Ihe Const Mn.il.
SATURDAY, JANUARV 111, 1870.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
Condition or tmi: " Urrnu." ('apt.
Dillon, ono of tlio owner and foinior
ly tnnlnr of tliu limnm Utter, enmo up
on tint Areata, nml brought n diver
from Han Francisco to examine inlo
tlio condition oft ho vonsel. Tlio diver
wont down Ihisweek mid took si look
4tttlio bottom of tint vessel, on ono
wide, finding the keel badly ground to
pieces in ono pluro, but less damaged
tliun was expected. Slio Huh in nn
iMisy nml nn fc position, nnd there in
icuson (o believe that hi 10 can Ik; mis
i'd. Part of lior rigging lmi been
(nought to this )1aco to Imj taken
euro of.
A Vamtaiii.i: Hook. Mr. ,1. 11. Oiif
Mill, of Port Orford, Is on tlio liny can
vassing for n hiogiaphy of (lonornl
Grant, including his Into lour uroiind
the uoilil. Tlio liook Ih wiitten by .1.
F. Packanl. nnd printed liy S. W.
Dunn, of Sun Fianeisco, Thin in u
liook tluit should bo found in onry
ptivntt) libinry in tlio county. The
lifi of Grant Ih ii port of tlio history
of tlio country, nnd his trip around
tlio world furniNlit'd material for a
work of inoro than ordinniy interest.
Wo u'coinnicnd thin liook lonuriead
cm an being well worth the price
clnuged.
Lm'.itAnV Exi:rit'lHi:s. A new depar
ture linn been decided upon in the
Literary Society here. Tlio nieu of
ngo and experience arc to "take a
hack seat"and givo some of tlio young
or talent a chance. The programme
for next Wednesday, so far ns made
up, is ns follows: Debate, Hoo'.ed,
that money exorcises a greater in
ilueiiee over in an than woman doc..
Aflirnmtivo. Xcgalio.
Owen Short, A. I.oekhart,
Monroe Upton. 1. C. l.ovnr.
Recitation ly I.loyd Cox. Heading
liy Mis Welsol, Uecilation hy Miss.
Laurrolla Dclnunoy.
('ri)AU roit I'oiiti.ani). It is under
ttonl that I'tirkiT'H mill on the Co
quille will cut a small ctlgo of ccdal
lumber soon for the l'oitlnnd maiket.
and that it will he shipped direct. Tlio
cedar now Used there in ohtained in
Iho San Francisco market, and if it
can heimpplied direct from the Cu
quille, it will ho inutiially to the ad
vantage of the producer and consum
er. Coqril.t.K ltlVKK Commiiiici:. The
SchoouerH Mane and Free Triulr are in
the Coipiillo River, tho former hav
ing arrived last Sunday and the latter
Momhu, after a voage of -l'J days.
They weio drivon far to the noith by
the homy winds, and the ctewti were
ory Kind to make port safely after so
lough a ojago.
l'i'aio.siTii:s. Tho Schooner Vn
loiim arrived nt o:ir wharfs lnt Mon
day, in ballast, direct from somo
of the island of the South. IIerh.il
hiMl consisted, to it (rent extent, of
t-urioiiK sheIN, cor.il and other spec
imens not frequently seen here; ami
during tho time she lay heru hho was
thionged hy curiosity seekers.
O.v a "Stiuke". Tho coal minors
nt Enstpnrt are on a strike, inking an
iiicre.ie of a hit a ton for mining.
The present price p.iid Ih $7$ cents
which, on iiik to the want of Hleady
woik.in not considered Hiitllcient. The
stiikcis have been otl'duty .since the
loth instant.
Aiiuivki). Tho Areola enmo into
tl.o Hay on .Monday, with passengers
named as follown: Chns. Hrnnt.T. .
Sheridan, Miss Leeds, Mr. Hreon, I).
McClave, Win. .Newman, Homy Hied
hoir, dipt Dillon and 1). Cook.
Goon Timi:. Tho Areata which
nailed from thin port on tho 1.1th made
the trip to San Francisco and wns
again at our wharves on tholOlh hav
ing iniido the trip in six days. She is
"hard to heat."
The Clara J.vjhl luld Home of her
riKKiug carried awuy in tho Into gale.
Hoth Mleamorrt nru loaded and will
Miil iih kooii an (ho condition of tho
weather jiermits.
Mr. C. II. Merchant will ho a pan
hoiiRcr for San Frnnciiico hy tho llist
hoal, accompanied hy his wife.
The hohooner Frithioff, dipt. Chen
ler, caino Into tlio hay Monday with
out a Middor and having uxporionued
a haul trip generally.
Tho (hinnie Telfair arrived on Mon
day hint, 15 hours from San Francineo
iwlh the following pausongoru :
J. 0. HohiiiHon and wifo, Mih. J. M.
Siglin, J. Kelly, S. Magnott, OIiiih.
1 rati, J',li.a Iienaenglo and two ohil
lieu.
Tliocontinet for quarry hi,' and do
liveiiug tho rock for the haihor woik
isHnid (o havehoen awarded to II. 11,
liiHoal.f2 percuhio yard,
Mr. mill Mih. CIiiuIch Foihlund aio
hooked iik iitHSOiigorrt to San Kran
cinco hy tho Areata, They will return
after a nhort absence,
A huge iiumberof polilioiiH prnying
for the mention of a new iiiMpeetioii
disliict foi utuain nomoIh, with head
ii.iilern at Cooh liny lime been for
warded lo Coiikmmh fioni thiu place,
for which wo bespeak favorable eon-
cHHiaiion. I
,'om-
Begun Wednesday, Jan. 7th, 1880.
llo.v. .1. II. Noi),i:n(.luilBe,
John K'ijnvon, ComnilHioncr.
Hlatr vn II' II Xoble el al Umpire pre
cinct, Hcugalncken J 7':
HciiKslnckonflUBOl
H7fiiMri.
A Duprev JlftO
WilheitNoyci;ir,()
JM Davl 17(
V II Jaeknon I 70
Win Hall U()
Alex Slnuir 1 70
D . WatHon 1 r0
T (I Owen 1 W)
( amiable.
M Tower l.'IWi
Witnrtr.M,
I 11 AtkiiiHon 1150
Iliiain Hall ttTiO
W K Hill Jlfit)
! C DurKan 1 f.0
(I Wehmer 1 CO
1 Hacker 1 W)
State t' dun Ylero Umpire prceiutl
tintytlacken J r:
Henry SoiiKtaeken, 0 titi
State v J Hauler Mamhfirld predict
II all. 1 1:
JC Uull $:t :!(l (JoiiNtahle $1 25
Mate vii II' '.' Moore Marnhjicld precinct
Hull jtiHtice 'f I in Spec. eotiHtah. 5-15
State rn Kmuia l.oar, Sii i nr precinct.
S II SherwiHid, jitHlico f(i '.HI
S Martlett.coiiHlal.lo '.) 10
h'iiiii'jmci.
Wilncinr.
Mih HiMiuuell fl 70
Mr l.oar J 70
A WiikIH 1 70
Mrs MiiHtern tl 70
Mih How laud 170
Mn Dui niello i 10
Mri ltohettHuul 70
Mtm Dully 1 70
Mm Shorraid 1 70
0 Datneillo i! 10
(i HoheitHon 170
State v.1 I' i n m a Lower, Humnir precinct
S It Sherwood, jiiNllce t'2 70
S.Miullolt.coiiHlahle I 00
Stale vh John Doe Kr,,,,d laieouy;
coiiMideration continued to next teim
MIHCIM.I.ANIlOUri.
AleianderStauir, Co. Clerk
J V Moore, School Supt.
KJ CiiHHiuiM, Imiliir for July
and April term Co. Court
D Moiwc, Jr., Co. Tieioiurer
Jnti Koiiyiiii.t'omiiii.tsionor
IVocceillnu" of' 'on lily
iiiImhIoiici-'h 4,'onrl.
$1)50 85
100 W
12 00
7o 00
11 00
l.'O 00
'Ml 50
fill 50
I 1(1 20
10 2,'i
0 (X)
50 (X)
J II Nobler, Co. JiiiIko
A (J Aiken, She) ill'
It V (Jetty, coal and wootl for
com t holixe,
Alex. Stauir, County Court sea
" " htiitionury
Mih M A JaekMiu, meals to
jitioiri
CoAHr Mail, printing hlankH
K llorhwi'll.U l Coos City pre
cinct, makiiiK jury list 3 00
A II Moore, J l Cnalcdo pro
cinct, makiiiK jury list .'I 00
CURRY COUNTY ITEMS.
On accunt of the ahscenco of hoth
County Coiomi.ssioiior.i, no couiuy
huslnc.'M utiK traniaeted at tho meet
iiiK of tlio County Court on tho 5th,
hut a ifjiecial session is called for the
2iUh.
A largo h.irii liolnniiig to S. H.
(ardner, hlew down in the late Mono,
injuiiiiK Mime Iioihcs ceriouIy. One
iniilu, allied at $200, was ho hadly
hint that it could not ho n.ived,aud
it was acconliiiKly Hhot.
None of the old mjttlorrf ever aw
the eipial of tho gale of the 0th.
The little Hteamer CVkik. llatlei win
al KIleushiirK ahout the (!th, luiiigiiig
as pansonKor.s Mr. ltobt. Walker and
Mr. Thompi-on, who has charKoof the
hiiMiics of U. I). Iliimo it Co. She
brought a large amount of nierehnn
lite for Hume'ii toie.
I II. Atkinhon has moved to Um
pire City.
Tni:CVfini I.iiht finished her cargo
of coal at Southport, ThuiMlay.
It is uiidurstood that Carihmaii's
new schooner will bo launched next
week.
Simvitvoit Wiight says ho will bo
surveying in tlio Ten Mile country
in about four weeks.
J. W. Heunrtt's lioii'e on the Co
rpiillo Island wasdeinolislicd by tho
late storm.
Charles Olive has taken the post of
sawyer in I'liikur'n mill oil tllu Co
ipiillo. The Slate Line, Herald has been on
Iarged to seven columns, and is now
one of the best local papois in thin
State.
Tin: Satellite still lies at fiooo
Point, hut it is icpoi led that hho is hut
little damaged, 'ami will noon bo re
paiied and ready for service.
Tin: Guaie Telair has received new
boilers and been 'generally refitted
audi mproved. She now affords good
iiccoininoilations, ami is in every re
spect a seaworthy mid lelinbleboat.
Theio nre living up in Idaho, n
ttmall colony of polygamists and the
Chief Justieeof tho Territory lias in
htructcd the grand jury to indict
every one found in thalTeriitc ry.
Tho Bicameral n iu'i on tho Coqtiillo
rmiH a hoaiding house on board,
which is in charge of Mr. Z. T.
Johnson,
A dispatch of the tlth mys: Sena
tor Slater to-day intiodiiccd hills pio
posing appropriations for river a d
haihor improvements in Oiegonns
follows : Kor tho Columbia livor can
al at the Cascades, .f5(K),000;Coos Hay
.iilO.000: Coouillo liver, .ifiO.OOO Yiu
qitiua Hay, tlioiwmul dollars.
Lit: IT. V., II. Siim.ToN, of the 1st
V. S, Cavalry, died on the night of
the 12th instant, in the ovoil.iud stago
in the oiiii on about ton miles fiom
Cmiynn lllo, of n foni;tMtivu chill. He
was about il!) years of age, u graduate
of Wet Point, mid u good olllecr,
incitement In tlin Now York IVIical
Market.
A dispatch from New Yoik, tiilted
'Jniiiiiiry 12th, says: Incitement is
very grent at tho produce exchange
over a corner in grain. Crowdnof per'
Bonn Interested In cereals are eagerly
discussing ways mid means to defeat
the action of Keene's syndicate. The
method most approved is to combine
theiliU'eient railiond companies Imv.
ing connections west of Chicago in a
i eduction of rales for grain, to enable
fanners nnd others to sell grain direct
lo the eastern nmikets. Tho cyndl
cate lias filled elevators, stores and
canal boats to overflowing, and in ad
dition lo those are paying storage on
(J,000,0(H) bmhcls of wheat at ono half
percent, per week. They have alto,
gelher nearly 10,000,000 bushels of
grain heio and Chicago and 1,000,000
more on railroads.
The Star al to-day sayH: Private
letters wore received yesterday by
leading grain dealers in this city which
state that funnels cannot make sales
though anxious to do so, because of no
place to stole their product, nnd that
ii gang of speculators have gained
control of themmkel for Iho purpose
of speculation. It is claimed that
the same scaiceity of storage quarters
exists at all sea board cities, and that
this glut has been created at wheat
ceiilcis to bolster up the market by ex
hausting the demand ami picking up
the supply. Tho coiner, which re
ceived abhiclccyo a wcclcago by an
uiilixikcd for raid on tho Chicago mar
kel, it is now said has recuperated and
is in full coutiol of wheat speculators.
This pool, it is said, is headed hy Jim
Keaue, who is cicditcd with having
bought up the entile product of both
this year and In-t. amounting to mill
ions of bushels. It is known that he
sent checks some time ago through to
a Chicago bank for $3,000,000 to settle
some of his enormous purchases, ami
that he ordeied it to bo stored for In
line order. Ho is also credit.nl with
having soul Unfits Hatch to Kughind
to manipulate Kuropeaii markets, so
as to secure a good price there, but as
Hatch is in New York that report is
exploded.
Tlio ll'oild publishes an interview
with Hatch, who says the blockade is
mote in oats and corn than in wheat
and that the present situation docs
not dillor fioni that of Mmcli last
year, when Chicago warchoucs held
over 12,000,000 bushels of grain. To
day lliey hold over 1 1,000,000. Owners
of grain there do not propos-o to pay
51 cents a bushel to get it to seaboard,
prefening to wail for the opening of
navigation. He charges the high
uites upon Vanderbilt. Ho alio says:
"I may bo over sanguine, hut I be
lieve in eiy much highor pi ice. Kit
ropo and the United Kingdom have
very shoit crops, and ol very poor
quality. It is not one county of the
country that is shot t , not one bat all of
them. It is universal. Wheal is not
at present prices, what may bo termed
as high, and is only a fow points above
tho average of the last twelvo years,
Prospects of the glowing winter wheat
crops mo anything hut flattering.
There is an increase of aci cage in win
ter wheat districts, but in many locali
ties, wheat sprouted out, and with
the recent warm woathor and rains,
the"!) distiicts will not produce more
limn one bushel to the acre."
Ih'Im anil lriuklii' u( I, dp-tic
Iitdiculotis duels mo voiy fiequcut,
says a writer in the Hoston Advertiser,
and me against tho law, but as they are
not attended witli much danger they
are winked nt It is said here that
these duels inciease tlio sense of hon
or, etc , an idea for which I cannot
see ono spark of justification. Kach
additional scar on a student's face in
creases his swagger and insolence, the
only iucrciuo visahlo to mo. Fist
lights occur very seldom, and when
they do happen, nuioiiut to nothing.
Thoy push mid shout mid scratch a
good deal, and that is about all. A
few days ago, together with a western
friend, I was watching ono of thoMi
pushing matches, when the gentle
man in question obsorved, in a disguis
ed tono of voice: "Out in Clipvonne,
where 1 live, when fifty mon got to
fighting you luivo to sweep up tho
oyes and Hoses afterwards," saying
which ho jumped down into the mid
dle of the crowd, doing the only dam
age repotted. Of course the students
diink a good deal of beer, but they
leavo whiskey and brandy alone. I
have known a man to diink 52 glasses
of strong beer in a little more than 12
bonis. A feat which equals it was per
formed by an ollieer heio, celebrated
only for his drinking qualities. At
dinner ono tiny n comrade ofi'ered to
bet hint a large sum that ho could not
drink a quail bottle of chnmpaiguo
out withodt taking tho bottle fiom
his lips. The challenged man thought
a moment, and said : "Give mo half
an hour to think it over." Ho wont
out, came back in half mi hour, accep
ted the bet, and won it, amid gieat ap
plause Some ono asked him why it
took him so long to accept it. "Well,"
he said, "1 was notquitosuio I could
doit ; so I wont homo first mid tried
it, mid found out 1 could do it nnd
then enmo back."
Iati:sT. Tho latest from Mnfilo is.
to tho oiled that tho Supionio Court
lias again decided in favor of the He
publicans, mid lien. Olmiiiborm'lil-will
sustain mo licpuniicaiis wuu me inn
Ilia. What next?
'1'licNloriii In l he :iiijon.
The Independent gives the following
account of the rcccnl storm in tho
Crtiiv'Oii beyond Laird's.
When within about eight miles of
itiiid'BlaUdn,ln tho Canyon, they
noticed n. pcculinr stillness of tho at
mosphere. Not a leaf norn twig mov
ed. The death-like stillness was bro
ken hy the distant roar of tho ocean
waves, furiously lashing tho beach
full thirty miles distant. Kvery few
stops hints would flit acoss the path of
the mail carriers, chirping frightened
tones of warning. Mr. Kiigono Jones,
on looking towaid the tops of the
mountains, discovered the causo of
such sigitlar warning, and not a hit too
soon. A rush to tho friendly protec
tion of a large, piojecting rock and
tho witnesses of this grand and fearful
sight hud ample leisure to view a
scene never to be forgotten. Kolling
down the mountain side in chaotic
confusion eiuim a tornado of wind,
carrying with it tiec, rocks mid de
bris, of every description. Tho path
of the huriicane was plainly visible,
and as the mighty, rustling torent of
wind mid debris struck the unbroken
front of the forest, a mighty crash, ft
lorille. rumbling and tlio noble forest
yielded to unknown power. Tiecs,
limbs, splinters, rock nnd other mat
ter filling tho air making the atmos
phere, almost dark I Noble old gigan
tic heroes of forests which had stood
tho tompests of hundreds of years,
were twisted from their stumps or
roots, and sent flying through tho nir
like wisps of straw.
For three long bonis the storm last
ed with now and then a resting spell
as if to prepare for more increased
fury.
The mail carriers were all this time
imprisoned behind a friendly rock
with no living thing lo share their ter
ror save a panic stricken deer, which
had sought shelter behind the same
rook, fearless of the close proximity
of human beings; in fact it seemed
Hither to court their protection, and
c.itno so close that the men could lay
their hand upon it. The result of the
storm has been the filling of the road
wiih fallen timber to such an extent
as to make it almost impossible for
tlio mail carriers to get the mail
through.
Attempt loSlop IWIIh, I'm-jjocfc
'o"n Letter It iiiii-sN.
Wamiinoto.v, Jan. 10. The report
of Special Agent Shared to the post
office department concerning Wells,
Fargo it Go's delivery of letters on
the Pacific coast sets forth the magni
tude of their business in this respect
hy stating that thoy purchase on an
average 200.000 stamped envelopes
per month in S.m Francisco, and
doubtless propoitionato numbers in
Poithind, Salt Lake City nod other
places. The grounds upon which tho
department is asked to interfere with
this biiriness are as follows:
FirM, that Wells, Fargo t Co. do
not pay a double rate of jostnge, nnd
consequently their stamped envelopes
which thoy sell for live cents, contain
often more matter than would pass
through n postoflice for three cents.
Secondly, that the company's cor
respondence between its various bank
ing houses iscanied free mid that be
sides the Western Union Telegraph
Co. and the Central Pacific U. It. have
mi arrangment with the express com
p.iny by which their lettors me tran-
portcd without cost, thus depriving
the government of postago which it
should receive.
Thirdly, it is alleged that about ono
fifth of tho express company's COO
agents on tho Pacific slope nre post
masters, and that thoy are accounta
ble by l.iw for selling stamped envel
opes at higher prices than the govern
ment charges.
A connnittco of prominent post
ollico depart incut ollicinls has been
appointed to examine this subject and
it will bo thoroughly axmnined.but it
does not seem to bo gcnorally expect
ed that they will discover statuto au
thorizing material interference with
the existing business, mid in viow of
tlio formidable litigious resources of
tho company and the oposition al
ready indicated on the part of Cnli
fornhi ropiescntntives against the sug
gested curtailment of businefes facili
ties of the company constituents, it is
probably that tho cominitteo will
move in the matter very cautiously.
School llonso fVushed mul
4'liiniceii Killed.
Our Noithoin oxchanges givo an
account of tho crushing of a school
house in tho Into storm by tho falling
of a tteo, at La Center)
Tho children wero eating lunch,
four of John W. Harlow's being seatod
together. Tlio tree fell across tho roof
felling it to tho ground and crushing
tho children beneath it. Two of them
a hoy mid a girl, were instantly killed,
while Until, aged 111, had several of
her ribs broken, was internally injur
ed and lonmined beneath tho wreck
for two limns tieforo she could bo re
leased. The fouith child, ft boy H
yems of ago, had tho skin torn from
adovo his eye-brows to tho lop of his
bend, yet he will piubably rocovor.
The young lady it is feared will dio.
Tliioe other childieu woro injured,
but not seriously. The renlainder of
the scholars and tho teacher escaped
without iujiii
o'lii-fi'itV i:tiuc.
The Han FVitttcisco Chronicle, says
that the examination on Iho opposi
tion of John IF. Hurke to the account
filed hy tlio executors of tho O'Hrien
estate was resumed yesterday, when
the Referee stated that on consulta
tion and reflection he was satisfied
he was wiong in ruling that James
V. Coleman need not answer the
question put him several days since
as to whether Coleman, as Executor,
had n knowlcdgoof any property, lie
longing to tho estate not mentioned
in the account, and the witness must
answer tho question. Mr. Cole
man said : "I know of an interest in
real estate on San Pablo avenue, Oak
laud, known as the Rowland Tract,
mid standing in the name of X. K.
Mastoii, for which the firm of Flood
A O'Hrien paid $180,000, Maston own
ing a half interest nnd paying inter
est on half of the purchase, nil of
which wus advanced by the firm.
O'llrien's share is one fourth. From
conversations with Mr. Flood I also
know there nre some debts collected
by the firm and some still to ho col
lected. At the time of O'Uricn'sdenth
he tmd no interest in the Soutlt Pacific
Coast Railroad. I don't know whether
he had nn interest in tlio Hay and
Coast Railroad, Hay nnd Coast Tele
graph Company, California Trading
Company, Pacific Investment Com
pany, California Investment Compa
ny, land nt Ouavmas or other parts of
Mexico, or in Nevada county, Califor
nia, lie had a seat in tho Stock and
Exchange Hoard. Isn't that mention
ed in the account? The scat carried
with it an interest in the building. At
the time of his dentil it wns worth
25,000. O'Hrien having no family,
and not having nmdo a request to pay
tho life insurance to anyone, wo can't
recover it. I think this seat could not
havo been sold, no one could have
been elected to fill it. I approached
some of the members and was led to
believe this. The brokers looked upon
il as a constructive gift nt the time
the building wns put up. I think now
the feeling may be difiercrit." Mr.
McAlister here made a suggestion that
perhaps Hurke could get elected
"Tho executors have received money
from the firm since the account was
rendered. The last payment was, I
think, nearly $1,500,000, and put it
down over n million, Mr. Reporter, I
can't say tho amount of the lest, and
don't remember how it was made up,
as it will appear in tho next account
and the executor's books wilt show."
Mr. Trohanco here introduced doc"
umontnry evidence to show tho value
of California, Consolidated Virginia,
Yellow Jacket, and Ophir stock on
the day when it had been sold to Fair
below market rates. The examination
was then continued to Monday next.
A stay of proceedings of twenty days
has been granted by Judge Sawyer to
enable the defendants to perfect their
appeal to the United States Supreme
Court from his order remanding tho
case of Hurke against the Pacific Mill
and Mining Company, Flood, Fair
and Mackny, and Hurke against Paci
fic Wood, Lumber and Flume Compa
ny, Flood, Fair and Mackiiy, to tho
State Courts.
A lioiiruey Itlnst.
A dispatch from Washington, dated
Jan. 10, says: Denis Kearney, in his
speech before the Greenback Labor
Delegates yesterday, said that they
were hero to attend to business, and
to carry out their purpose when
they go homo; not to shout here and
get home to lean up against a bar.
He related an anecdote about his ad
vice ton man on a sailing ship, to put
his biblo in his packet and work the
pump. Thoy wero all bound for the
samo port the White lloiise which
they intended to capture. The Re
publican party was run by national
bank directors, iron hoofed and shod
in hell,(iipplauso) and tho Democratic
party were their omissiirios. "You,"
he said, "you mudsills and mutton
heads of society, havo been driven up
year after year like sheep in Califoi
nia." Ho had formed a party to cap
ture the capitol, nnd they did it. Ho
did not intend to use big words, and
ho might as well say that ho was a
Grecnbackor, mid that ho bolieVcd
that tho directors of national banks
should be sent to the lowest regions of
hell, mid that tho mon, if thoy had tho
courage, should hang John Sherman
for attempting to fill an otlico he is
not fitted for. (Loud applause). Ho
admonished them not to bo bought
oir whou voting timo comes, adding
that theso adventurers would nttompt
to buy thorn ofl" by sonding a nico
young lady to them if they could not
reach them nnyothcr way. To-daythoy
found ovory man who had stolen a dol
lar in favor of a strong Government,
and such a move to tho labor party
would givo thorn a Government of the
people, by tho peoplo'and for tho peo
ple. (Renewed applauso)i
Th Turner .flurilcr Cnno.
The first announcement of tho kill
ing of Strode by Turner, editor ot tho
Bust Oregonian, scorned to fix tho
crime of niurdor upon Tumor boyond
(ho possibility of a doubt, but the facts
drawn out on his examination scdms
tooxciiso, if not to justify him. A
wituesf, Andeivon, tays Turner came
into the saloon mid asked Strodo wli.it
lie struck Hlnck for. Ho said, "Hlack
drew n pistol on me, and I struck
him." Ho asked Tumor if ho wanted
some of it, to which ho replied, "No,
I don't want to have any trouble with
you." Strode then throw a glass of
whisky in Turner's face mid then the
glass. Tho two men then closed in
and Turner got the deceased down
and held him, begging him to behave
himself, as he, Turner, wanted no uull
ilog fighting. They both got up,
when fctrodo struct: Tiiniorin the face
ngain mid tried lochoko him by twist'
ing a scarf around his neck. Turner
hud him down again and still begged
Strode to leave him alone and behave
himself. Tiirncr got up And loft Iho
house without his hat He leturned
in a short time for his hat, and while
in the act of brushing it, he was at
tacked fiercely by Strodo which res
ulted in the stabbing.
M'lih Peruvian Hero.
At the time when news of Iho tcrri
bio nnd magnificent nnvol combat in
which tho Huascar was captured and
her heroic commander perished at
his post was received, the report went
atiroud, and met with general credit,
that the Peruvian Admiral was of
German birth. It appears, however,
that such is not the case. That gal
lant naval commander was not an im
poited foreign mercenary, liissplcnd
id valor and his imperishable fame
belong rightfully to the nation under
whose flag ho died.
His father was a Colombian of Cas
tilian descent. Miguel Grau, his fa
mous son, the hero of tho present na
val battle in which the maritime
strength of Peru was broken, was born
in Piura in 1834. When only ten
years of ago the younger Grau was
shipped as an apprentice on a mer
chant vessel, in which he became
mate when in his eighteenth year
In l8o"he obtained a suboidinalc po
sition in the Peruvian navy. In lfiCG
he was compelled lo leave the naval
service in consequence of having unit
ed with thoc who protested in ener
getic terms against a foreigner being
placed in command of tho fleet. He
then once more found occupation in
the merchant service, and became
Captain of ono of tho steamers of the
Pacific Navigation Company. In 1806
he re-entered the Peruvian Navy, and
joined what was known as the
"Civil Party," which subsequently
proclaimed the candidacy of the P.i
dro When the present war broke
out ho was given the command of the
''Huascar," and with it that of the first
division of the Peruvian fleet, con
sisting of the iron clads which last
May achieved such a spleiidid victory
over the Chilean squadron.
It is pleasant to note the fact that
the Chilean papers do not grudge
their noble enemy a fitting meed of
praise. Thoy speak of him as "a hero
worthy of engaging heroes," and dub
him the "Paul Jones of tho Pacific."
CVlme nnd Cjixii allies.
New Okleans, Jan. 0. A Lake
Providence special says City Marshal
Maguirc, attempting to arrest a num
ber of flatbo.it men, was shot dead.
Five men wero ariested on suspicion
and placed under a gurtrd. Monday
night several of M.iguire's relatives
brokcinto tho prion and fired upon
tho prisoners, wounding all, two mor
tally. Tho men killed and wounded
by Maguire's relatives wero innocent.
San Fhancisco, Jan. C. A sad ac
cident occurred at Miller and Pratt's
coal yard, corner Twenty-sixth street
and Telegraph avenue, Oakland, yes
tcrday. About ten o'clock in the
morning, C. II. Millor. one of the
propiietors, who is a large and power
ful man, was engaged in oiling the
portablo ongino used in tho yaul for
sawing wood, and it seems that his
arm orcoat was caught by tho oiled
leather belt running from tho govern
or to tho forward shaft of the engine,
against which tlfo unfortunate man's
body was instantly drawn witti groat
force. Being caught between the un
yielding and tho rapidly involving
shaft, which is quite small, ho was
hauled over with tlio belt, making a
complete somesault on his shoulder
socket. Tho wrench was terrible,
tearing his arm off just below the
shoulder, mid throwing it some dis
tance from tho engine. Immediately
nftor tho accident, Mr. Miller com
plained of feeling sovcro pain in the
severed hand and arm. He was con
vcyed at onco to his residenco on pros
pect placo, whoro sovcral physicians
wero summoned to attend him.
FitAXKM.v, La , Jan. 14. To-day,
Sidney Colo, aged about 19, owner of
thrce-fouiths of tho Clmt worth plan
tation, rode up to tlio grato of 0. 11.
Waflbrd, manager of tho plantation,
and informed Waflbrd that ho had
come to kill him. W.ilTord expostu
lated in vain. Colo dismounted and
advanced, pistol in hand, towaid tho
houso. Mrs. Waflbrd, realizing tho
danger of her husband, called out to
him to. arm hinuelf, which he did by
seizing a shotgun, and stopping out
confronted Colo who continued ad
vancing and said ; "I havo como to
kill you, d n you j I moan busi
ness," wlioioupou Waflbrd remarked
ro him, "If you mean business, hero it
is,' nt tho samo timo discharging his
weapon, tho load taking oilcct in tho
breast of Cote, .killing him instantly.
WafTord immediately came to town
nml surrendered himself tothesherill',
hut was afterwards discharged from
custody, the coroner's jury luuing. re
turned .a veidict of excusable
homicide.
X Carntviil of NniiNrt Colors) at
Doii ncr l.ukc.
As I rode toward the head of tho
lake, it became every moment grand
er and more unutterably lovely.. Tho
sun wns setting fast, and against his
golden light greon promontories
wooded with stately pines, stood out
one beyond another in n medium of
dark rich blue, while gray bleached
Mimmits, peaked, turretcd mid sunw
slastied.wero piled above thcm,gteani
ing with amber light. Darker glow
the blue gloom, the dew fell heavily,
aromatic odors floated on the air, and
still the lofty peaks glowed witli living
light, till in one second it diied oil"
from them leaving them with tlio
ashy paleness of a dead face. It was
dark and cold under the mountain
shadows, the froty chill altitude wrap
ped me round, the solitude wn our
whelniing, nnd I reluctnntly turned
my horses' bends towards Truckce, of
ten looking back to the ashy sumniiw
in their unearthly fascination. East
ward the look of the scenery was
changing fast, while the lake ic
maincd one burnished sheet of liv
ing gold, and Truckee lay utterly out
of sight in a hollow, filled with lake
and cobalt. Before long a carnival of
color began, which I can only describe
as delirious, intoxicating, a hardly
bearable joy, a tender anguish, an i
discribablo yearning, nn unearthly
music, rich in love and worship.
The eastward mountains, which
had been gory, blushed pale pink, the
pink deepened into rose, and the ro-e
into crimson, and then etherealied
aw.13, and became clear and pure as
an amethyst, while all the waving
ranges and the broken, pine-clothed
ridges below ctherealzcd too, but into
a dark, rich blue, and the strange ef
fect of utmosphere blended the whole
into one perfect picture. It changed,
deepened, reddened, melted, growing
more and more wonderful, while un
der the pines it was night, till having
displayed itself for an hour, the jew
elled peaks suddenly became like those ,
of the Sierra wnn as the faceof death.
Far later, tho cold, golden light in the
west, with pines in relief against its
purity, and where the rose light had
glowed in the east, n huge moon up
heaved itself, and the red flicker of
forest fires lividly strcaded tho moun
tain sides near and far oft". Truckce
Republican:
The 31alue Tronbles.
When the Supremo Court of
Maine decided against the claims of
the members of the Legislature that
had been counted in by tho Govern
or and Council, it was hoped that
tlio difficulties were in a fair way
for speedy settlement, but tho fu
sionists refused to pay any attention
to the decision, and went ahead,and
organized their part of the Legisla
ture. They elected Jns. D. Lamson,
Governor, who addressed a letter to
Gen. Clmmbcrlain commanding
the millitia enquiring if he (Cham
berlain) wis preared to recognise
him as Governor of Maine. Gen.
Chamberlain replied he would not
recognizo his authority. Tho Re
publicans have organized a Legisla
ture of their own and claim to havo
the legal right to recognition. Thoy
havo submitted tho question involv
ed in the controversy to tho Supremo
Coiirt, and Chamberlain will bo
governed in his action by tho decis
ion of the Court, as to which of the
organizations ho will recognize.
A Terrible Fate.
A party of men engaged in getting'
out timber for tho Northern Pacific
Railroad near tho head of tho Yakinm
River, a short timo since, when the
roof of their cabin fell in throwing rt
named John Allison prostrato arenas
a bed of coals nnd holding him theiC.
His frantic efforts to relenso himself
woro entirely unavailing, and ho laid
thero shrieking in agony ns the em
bers ntc their way into his quivering
vitals. His friends could do nothing
to release him from his awful posi
tion, until thoy had chopped through
tho thick timbers binding him down.
Ho was removed, but with tho flesh
upon his breast and abdomen littor
ally roasted, Hopes of his recovery
wore very slight
At tho residenco of Robt Walker in
Ellensbnrg, Curry countv, Januarv,
11 18S0, by Rev. C. E. Philbrook, MY.
Jeso Carey and Mrs. Alice MeCor
miok, all of Curry county.
At Rogue river, Jan 1st 1880, Ux
Rov.O. Pliilbiook, Mr. Willis MilloY
and Miss Sarah Post.
At Rogue river, Jan 1st 1880, bv
Rov. C. Philbrook, Mr. John Smitii
and Miss Deby Coy.
At Ellensbnrg, Jan. 1st 1880, by
Mansfield, J. P., Mr. Frank Maniett
and Miss Li.zie Gauntlett.
JDXjdlJD.
At tlio residenco of Daniel MalnniY
on Rogue liver, Curry County, Jrt,
Oth 18S0, Cant. J. W. Bowman', n'cd
71 yours, and a (armor by oeupalion.
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