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FKOM TCKSDAY'S DAILY.
AfCrir..sTi.i.Y Sihit. A correspondent
' of the iHtllcs Times-Mountaineer, writing
from Wapinitiu, Wasco county, Hays : An
accident occurred on tho evening of the
12th lietwceu this i!ikv nti.l Tygh valley,
which came ticiir fiiitiii tin- life of a
young ntiiii named Dick Kdwards. Ho
wan traveling alone, riding a horse ami
leading tw ; near sunset, seeing a pied
pluce to camp, he itisniniintotl, and while
stooping over, u pistol 'Cult's 4-1-caliber)
full from ttio scabbard which was around
him, striking a rock with the hammer,
w hich was renting on a cartridge mid shot
him ttotweon tint right nipple, (but a little
alwve) ami the right urru, coining out at
tho buck, passing through the right shoul
der. After it lmpened he mounted his
hors with dilhculty, and rode to tins
place, about ten miles. This morning he
proceeded on hi journey, Imt not having
any use of his ritrlit arm.
Thk Caxihuatks. The republican
candidates, Col. T. It. Cornelius, Hon.
Geo. W. Mi Bride, lion. H. I.. Marstrm,
Frank 0. linker, and Judge Chas. A.
Johns, cundidate lor district attorney,
went south on yesterday morning's train,
They were all in g'od' spirits, and ex
pressed themselves highly pleased with
their reception here. They were giveu a
reception at Alhuny y.-sicrday afternoon,
and had some speaking there in the eve
ning. They will not make a regular can
vass of the slate, tnit will go through the
state, and see tin people, informally.
They made a good impression here, and
will'tmdimhtcdlv dothe sume everywhere
thev go. Thev will all come to Salem af
ter "January 1st to "locate" for four years.
Wasco Acahkmy F,i.r:thn. The an
nual election of the Wasco Independent
Academy, .d The Dalles, was lield last
Monday, resulting iu the election of the
following; dircf.ors for tho ensuing year:
D. M. French, Uoht. Mays, K. 11. Me
I'arland, V. Lair Hill, Sam'l I.. Brooks,
W. Lord. lieo. A. Lielie. The hoard re
elected Prof. T. M. Gatch, principal;
Miss Kllen Chamtierliii, assistant ; Miss
Mary M vers, instructress of the primary
department; Mis Helen A. Dilley, was
re-elected principal of the musical de
partment, l'rof. Gatch is father of Claud
(latch, i if this city, and was formerly in
Willamette university, and Miss Cham
lierlin is a sister of M. I- Chamhertin,
candidate for senator.
Not a Pkizk Fight. The grand jury
found indictments against F.d wards,
U-wis, McAdams, Webb, (iuthrie, and
i.-'ier ' violation of the statute ugainst
tiy.K . ' ling, in the recent contest, near
Ashland. The trial of Kdwards took
place before a jury this w eek, and a ver
dict of not guilt v was returned. Lewis
and Me Adams 'turned state's evidence,
.md testified to money having been put
up, hut the jurv did not consider the
attuir a real, huhiness fight, ami promptly
returned a verdict of acquittal. The
casus against the others were then dis
miKHed. ;Anhl;ud Tidings.
Stoi.i:n House Kkcovi:kki. Some days
since luuutiuu. vu made in this pajtcr of
the .mysterious diiapiearance of u horse
rom the pasture of James Klkins. near
Aibunv. It Heems the horse was (stolen.
A few davs ago the horse was discovered
at King's Prairie, neurlv forty miles from
Albany, savs the Herald. ltdisapieured
ahotit the time the Kugene bank burglars
made their raid through this part ol the
eowitry, and it is supponed some of tho
gang rode the horse away.
A Piicn.uit Achhent. On Friday
eveniug Bert Wheeler, son of Alfred
Wheeler, of Albany, met with an acei
dent on the farm of the lutter near Peter
son I'.utte, resulting in the dislocation
of his shoulder. He lecame nngry at a
cow, and struck at tier with something.
The blow fell short, missing the cow but
dislocating the boy s Bhoulder.
"Cait." Lister, AO-vts. ' B. Lister,
formerly of Dayton and I'omeroy, was
;,i;,.tu,i t,v the L'rand iury at Suraguc,
(or emliezzling money. He can't resist
the temptation to monkey with other
, . 1 . . rri..,.l,.n I '1.,-r.llti-lA
people s inrain . -ii'UMui.
'Capt.'' Lister was formerly m this city
where he also Imeame well known.
Ukcokueii's Court. In the recorder's
court yesterday one man was sent up for
live davs under the vagrant ordinance,
and Richard Roe paid $7.H0 tor his liber
ty after a night's hilarity, from the ef
fects of too much imbibing of "tarantula
juice."
Tut' ( . U'lTOI.. Work goes steadily
ahead on the eapitol, and the (southeast
vard begins to look "engagea. ine
workmen are mixing mortar and putting
. ... i. , in tli floor of the lesns-
lative hall. They ure also replacing the
rotted trusses.
Svmmkr Ao.is.-Jpiter Fluviushasat
a..ttl,l down and irt now giving us
some realAl, prime, first chop weath
er of the sumnior i sv; ro. joo-
iiinlv and Sunday tJio air tan yory
pleasant, and l-eopltfhui'W'.Wf f
Tms CAMi-uBK.-There should lie'a
big -rwd at the eamn-tir next Saturday
night, at Marion suare! to he p raise
' . Aw .w.nui.U ril ttiP(r
money to ueiray uie -
A. K. on memorial iwj.
Statk Dirt.oMA.-Xhe atute board of
education yesterday granted A. M. Mize,
of this county, u state diploma, on like
diplomas from other state. He has
taught three years in Una Btate.
(Joxb IIome.-M'ss Vie Bon-land, of
ilsea, lUMiton county, who Us been at
tend ing the Academy of the rnwred
Heart, in this city, daring the winter re
tuniod boioe yesterday.
' 'a,-khs Fn-.-Cyrille lieawUe a na
tive Canadian . of French descent tied
pai-ers with the county clerk yesterday ,
declaring hi intention of beeoimnf an
American citizen.
Almost 6,NVAt.EfT.-Mi.s Amelia
Savaged many tri'.-nds will he highly
..leased to learn that she is almost eonva
lesnt.aml h, to be out again m the
near future.
'KBso).Ai.,-Stii'C LI. A. Johnson and
wife went to Jefferson and Scio yesterday
a visit to relatives and friends.
SF.KIOIN lU'NAYVAY ArciDF.NT.
Joscpli Meyer mill Wife aro Thrown
from their Ititg-ffy, and Seri
ously Injured. '
Tuesday morning, Joseph Meyer, of
the firm of J. M. Rosenberg A Co., ac-
cmipanied by his wife, started out for a
drive, in his single buggy. The horse is
usually considered gentle, but when they
were near I tester rield s resilience, on
Asylum avenue, a bee or yellow-jacket
stung the horse in the ear, and canned
him to run away. The horse ran one
side of the buggy into a. "ditch, throwing
both of the occupants out.
Mrs. Meyer, who was least injured at
the time, and was able to walk, started
to secure aid, ruit some ) arsons, plow ing
near try, saw the accident, and came run
ning to help them, and a messenger wss
at once dispatched to the city toraiu.
Jh-s. Kisdon anil Jessup were taken out
to the scene of the accident, in Minto's
cab, and a partial examination of the in
juries received was made. Mrs. Meyer
was then taken into the cab, but Mr.
Meyer had to be brought in an express
wagon on a mattress, and was taken to
their residence, ;!i:i Front street.
A careful examination was then made,
and it was found that Mrs. Meyer had
sustained a fracture of both of the bones
of the left wrist, and had besides severe
bruise. about the head and eves. Mr.
Mover was seriously injured in the left
hip, hut it was thought no bones were
broken. He was utterly helpless, how
ever, and was fluttering intense pain.
The physicians did all that was possible
to make the wjared jiersons comfortable,
and it is to f hoped thev may soon re
cover from the effects of their accident.
Mr. Meyer Buffered u fracture of his
leg three years ago, and Fays ho is about
tired of furnishing this class of items for
the papers.
The horse ra.n tor quite a distance be
fore he was stopped, but neither lienor
the buggy was damaged.
HALF A MILLION SHAD
Mured in the Willamette lliver
Albany on Saturday
Night.
The Albany Herald says: The fish car
sent out tro'.n iviaryiaiui rv uie i mieu
StateR lish commission with shad lor Or
egon, arrived in tins city i:ist nignton me
Albany express, containing MOKXl young
shad. About two-thirds of the fish were
placed in the Willamette near the Albany
ferry last night and the remainder of the
ar load will lie placed in the river to
day.
The cur is muler the charge of Mr. J.
Frank Ellis, of the Smithsonian institu
tion, Washington, D. C., from whom,
by Herald reporter, we obtained some
interesting information concerning the
fish car. Tlu car left .Maryland last
Sunday with tibout a million and a half
of voting shad from the Susquehanna
river. The car is provided w ith a hatch
erv. and a large number of eggs were
brought out, which -Mr. lAUb states have
Ikhju hatched with success, lhe car
stopped at Wallula Junction where about
.VHURH) of "ie were 1'lt' ani1 lrom
there came direct to Albany without
(stoppage.
The tihU were taken lrom the hatchery
near the mouth of the Susquehanna river
a week ago last Thursday, three days
lie fore starting, aud on their arrival here
last night, appeured lively and iu good
condition.- They are very small, one can
holding about fwe gallons containing
many thousand of the voungshad. itl
mich a number placed in the waters of
the upier Willamette, if they thrive
even moderately well, the river ought, in
a short time, to be well supplied with
these fine him.
HuTi KNun Home. Mrs. Beriah Browa
who has been spending, several days
with Mrs. George A. Edes, left ou yester
day's noon train for her home in Seattle,
W. T. Alarce numlier of our citizens
will remember Mr. Brown as a noted
democratic politician and journalist, who
resided here with his lamilv lor seven
year, and left the city some sixteen
years ago, and is permanently located in
Seattle, uie many menus oi .'trs.
Brown extenned to her a warm w elcome.
Advkntikk With a i.t:AK. Fred Sit
ton had an adventure with a bear last
Thursday, near the residence of his fath
er. He came across the bear, shot him
four or five times, w hen Mr. Bruin t urned
upon Fred, run him up a sapling and
kept him there for several hours, w hen
his cries were heard, assistance Jeauie, the
bear was killed and our young Iricnd set"
at liberty. McMinnville Campaign.
The Electric LioiiTe. Capt.
Blaisdell, manager for the Oregon
trie Light company, is in the city
:iv the lights w ill be in working
W.
i:ieu-
He
order
as' soon as the remainder of the machin
ery arrives, which will be soon. A mis
take was made by the manufacturer in
shipping some parts, and this delay will
consume considerable time.
State Fisancks. A very full and com
plete article will appear in to-morrow's
Statesman, on ihe editorial page, on the
state's finances. It has been prepared
w ith great labor and pains, and will be a
valuable paper for reference, as well as a
good republican campaign document.
Cayotks. Hal. Herren, of the Waldo
Hills, brought in to County Clerk Chap
man, on Saturday, two cayote scalps.
The animals that wore these scalps were
killed by Mr. Herren and Lou. Grittith
on Friday. They bring $8 apiece, so 1
was the profit of their day's work.
Cami-akin Daily. It is understood
that the county democracy will in a few
days commence publishing a campaign
daily paper. Its name w ill probably be
the :'Clipler," and it will lie issued from
the jobollice of (jodfrcy & Moore. This
in a great country for campaign papers.
To Dixivr.K the Aoohkss. Key. E. J.
Thompson, of this city, has been engaged
to deliver the eoHrge address, at thecom
inencument exercises, of Albany college,
on June 14th.
FKOM WEDNESDAY'S DAILY.
Oak UiwiB School. the following is
ft report of District No. V of Marlon
county, taught by O. H. Jones, for the
month ending May 14th, '8: Whole
number oi days attendance, 407 : number
of days abi-erit, 8 ; number cases of tardi
ness, 4; number of pupils enrolled, Jl.
Persons who visited the school were:
Misslxdo Scott, Lewis English, Win.
Koff, Miss Martha Martin, Miss Amy
Martin, Miss Mary Watkin, Oeo. Ander
son, anil i . .M. jone. rupus m inn nrsi
and second readers who have neither
been absent nor tardy during tho month,
are: Nicholas rxirt, Mary rxn, ami
Bertha Eoff. The following are names
of pupils wdio passed written examina
tions in all their studies, with the aver
age standing of each : Mary Kamsden,
I'M); Stephen Fofi, Oil; Bertha Jonee, 99;
Mic e Koir, 00; Nora William, 99; Fred
Geer, 98 ; Willie Jones, 98 ; Maud Oecr,
; Thuodosia tieer, 9ti; Walter Jones,
; Willi-- EotT, 95; Thomas Williams,
Etta Jones, .81; 1-afayette Will
iams, 8rf.
E. J. Dawnk. What has become of
E. J. Dawne, of Alaska fame? The last
seen of this wretched man, by any here
abouts, was in the gathering gloom of a
November evening, when, having settled
his score at a c.hophouse, he grasped his
gripsack and headed his way toward the
rocks that line the harbor near Sayward's
mills. There are many who believe that
the fugitive died from exposure, or that
ho committed suicide. He was a man
who, once seen, would not soon be for
gotten, and, if he were still in the land
of the living, would certainly have been
recognized by some ot his many ac
quaintances. Victoria Colonist.
Fckkkax of Elijah Williams. The
body of the late Elijah Williams was in
terred in the I. 0. O. F. cemetery yester
day, and was followed to it last resting
place by a large concourse ot mends, be
fore starting to the cemetery, a short
prayer was made by Rev. J . L. l'arrish.
On arriving at the grave, Mr. 1'arrish of
fered up a fervent prayer, after which
Judge Thaver delivered an appropriate
and impressive address on the life and
character of the deceased. Benediction
was Then pronounced by Kev. Mr. I'ar
rish, and the burial services were con
cluded. Pkhsonal. Chas. H. Allerton, who
has been engaged as night clerk, at the
Cheineketa hotel for several montlis, left
yesterday to accept a jtosition as civil en
gineer on the Famiington branch of the
Northern 1 'antic railroad. He will visit
friends at Corvallis for a few days, how
ever, before going to the scene of his new
labor. He has made many lriemls by
his gentlemanly conduct and bearing
during his stay here, and they are sorry to
see hiin leave.
Don't Want to be Sackikk'i;i. An
other man has been found who is not
willing to lay down his political life in
the prohibition party arena. The Albany
Herald runs the following, double leaded :
Oar townsman, U. K. N. Blackburn, who
was placed in nomination bv the prohibi
tion Btate convention, for supreme judge,
without his knowledge or consent, has
withdrawn his name, and desires it dis
tinctly understood that he is not a can
didate. No Coi'sen, son School-board. The
council tried to meet last night, but it
could not gather up a Quorum. It ac
cordingly adjourned to meet next Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock. There were
onlv two members of the school-board
present , so there was no meeting of that
honorable body. Evidently both bodies
were on a strike with the bod-carriers at
the eapitol.
Joist Jisct ssio.n. there will be a
meeting at Prospect Hill school house
on Saturday evening, next, May 22d, at
w hich republican, democratic, and pro
hibition Bjieakers will be present, and ad
dress the farmers' protective and anti
rod and gun club society. The meeting
will be called to order, at 7 o'clock,
sharp.
Mock woou. This fine stallion, the
property of A. C. Brey, of Portland, and
sire of the notod trotters, Lady Maud,
Nantilla, Black Hawk and other celebrat
ed horses, was brought up lrom Portland
yesterday, and will be here during the
season, either at r isher's Htable or at the
fair grounds.
Attkntion' ! The .members of Sedg
wick Post will meet at their hall prompt
ly at seven o'clock p. in. Saturday next
and, headed by the II. A. C. band, will
march to Marion square, All old soldiers
sailors, and marines are cordially invited
to join us. By order ol the committee
1'khsoxal. uapt. hnemler, who is
staying with James Stanley, about five
miles southeast of town, was in the city
yesterday. He is an ex-sea captain, and
is full of interesting stories of
life
the ocean wave.
Thk Phksbytekv. The presbytery of
Oregon will meet at Albina to-day. The
representatives from this city are Kev
K. W. Hill. I). 1)., Kev. I' j. J. Thompson
I). 1)., Rev. K. It. Prichard, W. N. Ladue
Esq., and H. V. Matthews.
Heavy Failure. Wm. Kerron, succes
sor to Kerron A Macbeth, of Portland
has made an assignment. The liabilities
are f74,u95,7, and the assets ftj3,000,
William Macbeth is the largest creditor
and has claims amounting to $22,500.
I Notarial. The governor has appoint
ed C. XV. Starr, of Monroe, T. J. Buford
of Yaqnina, J. H. Turner, of Pendleton
J. W.'ilamaker, of Linkville, and W. W
Weblicr, of Rye Valley, as notaries pub
lic. ,
Ot t Again. uoi. 1j. h. hcott, who was
severely injured by a fall, on State street
a couide of weeks ago, was welcomed on
the street yesterday by his many friends
The colonel is on crutches, but is much
improved.
To Pendleton, Mrs. Jas. U. Kenuie,
daughter of Henry Price, left on Monday
for Pendleton, Umatilla county, to visit
! her Bister, Mrs. Sam'l Crowley, for some
time.
(i. A. K. Camp Firk. All the arrange
ments have been made for a splendid
time at the camp fire in Marion, square
next Saturday night. , A fine programme
consisting of short Fpeechos, army rem
iniscences, pongs, and music by the H.
A. C. Band, has been prepared. Should
the weather continue pletsant, the l.trg-et-t
crowd ever seen in Salem will be pres
ent. Sonio features of the entertainment
will be entirely new to Salem, and as the
fund raised will be devoted to the noble
and patriotic purpose of conducting the
services in memory of the brave
men who gave their lives that our
great and glorious country might
live, every one should attend and con
tribute their mite. There will le an old
fashioned army supper, consisting of the
toothsome pork and festive bean and B.
C. hardtack, as well as eolfee, cake, ice
cream, etc.
Kiijjno at Canyonvili.e. Last week,
W. J. Sullivan, a quack doctor of Can
yonville, gave a woman, whose name
was not learned, a dose of medicine. A
short time afterward she began growing
worse, and, to quiet her fears and to show
her that it was all right, he took a large
dose of the medicine himself. Soon af
terward he went into convulsions and
lived but a short time, and she lasted but
a little while longer. llcportH are meagre
about, the case, as yet. Sullivan was toll
collector for the old Canyon Hoad com
pany, at Canyonville, anil for a long time
practiced horse-doctoring. Ho next
imagined himself a full-fledged physi
cian, and several people were foolish
enough to be dujied by him and allow
him to practice his "profession" on
them.
Ont.'v Caitcrk. Yesterday two men
in a sail boat rao their craft in alongside
the boat house of A. M. Duflield, one of
them came up town to get a wagon to
convey some boxes and trunks in tne
same to a hotel, as they said. Mr. Duf
lield, being suspicious that opium was in
the boat, proceeded to search the boat
and found 450 pounds of opium concealed
i the boat. Mr. Dutneld arrested the
man in charge of the beat and then sent
for other officers, aud when the man who
had gone up town returned he was also
arrested. The names of the smugglers
are Wm. Main and L. Kelly. They are
now in jail and will have a preliminary
hearing to-morrow before li. o. Commis
sioner J. 1 1. Wilt. The opium is at pres
ent in possession of the sheriff. Taeoma
News.
A Pleasant Affair. On Monday eve
mng, .Miss -nna .May I'.yrne was greeted
v her many young friends to a genuine
surprise parry, the occasion benisr the an
niversary of her llith birthday. The lit
tle iiests numbered about forty, and
were entertained in the most charming
manner bv the voung hostess. The eve
ning was enioyahlv occupied with differ
ent amusements, and, about 9 o'clock,
the dining-room was thrown open, where
i most sumiitous repast was spread con
sisting ot ice cream, cakes, lemonade,
and all the delicacies of the season. A
most excellent time was had by all the
young people in attendance, anil each, in
parting, wished .Miss Jlay many more
returns of the day.
Large Sale. Two stockmen from
Canada, whose names we did not learn,
have been in the valley the past week,
buying up a large number of cattle to
ship to the British possessions. J. Q.
Shirley, who lives near tmion, sold them
1,000 head in a bunch. One large band
ias already been driven to Wallula, and
the other band, consisting of about 1,400
head, will follow in a few days. Union
Sentinel.
JiWii.l Have Order. Last year, at the
A. H. Camp-fire, the committee was
annoyed by some small hoodlums tearing
down the Chinese lanterns, and in other
ways disturbing the audience. This the
Ctrand Army hoys propose to avoid on
next Saturday evening, and have detailed
a regular camp-guard, with muskets and
bayonets, anil perfect order must be ob
served.
Sunday School Entertainment. The
teachers and scholars of the Congrega
tional Sunday school will give an enter
tainment on rndav evening, commenc
ing at 7 o'clock. All friends of the school
are invited. No collection will betaken
Programme embraces songs, recitations,
and menagerie of wild animals.
On a (Strike. Salem is at present ex-
erieneing a . strike, but it is not likely the
militia will be ordered out. This is a new
thing for this city. The strikers are hod
carriers engaged in the preliminary work
at the eapitol, and they struck for a raise
from two dollars to three dollars a day
Only a dollar is the amount.
Stem'Ino Upward. Prof. 'A. M. Parvin
has laid a copy of a new song bearing
this title on the editorial desk of this pa-
ner. The words, which are very pretty,
are by Miss Susie Harrington, and the
music is by Prof. Parvin. The song is
written for the academy class of 1880, of
Willamette university, and is dedicated
to Mrs. W. 11. Udell.
The 72nd Annivkhsary. On Monday
the Swedes and Norwegians of Astoria,
celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the in
dependence of their native land. There
was aline procession, speeches bv several
prominent gentlemen, and a ball in tho
evening.
Ar Huck's Mill. The Christian
church at Huck's mill, Harmony school
house, contemplates building a house of
worship soon. . . . the demand tor lumber
justifies the runing of the mill extra
time.
Personal. George Hendricks, a Port
land printer, is in the city. He has l)een
stopping at liis ranch above Mehauia (or
some time, and is on his Way home to
Portland.
At thk Pen. A visit to the jiemten
tiary yesterday found every body in that
institution, who is able to work, busy
Things are fairly humming out there
now.
St. Jacobs Oil deadcus pain and makes the
hunt' walk. Major Arnold, ot tlie Occidental
Hotel, San Frauclsco, L'al., was completely
cured tii rheumatism by its ui,e.
FROM THUHSDAY'S DAILY.
On Memorial Day; Ths exercises on
memorial day will lie very tine, evidently,
if TPKrts are trie. A company, -"d
regt. infantry. 2nd brtg.ule, O. S, M., M.
W. Hunt, captain,' will be in from Whit
eakcr in full unifoiui and take part in
the exercises, and in the parade. The
(i. A. K. will tutu but in force and it is
expected that several other societies in
the city will turn out. Tin II. A. C.
band w ill lead the procession. Thecainp
firo to lie given by Sedgwick post next
Saturday evening, is for the purpose of
raising fundi to defray the expenses of
these exercises. A good programme has
been prepared for the t amp-tire, and if
the ladies of the woman's relief corps
can't furnish good entertainment for the
inner man, then it can't be furnished at
all. Every body should attend Saturday
evening, who can find the time.
Narrow tlAt ciE Kailroad. A Dundee
correspondent of the McMinnville Cam
paign, says that "there are two gangs of
surveyors at work at Kay'e landing, mak
ing preliminaries lor a V illamctte
bridge." ' A Portland pacr also gives
the following information that, is of in
terest to residents along that line : "It
apiears as if Judge Deady's decision on
tho petition of Receiver Chas. N. Hcott
of the narrow gauge railways is to result
in securing a plentiful supply of ware
houses along those roads. The Oregon
milling company will at once proceed to
erect three warehouse, one at Aumsville,
one at Waldo hills and one east at sidii
junction. The last installment of the
machinery for these warehouses arrived
here yesterday from the east, and the
work of construction will be commenced
at once and pushed forward vigorously in
order that the buildings may be ready in
time for the coining harvest."
County Temperance. The Marion
county temperance alliance met and or
ganized at the W. C. T. U. hall in this
city yesterday. Officers, president, Thos.
Van Scoy; recording secretary, J. W.
Webb; corresponding secretary, Miss
Emily Webb; treasurer, W. A. Wills.
The State temperance alliance is to hold
its next meeting in this city on the ISth
of June. As delegates were elected to
attend this, the president and secretary,
J. B. (irier, Mrs. M. A. Ramp, J. P.
Shuck, It. C. Kamsby, Samuel Layman,
G. XV. Dimmick, Rev. J. E. Roberts,
Miss Flvebe Jory, S. Condit, E. E. Mc
Kinney, Payton Glover, Mrs. W. W.
Brooks, Adam Stevens, J. H. Baughmuti,
Miss May Coolidge, Mrs. R. T. Ruther
ford. In the evening the closing address
was delivered by C. B. Carlisle, of Port
land, secretary of the state board of im
migration. Yisitino the Schools. The efficient
county BU)erintendent of schools is still
on his rounds among the schools. He
has just returned from a visit to the
Blackerby school, taught by Clarence
Simeral; the Cranston school, taught by
Miss Amy Cavanaugh; the Davenport
school, under the tutorship of Mr. Moore ;
the McAlpin school, by James ftarhy,
the 1'nion Hill school, taught by G. 0.
Ashby; and the Rock Point school,
taught by Mrs. Denny ; all of which he
reports in good, flourishing condition.
Sot therm R. R, Co. A reporter of the
Tacoma News has been shown the pre
liminary surveys of the first twenty-five
miles of the Tacoma Southern Railroad
company. This road will extend through
a splendid timber and coal country, and
will be of great benefit to Tacoma. Lo
cation of the road is still iu progress. As
soon as it is completed and the estimates
are in, the work of construction will com
mence and be pushed to speedy comple
tion. This road is to run from Tacoma
clear to the southern part of l'ierce
county.
Postmaster at Euoene. Mr. Frank
W. Osburn has been appointed postmas
ter at Eugene City, Mr. A. S. Patterson's
commission having expired. Mr. ratter-
son has been postmaster at Eugene City
for the past eighteen years, and has tilled
the office with credit to himself and the
government. Frank W. Osburn is a
young man well liked and it is thought
he will make a good officer.
The Congregational Concert. The
Sunday school concert to be given by the
Congregational church will be given m
Friday evening, May 2Kth, instead of
Thursday, ttie 27th, as heretefore stated.
The programme, which is being actively
rehearsed, will be varied and pleasant,
and a good entertainment will be given.
Personal. Dr. H. Carpenter returned
from Portland yesterd-'v nnd went up to
Turner last night. Hi; !;! 'ave here
Friday morning with his iai.i.iy for aT
extended trip on Puget Sound, spending
next Sunday at Victoria, B. C. The Doc
tor is taking a well earned rest after his
long faithful service as superintendent of
the insane asylum.
G Company's Minstrelb The boys of
i Company, 1st regt, 0, K. M., the
"pride of Portland" are to give a grand
minstrel entertainment on F'riday and
Saturday evenings for the lienetit of their
uniform fund. It is understood that
some of the Salem Iwys are going down
to see the entertainment.
Firemen's Tournament. The Wash
ington Territorial firemen's tournament
will take place at Tacouaa on July lird.
There will be three races one of WW feet,
lay 50 feet of hose, break coupling and
throw water for $200 and $50 ; one ol 00
feet for $100 and $25, and one of IdiO feet
for hook and ladder for $100 and $25.
The Strike "Declared Off". Tho
wages of the striking hod carriers - at the
eapitol were raised to two dollars ami a
half per day yesterday, and they went
back to work. Thus, is the first strike
Salem has experienced, nipied in the bud,
and several good items 8) wiled.
Fruit not Injured. Geo. W. Hunt, of
Whiteaker, was in the city yesterday,
and it was learned from him that the
fruit proseet in the Waldo Hills is ex
cellent.' He said there would be an
abundance of fruit.
Glory Ticket. Yesterday County
Clerk Chapman issued a license to wed to
J. M. Rogers and Texie B. Humphrevsof
the Waldo Hills.
The Cornx Cu n Dimianus. The
members of the Salem fire department
w ill probably read of the disbandment of
the Woman's Coffee club with a grtod
deal of surprise, and far more regret.
The first intimation this paper bad of
this fact, and perhaps of any of the fire
men, was yesterday afternoon, when
Frank Cooper, the auctioneer, said that
the furniture, belonging to the club, wart
in his store to tie sold ' auction next
Saturday. The startling mv disappoint
ing fact wa communicated to several
members of tho department, and a re
porter hunted up Airs. F. J. Raboock,
late president of the club, to find out the
"whereforeness of the why." Mrs. Bab
cock said that the work had fallen on a
lew ladies almost entirely, through a lack
of interest on tho part of a large number
of tho members of the club, and that
they thought it better to disband than to
try to keep up such an institution with
an inadequate membership to attend to
the duties, lhis club was organoid
about three years ago, and on many oc
casions the weary firemen have enjoyed
the benefits ot a good cup ot collee. The
club has done much good among the
firemen since its inception, and it is with
a deep feeling of regret that they, will
hear that it will not greet them after any '
more fires. Some of the members, how
ever, express themselves as perfectly
willing to continue working with the
club, and to stop the sale, providing it
can lie recruited. The matter miglit well
be brought to the immediate attention of
the department, by the chief engineer,
and the labors of the department turned
to its reorganization. The hall, formerly
occupied, has been rented to other par
ties, and it would be necessary to secure
a new hall, which could Vie easily done.
If there should bo no such an organiza
tion, tho firo department will suffer ex
tremely at some time in the future.
The "Pilgrim." He is here. lie has
been expected for lo! these many months,
but at last he has arriv. He came last
evening on a tie pass, and looks as bloom
ing as ever. The subject of this sketch is
Hazlettthe "pilgrim" printer. Spokane
Falls was his last stopping place, and
- he is now on his regular summer pilgrim
age. He is liable, to land up in Texas be
fore winter, and lie is liable to wind up in
Salem. One thing certain, he will spend
a good part of his time in the city coolers
throughout the country. Up to the time
of going to press he had not been "run
in" by the city police, although he
"struck" all the typos on the Statessiajj
for a quarter, with more or less success.
"Old Haz.," aR the "prints" call him, ia
a terror to the manipulators of t he anti
mony, and a worse terrier to the free
lunch counter arid the 5c. beer hall.
Timber Falls Throi'gu the Capitol.
Y'esterday evening just, before -6
o'clock, qnite a commotion was raised is
thn c.ivitol building by the crash of fail
ing and breaking timbers, the workneB.
had a large piece of timber, a foot, square
and forty feet in length, suspended just
under the roof in the proposed legislative
hall in the south wing. It, in somemaa
ner, became detached from its support,
and fell endwise, going through the floor
of the legislative hall, and on through
the ground floor into the basement. The
men were working near where the tim
ber fell, but, fortunately, it missed thens
and so no one was injured. It made
large, square hole through the floors,
and it will require a little time to repair
the damage done.
Resembles Meerschaum. Mr. IX.
Kenton of Albany, who owns a claim on
the beach near Yaquina from which he
obtained a deposit which ho manufac
tures into silver polish, informs the Her
ald that the substance is pronounced by
competent geologists to be genuine meer
schaum. He has made a pipe from the
material which strongly resembles a new
meerschaum pipe. There is an abun
dance of the material, and should it turn
put to be a deposit of genuine meer-,
schaum it would be a new thing for the
Oregon coast and a valuable discovery
for the owner. Mr. Kenton will con
tinue his investigations until it can be
definitely determined whether it is gen
uine, ,
ROCK CREEK ITEMS.
Grain looks splendid.
Bees swarming livery.
Norm Turnidge is gaining lively.
Frosts have not injured the fruits here.
Mr. Hester ha opened up an extensive
hop yard.
The Sunday schosl is in successful op
eration. Miss Gates
her school.
is succeeding finely w Rb
Considerable has
teen subscri'ied. "to
the public hall fund.
"Nary" salmon as yet; knock a step
out of that fish ladder.
Our "Nasby" has flitted toward ML
Jefferson a couple of miles.
The Cook brothers have returned from
Salem after a winter's sojourn.
The Drewry saw mill has been rented to
Messrs Berry and Manstiuld, of "Fox."
Rev. Cox, of Mehama, preaches at
King's Prairie every second Sunday of
each month.
Kev. Alderson, of Salem, left an ap
pointment for Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, the 28th, 20th, and 30th of May.
Geo. Stafford and Jennie Henness were
married by Squire Rainwater, on theOtlu
Their many friends wish them much
prosperity.
County Superintendent Ried has formed
a new school district in this part of the
county, to be known as No. 9!1 ; and the
citizens have taken steps to build a school
house immediately.
Political prohibition is not progressing
in this community as yet. We are pro
hibitionists in principle, but prefer to
take some more rational method in
squelching the cursed drink traffic, than
by the one proposed by those who "still
hunt for office." Let the next legislature
give us a local option law, voting by
counties, and tlie way Oregon will go
"dry," will be astonishing. No doubt
the temperan sentiment, among the
masses, has the majority. Give the ma
jority then some reasonable plan through
which they can voice that sentiment at
the polls. With a local option law in ex
istence, voters of all parties can unite
and present a strong front.
Ore.