free trade, pure and simple, may exist. But no laws will le needed then to establish free trade. Indeed, there will bo no need of governments. Louisville Commercial. France has never yet gone through a great crisis without producing a man equal to the emergency, and it may be safely assumed that a race which has played such a great part in the world's history will find a man to lead it through the present most unpromising .ditliculty. But at present the best friends of F" ranee must admit that the outlook is bad. New York Telegraph. There is no more sense in '"tipping" a waiter or bed-room seavant who is faithful, than a prompt salesman or an efficient helier of any sort. The system is an outgrowth ot aristocratic caste basis of siK'iety in Europe and should not get a foothold here, where labor is held to be honorable and paid for on its merits. Washington Star. Uetore congress makes anv more ex- !erimeiits in the extension of the pen sion list it should have some definite idea of what the experiments will cost. The last venture of that sort cost about ten times as much as was estimated by ito advocates. It is not worth while to take any more leaps in the dark. Bos ton Herald. Notarial. The governor has made tho following appointments: ViT. J. ller ren, of Salem, to be a member of the as-: sessnient and taxation commission, in place of DanT Clark, deceased. Geo. A. Brodie, S. A. Durham, W. L. Boise, S. R. Stott, A. E. FVazier, II. S. Allen, W. S. Beebe, G. W. Yocum, II. B. Oatinan, and H. Baumhoer, of Portland, and W. W. Gibbs of I'llensburg, Davie Brower of Grants Pass, Wm. Johnson of Cross Keys, Tilmon Ford of Salem, and O. 1). Taylor of The Dalles, notaries public. Death op an Aged Citizen. Mr. Zae ariali Beard, familiarly known as "Uncle Zach," of Tangent, died Monday night after a brief illness at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Deceased, who has been a resident of this county for twenty years, was a brother of John Beard, of this place, and father of Postmaster Beard, of Tangent. Officers Elected. The following named share holders of the Capital Nat ional bank were elected directors at their annual meeting: A. A. MeCully, R. S. Wallace, II. Carpenter, W. W. Martin. W. T. Gray, J. M. Martin, and J. H. Al bert. Officers: It. S. Wallace, president ; A. A. MeCully, vice president; J. If. Al bert, cashier. Good Appointment. Miss Pearl Scott is now connected with the school lor the blind, having accepted an appointment as a musical instructor nt, that institution. Miss Scott is in every , '-'teii for the Nearly all the students who went home, have returned. The Vespertine literary society will hold an open session Jan. L'3. Several now students have entered the Oregon state normal school since the hol idays. In the election of city officers, Prof. Powell was elected a member of the city council. The examinations for the term will be gin in about two weeks, and the senior examination, early in February. President I). T. Stanley accidentally sprained his ankle a few days ago, and, though very painful, he continues his work in school. A band has been organized, composed mainly, of the normal hoys, and judging from the interest manifested, they will soon come to tho front. On the anniversary of Prof. Yates'birtli day, he was presented by Pres. Stanley with a gold jien and holder, and by thn faculty and students with a tine gold ring and charm. Student.. AT JEFFERSON. position, having received .i . -.rli ed ucation in instrumental music, .um .: less will fill it with credit nnd ability. Accidental. Mrs. M. Beatty, of Brooks station,, fell accidentally on Tues day, the 12th fust., and broke her left ankle. At last reports the patient was doing well. Her daughter, Mrs. .1. Lei dinger, of this city, has gone to Urooks to wait upon her. Personal. E. W. Chapman, of Hub bard, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Chapman takes five copies of the Weekly Statesman, sending four copies to friends in the eastern states, and tlie tag on all of them reads '87. Ed. Statesman : On Saturday last wo went to Jefferson where we installed the follow ing officers, of Santiam lodge, No. 27, 1. O, 0. F. : N. G., S. T. JohnBon ; V. G., J. A. Beard; R. S Jno. W. Roland; P. S.,T. M. Hoit; Treas., E. H.Bell inger. At the close of the ceremony the good sisters, with mischief in their eyes and baskets filled with choicest things calcu lated to refresh the inner man, appeared, and in a trice arranged them and com manded the brethren to partake, liow the affair was carried into execution, tv the complete surprise of tho brothers, da , . h veof, knowethnot; but heareth testimony, and votes the ladies of Jeffer son a success in culinary accomplishments. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Clearance Sale. The Misses MeNary, of tlie Variety Store, second door north of the Statesman ollice, will make a gen uine reduction on all holiday goods left over. On toys, esiiecially, they have marked down the price, so that Christ mas may last all the year round for the children, at very small cost. See for yourself. tf What Yol" Say. "There are so many frauds advertised for the hair," yon say. So there are, but Parker's Hair Balsam is not one of them. It will not work mira cles, but it will do better service for your hair than anything else vou can hud. Restores original color, cures dandruff, gives new growth. Elegantly perfumed. Not a dve. owks. For thirteen vears the names of the Fort Wavne postmasters have begun with K Kanini, Kcll and Kaougb. Giardian's Sale. All parties inter ested should remember the Gillingham guardian's sale on Saturday next, at the court house. The farm is u good one, and there will be a chance for a barpain. Carriage Painting. J. M. Forsylho has commenced painting again at his old stand, and guarantees that bis work will not be excelled, or no charges. Shop on State street, between Front nnd Commer cial. l-12dlw-wlm. SUGGESTION. Now that we are blessed with a council that will keep bulls, cows, nnd other an imals off the streets, would it not be a good idea for them to go still further and prohibit the running at lurt'e of bicycles? Pedestrian. The street supervisor is actively at work repairing the condition of the streets. "Spark that Tree!" was the senti ment of Chicago when dynamiters tried to blow down the house of Judge Lam bert Tree, of that city. "Colored jewels are to be all the rage this season," says a fashion item. What's the odds whether the cook is white or black so long as she understands her bus iness. President Cluvei.ani. has contiib;itvd if 100 towards the ( irant monument. ThbJ will make Now York green with e.nvy, as tho city expected to contribute ,it loa?. that amount. Sally Joy, of whom Hope told a flat tering tale, is, at the present time, president of the American Wromen Jour nalists' Association. She is an editor of the Boston Herald. Di hing the late French elections sever al women were permitted to cast votes, for their sick husbands. In this country a husband gets sick when his wife wants to vote. . The youngest United States Senator is Keiina of West Virginia thirty-seven. The oldest is Morrill of Vermont seventy-five. The average age of the present Senate is fifty-eight years. Secretary Manning's call for $10,000, 000 in bonds caused a decline of 2 'a cents in three per cents., affording a fine oji jwrt unity forsomof his New York friends to make a nice Lj,'.tle sjieculation.