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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1879)
" - sSH i ". if K 'll KS sr V" ru - ft ei-Ha 3 li , - n r , S b ' ' - . -? .' fe. .I & - smw " THE COAST MAIL. PA'rtMAV, - - Mny IT, IN7. K2?i5 'flw Extra Session n Failure. Tho Democratic majority in con gress forced upon tljo president tlic necessity 65 calling tlio present ex tra session Ly refusing to pass the usual appropriation lulls nt the Into icgulnr scssio)), with the avowed purpose of iordng the president to npprovo tho rep?al of the law relat ing to tho appointment of election commissioners in cities of over 20, 000 inhabitants. Thev accordinclv incorporated the legislation thoy do- sircu into uio army 'ippruiiritiuon bill, and passed and sent it to the president for approval. Tho presi dent returned tho bill with his ob jection and his reasons were so conclusive and so generally approv ed that it has seriously shaken the faith of tho Democracy in tho high handed measures which they have undertaken. It was first announced that they would insist on tho stand thoy Jiad taken and in caso tho president would not approve tho appropriation bill with the "rider" which 'it carried, no money should bo' appropriated for tho expenses of tho army. But when Alexander H. Stevens boldly denounced such a course as "revolutionary ,'' when ho told them such a course would 'bo making war upon tho clearly defined constitutional power" of tho executive, and gave them to understand if they persisted in that position thev would forfeit the sup- - post and encounter tho opposition of himself and tho better class of the Democracy, they reluctantlv aband oned tho course before marked out, and hftvo now decided to enact sim ply a bill to prevent interference by tho militarv at elections. Of course there is nothing in the history of tho country which, suggests the pos sibility of such an occurrence. No military interference at elections was over attempted or contemplated by tho Republican party, and the bill now pending on that subject, but re-enacts a law already in force. The Republican party has no objec tion to such a law. Tho president, as is already announced, will ap-' prove this bill, and the prolonged extra session of congress calledfor, forced upon the country for partisan ends, will close, without accomplish ing anything either for tho country or the party who thought to make it the means of building up their .hopes and prospects of success in tho presidential campaign oi 1SS0. The session is a most complete and very expressive failure, and one that annot but do the party which caused it. much harm. It has de veloped a -willingness on their part to make a'sacrifaco of tho interests of the country to partizaivends, and is calculated to drive tho thinking men who have come to their ranks, wipun ixio pass iwo years, oacK xo the organizations with which thev before voted. ., The New CoBslltatloH. Contrary to general expectation the election for the ratification of the now constitution in California, which oc curred on the 7th, resulted in a ma jority of 20,000 invor of its adoption. The instrument contains some good and wholesome provisions, calculated to correct existing evils, but in the raain it cannot but bo regarded as ob jectionable and bad. It met with the eamest opposition of nearly all class es of business men except the fanners, but the vote of the agricultural class, vwitb thp Kearney element in the cit- Vfes, carried the day. The effect of the adoption of this constitution it is difficult to predict, it is quite certain however, that it will or a time depress business, and retard tho investment of capital. It i& prob ablo also that many persons of means, whose capital has been mainly invest ed in those branches of business most affected by tho new order of things, will leave tho state and seek invest ment elsewhere. In that caso Ore gon, Washington territory and Arizo na will be tho points -which will de rive tho benefit? We believe the reg ular election of stato officers under the new constitution will tako place jiext Septembor, and should tho rad ical "labor" element bo unsuccessful there, men of-nleans and of business will consider California the best stato in the Union to emigrate from. Not withstanding good crops and gcnoral prosperity, tho coming summer will, urobably, bo tho dullest which has bceri known in California for many years. m Tke Compromise with British Colombia. Tho promises with which the B. O. disaffection was quieted by the Otta wa government are found in the fol lowing dispatches published in tho Victoria Colonui: Ottawa. Arnir. 30 Tho fullest con fidence may bo placed in the official telegram to tho liouso of assembly. It la agreed that ono bundled miles of railway in British Columbia will bo placed under contract by September next, and the secretary of stato for the colonics has Jioen so informed. De tails will glvon parliament and then you wjjl be connnunciatcd with. The Jjlll for tho payment of 5250,000 for the dock is all right, Ottawa, May 1. Finance minister Mifcmiticd yesterday by mcBsago from tke govcrnor-gcnoral, resolutions pro vm yJoQ.OOO for tho dry dook at JtoaniBU; 600,000 was voted last jugbi tor our end of tho railway. Dr. Tuupereaid work will be proceeded wi&atJiii early day. Policy by roso llk " WU submitted la a lew days. Chinamen foe the South To llqilnee Wack Laborers. A Vickglmrc dispatch of tho loth says that notwithstanding tho appar ent subsidence of hnivns fever, plant ers throughout Mississippi and the upper portion of Lotdsinna.nreuiimw tnkably alarmed. Your correspond ent thoroughly examined the situa tion in 15 counties of this Statoand tho adjoining parishes in Louisiana, and is satisfied that unless something now unforeseen occurs, a northward migration of enormous magnitude will take place in tho Fall. Therejs no use disguising tho situation, and those most directly concerned are making no attempt to do so. Associ ations of cotton planters ami kindred movements are taking place every dav. Stephen Duncan, a capitalist of Ne'vv York, and owner of large plan tation interests hero, has authorised Major George E. Vaddc11 of Madison pftnsh, to secure for him five hund red Chinese, subscriptions are being raised to bring laborers from Califor nia at onco. Arrangements arc con summated by which ganp of three hundred at a time can bo -shipped from San Francisco at twenty-four hours' notice. Thcso men aro hired at $10 to 12 per month and quarters and rations. Their passago is con tracted for at $13 per capita from San Francisco to Vicksbnrc and vicinity. This movement is entirely indepond- ent of the Now Orleans joint stock company, which proposes to import from the cotton-growing regions of China. This latter project will take time, and the situation is deemed too critical to admit of delay. An Insaae Boy Murdered bjr nls Room mate hi the Napa Asylum. About one week ago, a young man nnmed Alfred Burton, was taken to I the Napa Insane Asylum from Sacra mento, where he had been cmpioyeu in business for over a year. On Mon day ho was put in a, room;.with a man named Hopper, who bad been an in mate of the asylum for nine months, and had never shown anv disposition to be quarrelsome. He made no ob jections to haing Burt n with hinij They both went to bcil quiotly anb were found asleep at 9 o'clock by the night watchman. He found them asleep at 10 o'clock, but on the third visit, at 3:13 a. m.,yosterday, ho found Burton asleep and Hopper awake. The latter simply said that the boy bad been up and soiled tho floor, but he exhibited no special feeling in the matter. The watchman continued his rounds, and at 4 o'clock looked in to tho room and found Hopper astride of Burton, grasping him by tho throat, and In&was dead. Ho said that the boy got up and attacked him, but this js uouiitlui. coming limner is known by any of the othcers of tho in stitution. Marriage, Breach of Promise, etc., la the British Parliament. A London.dispatch of the 7th says that on the Cth instant the Prince of Wals nrescnted a petition in the House of Lords signed by 3,238 Nor folk farmers in favor of the bill legal izing marriage witb a dcceaEedwifc's sister. The prince said that he be lieved the measure would be of great advantage to tho community at large and he would support it. Lord Hou ton (liberal) moved the second read ing of the bill. The government, re presented by Lord Cranerook, strong ly opposed it and the second reading was Ueleatert by a vote ot 1U1 to bi. The Prince of Yalcs, Duko of Edin burg and Bishop of Kipon, voted with the minority and fourteen of the bish ops with the majority. In tho house of commons, a declar ator' resolution was introduced by Farrar Herschel (liberal) in faver of abolishing tho action for breachf promise of marriage, except in cases wheie actual pecuniary loss has been incurred by reason of promise, was car ried by a vote of 10-1 yeas to 49 nays. Belligerent Chinamen. The Willamette Farmer says : Sher iff Baker went to a Chinese camp about II miles cast of Salem, for the purpose of collecting poll tax. The camp contained 11 Chinamen. When the sheriff demanded the tax, they re fused to pay, whereupon he commen ced loading their baggago into his wagon ; when ten of the celestials set upon him with knives, clubs, and whatever they could lay their hands on. The sheriff having no weapons, seized an ax, and held them at bay for an hour and a half, when ho jump ed into his wagon, and started for re inforcements. He started again with with sufficient forco to capture the camp if necessary. They were all arrested and brought to Salem and placed in tho county jail for several hours, when they arranged to pay their taxes with costs, and were re leased. Another Exposition. Tho ono hundredth anniversary of tho acknowledgement of American Independence, by Great Britain, is to be celebrated by a great exposition to take place in New York, in 1883, A late issue of the Tribune, says the committee in charge of the movement have selected a plat near Bort Morns, Westchester county, i. ney unci mere the requisite number of acres of un occupied land, necessary facilities of approach by water and land, and oth er advantages, making the spot pecu liarly eligible for the site of tho great exposition. The men who aro push ing this onterpnso seem to be thor oughly in earnest. The act of incor poration, which congress is to be ask ed to pass, is prepared, and the exposi tion may bo looked forward to aa a reality. Coal Mine Explosion. A dispatch of tho 8th, from Wilks barre, l'cnn., says; Last night an explosion of gas in Stanton shaft in Lehigh and Wilkesbarro Coal 3Iino, severely burned Martin Kerrigan. At midnight while tho men were brushing out the accumulation of gas in the lower vein, it came in contact with a "blower," causing a terrific explosion. A largo force of men wero driving a tunnel at tho time, and eight of them wero badly burned, the ma jority it is thought fatally. Tho mino was set on lire and some COO feet of solid coal was burning and had to bo flooded. Making Ungllsh Mutton. A writer in an eastern agricultural paper says : Dr. Stuart, a Scotch gen tleman, really thought ho was eating Euglbh mutton, while dining with us tho other day. When I told the gentleman tho roast mutton was "to the manor born' be would seaieely boliovo it, as tho llavor was so excel lent. Tho mutton was essentially English, as.it was fatted on turnips. It was carefully buteheroib.aoi that there should bo no Avool tauu to it, which is always tho caso when the wool touches the flesh, or when the butcher handles tho meat without washing his hand" after handjing the pelt. We tried tho experiment this winter of fattening a few sllcop on turnips for family use, and Wo are much gratified with our success. 'En glish mutton, chl that is going ft) tho top shelf on tho start. Our pen of sheep wero old ewes, all but one, a yearling wether. Wo began with about four quarts each of turnips sliced in tho machine, and in a week increased tho quantity to'Ss many as they would cat, which was about a peck each. A quart of buckwheat bran for the first few weeks was given with tho turnips each day, and thoy had beside, all tho clover hay they wanted. Thoy got no water. They were small sheep a cross of Merinos and Southdown. They began to gain rapidly from thestart, and never missed a feed, showing thafthey wore in perfect health all of the "time, for when a sheep is sick it will not cat. Larger sheep would have eaten more turnips, and would have done equally as well. The rule should be, after tho first week, to give them all the turn ips they will eat. There is no danger of sheep eating too many turnips in winter if tho stable is warm. Liability of Hotel Keepers. in a recent case llannoc-k s Band tho supreme court df New York considered tho liability of hotel keepers for property stolen from tho rooms of thos'O who occupy them', whether as-guests orboardcrs. , In November, 73Gen. Hannock applied to the proprietors of tho St. Cloud Hotcl'in New York city, for rooms for himself and family, with meals either to be served in tho res taurant or in their rooms. A certain price per month was agreed upon and the arrangement was to continue un til the following Hiiumer, unless the general should be ordered away. In the absence of the family, one even ing in March, 1S74, tho"Toonis wore entered by a thief, and valuables to the amount of $400, stolon. Suit was brought against the proprietors of tho hotel, resulting in favor oftbo plaintiff. In affirming the judgment the supreme court said : "We cannot adopt the theory, that ascertaining and fixing the price that was to be paid for tho accommodation. and spccifyiiyjLi?TH1otj-rbV! duration of tho stay""at tho hotel, necessarily had tho effect to deprive tho plaintiff of the character of a guest. The effect of such a theory reduced to practice would be to deprive the visitor at a hotel of tho character of guest, if ho took tho precaution p ascertain in advance the price which would be charged for his ontcr-v tainment. Tho law which renders tho keeper of a hotel liable lor the baggago ot a guest which is stolen from tho room assigned lum, and which remains in the care and supervision of tho land lord and the servants whom ho selects is salutary, and should not bo render ed substantially inoperative by adopt ing technical distinctions which rest upon ingenious speculation rather 'than sound reason. Fares and Freight between Portlaad and San Francisco. Tho loss of the Great Ilcpublic, ai pears to have broken tho opposition on the route between Portland and San Francisco. LaH week freights and fare wero raised to the following rates, which are adopted by both com panies. From Portland to San Francisco-cabin, $20 ; steerage, .$10 ; from San Francisco to Portland-first cabin, $20; second cabin, $15; steerage, .$10, Grain of every description, and Hour, $2 50 per ton. Wool,15 per ton ; gon cral merchandise of every description, $4 per ton ; salmon, from Portland and Astoria, $.1 per ton ; from points along the river where tho steamer has to touch, iji-1. Mcath of Hon. E. X. Cooke. On tho Cth instant Hon. JR. N. Cooke, of Salem, died. Mr. Cooke was a native of Jefferson county, Now York, moved to Ohio, and from that stato in 1851, to Oregon. Engaged in merchandising in Salem, where ho. remained till the timo of bis death. Ho was olected treasurer of stato in 18C2, which office ho filled for tho en suing eight years. Ho was a man of tho strictest personal integrity, and carried to his death tho re?pcct of all who know him. Ax official statement from St. Pe tersburg dated May 9th, contradicts tho news, published abroad with ref erence to affairs in Itussia, and says that. Fort I'etropauloo'ky is w holly in adequate to contain 400 prisoners, to say nothing of the -1700 which it was stated had been removed therefrom to Kazan ;that no prisoner has boon removed from tho fortress to Kubin ; that tho reported arrests have not tak en placo ; that since February only thrco ollicors altogothcrhave been ar rested, and finally that no arrcfcta of whole families have been made. wutJUiiiJ,iTtf-uyjiirJ.lw Alionl Oregon. Nr.Mminof aeiesin the State, l.fiTT, 000; No. under cultivation, 017,000; estimated number susecptnblo of c"d tivatibn' 1,000.000; number of votes cast at "'residential eljjction 1870, S!8, 8i0 ; number QMot ht the last State election, nearly 81,000 in round num bers. Tlnrtv cais ago there was not 10,tXK white inhabitants in tho Stato, now thou is an estimate of lOO.OiKi. In 1810 tho lirefhotwo was built in Oregon bv Cant. Wlnsliin. In 1S.0.2 the first rtlrool vffts opened. In 18-18 Oregon was organixed as a territory and in 1S.9 w'a admitted as a Stato. withfiSMitt inhabitants in "ilStho first Ininttni: nross arrived in Oieaon: in 1821 tho tns-l fruit trees wero planted, and to-day she is called "the land of the big rud npploV' Slalttmttn. Killed. ThoiKureku,Nov., Smlinel, biioily details n-fatal shooting seropo in White Tine county, thus- It occurred at Thirty-mile springs. James Ljddle shot and killd a man by tho name of Morton from Eureka. Tho trouble grew'jut of a dispute about a wood ranch. Liddle etimo into Hamilton yosturdny -afternoon and delivered himsels up to Shoriu' 'Itnuiu.and will liiwo a prolimiunfy examination bo foioa committing magistrate. Mr. Liddle is an old and respected ettixen of Whito Pino county. Ex-GoveiInoi" Seymour remains" firm in his determination not to per mit bis name tp be used as a candi date for office: He has lately writton a long and elaborately .prepared reply to a letter of the Committco of tho Belmont Gonforoneo asking him to accept tho Democratic nomination for Governor next'fall. Ho refuses to accept tho nomination, and, in the most po tive terms, asserts that he has permanently retired from polities, He discourses Upon the present, con dition of tho Demociatic part? of the state, pointing Out the danger it is in, and most earnestly and eloquently urges peace harmony and unity. M Organizing for a Strike. v A Chicago lipatcb of the Sth says that tho Socialist le.idors thoro assort that they with trade.- unions, aroor ganizing a strikpjlto begin July Sth, and to be goncniltthrou-'ht the coun try. They will demand universal ad option of the eight hour system and will settle tho mattei of wages after their demands ou that point are aero- ded'to. Thin strike has been decided on m their pnv-coiins;ls, but is no secret. Their purpose w j-olttical in its nature, and the purpose of the worKiucn is to secure la-uor wages Puivath accounts from llussia rep resent Ihe situation all over the Qo'tn try as beyond description, ond that the tendency of the wcalled roprws ivo itto.-Mir tftri) toward revolution rather than pcieo, as present anfioy ancesaud outrageous oppression of all clowos" of population tiro rapidly xprcading the feeling 'that anything isiicrferableto tbeexi-ting Mate of f- iatrtj. lf IB a-WrlVU HUH UU- Liivrn'-. ment is really plovinii prTmTof thjti!Wrt--t-rnTstend ot crushing out the spir it of jiiqpoutcnt in the umpire. A cpuRKSPO.vnnVT of tho Oreironinn, writing from Wcodbiirn, Mnriort county, says: A blacksmith at this place is tho author of a most wonder ful invention. Ho is tho proprietor of a cannon tliat loads and disehargc itself at will. It is certainly a gi 'ill improvement in artillery, and will be useful in timo of war and on Fourth of Julv celebratica. It will be on exhibition at Gorv .i on the 1th, as there will bo a celebration at that place on that day, and will bo a won der to all those who ihall have an op portunity to toe-it. A dispatch of lato date from Pohits sett, Mass., says that an Advent min ister, Charles BrowmTwai announced to addre.-s Pobasf-et AdventisU on Sunday, the 11th. People threatened to tar and feather him and ride him on a rail. D.ivis, another Advent preacher, met two young men in tl- road near his house, drew a knife and cut some articled they earrird and for bade them to go npar bis bouse. The people aro excited.' Tin: Stalratiuin says: Wm. Hieku and Knoch Tiaker, two convicts, es caped from the penitentiary rf on the night of the Oth. They effected their escape by digging through t the wall of their cell, with a chUl they brought with thorn from tho work shon. Two tn of guards wero on duty, but neither noticed their ooapo. $200 reward is offerod.for their arrest, or $100 for tho arrest of either. Tun prospecit of the present grain crop in Polk county, aro moro flatter ing than for years. Tho fall and win ter sown gram is much further ad vanced than usual, and tho aeroage sown far exceeds tbaT'of any previous year. The spring sown grain looks exceedingly well, and tho present damp weather is giving it a stait that will insure a good crop. WlM, PlimiAIlLY TAKi: COMJIAN'P We learn from protty reliable sourc es that Capt. G. Debuuy, tho present commander of tho steamer Ancon, will bo gjyon command of tho new and elegant steamship State of Cult' forniu. Capt. Dcbnoy is an excellent seaman, and pgrfcot gentleman. A.voxehnngo in speaking of tho death of Gen. Dix, itroveiently says: "Ho made muoli capital out of his uiigniloquenl and imaginary order. If u man allonipts to pull down tho American Hag shoot him on tho spot.' " Wo would say Mr. Q. I-. Uiiruett of Torro. Hauto, Ind. bus tho original copy of Gen. Dix'rf famous ordor. Cojvirri:i Friday in tho U. H district court JJob Camoion was con victed of selling liquor to an Indian and fined 25. Harry Smith and Jimmy Adams, convicted of violating the revenue laws, wero each fined l'0 and one jninith's imprisonment in tho county put. Month of Cajit. Hnjps. A dispatch from Port Townwnd says, Cant. John Hayes died heroiud- Idenlyon tho 12lh. I to' was outing hisdltuur at the time, andwas hikflu sifUdonly ill and died almost instant ly. Ileal t disease is the only suppos ed cause of his death Capt. Hayes was for mmuo tiuio first officer of the (-iM(V Wttir, when sho run between Portland and Sitka. Subsequently bo was promoted to tho command of tho steamship Gulffornin, which posi tion ho held fdr tuvcrnl yearn with credit to himself, and to tho Mitisfai; tion of the company. A few years ago 1m resigned his oItion and became captain of tho Mpnm tug 'Ompjtler. For sotno time past be bus been acting us pilot on the cutter H'otaiM. Ho leaves a w ifo and seseial ebildien to mourn his loss. His family reside in Portland. Foit tho sake of making a point againt the proposed California con stitution, the San Francisco Altn, in a few words, tells more truth about this country than it has published before during all its earoor of thiily oars. It says: "Otegon hasithu capacity to accommodate ten (imeS as many in habitants us she leeeives, if they nre ojily able and w illing to hew a fortune out of her fertile valleys, her inex haustible forests, her incomparable fisheries, or bur unexplored mineral depoKitt. Oregon has a constitution. 1 lor laws are equitable, stable and con stnnt. She is not to bo brow beaten by tho threats otau .... i .... i uniniormeii, irre sponiible'rabble. CaliforniaV extrem ity appears to be Oregon's opportun ity at this moniQtit ; sho has placed! horselfnti reeotd as a conervative, peace-preserving, property-protecting I community; and, while wo deploie California's present Joss, wo lejoiee that it is our nearest noiglur's gain." Tho adoption of that new constitution will drive millions of tuonry, etc., into Oiegon, besides thousands of splcmlrtl business men snob as wo need. P'iie theory of tho tidescompre honding soveinl problems which are more or less abstruse, ii a scalpd book to ninny, and this is not surprising when the number and variety of cir cumstances nre taken into account Theio is not only the action of the sun and moon upon tho earth t-iul ocean, hut the modification of this , rt,.t-g j,riwng frotn the position of the ! j eart, rriatiOI1 tfjRltesuu and moon. ! i thoinlliience of the diurnal motion of! the earth on its axis, a well t itd form and density, tho figure of con tinents, the position of islands, irreg ubtriliei" occasioned by the lottoni of tlu sea. and the laws of motion in fluid bodies and waves. The variety r.ml mtnit-cr ofijaiisGK nd;ail'octaii hutU to bo taken intnvievP, render UiothWi orv oi tlic lutes one oi the most cont phVatcd suhjtH-ts in natural wlcnce. and bus culled forthji--fi'-?r8Hnd taxed tlu: rrTTTnjB a blent invest- "Triors. iiCetiernl JVexvu. Tiiey bavo a tlourithiiiB lHuo Itib- bun club in Itoseburg. Tins town of Indepondcnec Oiegon, bos rcsoluteil "that the Chilian) miut go. Joiik An vs, a pioneer of Douglas County, died on tho 5th instant, aged 72 years. ' The feeling in favor of Tilden, for tho noxt Doinocratio candidate for tiie presidency, is rapidly on tho de cline. An OaKlandfCorrespondont pf the IndcpetukTitt) L. L. Kellogg has made a bid for currying the V, S Mail, from tjiis pluoo to Empire Gity. )y what route? Tiik new constitution of California, J Mow s females the right to practice law in any state court, and to follow any other trado, calling or business that nion may follow, on equal footing. In Ilreslau a successful attempt has been made to erect a paper chimney about fifty fooly high. Uy a chemical preparation Hie paper wiwflreiidercd impervious to tho action eu firu or water. PnoFngeoii Niciioijs, of Iloston, found 8 grains of arsenic to each square foot of a groetL dress submit ted to hi examination. Hero is the fact of poison frouly ued. U there no remedy? Cvmi'ohnia'h new constitution iro ides that no oorporolion"doiug hu-i-ncsiuthe state, shall emplov Chi ues laltor, and tho legislatuie is re quired to enact Midi law in will en foico it. LAbT wook Deinity, V, S. Marshal, Hums, from Portland, arrosfed it. Ciituurou on chargo of selling liquor to Indians, " James Adams and 11. Smith, for infraction of the (J. H. liquor licence law. All of Myrtlo Creek. ' Tiik London Tlmrs says a good farm hand get X2J1 to ISO a year; sec ond hands, X10 to X2Qrt youth vyho can plow, X'15. LaboreTs aro working fdr Ms to US a woek. Our tramps turn tip their note nt four time tho moiioy. Covniu-ftii'tAX Daggett of Nevada, ha been soleeted by tho Giand Army of tho Uepublio organijttfon, to road a poem, and (Jen. Kcafor of Ohio, to deliver mi oration, at tho Arlington National Holdier's Coinotory, on Dec oration Day, tho ilOth iuit. An Illinois man uleep on n spot of ground left baio for the pinpiwe, in hi bouse, uiiu ha an uttendrtnt sliov ol cloun otiith ovtir him, to take tho jibtce of beilelotbe. He believiw that in this way ho giiatd against dieaio. AHi'KL'iAi.tvthaiVoiMrrijy-M wiys, tluil l,ouo men mo now ongaged in tho Canada Pacific fttrilto. violunuo 1 thiontuiiul and tho etrikor are inaiehiug under a icd ilag, and thrwit- eniilg to piovout all work, until their ilemanJi are (ompllod with. A mil itary fiiice has been oideiod fiom Wiumpi to tho bCt-ne. "E .It is said of tho lato Itietiard II. Dana I but ho never colirtad tho socie ty of strangers, but oil' in the country or at tho seisid, among people ho was tho most nocossiblo of men. Tub new steamer now in courso of construction for service In tho inter est of lighthoifc on this coast, is to bo called the Manxoneta. Silo will ho of f)00 tons bunion and first class in nil lcspoot. Her cost is estimated at A (Jkhmvn woiker in slono has dis cojared woikahlo marble in Grant eoitntv and contemplates setting up a marble shop willy-ulfuhlo niaebin en to woik Ihu srtimnnto'grnvostono, table tops and mantles. Miss H.uutiKr Hosm'vii is compli mented by the London IlWf as tho greatest of tho few fomalo sculptors thuwoild Jias ever soon, anil oiToof the very few among llmso who have produced stiong won; and not mot prettitiOM. A v8T army of crickets Is moving from the hills to bottom, lands on Three and Kivo Mile creeks, in Vas,p co coiuiiy , u icy wiumiiNOHaii uavou with the crops, and fruit tices, in that locality. Tom Jovks, alias Sutloiwhilo, and llein.v McSeril, both coloied, were hung at Anting, tta., oinf the Hth, for murder. Three or four thousand per sons were present. Satteiwhite pro tested his innocence, but McSeed Con fessed. Tiir coroner v ho nut out in a small boat'and chased a body ivo miles down the .Mlsisipd river, only ,ii find it was I'atil Hoynton, says such nonene ought to ho stopped, lie thinks Boyntnh low no tight tomfool with the heft interests of tht country. Till! WiMidruil'M-iuulifVo expedition which was to make a tri(,of tho world collapsed on the '.Hit, owing to want of support. riiNtoadoflwo hundred inii-wiiuers having been booked as re- 11II111, llllll'-LIIV Hll'lVV no W til. ficditiou, only about forty persons irtm a deposit of .foOt) each. purc-l, to instill- the success ol tnu. find 1 1 Tiik race to duoido tho superiority of the ehiiinpiuiflpcullers of Yale and Harvard, took plat-tuton the Villi, at bake OtiiiiNnKiHuonTl, distance two miles with turn. Goddard, Harvard's champion, won easilv , heating biv ing stonjlof Yale, by six lengths, in i I minutes, thirty M'conds. a. An exchange says that Alexander II. Stephuns was so poor when bo commended tho practice of law that ho had to live on ?i per month. This is snid to bo the secrut of bis assist ance to poor voung men, over fifty of whom he has assisted to a liberal ud- lucMioii. The Metropolitan Hoard of Works, of London, after a recent experiment of the Thames embankment, finds 'hat electricity .vwt two and a quarter P"'''''' hour wr lamp more than 'he ' K"". giving 'qual light. I be Tho reiKitt declares that tho defects connected with electric light must prevent it general adoption. Ou Grandmother Pool, who live in Ciitiyoiivillv, is n perwin wotlhy of notice. She' if now 72 years of age. liAviiugJiei-u bpruiin Keiilucky -Feb-, in November. 1K-1-1. fifft rtuin-,,iitn, jbwt. tsnuvrna marriei eis the moth- er of 10 children audi now the grand ie grand may live mother of '.'. vv o hope she to a i ijx- old age LosooS has moro Houian Catholics than Home, nioro.Ievv than all I'a'es tine, more Irif-h than Helfast, more Kcotcji than AU-nleen, more Car diff; its beer and gin shrqis, placed one after another in a hue, would reach sixty-two miles, and one entire quarter of the iityis inhabited In three hundred thtiuvand of tint most miwrablo wrote hen and worst thieves to be found on earth. Siir.uirp Tuuax, of Whitman coun ty, W. 'J'., accidentally discliiugod a gun ; tho ball went craidiing through a board partition into a rooili occupied by a woman and child, who wore in bed. The W0111..11 waw h.idly wounded in the leg, nun; the thigh, and the little girl Mi-tiuned a bad fracture f the arm Hrth wounds are consid ored daiigeii us. Emmn! O00KINO OU HKATIMU . Hew Excelsior Oil Stove. Jiut llio Tiling for I.l-itit llniikcr)lit-(. It "III tlroll, Itut, dii'l link teller Ihun f.it r Wuu1SIot h.nJ fur Ulcular.. AUl.MM W ANO.H. COLEMAN OAS APPARATUSrAHD OIL CO.. 7) Mi Birr Sr, . ('Hirqn, lit. Tb IJirt Cure fur Hjiil, Iiitltmtloo, lllllom IIvlah, Mitt I'omi'lMiil, li.r and Aiu, O.ii.inl ltd illty.auil tllcouil Ullltl vTBi miuh, I Irer.l S'l.-cn wt tlio hew, (tltiJ tli. I It of ABSORPTION. .... ,.-,, ..w ... ..'. ,....-. -4-111! for Clr iilAm, !. ill Inn tl, Alwitl'H '"! -.. fm,. 1... 11. I..r ItltT. ami Hi. itioluiion ll ll ciliIuk lu L kIiic of muj. ctn l"rl"l'"l Ilrll, $'. Krirr anil Auue 1ttt, 91. Tonic llrir, 61, mill llifulit Ilrll, 01. TIima ll.il. will LeMinttoftfir llirfrLf 4U n tw.lit r Kinlcwli, or fl.l") fur lufnt' lull AGENTS wutiitsl in every comity ia il UiiHikI Htntcs. ' ' Address, ri8Ili:il MUDIl'ATKU IliXT CO. U2 Illlnolt Ht., Clilcugo. TPIB 7 Mr.t. i'. M, Laelihurt J'roprtetrefm, KMI'lIlliCll'Y, Oo.v. BtacItHHii thing. i) r. xxjs MaTohtA y HITfllnMOll TO - , mOMA A' DA ll'A'OiY. nAVINO hKASlCDTll 15 DA WROX blnclfMiiiith chop, iuMiindiuold, 1 nut ptepiirnl to do flENKItAh HI-ACKSMITHIN(J ST-5TTTP jtvA living Hharc Mill! I tt-ll. patrnungo in l-7-tf li nsiin ' Medicated j BELTS, (Illll TVOIIC Of .BU8lNESSilB3f T. MA0K1S1 PHYSICIAN At imi . KMtlllK CITY, 11. GOLD (D, PHYSICIAN M IE9N Maiihiikikmi,' C. W, TOW121 PHYSICIAN&-! Mvusui'inrn, W. C ANGEL, PHYSICIAN and SUI coquuic at u, S. II. IiAZAIlt), J. Wj hazard & ham: otf. ATTOnNEYS&COUNSEUI ikJitm Will pructkc in the vu oulf courts Of tlH'HtUU1 omi k at i Minii: clrVitO J. ML. STG-xJm, mmmmuMm MAi!sirnni),oitE (J. W'KUSTE ATTORNEY & COUNSEL M.UisiiMjci.n, Ok HENRY SENGSTl XOTAilV I'MLir&l'O. KJ2PIKK (ITT Collection-- and otlirr ui my namio, win receive lion. . att- m.m' W. I WHKJim . S. Mineral a nil C'oo.iimk Ctrv, 06i!? Will attend to tie bit mena Inaiiv imrtof llir imintv. I'eriis t mapsof a'l surveyed uisiusiai .-non ii'ii(C. WI I.SQ imm ivlA'DHINftl TIIK ffi' T Cheapest k Bett t , MILS. IIAOKKK, ax j.r v m z jcx-tj-ua u-O-ZDJ JM i.Mtriu i Oiii'04 o - TIiIh hiotitiititiiiii ii w nlforil Mcihtit'M for erliii.it, n t i bo f Coaiil Itoginii nf Si'iitiPrn Or Academy m gradtut d into tin1 inent ius iniliiwtt: The I'rltnarii Depart In whiih Iii!riHltut'ry UraucSsji" mm latiKiti, - The Junior t trtmmt. I'llllir.tcltIL' Ortlx.r.u by, IkMUi J Writing, tiraiiimur, Cieoeraphy(IiMMi- Phvsloliigv, Futu II r St ,n. c.' UM1 Vr tarttnd Practical vrithnutic. Jj( S The Senior Hetrtmm-t I Ibuhruciitg l'mik-kicpuiufrSiSifo m& double entrj ; Holmi) , Cheinintryjf IMWI eal Dcunniiiy, I.-itut, Kli toriCjVWHdMr Arithmetic, Al,ibr.i, (conict-jr5rijsW noiiiotry and mnveviiif aemt jT Ml SIC. IiiHtriictinn in thin branch! when (lewiri'd. Ito vim can be h:il for froikTpji per week uitli privuu ainllles Hilll lej-x when M'Veral htinleuMt 1 gi liter and board IIiiiiiki Ivcm. TlillMS. Prliinirj- Dep.-trtmtitt .liuiior Senior J. 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