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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1880)
Tho Consb Mail. CHURCH DIRECTOnY. TM i: Oni'itrii. 1sl,i!d iiiid'ldHtiii ihn.s of each month. Mornings nl 1 'in pito City, evenings at Aliirslillclil. Itli Sunday of each iimiitli nl t!io fi.ikst'ousihor. Ri:v. It. Ykomakm, Pastor. MTI It DAY, - MARCH 510,1880. TOWN AND JCOUNTY NEWS, M v.siji i it ii; TIio masquerade Lull ulm li was given nl this place on tin- lili, was largely attended, the runlet portiiiii of the participants bo iiiK masked. Tho llilll picsoiltcd ll umtesquo appearance, being llllotl w ith nil iimtginahln viuicly of eharao fi is--fiiiin an angel In tv devil. Them iir imn l it'll mill clogmilcnslltmcs, uiiml dugiiiics anil well MiMaincil liimii'lerit, lull llio miinngcmciit wan li'i'iili'illy poor. Wo would have heon pli'iiii-il to pteinl In our readers do i iiptiouof the costumes and names filic wemi'tH, hut our reporter was i fiiM il admisRinit because he did not luiu-the piiee of a ticket with him, mil bring rather timid for a loporter, filled to obtain thn dcsiicd iufnrma iioii The luiieli, which was panned iiniiiid al Ii'iihI no far as it wont - iid luii 'twas like tho "mawsa's "ii ' it didn't go half vnv round," .ui. niihilii'iri left the hall without Ihimiu had nn much as a look al (lie 'lkfl. .Most ol lllllHO who ClllllO ti'in nllii-r places, Ktnpire.clo., were oldip'il In go tn tlie hotels for lunch. In tin r there wan loo large it crowd t'nr tin luiieli, or loo small ti lunch f r tin- crowd, wo me unable to say, l.iii il was evident thai there wasn't prtiMsii'iifi" Hindu for tho lmlfof tin in Another miracle, iih of tho li-lnK mnl the loaves, would have In i ii nei i plalde, but no huinano Sti Mm a present loluni tlio famine linn a P a-t. Notwithstanding this Willi, uhv all appeared to enjoy the i i .i-mii, mill it wan it success nl li i-i I'niaiu'ially, as wo understand lir iiiaiiiiL't'tiient cleared over one hundred dollars by tlienfliiir. I innutv Society. A meeting was Ik I.I at tlio Academy hint Monday , wiuiig for tho purpose of taking ii'pi inward tho organization of u t iwn library A comiiiitleo was tip i i ii t I , consisting of Hon. A. (!. Hi. .n,. I T. .McConnac, T. (!. Owen, I!-. , 1 ('. I.ovar and Cleorgo Davis, ulio-i' duty it is lo prepare and roport ii I'.'iiMitmiDu and by-laws adapted to tin' itntutcK providing for tho incur jiiu.iiiiin of literary societies, lo ho :n in! upon at a meeting to 1k held in tho Recorder's Ollieo, April 12th. ftn the adoption of n constitution tin' -in iety will filo articled of incur- I"uj:ioii and adopt such moans as ' in. i no piueticaijio tn raise it fund for the pui.'liai of hook. m l'liaicK'rt Day. Tho 17th of ' mild Ireland" camo and wont very ipiii th , very few of Krin's wins having uuliiOcd enough of "tho crittor" to nuke them qunnolsonio with tho i'. eptimi of tho tronhlo at Kastport iiiiilniigHeiiouiiocciirred. How Koat iii y honored 1'at, wo havo not yet ! .mud, neither our friend Bennett, of i hi. Xiu, who in viniting thu "mild Ml." Imt Hiippoito ho is enjoying him m li hugely in hi inland homo. How iM i, it uii most unkind of him to liniiiiie in upon ilium ii tho midst of a fmiiiiie, n.s ho is notorious for tho ipiaiitity of "spuds" ho cm "ware house " Wo noted his arrival in a dispatch which said that 10,000 win ili of potatoes had just heon order ed Ijoiii Amorica for Itclmid. Ainti.sr Mr. .1. II. C. Wilson, of .outb slough, was arrciitcd last week liy deputy P. S. .Marshal llurus, on a charge of having made a deed to his land claim before ho had made final pioof, and for swearing in said proof that ho had made no contract forsale, etc. Wo undorritmid that lh deed was in fact ovecutcd after tho proof, and that I lit charge was made by a paity who did not tindoistaud the true condition of the case. A mini should bo sine ho is-right before ho makes such a charge. Catalomt. lli:ci:ivi:t). Wo aio in receipt of thoeataloguo of Soul's Com mercial College and Literary Institute of Now Oilcans, in which the naino of V. A. Ooldon, sou of Dr. C. H. (iolden of thl place, appears as "1'iofossorof Natural Sciences and instructor in English Department." The institu tion is J2,'l yours old, mid apparently leceites a liberal suppoit; Mexico and eight Stales being represented in the llslofsludouU. Hasi: IJ.u.i. Omul "Our hoys" con eluded Unit Marshfield could sport a bnio ball club as well as tho other points in the county, and last Satur day met in llio academy building for the purjHMii of organizing. Monroe Pptou was elected president: Owen Hliurt, viuo-Prosidiint : (Jeo Uotuur, b'eorotury and .lames Ilill.Tieasurer. Thorn will probably bo a challenge f-unl to thu "leading elub" before tho Minion is out. Aiiinvnn. Tho stcanior (Viusfa 7W kiV arrived last Monday, three days from San I'raneisoo, with (bo follow lug piumongor i Cabin, Mr. 0 (irubo, and Mrs. Ulua Doan ; sleornuo, .las. Pinloy,.l. Itoss.ilohn Lynn, Otto John Mm, W. .1. Davis, Potgr Albuits and J4ir Todd. Tun ernw far llio h'mmtt Uller ar rival on (ho Triuir, ArniNDANt'i:. Tlie following is tlio number of pupilH in iiltondniico nt tliOHcliool in this place, for tho last, eight iiionlliH. Tlio nu mbor ofoul nitlo ficlioliiru was 02. whoring Unit MiirHhllold lmtl n bolter hcIiooI than nllior placoH in tlio county; MiiihIi fiold, 1)0; Coos Hivor, '.); Newport, d ; ICiiHlporl, 12 ; North Hend, 0 ; Ccn trovillc, !l; Aaionville, C; lIyr(lo Toinl, 1 : Utter City, 2 ; Kmpiro City, I; Hiiinnor, f; Coos City, I !l ; Hay City, 7; I Inynafi Hloiifjli, 2 ; Willniicli Hloiigb, 2. Total l2. llior. On Wednesday tho coal- minciH of the Kindporl and Newport iniiioH had u ulight lint. Tho ICail porters huvo lately boon on a strike, demanding an increase in wages from H7$ cents lo $1 per ton, bill finally concluded to resumo woik al tho old llguic. Tho Newporters, who wore getting ifl, thought to put a slop lo (ho proceeding1, and therefore tho licit, which icsulted in several of tho participants being rather badly need. Kur.i: Danci:. Tlio citizens of Co (plillo City proposo giving n free dunce, on tlio night of tlio 27tb, al tho Odd Fellows bull. Music, by Clark Miller's st ring band. All aro invited lo attend. Tin: " Kmma lTrn:it." Thisucboon er was launched again, fully icpaired, last Saturday, and is now alongside tho North llend wharf. Kho will soon lie ready to icceivo n cargo. CoMi.vn. Tho schooner limily StfjiliniK is on her way lo Ibis port from the Columbia liver. What cargo sho is lo bring or take away is not announced. Doi'iiriL't,. Tho Corviillh Gtaetle says the J'lirmm will run lo tho Al soa and Yaqnina Hay when tho Dun cun is on her other route. Wm Wisnsoit, Emj., of Port Orford, is on Hie Hay. Ln:i'T. Pavso.v returned from Portland last Thursday. The family of Capt Campbell of tho .luno havo moved into town. Kmi'Uiii's literary society closed for the season, last week. Tiii:i:i: is to bo nu oxbibitioii at the end of Ibis term of school. I'M Huunell again runs bis "oxpress bout" beween hero and Stunner. O.vi: of tho scows for carrying rook for the ciibs was towed up tho river this week. Tho schooners lintrrphse and vln ii iV Gee aro carrying lumber fioin the Columbia.' The lirrlha now runs rcguhuly up Coos Itiver, going up Catching Slough Sundav. Tnniti: will probably bono more mooting of the literary society this winter. Tin: .kiio brought a largo crowd of Kmpireltes to attend the ball on the 17th, and returned after tho dance. Tin: AVk- has "struck its colore" on tho "otllcial organ" racket, and with drawn tbnt obnoxious (?) sentence from its columns. "Honesty is the best policy." O.v the night of tho ball many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Keating re ceived substantial favors, which un der the circumstanceH were doubly appreciated. No literary society was bold last Wednesday evening: cau-o whv, mas(ucradc ball. The school exhibi tion will take the place of tho literary exercises of net Wednesday night. Wi: havo been shown a fine portrait painted by Mr. Haboihain,of the En gineers. It is handsomely executed, and it is evident that the artist under. stands the use of tho brush. PitiniK. Umwx, deputy Shorill' of Curry county, passed through hero Wednesday on his ictiirn from Port- laud, where ho had been lo convoy Mrs. Wilson, adjudged insane, to tho asylum. Tin: schooner Ctishvuin had not reached thoeity when tho Tilair loft, having been out considerably longer than was required to inako Urn. pas sage, in such weather as has pre vailed. Oko. Dydii has lately returned from a visit tobisstoek ranch on tho south fork of tho Cofpiille. lie icports no moio loss among his cattle and oheep than has been usual in former winters mid unless tho weather again turns cold thinks the stock will eoiue out all right. Tin: soboonor Daisy Howe, Capt. Iliggius, anived last S unlay 11 days from Ouualaska. Sho brought Capt. Peterson and his crew of tho soboonor Delhi wrecked Deo. Ifith, about ono hundred miles west of Ouualaska. She is loading at North Hend, It is thought Hint the Gnash 7'7 fair will bo sold and not kept in (his trade any longer. If Ibis bo true, wo may bo without steamboat communi cation with San Francisco till tho lr (((( lo put on the lino again. Wo hope Miino other stomnor will ihn heroin llio interval. Tin: hniiko comniitteo on claims has ngieod to report favorably tn tho houso a bill appropriating $il,000 for tho icliofof A. II. Mciiohain for in juries sustained wbilo in the service of the 1'iillod Sliilos during tho My. duo Indian outbreak. r maamomrwexuztAajvasmm CORRESPONDENCE, ICtJciiitnOiniiiK, March 11, 1880. Kn. Maim Will you allow mo a short space in your paper to reply to several charges made against mo by J. M. Hlglin of the Conn Hay Newtl As lo tho flrsl charge, of making the Coast Mail Ihcolllcial paper of Curry county, I plead guilty; as to the sec ond charge, in swindling the county by polling my sloro for a courlhoiuo, I have no apology lo make. The oili er charges mo false, and no gentle man would publish such slaleiuenls unless ho know them to bo true. I understand that Higliu has several correspondents belt!, and it would bo vjry easy for him to select the wrong kind of moil to keep him posted. .Sup pose for instance that he should select some coarse, ugly, ill-shaped brutoi one who is too lazy to work, lo cow ardly lo steal, (except by his profes sion) one who bus never been known to do a day's woik in his natural life: one who makes il a practice to lie around saloons watching for some diuiiken wretch that ho may decoy him up stairs or into a back-room and rob him at cauls. One who resembles one of Capt. Strahn's bull sea-lion's, after having lain in the sun on tho beach for a week : onoubo is apt to make a llip llap from one sldo to tho other; one who seeks oflieo to-day from one parly, and seeks it to-morrow from the other. I ask would a communication from such a source justify an editor in publishing tho fame? I answer no : and in conclus ion will say lo .1. M. Siglin.'M.ay on, McDufl'; and d il be bo who first cries bold, enough I" Dn.os Woointun-' Ouskasim:ki. Point, March IS, 1S0. Mu. Kn. I would suggest the fol lowing named cmididnles for officers on the Republican ticket : Senator, Andrew Nasburg; Uepresenlative, Win. Morras; Clerk, Alex Sluuf!'; Sheriff, Alex I.ang: Assesor, Joe Gilbert ; Treasurer, David Morse .lr. ; ConiiniHionerf!, S. lingers and De ment ; School Sup., Clark Miller; Surveyor, .1. .1. Clinkenbeard ; Coro ner, Cyrus Landrith. I nm a Republican and in favor of J. 0. Itlnino for President. 'E'n U I n (lie (Yiimin. Yesterday Mr. II. V Suksdorf re ceived his connni-sinii as Supervisor of tho Census for the District of Ore gon, lie will immediately divido the State into about " dbtricls. The last general vote rf the Slate will be taken as a basis on which to lay out the work. There will be one enumerator to each district, of which ho must be a icsident. Portland will probably be divided into eight di.itrieK Next week Mr. Sukhdorf will go up the val ley and confer with the county offi cers ponse-dug tho neees-mry informa tion relative to districting tho various eouutios, and on the amc trip will re ceive applications for tho position of enumerators. On bis return ho will makoa tiip eiiht of the mountains for tho same pin pose. Tho boundaries for election precincts will form bound aries for subdivisions in each ditiict The wor:-. of enumeration will begin throughout tho State on .Inne 1st and end .lune :10th, except in Ibis city. Here the census must he finished in fifteen days. Ihiumerators in the thickly settled portion of tho State will receive a certain amount for each name, farm, factory, etc., taken. In the thinly settled districts enumera tors will receive .ffl per day. Mr. Suks dorf has already received O.'t applica tions for situations as enumerators. As soon as ho returns from his trips he will make his selections and send the names lo tho Department for con firmation. Tho census of the Chinese in this city will bo an interesting part of tho work, . mil in older to havo it coricctly taken, it is piobabl some in telligent Chinaman will be employed lo asbt tho enumeiators in tho Chinese quarter. Dec. Tin: death of E. (loulard, tho last survivor of tho Fronoh frigate Med usa, recalls tho p.ulieubirs of that fa mous shipwreck, which is ono of the mot frightful on record. The treaty of lSlo having restored Souegal to France, tho Medusa and three other vessels of war bailed from Rocbefort to take possession of tho iqslorcd col ony. The Captain of tho frigate was M. Duioysdo Dliaumcicys, ascion of the aneiont nonlesse whom the Restor ation brought back to Franco and pow er. His utter incapacity caused tho loss of tho vessel and the awful calam ities that followed. Nearly two hund red por.Nons took refuge on a raft that was constructed after tho fiigato struck on llio African coast, Thoy wero almost without food or water, and for two weeks thov drifted out on tho tropical sea, A brig picked up from tho raft tiftcon wretched crea tures from whom nearly all resem blance to human beings had departed and in whom there was earcely a breath of life. Tho others hail perish ed, The most horrible instanco of cannibalism occurred on tho raft. Do Chauniaroys, who escaped from the frigate in a boat, was omdiioroil and thrown into lirison. Tho raft of the Medusa, by lioricault, is ono of tho most remarkablo paintings in tho Louvre. Suusoiiim: fur tho M.vii, only t 80. pur annum, i Mwn.rjmurmjwvuii'namvi,n.xtxn'n ItiillroiiilM Iii A win .11 1 ii or. It ii nn odd and suggestive illus tration of llio daring and restless iobs of modem ontorpriso Hint a company should bo incorporated nndor our Slate laws, mid organized in this city with a view to constructing a railroad through i'nlistine. Hut neither Ibis road nor llio "Kuphratcs Vnlley Unil way." with which il is designed lo connect, exhausts the railroad pro jects in Asia Minor. A sohonio is un der contemplation which combine. , J)olili(,n m(, oommorcjn r0usidera - lions in a marked degree, and aims to give England ontiro control of Asia Minor, and to enable her to cheek Russian encroitchnionts. Tho proposition is that r'nglaiid tdinuld acipiiro possession either of Mersina or Alexancretta, Turkish ports lying on either side of tho (Julf of Iskan. doroon and within easy reach of Cy prus. Stirling from this point, il is proposed that a railway bo construct ed, curving around tho hoad of tho flulf, and extending northward to Admin, 81 miles distant. Tbenco tho projected route, pnseing along the southern slope of the Taurus Moun tians, traverses 1(H) miles of wooded country to Marash, and Ihcnco runs nlmost duo enst 130 miles to the river Euphrntes, crossing a rugged nnd broken region. Tho lino passes the Euphrates n little beyond Tonic dab, and reaches Diarbekir, an an cient and impoilaul commercial town Jl-S miles distant, on the head waters of the Tigris. This would be tho termin us, but branches might bo extended lo Erzeiouni, toMozul, or in other di rections. The engineering difficul ties in the way of tho construction of such a loute aro not very serious, and the commercial advantages would be very considerable. Apolitical motive would be found in the command which the railway would give over the Eu pbra'es Valley and over Russia's Ar menian frontier. Huston Journal. A AVrrclr nt (lie Coin nililsi. WeduoMlay of last week, wbilo the Hritish Hark Dilharree was crossing llin linr nt. tlin mniitli nf llm Pnluii,!., i she ran aground near Swa-b channel al tho lower end of Sand Island. The vessel wns in tow of two tugs but she took a sheer and tho tugs were unablo to hold her. The vessel was lying in a very dangerous position, but hopes wero entertained of getting her off Wednesday night. Three tugs wore sent to her assistance but at last ac counts tho eiy go was being thrown overboard and she will probibly proo a wreck. The Dithnrrrc, Monro master, is an iron framed, planked, copper fn.tencd bark of L'.'iOl! tons register. She was built in February, lSuo, by Fletcher of London, a. id is rated A 1. Her di inentionsare: Length, 1227 feet 7 in. breadth, ill feet; depth of hold, 2-2 feet 7 in. Sho is valued at .'oO.OOO and i owned by J. bidgett ,t Sons, London, and is probable insured. Her cargo consists of 2,001 tons of Oregon and Walla Walla wheat, load ed by Sibson, Church Sc Co., and bold ! b-v tl,om tlwtU?Ii J. M. Ten Poseh, lo a London nrui, who or course are piecnt ovi tiers. The cargo is insured for $li,U7o in the I!iitih and Foreign Marine Insurance Company. Ii'o iicil In Alsra. TIio Corvallis Gazette is informed that Willis Vidilo, of Alea Valloy, while crossing the Alseu river with a load of hay, upon which wero bis wife and babe, drove upon a sunken root, which inclined tho wagon so much that .Mrs. Yidito and the babe woro i thrown into tho water. Mr. Yidito at onco jumped to tho rescue, but the eurront being very rapid, tho wifoand habo were carried under a drift i-oinc thirty feet and emerged bolow it be fore ho could get to them. Thoy all drifted t-onio sixty feet further down beforo a lauding was affected, whon they discovered that the bubo was gone. Mrs. Yidito was entirely ex hausted, and while struggling in the chilling water was unconscious of hav ing relaxed her hold upon tho child. After getting his wife safely ashore, Mr. Viililo went in search of the babe, which was found dead some distance below. Efforts woro made to resus oiato it, but to no avail. Mr. Yidito, having but ono arm, had lo strugglo manfully to save his wife, who is quite a largo woman. Ounc.oN City levies a five mill tax to support hor public schools. Tin: Yirginia Legislature adjourned without passing tho appropriation bill. Tin: ship "Ringleader" will load at Now York for Portland with railroad material. O.vi: of the Ptes is so noted for cov eting everything bo oes that ho is known at the agoucy as Hanker Chief. Tun committee Q.ncoinago, weights and inoasuies havo reported favorably a bill to establish an assayor ollieo at Dead wood, Black Hills. Lewis .lory, a Haltitnoro glass blow er was married eighteen years ago. On Fiiday Inst the uinotooth child was liorn to (ho industrious pair. This bus a tendency tn roulo tho theory that glass blowing is an unhealthy business. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES, MonnsTo, Mnrcb 11. EdwArd Sor onsen, a hrowor, nged L'.' years, suicid ed nt his brother's saloon this after noon, with a pistol. liack of employ ment and lov,c troubles nro supposed to bo tho cause. Chicago, March 11. 0. E. Davis, whoo four or five wives havo turned up iceontly in various parts of the country, wns brought here by nn offi cer to-day anil mot by one wife and by tho parents of another, and taken to j a police slntion. Tho case against him appears to bo very clear. St. Paui,, March 11. Dispatches received ut headquarters say that a detachment of the otb infantry, with Cafits. Italdwin and Hamilton, pur sued the Sioux who had been com mitting depredations near Fort Kcogh and killed three of them. Two Che yenne scouts were killed. Much stolen slock was iccovered. San Francisco, March ll. Martha II. Mitchell, nged !. daughter of D. C. Mitchell, Superintendent of the Fastcrn Cider Co., committed suicide this afternoon y shooting herself through tho heart. The only cause for the act was 'a threat of an older sislor (o report to her father a trifling disobedience of deceased regarding some household duty. A San Francisco dispatch of the lllhsays: This morning the police soizeil a number of placards exhibited in the public streets bearing the an nouncement "Read the Communist and awake and be freemen ; Thieves in council ; price 10 cents by news dealers." The authorship of the pla card has not been ascertained by the authorities. ExoxnnATKD The trial ol the di vorce cao of Daniels v. Daniels, based upon the story that Mrs. Daniels has dcerted her husband and gone away with Capt I,. L. Williams has result ed in a complete vindication of Mrs. Daniels and Mr. Williams from the charge. It appears that Daniels is a worthless and unprincipled fellow, who made this charge either to per ecule his wife, or with the hope to oxfort "'?"c-v " tho l,ricoof C0'T- mise. I hose newspapers that have given currency to the falsehoods told by this Daniels should do themselves and Williams the justice to publish the result of the trial. AiiAiinc.isn The ship Dilharree, the wreck of which on the Columbia ban's mentioned in another column, was evidently a "haul case." The .44 lorhm says: "It issaid thatherbuild er, when she was launched in London in ISO-j, wai so demoralized in conse quence of the outragousc model that heeut his throat. When she came down the river she would run here nnd there, just where she was not wauled, until the pilot became so exa-peratod that he turned to cursing the steersman, but was checked by an officer, who told him that no human being could keep her in steerage way." Tin: people of Nebalcm valley are having grand times killing elk, and every farm house resembles a slaugbt er-house. Hundreds of these animals havo boon killed at the verv doors of the settler's eabin, and tho valley is full of them. The snow in the moun tains is six feet deep, and they have been driven to the valley for food and shelter. They are devouring all the food from the cattle, and aro so plen tiful that killing thorn only ceases when tho hunter i- weary of shooting. Elk meat is at a discount, and could bo purchased for half a cent a pound. Telegram. Tun Stockton Independent siys: A visit to tho paper mills last Mon day developed the information that tho new Frourdrinier macbino has ar rived and will bo placed in position next wVek, taking tho position now occupied by tho cylinder machine. When tho now macbino is sot in mo tion the capacity of tho mill will bo eight tons per day, which is next to tho largest papor mill in tho United States. The advance in tho prico of paper in the East must necessarily stimulate home production and there by increase tho business of tho Stock ton mills. Count llochambeau, a descendant of Layfayette, has signified bis inten tion of coming ovor to take part in tho Yorktown centennial observance, and our (lovornmont will send invita tions to tho Fronoh Government and to tho French societies in Now York to join in tho national coremonies. At least ono Fronoh vosscl and ono Fronoh regiment will bo present. Tho cost of ears is much less than a fow years ago, though higher than i-oino months since. Tho now Pull- man sleepecs cost from U,000 to L.ltl,om ncqi,iring an expression of $111,001); dining-room ears from faco wi,j0, ;s ort0n no bad substitute $7,000 to $8,000 ; ordinary passen-1 for actual beauty. Character and ox gcr cars fcl.000 lo $ 1.000; mail and j pcrionco leavo their mark upon the uggSc, f2,000 ; box cars, $ 100. P.u:noxs. An exchango says tho records provo that Governor Thayer has pardoned 112 convicts from tho Penitentiary since tho timo of his in auguration; in faot, it is estimntod that within lose than two years time ho has pArdotiEHl more convicts than did Woods nnd Grovor during their nilndntotrntfans of twelve years, XlicHIlTcr IVc Ought to Take. Hardly nnyone likes to take n heavy silver dollar in bis pocket, if ho can got a paper ono instead. And there luctanco would not bo much lessened woro the valuo of tho silver and paper dollars precisely and invariably the same. Coin is heavy and inconven ient, wbilo paper money is light and pleasant to handle. Therefore, when a measure is introduced in Congress for the substitution of coin for notes of small denominations, there will be no especial enthusiasm for the change on tho part of tho public. Rut the American people are nothing if not intensely patriotic, and they will gladly yield to whatever is demon strated to be expedient, although a little inconvenient. It is understood that the Secretary of the Treasury be lieves that the smaller notes should no longer be issued, in order that the Treasury may be relieved somewhat of tlio pressure of an enormous quan tity of silver. This coin should not all lie idle in the vaults at Washington and millions upon millions of it should be scattered throughout tho land to take the placo of one and two dollar notes. The people of Rome once con sented to use coins of iron because it was thought inexpedient to use finer metals, and the people of the United States will now consent to take silver in the place of paper, when it is shown that for the public good wo ought to take it. A", 1'. Ja7. A Itoy SIiooIh si AcIrIiIkm- tit the Co in in st iid oTliiM .Mother. Dispatches received in Portland on the 12th, say a shooting affray took place at Schomc, on Puget Sound, on Monday last. A man named Michael Paddcn was shot and killed by an eight-year-old boy of a neighbor nam ed Clark. It seems that Paddcn had sold land to the Clark family, and in the trade bard feeling was engendered. The boy did the killing with a double barreled shot-gun. Additional particulars, just received by a correspondent, concerning the homicide, to the effect that Paddcn was engaged at the time of the shoot ing in fencing in a piece of land in dispute between himself and Clark, and which bad been cleared off by the latter. Clark being absent from home at the time, his wife ordered Fadden to quit the premises, and upon his re fusing to do so, she returned to the house, and, placing a shot gun in the hands of her son, aged eight years, sent him forth to drive Padden off The boy did as ordered, with the re sult as above stated. No arrests have been made up to the time our infor mant left. A. I.arKP Ntcnm-ship The new steamship Columbia, built at Chester, for the Portland and San Francisco trade has been launch ed and is on her way around the Horn. The Columbia, on her load line, is 310 feet long ; length over all, 332 feet ; beam, 3S feet G inches ; depth of bold, 2o feet; tonnage, 3,000. She will be supplied with compound en gines, 2,750 horse power, the working pressure of which will be SO pounds. Her boilers are ready to bo put in po sition as soon as she is towed to the shears. This vessel will be fitted out in first-class style, with a carrying ca pacity of 250 cabin and 400 steerage passengers. She is to bo illuminated by Edison's electric light, fitted with electric bells connecting state rooms, engine room pilot house, etc., and have all the latest improvements in utensils, etc, Her smoking room will befitted up in Pulmau palace car style, of elegant finish. Her joiuer work is already well advanced. l'lro nt lYiinniiuo. A dispatch dated March 11th from Nanaimo, B. C states that a fire broke out in the buildings of the Van couver Coal Co.'s macbino and re pairing shops. Tho buildings cotn piise three repair shops and ono en gine house, all largo buildings. The tools, nails, ropes and stores wore saved, but all tho machinery is a to tal loss. Tho long railway bridgo leading to the shops was on firo in several difl'erent places, and had it not been for tho efforts of tho fire men and citizens, the bridgo would havo been destroyed. A strong wind was blowing from tho west at the time and in an hour after the alarm the buildings wero a smoking pile of ruins. It is behoved to havo been tho work of an incendiary. The loss is estimat ed at between $20,000 and $30,000. No insurance. Facial Expression. Thcro aro fow women who, if they havo exhibited tho judgment and tact which general ly command a cortainmeasuroof hap- iiine4 in lifiv nrrivnd nt. miildlri Ufa feminiuo countenanco in a more con spicuous degreo than time itself, and when a woman has passed tho ago of thirty her faco proclaims, with in creasing distinctness, whether sho is tho daughter of wisdom or folly. New York dotectives nro again working on an old clew for Clmrlio Ross, in connection with the Mosh or gang. A DlNtliiR'uInlictl ArrlTnl. Ilichard Henry Dana is visiting San Francisco again. Ho first came hero in 1831 as a common sailor on board the bark Pilgrim. An affee lion of tho eyes compelled him to quit temporarily, his studies at Harvard College, and, acting oh the advice of his physicians, be took a long nnd la borious voyago around the Horn. Im proved eyesight and tho charming volume, "Two Years Before the Mast" were the result of it. Tho book was one of the most popular published in its day, passed through innumerable editions, and was reprinted in English nnd ordered placed in the library of every vessel in the British service. On his return home he completed bis studies at college, and rend law at the Dane School, under Judge Story and Professor Greenlicf. He then became adjunct to Professor Cbanning, in the department of rhetoric at Harvard, and in 18-10 was admitted to tho bar, at which ho became conspicuously celebrated as an admiralty practition er. In 1841 he wrote "A Manunl of Sea Usages and Laws;" in 1851, a pamphlet on the legal right to require the use of the Bible in the schools of Maine; in 1852 on the Canon Law of the Episcopal Church, in the llov. Mr. Prescott's case, and on the Title to Public nnd Religious Charities, in the case of the Presbyterian Synod vs. Dr. William Ellcry Cbanning, in 1851. He was engaged in the numerous trials for the rescue of the slave Shad rack in 1853, and in the well known Anthony Burns case in 1S51. In 1S43 be entered political life in the cause of the Free Soil party, and was sent, in 18 18, as a delegate lo the Buffalo Convention that nominated Martin Van Buren for the Presidency. He was elected, in 1853 a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Massa chusetts, and was one of its ablest and foremost members. At a subsequent period he was appointed by the Presi dent, Minister to the Court of St. James, but bis nomination, foran al leged reason here Mr. Dana was not to blame, was rejected by the SDnatc. Mr. Dana, besides being a lawyer of distinction, is exceedingly fond of lit erary pursuits. He has written many articles for the "North American Re view and the "Law Reporter," together with biographies of Major Vinton and bis family, Professor Cbanning' and Washington Allston, the last two of whom were related to his family by marriage. The Kriclse Over the Taj-. There are ten truss bridges across the Mississippi above St. Louis, which arc not regarded as very wonderful structures, and yet seven of them have spans as long as those of the Tay bridge. The bridges at Winona, La Crosse, Dubuque, Keokuk, and Hanni bal have spans of 240, that at Rock Is land 250, and that at Louisiana of 255 feet. The span which gave way at St. Charles was 310 feet in length, yet the same bridge has two spans 400 feet long. Over the same rivor is a truss bridge, at Leavenworth, with three spans of 310 feet, and another at Glas gow with five of 315 feet. Across the Ohio there is a truss bridge at Steuben ville with a span of 320 feet, one at Parkersburg of 350, one at Cincinnati with a span of 515 feet the longest truss yet built and one at Louisville of 400 feet. The truss bridgo over tho Kentucky River on tho Cincinnati Southern Railroad has three spans 375 feet in length, resting on iron piers 175 feet high. Tho bridge over tho Hud son at Poughkeepsie has five spans of 500 feet, with piers 135 feet ibove high water. St. Louis Democrat. A Daring: ami Successful Roll hcry. A Cheyenne dispatch of tho 11 gives the following : A bold and successful robbery of gold bullion occurred at Sydney, Nebraska, to-day, while thu Union Pacific express agent (Snyder) was at dinner. The amount taken is variously estimated at $20,000 to $200,000. Entranco was effected through the floor of the expross office. The robbery was evidently planned in advance of the treasure coach from the Black Hills. A later dispatch from Sydney, just received, states that tho treasuro has been recovered, except $13,000. It was found under a pilo of coal near tho U. P. track, whero a trackman had seen the robbers conceal something in tho afternoon. Ono of tho missing bricks, valued at $3,000, is from the Esmer alda mino on Black Tail gulch, near Deadwood, partly owned by Ilibbar, ofthoCheyonnoand Black Hills Tel egraph Company. Of tho balance, $2,000 is in express packages and tho restbiillion. Tho immenso woight of tho treasure ISO pounds avoirdupois, provonted tho robbers from carrying it off, and they wero cotnpolled to con ceal it at tho first available spot, a coal pilo. Axcxohango says: Tho most ef fectual method of preventing cows from kicking is to havo a strap buck led tight around tho body just forward of tho hip bones and close to the for ward teats. They may dance a little on first trial, but they soon give it up nnd remain quiet. L. II. Palmer, of Lodi, has been re appointed a Notary Public,