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TIIKORKGON STATKSMAN: FHllJAV, AXJG-UST 13.1880.
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FROM FRIDAY'S DAILY.
Cbatkr Lake and Surroundin8. A
visitor to Crater lake in the Southern Cas
cade mountains, senda the Oregonian
gome specimen blossoming strawberry
plants, dandelions and butter cups,
picked on the 30th of July, close to the
lake, as the best illustrations of the char
acter of Hie climate at that elevated
region. These, with a multitude of oth
er early spring flowers, are now in all
their freshness and beauty on those high
planes and mountain slopes. Capt.
Putton's observations make the elevation
of the water of the lake to be 6300 feet
above the sea level, and the land on the
bluff 7100. An opportunity was given to
correct a statement recently published in
several papers that Mount "Pitt" or
Mount McLaughlin was over 14,000 feet
1ugh, it is only 10,400 according to recent
acute observations. The surroundings at
Crater lake so far have reached 2000
feet, within less than 10 feet. Other
" elevations were obtained, which will be
of interest to the reader: Mt. Shasta
was made 14,380, Fort Klamath, 4150,
and Lake tew, near to Uoose lake. 4851
Upon the completion of Capt. Dutton's
urvey ot Urater lake, be proposes to ex
tend his observations north, through the
whole length of the Cascade mountains
to the Columbia river.
A Sad Death. One of the saddest
and most painful of accidents that have
been chronicled befell Mr. William Wag
ner, of Puyallup, on Tuesday. Mr. Wag
ner, with his step-son, Fred Uirloch,
was in a meadow about one and a half
miles above Summer in the Stuck valley,
mowing hay. Mr. Wagner was upon the
mowing machine, and the knife being
clogged with hay, he stepied upon tiie
wound in tront ot tho knite, and about
that time his team started, which set the
knife in motion, and before Mr. Wagner
could extricate himself the knife severed
the ligaments of his left leg just above
the ankle. Mr. Girloch soon learned of
the accident, but at the time he was in
another part of the field, and came to
Hr. Wagner's assistance, placed him in
his wagon and conveved him to his resi
dence at Puyallup, where the unfortunate
gentleman lingered until midnight of
Tuesday, when he died from weakness
and loss of blood. Mr. Wagner, at the
time of his decease, was about 65 years
of age. He was an old settler and a long
resident of Pierce county, and came to
Yelm prairie nearly thirty years ago,
-where he remained for a short "time, after
which he removed to lTiyallup valley,
where he has resided for a number of
years. At the time of his death he was
engaged in the general merchandise bus
iness and in growing and raising hops.
Thk Tournament. The hose compa
nies will form during this week, and will
begin practicing next week for the com
ing tournament. The H. & L. company
will also begin practicing soon, it is un
derstood. The only thing now wanting,
yet the principal thing necessary is
about $700 or $800 more coin. Without
this, the tournament cannot be a very
great success. The credit of Salem is
now at stake, and certainly this tourna
ment tmiBt throw no discredit on this
fair city, which is just beginning to be
come prominent in the business affairs
of the state. Let the committee that has
the management of the tournament get
right in, and raise that money by sub
scription, if necessary, but raise it some
wav--and get the business well and sol
idly settled, and then the tournament
can be advertised to the world as an at
traction, and advertised honestly. Ev
erybody that wants to see this tourna
ment a success, should do all he can in
favor of it. If the tournament is eiven
as advertised, a big crowd of persons will
visit Salem during the days of that fete,
and many of them will remain until after
the fair. Committeemen, wake up, and
get in!
"Old Tecchp." Coming. Gen. W. T.
Sherman, who is now in San Francisco,
will return east by way of Portland, prob
ably leaving on the steamer sailing for
this city on the 0th inst. He was accom
panied to California by Miss Lizzie Sher
man, who will also come' to Portland.
The Evening Telegram rises to remark
that now is a good time for all the local
bands to rehearse "Marching Through
-Georgia," and thus become familiar with
the musical intricacies of that remarkable
composition. Gen. Sherman will cer
tainly be tendered a reception at Port
land, and the bands will have an opor
tunity of retailing the somewhat worn
strains to the old hem. Gen. John A.
Logan, who is also in San Francisco, will
probably accompany Gen. Sherman to
this city. Stipt. E. B. McElroy says he
will try to get the old soldiers to visit Sa
Jem while in the state, and this paper
gets right up to say that they will be ac
corded a hearty welcome.
Commendable Enterprise. The Salem
Water Company made a contract yester
day with 'Trenkmann & Wolff, of Port
land, to lay a sixtecn-inch wrought-iron
supply main, from their works, across
the slough and out to their crib in the
river, for the sum of $4,400. The com
pany will now use the direct suction, in
stead of conveying the water by gravita
tion, as heretofore. This improvement,
was made necessary, as the demands
upon the company are now so great that
the supply through the old wooden main
is insuilicieut. The new pipe will give
an ample supply for a city of 20,000 peo
ple, and will stop forever all talk of slough
water getting into the mains. The woik
is to be finished in thirty days. This is
surely a piece of commendable enter
prise on the part of the company.
Reward Offered. At 9 o'clock
Wednesday night, John A. Mann escap
ed from the Clackamas county jail, where
he was confined for shooting at B. U.
Wilson in Clackamas county. Sheriff
Knight otters $ 100 reward for his arrent
and detention. He is described as being
about five feet eleven inchett in height;
black hair, and of a dark complexion ;
brown eyes; weight about 175 pouuds;
has a white spot of hair on front part of
the bead ; heavy mustache ; had not
shaved for a week ; scar on lower joint of
middle finger of left hand, on the inside ;
wore a white cowboy hat; boots N'o. 9,
half-soled; checkered d.uk tiarine! phiil ;
dark pauU and coat.
Luncheon. The Misses Ueurlwrn en
tertained a large number of their lady
friends at luncheon yesterday afternoon.
A very pleasant time was reported.
The Pilk-drivhr. There" Is probably
so single piece of machinery in the whole
state of Oregon that is attracting any
more attention from the same uuniber of
people, at this date, than the scow with
its valuable cargo of "pile-drivers," and
"Bieh," that is now stemming the current
of the raging Willamette river, en route
to this city. The reporter that indites
this feels sure that if one man asked him
a question regarding the whereabouts of
that now famous piece of machinery,
"from the rising of the sun, even to the
going down of the same," yesterday, he
had the question. "Do you know when
the pile-driver will be here?" thrown at
him as often as two hundred times. Some
kind persons who believed that "variety
was the spice of life," changed the mo
notony of the Question, and asked, "Can
you oiler me any information as to the
date when the pile-driver may be ex
pected to arrive at this city of peace?"
Of course, oulv those who had swallowed
Webster's unabridged dictionary and a
Clark's grammar dared to attempt the
perpetration of such a stale joke as that
on such a poor, inoffensive shover of the
Faber as this scribe. Others were even
more considerate, and, in order to be
sure that the question would not appear
harsh, or unkind, used the term, "Will
you please be so kind as to," etc., but
when they noticed the blank expression
of weary astonishment and doubt on the
face of the leporter, desisted, and put the
question in the usual manner. Well,
this reporter spent a large portion of his
very valuable time yesterday in holding
down the cover of a dry goods box, wait
ing for definite information regarding the
pile-driver, its whereabouts, the exact
minute it may lie expected, and all other
necessary information appertaining there
to, and at last he is prepared to give a
definite answer regarding the whole
business. He doesn't know !
At Atlantic City. A lady in this
city received a letter from Mrs. II. H.
Gilfrey, who, with her two daughters, is
at present sojourning at Atlantic City,
New Jersey. She describes the delights
of that famous summer resort, as being
in such contrast to the torrid climate of
Washington. The beautiful cottages,
fine beach, and other points, make it
one of the mot charming resorts on the
Atlantic coast. Mrs. Gilfry casually
mentioned having attended the reception
tendered to senators, representatives and
diplomats, with other invited guests at
the White House, the brilliancy of which
will long linger in the memory of those
who attended. She speaks of the pleas
ant visit made by herself and family in
Salem, last summer, and does not forget
Oregon friends. Mr. Gilfry will join his
family after the adjournment of Congress,
and they will remain at the seaside un
til the latter part of September.
At the Court House. When the
work is all completed at the court house,
the interior of the building will match
very well in appearance with the exterior
anpearance, and make it among the
handsomest buildings in the state in
point of finish. The sheriff's and treas
urer's offices have been completed, and
are very handsome rooms now. The
walls have been newly calsimined, the
woodwork, desks, wainscoting, wash
boards, door- and window-sills all paint
ed, handsomely grained and varnished,
and on top of the old coarse matting
carpet, a neat, soft, yet durable
canvas-thread carpet has been laid. The
county judge's office and the county
court room will be finished next, and
then the county clerk's and county
school superintendent's rooms.
Oregon's Intbrest Rate. A Philadel
phia tourist, at present visiting Oregon,
remarked to a reporter yesterday after
noon that he was surprised to learn of
the enormous rate of interest borrowers
were paying in Oregon, lie says that
upon his arrival home he will confer
with some friends having millions going
begging at 4 per cent, per annum, and
see if he eannot induce them to throw a
million or a million and a half upon this
market at 7 per cent, per year on gilt
edged paper and approved real estate
and farm property, the lender paying
taxes. The entleman referred to is one
of the substantial kind who does not talk
merely far hearing the melody of his
voice.
Some Hops and Lots of Money. A
few days ago Mr. A. C. Campbell, of
PuyaHup, sold his entire crop of hops up
on forty-three acres in the valley to Mr.
E. Meeker, who ia agent for Charles
G.-een & Son, of Utica, New York, for
$20,000. Mr. Campbell states that in
this sale he will clear about $20,000, as it
cost about $5,000 to raise and pick the
crop. Tacoma Ledger. In mentioning
this matter in the presence of Mr. Floed,
of the Prohibition Star, last evening, Mr.
F. remarked, "That is all right; but the
'Prohi.' Star, is camping on his trail, and
Mr. Campbell will turn his field into a
'hog ranch' some time in the near fu
ture." Risk in Quinine. The price of sul
phate of quinine and compound cathartic
pills has "riz." The average household
er is in mourning, and in the "shakes."
The entire country is trembling an an as
pen leaf. And why is this? The ques
tion is a simple one when you consider
the season of the year. Just take a
stroll along the streets past the front
ilixrs ot Salem s twenty and one grocery
stores, and read the answer in the show
windows. "The festive watermelon time
is here, the saddest of the year." A car
load arrived yesterday, and the pill
mixer and quinine vender is happy.
-Chillsand fever, the old fashioned "ager,"
will now begin at once.
Chamukd Hands. W. W. Brooks has
bought from Will H. Tarry the Indepen
dence West Side, and will immediately
assnme charge. Mr. Brooks is a son of
John Brooks, who lives near the fair
ground, and is a voung man of good abil
ity and the necessary qualifications to
make a success of the business. The
Si .vrwM.N wishes him success. Mr. Par
ry will soon start to New York City to
visit his lather there, but will most likely
return to Oregon again in a lew months
If lie comes back alone this quill-shovur
will I somewhat surprised.
Ahead. It is a well , known fact that
the Port Drug Co. are away ahead of all
competitors in thu prescription depart
ment. Squibb's preparations dispensed
exclusively.
FROM SATURDAY'S DAILY.
A Danokroub and Successful Opera
tion. It is not often that this paper
makes mention of the many and varied
surgical operations performed by physi
cian, but one has recently come under
the notice of one of its writers that this
paper feels fully justified in noticing.
Sirs. Maggie Myers, wife of Geo. Myers,
and daughter of E. 0. Keyt of Polk
county, was alllicted with periodical
spells of insanity, and for the past eight
months has been an inmate of the Or
egon asylum for the insane. A consulta
tion of physicians was hold, to consider
her case, as at times the pain she siitl'ored
was so intense that life appeared burden
some. At last, the physicians concluded
to perform an operation on her, which
would give her but one chance in many
for life, and recovery that of removing
the ovaries. Drs. Holmes and Bean per
formed the operation, on July 14, and
now Mrs. Myers has so far "recovored
from it as to be able to walk around, and
her mind appears to be growing calmer
and clearer, and hopes are now enter
tained of her perfect recovery, both men
tal and physical, in the next few months.
The operation is, perhaps, fraught with
more danger than any other that physi
cians ever attempt, and but one such
operation has ever been erformed on
this coast before, that being in the case
of a well-known ladv of this citv. which
took place last fall, the same physicians
performing that one. Hie lady on whom
that operation was performed is now
wholly recovered.
The Thing for Farmers to Do. As
the time for the state fair approaches, the
farmers of this, and adjacent counties,
should begin to make arrangements for
exhibiting samples of the fruits of their
farms at the fair. Every farmer in Mar
ion, Polk, Linn ana Glackamas counties,
at least should try to excel his neighbor
in his exhibit. It is only bv such means
that a creditable exhibit of the fruits of
the finest agricultural country in the
world can le made at the coming exhi
bition. There will be a great many
strangers at this fair, and from its ex
hibits they will form their opinion of the
producing qualities of the Willamette
valley, and every farmer should try and
make that impression a favorable one for
Oregon. The association is in better
condition now to pay its premiums, and
to give a successful exhibition, than it
has been in vears ; and, if this fair is a
success, the 17th day of September will
see the association clear of all liabilities.
Tub Capitol Improvements. One
room at the state capitol building will be
well worth visiting in a few days, by lov
ers of the decorative art. That is the
room occupied as the office of the su
preme judges. The coiling is being
beautifully frescoed, in colors, and no
room in the city will equal it in point of
artistic finish, when tiie painters get
through. The other work is progressing
rapidly, lhe plasterers began yesterday.
putting the hard finish on the ceiling of
the upper rotunda. The lathers will
finish lathing the ceiling of the legislat
ive hall by to-night, and the walls, prob
ably, by the last ot next week. The
carpenter work is progressing as rapidly
as could reasonably be expected, and
every thing points to the completion of
the work by the first of December, at the
latest.
Engines for the Okeoon Pacific.
A few days ago two more locomotive en
gines arrived at Portland from the east
for the Oregon Pacific railway company.
These are second-class engines, standard
gauge, and were built at Wilmington.
Delaware. They were "towed" across
ttie continent, coming over the Oregon
Short Line and the Oregon -Railway &
Navigation company's roads. These lo
comotives were taken up the west side
road yesterday. Several weeks ago three
new engines arrived at Portland from the
east for the Oregon Pacific. This makes
five new locomotives received by the
company within two months. That road
is now well supplied with rolling stock.
Gypsies Coming. The usual concourse
of vagabond fortune-tellers, and thieves,
usually called " gypsies," are on their
annual tour through Oregon, and may be
expected to arrive here with all their
thieving propensities, and their supersti
tions, about the week of the state fair.
They are not a very desirable population
at any time, and more especially are they
undesirable when a crowd is about the
city. When they are here while nothing
else is going on, the police officers can
keep their "vigilant" eyes on them, but
not in the crowd that usually shows up
at ttie state fair.
Shad. This, from the Astorian, is cer
tainly not very encouraging to th-i festive
disciples of the lamented Izak Walton,
who have been counting on filling their
baskets with the shad that were planted
in the upper Willamette last spring : "The
Albany Herald hots the little shad
hatched in the Willamette and now in
the Columbia will grow to be some size
and amount to something in the future.
They will, if they are given half a show,
but so long as uhadlets half a pound in
weight are scowped in down here, just no
long the Herald's just hope wili be de
terred.
Tournament Team. The following is
the Fountain hose team organized July
15th, at Oregon City, that will hike part
in the tournament at Salem, on Septem
ber 8th, 9th and 10th : Lorenz Hitzeroth,
captain; h. 15. Green, treasurer; C.J
Parker, secretary. Hank and file Geo.
Jones, Lewis Drown, Ed. Warren, Peter
Nehren, Lans. Gardner, John Stewart,
Hilly Lmteher, Jim Gurnris, Hilly Welch
The team drills three nights per week
now.
Recommends Abandonment. A Walla
Walla paper says : It is reported that
Gen. Sweitzer, in view of the scarcity of
water and the lack of proper drainage,
has recommended that Fort Walla Walla
be abandoned and the troops concentrat
ed at ton Vinxii d'Aiene. Hhould the
recommendation of Gen. Sweitzer be fav
orably acted on by the war department,
the city ot vvalJa Walla will receive
heavy bio.
Tun LmiiTH. The electric lights are
death to insects, but they don't kill half
. as many as Port's insect powder. The
: very best powder and bellows, sticky and
'poison fly-paier always on hand.
TIIE RACE.
Lafore's 8 Year Old Nick L. Wins A
Fine Race, a Good Crowd and
Fair Track.
About 200 people from Salem gathered
at the fair ground race track at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon to witness tho trot,
two best in three, between Salem's local
flyers.
There were four to start. Gaines
Fisher drove LouiB Kuhn's "Louie K.,"
M. N. Chapman drove Geo. E. Good's
'Badger Boy," J. Robertson drove E. M.
Lafore's " Yellowhamnier," and Jap
Minto drove Geo. Williams'' "Bay
Frank " rules of the 'American Trotting
association governing. First heat The
horses got a good start.'iind Badger Boy
led all the wav around ; Yellowliummer,
second; Bay Frank, third, and Louie K
distanced time, 3:02.
Second heat This was an interesting
heat, Badger Boy keeping in the lead ail
the wav around, except on the home
stretch, when Yellowhanimer closed up
the gap and came out a neck ahead;
Badger Boy, second j Bay Frank, third
time, 2 :53.
Third heat On this heat the chances
seemed verv even between Badger Boy
and Yellowhamnier. They got a good
start, and Badger Boy soon took the load,
and kept it to the home stretch, when he
broke, and Yellowhamnier came home
about a neck ahead, with Bay frank dis
tanced time. 2 :55.
It was an interesting race, and it will
be seen that the time was good for a
3-year-old, and with very little training;
but lellowtiammer had a good driver.
Pools were sold, and Badger Boy was the
favored horse. The track was in very
fair condition, and tho weather fine.
There was no purse. It was for "general
satisfaction," but considerable money
changed hands. The gate money went to
keep the track in order.
There will probably be othor races on
the track between tins and fair time.
The correct name for Mr. Lafore's
horse is not "Yellowhamnier," but "Nick
L." Some wag gave him tho name of
"leltowhanimer" as a joke.
Fine Present. The staff of this paper
acknowledge the receipt of a nice present
from D. A. Richards, who is confined in
the penitentiary, having been sent there
from Multnomah county for forgery, as
alleged, and of which crime the jury
found him guilty. The present is a pair
of nickel-plated dumb-bells, and a t ret
tier or neater piece of work can hardly
be imagined. They were cast in tiie
penitentiary foundry, and nickel-plated
by Mr. Richards himself. Ho has
learned this trade during his confine
ment, and has it thoroughly. Mr. Rich
ards is a man of no, ordinary ability or
feelings. He has a fine education, and
is a good linguist One of tho States
man force was once employed by him in
his real-estate office in Portland, and the
present is to show his appreciation of the
reading matter with which he is kept
supplied from this office.
The Harvest. Harvest in Linn coun
ty develops the fact that the yield of
wheat will be much larger than was an
ticipated a few weeks ago. Many fields
of fall wheat which it was thought would
not produce twenty bushels, when
threshed have made an average of over
thirty buuhels per acre. C. G. Burkhart
residing near Albany, threshed twelve
acres which averaged forty-five bushels.
His entire crop of fall wheat made thirty
four bushels. R. A. Irvine's entire crop
of fall wheat made nearly forty bushels
per acre. The oats crop will be light,
while the prices will probably be higher
than for several years. The excellent
quality will partially make up for a short
crop.
What Col. Hoou Says. Col. T. E.
Hogg, of New York City, president of
the Oregon Pacific, whose arrival in Port
land was spoken of in these columns,
makes the following statement concern
ing the road : He said the Oregon Pacific
would go ahead steadily with the enter
prises in hand; that the company had
now afloat 10,000 tons of steel rails ; that
a like quantity would be loaded between
now and February 1, and a third 10,000
tons between February 2 and May 1. He
stated further that JUe had let contracts
for faster steamship between Yaquina
Bay and San Francisco.
Serious Accident. An Arlington ex
change says that Wm. Welch, of Hamil
ton, met with a serious accident last
week. He was descending the little Wall
creek hill, with a load of 61)00 pounds,
when his brake gave way, throwing him
under the wheels, which passed over his
chest, and then over the grade, breaking
the wagon to pieces and scattering the
load in all directions. The team then
ran off. Mr. Welch was taken to the
houce of a friend, where his wounds
were dressed by Dr. Hammock, and then
taken home, where he was resting easy
at last accounts, but with slim chances
for recovery.
Cole's Circus Comino Aoain. Cole's
colossal "money - making" hippodrome
that was in Oregon in 1884, did so well,
that it is on its way to this state again,
and may be expected to arrive in Port
land about the first of Scptetnbor. It is
very likely that it will be at the state
fair, and certainly such a combination
could not be other than valuable to both.
If it has to come, then the Statesman
says for it to come, and make one of the
attractions of the comniL' state fair.
which, it has been conceded, will be the
greatest success of any fair for a long
time.
Excursion Rates. The Oregon &
California Railroad company has, made a
special excursion rate to Yaquina City,
via Albany and Corvallis, of $ti.30 for the
round trip. Tickets will be sold until
Sept. 25th, and will be good to return
until Sept. 30. The stage company be
tween Albany and Corvallis will charge
on all baggage in excess of fifty pounds
in weight.
Returned. John G. Wright relumed
yesterday from an extended business trip
uirougn souinyrn una western Oregon.
He reports things dry and dusty every
where. Ho plopped at Yaquina, and said
that all the Salem people were apparent
ly enjoying themselves well, at that pop
ular resort.
FROM SUNDAY'S DAILY.
Another Crater Lake Discovered.
Mr. Thomas Davis, of Portland, formerly
of the Standard, returned to Roseburg
this week from a couple of Months' so
journ in the Cascade mountains, near the
region of Outer lake, and reports that
while hunting ho came Buddenly and
very unoxieetedlv upon a small lake.
evidently the site of a former volcano.
tie doscrtlies this new worder of the na
tional park as being nearly oval in shape.
Two sides and one end are surrounded by
almost perpendicular walls about 500
feet in height. This sheet of water haB
no IIhIi ; is about 400 yards in width, 800
to a 1,000 yards in length, and apparent
ly deep. In its vicinity are two smaller
hikes that at some remote period were
evidently united with tho larger one.
This now lake is situated between Crater
and Fish lakes, and Mr. Davis thinks not
overthreo miles from the latter.
At the Indian School. Prof. J. A.
Sellwood has removed his family to town
for the winter, to allow them to lie near
the public school. They will live at the
comer of Marion and Hummer. . . .John
Gray, well known in this city, haB been
appointed carpenter at the training school
and has brought his family up from Port
land Fred. Weathcrford's many
friends in this city will be pleased to hear
that he has accented a position at the
training school, for this season .... The
superintendent's and attendants' dor
mitory at tho school Iiuh not vet lwen
completed, and the teachers who have
families find it difficult to secure proier
accommodations lor them.
A Bold Thiuk. Tuesday of last week,
says a Dallas paper, a young man about
23 years old, five feet four incites tall and
weighing about 180 pounds, entorred the
room of Alius Jennie Rowel I, at Chan.
Black's boarding house, and stole $30
from a purse hid awav in a trunk. Dur
ing the absence of thu Black family from
the house the theft was committed. The
young fellow left a pair of overalls and
copy of Tennyson's poems wraped in an
Oregonian addressed to J. B. Chitwood,
Perrydale. It may 1 that the tieraon in
question stopped at U.'b in his iieregrma
lions around the country.
A New Class of Harvest IIandh.-
Many farmers of this county have been
trying a new class of harvest hands dur
ing this season, with good results. About
thirty of the boys from ttie United States
Indian training school, at Chemawa.
have been given employment in the har
vest fields, and, so far as heard from,
make very satisfactory help. The work
gives the boys a chance to make a little
s;ml!ng money, and it also gives them
some very valuable tutoring in ttie mat
ter of saving grain, with improved ma
chinery. A few of them have also se
cured employment in tho hop yards.
Nearly a Fibk. Wm. Matty 'b separa
tor, which was in Cal. Jones' field about
three miles east of Salem, came near
being destroyed by fire yesterday. The
straw around the machine caught from
the fire in the engine, and was burning
lively, when it was discovered by a
daughter of "Lou" Hwartz. Mr. Swartz
and his four daughters, assisted by Hon
It. V. Geer, who haprnmcd that way.
succeeded in extinguishing the flames
neloru they had spread to the separator.
by dint of hard work. All the hands
with the machine had gone to dinner,
and, hut for the parties above anmed,
they would have come back and found it
in ashes. People cannot be too careful
in harvest lime, or any other tune.
r IRE vIKAR ukntehvillk. William
Pinkerton's barn, one and a half miles
west of Centerville, caught fire Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, says the East Or-
ogonian, and with its contents was a to
tal loss, lhe following articles were
burned besides the building: 1,800
bushels of wheat, fifteen tons of hay, two
mares, two colts, three wagons, two
seeders, and two plows. When the stage
passed the flames were spreading in the
stubble field near bv. The cause of tho
fire was unknown. The property is sup
posed to be insured in the Phenix Insur
ance company. Total loss, $2,500 to $3,-
000.
Funeral of Mrs. Wodecie. Mrs.
Zerilda Wodecie, a daughter of the late
Captain Monzies, of this city, died at
Oakland, California, July 28th, and yes
terday morning the remains were brought
to thiB city and interred in the Lee Mis
sion cemetary. Mrs. Wodecie was about
27 years of age, and had recently remov
ed, with her husband, from Chicago, Il
linois, stopping on her way to Oakland
to visit her step-mother, at this city, a
few weeks ago. She had hut reached her
new home at Oakland, where she was
attacked with brain fever and died after
being aiek but eighteen days.
Appropriations for Okeoon. Tiie
river and harbor bill, bb it passed con
gress, and received tho Bignature of the
president, contains the following appro
priations for Oregon rivers and harbors :
Yaquina bay, $75,000 ; Coos bay, $33,750 ;
Cascades, $187,500; I'pper Columbia,
including Snake river, $10,000; mouth of
the Columbia, $187,500; Ixiwer Willam
ette and Columbia below Portland, in
cluding $21,000 for suag-Vioat, and $5,000
to be expended on river front of Portland ;
Upper Willamette, above Portland, $75,
000; Coquillo, $20,000.
Bad Cows. The cows are getting
bolder. Not content with knocking down
fences, destroying gardens, uprooting
flowers, and keening folks awake with
their bolls and bellowing, they now come
down to tho grocers' and chew cabbage,
greens, et al., in front of the said grocers'
doors. One grocer threatened yesterday
to kill the next cow that come along.
Astorian. Why don't yon have some
style about you down there, and pass an
iron-clad cow ordinance, a la Salem?
Bad Accident. Jeff. Miller, a brother
of Mrs. M. Morrison, of Dallas, who lives
on Jim. Helmick's place south of Mon
mouth, was driving a team attached to a
separator, last Tuesday, and was stand
ing up at the time, when one of tho
wheels of the machine dropped on" into a
hole, throwing Mr. Miller heavily to the
ground, dislocating . his shoulder and
breaking one or two of his ribs.
8. Friedman arrived In Chicago on the 2d
uat., aim ih purchasing a largo Mock of guoda,
IT IS HERE!
After Long-, Weary Days, the Pile
Driver Arrives Work to
Begin To-morrow.
From Sunday 'a Pally.)
At last it has cornel It arrived last
night 1 Tho pile driver reporter of tho
Statesman is in mourning, because he
will be so lonesome in the future, with
no questions to answer, i-or iourteen
weary days he has had some way of oc
cupying the spare moments of his time.
He has stood for hours, and hours on the
prominent street corners, warding off
volley lifter volley of questions regarding
tho supposed woiild-havo-been where
abouts of the pile driver, for the benefit
of very many enquiring minds. Then he
has sloxl around, again, when times
were dull, and every body else was off to
the horse nice, with his weary brain al
most ready to burst with information re
garding that wonderful machine, and no
one inquisitive, attentive, or solicitous
enough, to take kindly notice of his con
dition, and ask the question that would
have 'allowed him to unload his tired
anil overburdened brain.
But now, all is changed! No moro
will that reporter be required to volunteer
Information regarding the where
abouts of that valuable "ship and cargo,"
for "ye have seen it with your own eyes."
At the festal hour of evening when, as
Southoy Bays,
Ailowv frehnca fllla the allent air;
No inUt obaciirua, unr rliuul, nor apeck, nor
stain,
Ilreaka the aerouo of heaven."
Then, did the picturesque scow, with
her tall derrick pointing toward the deep .
blue sky, her little donkey engine send
ing bright cIoiicIh of steam from itsexhaiiHt,
with the ropes fast on shore, and taut,
winding rapidly over the engine's drum,
draw up, in her majesty, to tho shore of
the lieautifiil Willamette river, at tho foot
of Center street, and "tie up,"
A very few minutes later, the "pile
driver nqwrter" was on board, having
descended, with all the rapidity of an old
salt,. a bran new ladder, standing againHt
the bluff, and began pumping Captain
Morgan, with the following lesult.
Captain Morgan said that he left the
mouth of the Yamhill river on Saturday.
July 24th, with seven men. They moved
along in good shaet even if it was slowly,
until en Friday morning. They crossed
Matheny's bar, below Wheatland, which
is considered the worst bar on the upper
river, with four inches Icsb water, than
the hcow draws, using the gravel bottom
for skids. They were three hours in
crossing this bar. They then came along
all right until they had almost reached
their goal, with the capital city of Oregon '
in full view, when whack 1 their lines
parted on the lower Salem bar, and back
they went, with the wind and current
dead against them. They parted seven
or eight lines in trying to get off saddle
bag islet, and were from H a. m., Friday,
until about 2 p. m., yeBtorday in "getting
a move on her" from there. After a
great deal of hard work, they at last
swung the loat out into the current, and
were soon moving up the rapids again,
arriving at tho foot of Outer street at
7:40 last evening. Thoy then moved up
to State street, where the workmen
will be engaged tn-day and to-morrow
forenoon in repairing the engine, and
other "fixings" about the driver, and
putting her in shape to begin ham mur
ing the big end of piles by noon, to-morrow.
It is unlikely that any bout drawing
fourteen or fifteen inches of water, ever
made its way from Portland to Salem lie
fore, with the water at so low a stage.
The hammer of the driver is probably
the heaviest ever seen in Salem, it being
of thirty hundred weight. The scow has
3000 feet of lines tin board, and often put
out over a quarter of a mile of roiie, to
work on.
The Statesman congratulates Capt.
Morgan on his sate arrival, and tho citi
zens of Salem, generally, on the fact that
active work on the "first wagon bridge
across the Willamette river" below the
head of navigation, will begin to-morrow.
'They're goine, to build. I feel It yet,
A bridge serosa the Willamette."
One For Yamhill. Chestnut, the man
who was mistaken for Suundors, at Walla
Walla, and was pulled and cat-hauled
around for several days, now
turns up in Yamhill. lie is
engaged in cutting bands for Jack Holyer,
north of this place. Men of note all go
from or come to Yamhill, you see. Mc
Minvillo Telephone.
A Free Pukp'. Parties expecting free
puffs generally got left, but for only
twenty-five cents, they can getan elegant
powder puff at Port's drug store, 100
State street.
State Organizer. J. M. Kriegor, of
this city, has received his commission as
state organizer for the K. of L. for Ore
gon. Parties wishing to organize assem
blies should address him at Salem.
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