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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1880)
The Const Mit.il. iWMT.'IOMMM'I.WMVVIS. Itosiiinmii Kami On r.Attg. 1, 1H.S0 To A i.j. Whom it .May ('oNrnt.v. 1 hereby givo notice llmt I Imvu iIck- ignulcd (liH'imr Mail iiHtlio paper in which 1 hIiiiII hereafter publish nil pio-i'inplinii mid lioiiit'xli'iid noliics, niitl npplinitioiiN for mining patcnlH for lands lying nt'iir Miiislillcld, C'ooh county, Oicgou. Wm l IIpmamin, Itcgfelcr. HATUHDAY, AI'dl'STUI, I.HM) TOWN AND C0UNTY NEWS. Ni:w Oiniriin Su.vh tlm Tdnram Oideis li!io been leecivod al tho Sin voym Geni'iul's ollieo, m this city, liifli will he intlici grinding iipdii pnitios who iccoivo surveying t on tracts in tliu fiituio. Aceoiding lo Ihu new older of Ihlngs Hiu suivoyoi niiisthilug his iiiHtiiiini'iiU in this city, wheio they will bo loslod, also tho chuiii, (hut it may ho nioiniuioil Tin axeman mid ehainboaiei aiu ftu nishetl with 111 ii 1 1 U books, mi nuanged dint uveiy mile sutvoyed can easily do nuiii.oii us he wiitlc piogiosecs, anil they mo compelled lo imiku alll davit to its eoriectness when tho Mil oy in completed. Woiik Si hi'i.mii.ii Wink on the huilioi wan suspondid I'uosilay, tho nppiopi union liming Ik en exhausted Thiiteon nibs huo boon plniod, making ;."() feet of wen wall. Thin wink, which linn heon carried on un der tho suporintondeiioy of Capt.'s Payson and l.ittlelli'M, Inn heon pro dently mill ceonoiuiuully managed, nuil the appiopiiiition has been made lo do more woik than win eneted When another appinpiiudon shall ho muni', union w in pinn.imy lie al (he next Mission of Cnugii-M, wo hope lo cio wink icmiiiieil undei tho same ollloorK. Aim Sawed. Lml Fntiiidny Mi. Glydon, who was oinployed in (ho Klavo Mutiny, at Ihnplio City, came in eoiitnt'l i(h ono of (ho mw and hiii arm wan sawed nearly oil' in nn instant. It fevered tho bones, wo nro inforinul, und it wan at Hut thought llmt ho would Iiiho his hnnd ; Iml thoio is n prospect that ho will room er without inoio serious Iiimi than n few mouths lime und tho expense of Miigienl attendanee. Ai'i-oiMi ii .Mi. Sinnil, the newly apiiointed keopei of tho lllanoo light limine, line aimed a( Lniptio mid will to day rolioMi .Mr. Cioihy and assume Ihodulioanf bin oll'ieo. Win Wnlkoi of F.mpiro City is appointed ums taut keejier. .Mi Walker is somewhat disabled fioin tho porfortuaiiee of more aidtous labor, and it i giatify in; lo know that ho ha" a tdtuation that will allurd him a livelihood. I. Midi: Finn Ltigeno O'Coiiuoll mid Dr Smith returned Tuesday from an exclusion to Milliooma rhor where they wore fishi lg for hunt; they had leiuark.iblo success, catch ing nvur KM) pounds of lish. SiuKh caught ono (lout that weighed 1 t poll nils, vvhiih ii said (oho I ho liugost fish of (ho kind eoi caught in dim purl of tho lountiy. D.vmii it i itoM Fmi: During tho early pail of the week (ho lire niged fioreoly in (he ioinity of IhoNowpotl eoal mine ; at ono limo lepm Is weie in oiieulation that tho bunker was m dangei. My the most ailivo piccau tionury measures u dcstiuctivo ciin llagratiou wax molded. ItrMovi.D Tho Marshfield Drug Sloio was leiiioM'd luct .Monday fiom tho old lue.itioii to the building ini- niedhitoly south of (he Palaeo Saloon, w hoio eiiMtomeiti w ill lcceho (ho usual prompt mid .'ouitcoit atleiKion. llor.si: Sol n .Mi. Tho Dhino ha piirehahoil fiom John Not man (ho lot and biuldiiig adjointn tho I'alnoo Saloon, on tho lorner, now oieujiied by Dr. (ioldcn'M iIiiik toie. LOCAL BnEVITIES, Tin: Aimln Bailed Tlninnluy foi Sotilhpoit, Tiiciii: Iiuh heon hoiuo tag nt llio bar the punt fow dn. 'I'm: An lira Mny in ready for Hoa, with a oaigo of Iiitnhor. TiiMn.i: i jiaintiiiK Dovino'n huilil inn lately iiuiohaned fiom .lohn Nor man. SiMi'tmv linos, have coinineneed n now iwl in ihoirh!jiyaid alNoilh lleiul. Di:v ,t Co'ri mill Iiuh boon hIiiiI down foi lepiiiinu portion of dm pant week. Iom l'i nitv is at (loldon City, Colo mdo, whom ho is likely to loniain for u (inn,. TniilKafa will hoionflor cniry on ly eoal, not ttikiiig pawonom nor freight. (I ro M l)vi:u's now house is woll undoi hendwny; .Mr. Thoinus Johnson is tho aiehiteet. Tim: (inmia Tilnlr nailed fiom San rianelsco foi this poit Wediiodaj hint, mid is now due. Ifomiir .Mi Do.vaii) is miiiI to be iiiiin i in-r : ho is at Ihiiniio Citv un doi the eaio of l)i .Maokey. i: eall attention to the notice of Iv'iiiko.v Diniiuiek, (minois, which up peats in anothoi eoliimii. Xoiu.i: it Co aio dining spiles ami u building (ho wharf in front of Dean iv. Co's waio lioiiso. A I'Mtiv of lolegiajih repaiiois nro eugiiged on tho lino between hoio .mil ltni'hurg, and will luao it in good teiaii. I.oiiim'k'.s mill Hiispoiulcd yuslor dny, on iiecoiint of tho lireiiUing of hoiuo pnitof tlio inneliinory; it w ill ho iiiiiueilintely lepnirul. Wi: undeiHtund that tho fnos bo- t.veeu hoio and l)eaer Slough lime diiu n Kotne huge bands of elk near tho Kollleinen(s on Isthmus slough Sn't IoiiiiIIniii. Tho Itepubliean iirt in tho .South is uunihilateil as any pally biseil up on tho hate rif one sci'ticm Mg.iinsl au otbor should bo. Arw Tho abovo is (ho i.inguago of a Demoeiatio jiaper of to day, and it iu the Innguiige umm! by tho Demoeiats of I silt) Tho Kepiihlieaii paily wa thou annihilated in the South, and the cry of 'eetionalihin" was raii-ed against tho Itopiibhoau p.uty b the same moil who aio supjioiting ll.iu- eook now. Homo of tliom I13 tho foioo of oircumstaneos got into the I'nion 111 my, nnd oxen then made no i-ccict of their condemnation of Lincoln and his policy. Of these men .MiClellau mid Hancock weio prominent, and the pooplo of the South know them us then bent friends, and lelied upon them, us they do at pieont to give thorn a victory tluough Xoithetn Democratic otos that they ciuld gain in 110 other manner. Tin: logging camp of A If ml llutlei situated on llio Willaiineh flough, was binned out in tho eaily pait of tho week, hut little dunnn;o sustained A sn.wiic kiiiiiii eiubt or nine feet long wns uiighl u lirihoimnu down (ho bay 11 few 1ii)h ago ; the iiuh must linve mndo it uuy lively for its cap (01s. Hosti it Timmi'UM .v, of (ho Now JMaikol, have lately biouht in a lino assortment of canned good, and thou stock now oinbiuuou u gienloi vanity than hoietofoio. .M)t. CtMi'jJl.i.!., who is tmikiug foi fiesh watei 011 tho lido lands opposite town, passed tluough n ten foot Mtia- tuni of clay and sliuel; clean white hoaoh Mttiul mid fiotdi wutoi. Tin: A'dci savs .Mi. k'lonlioliii's litllo boy hud a "bank" in which ho had about f.'IO in halves, When the hotel burned at (lanliiiei, (ho "bank" was in it, nnd being of cant lion, put liully stood tho test, but (ho Im's coin mulled into 11 tolid mius, John llAMiiioru wanin towiiTliuib day, having just made a diivoof hoiuo heof caldofiom his iiineli to Whit noy'n Hlaiightiuhoiitfo. Ifo m$ts it tioiuotiinos looked as though (ho llio on tho (mil would make u grniid bai hciuio of tho vvholo lot, but thoy mail nged togetduough v itliout any oilier noeident than n ftu head geltiug awny nnd going haik. Tin: HltWrm Slur cavs: (!en Jn. l.auo returned fiom l'oitl.iud Tues day, whoio he had been sitting for a picture. He understand that money has been laised by piivate Mibciip lio.i widi which to piocuio paintings of tho llmt (loveinors of Oiegon, which will ho picscnleil to the State foi tho adornment of the Legislative halN. The poiliails of (iovs. Lane and Cuny have been completed and l!ov. Whiloakor has been invited to sit for Ins. Wo trutit tho good work will noteoiU'o until tho likene-ses of all the (lou'inoi) giaee tho walls of 0111 State Capitol. It should ho so. Tin: wink of impioviug the Colum bia chin. ucl has piobably commenced Tho JWoWifii nays that .Mr lluehaiinii has been uwdgnod, by tho (lovoin- inent Engineer, tho woik of sculping u point 011 the bur consiileied to bo tho inoul favoiable for opening out a new iluiiiuel, and this piobably will ho ac loss (ho cotido of tho middle sands. The (ioveiiimont ihag has been oula"ed to double its foi iner ca pacity, am. wo uiideiiitaml that Col Gillespie's iustiucdons 1110 (hat (ho woik ho thoioughly and spceddv pioseeuleil. Tin: ediloi of tho .hltnian saw the famous Lilisou, the inventm, on his loeont (up Last; ho says: Thoio is not a iikiio consiimato finiid living, than Ldisou. Ho has peifectod noth ing (see pulent ollieo), and been a success in but one thing, that is to say ho diaws piles of money fiom de luded lueiubois of tho "leisiuo ida-s" who put up foi stock in Ids imagina- ly schemes, lie pii)s tho pies foi publishing those letteis, tho same us patent pill men pay for advoilising. I.N view of tho iiuineioiis piudons giuuted by Gov. Tluiver, tho Vain- (((iicsnvs: Tho honors of lonliuo nioiit in thoOiogon l'onitentiuiy me heooniing n fnico, and if (lie (loveiu oi's eomiiiutalions mo us plentiful in tho fiituio as in (ho pasl, tho aveiago muidoioi or lohboi will actually en joy the linnaiiee ofiihhoit episode within (ho walls of our Stale piisou. Tin: DemocialH claim that (ho Jlo piiblieuus liuvp pioved a failuio in their iiuiuagomoiil of (ho couiidy That is the name pluffoim (hoy advo cated in ISO I, nnd with about the same foundation in fact. MoClollau has hopes of a Demoeiatio viotoiy; so ho hud in ISO I. Till' (ludt y.'nxf ih hU'ttniriltipU now UIhk ufided for (he live cattlo trade Tin- "'oliiiiililn." Standard 1'ho new nml inagiiiliient Htenni ship Columbia, of tho Oregon Knilwny and Navigation Company, was yester day opened for public inipection, and during the houis set for the occasion tho vessel was visilcd by thousaiids of citiens. In llio nftoi noon (hoerowd of visllots was but niodornle, lint from 7 'DO in tho ovoning until () o'clock it was not 11 crowd, tho wonl sinks into insignificance to describe tho jams of people that pought lo see (he prido of (ho 1'iiciflu nnd tho handsoniost sleuin ship ever coming (o (his port. The wluufwus blocked with people. So gieut was tho cmwd, constantly in cieiising in sie, that those 011 bonid had to huriy und cee and then leave by the gnngwny on tho Bturbimrd liiuitor lo givo 100111 for llio new coinciri. Tho visitois were of nil ohiMsesof men und women without loguid to pievious condition, nml the unanimous verdict of nil wus that the Columbia was tho handsomest steam ship ovei ooen. As it giew dark tho eleeliio lifcht was displaced, the main saloon and the cabin being brilliantly illuminated by the little hor-cbhoo of dnIing brightness, while duft was a doi k lamp casting aghueof hghtovoi llio open hutehwiiys whore tho night shift was busily engaged in loading fieight ' The ficeno presented undei (ho blight light was un animated one, and tho crowds of ypoetators, on llio docks, the whaives and in small boats only heightened tho eli'cet. IIoi-i'oi'H ol' (Ik- South Aiui-rl-ciiii War. Snmo timo since it was stated in tho dispatches that on tho occasion of the capture of Alien, by the Chilean troops, the ofliceis weio unaiilo to contiol their commands, nnd the city was pluudoicd nnd many citiens killed. Now comes a lottoi from Lima to Now Yoik which sa.vs that at tho taking of Tama by llio Chilean Hoops, only ono s-tieet escaped nck. lluudicils of wounded piisoucis weie slaughteiid in cold blood. Not ono wounded ally was found alive on the Held tho day nftor the Initio. Wom en und gills of Icndpiest ngos weio vi oluted nod many killed. Tho farmers in tho vicinity sinned the fate of the town Kvoiy day si?, eight or ten tuiirdeis aio committed, and the bod ies of tho victims aio allowed to le luain unbiiiied until thcii remov il Incomes a necessity IiiiIkii Hy aj no on Jnr Jlclil All lunimoiiM I'iiIni-JkioiJ Itcf'iitfil. Among llio ninny cnniaign nlan dorera against tho ehnrnctor of Onr- liold, is that which orriginnted with ' uroutid iih. 11... f . . ir , ,r ..... . 1 no jlw 1 on: u oria, 10 llio eilect unit, i word to lion Justice Swayno of tho U. S. Supreme Com t, had rendered n dcrison to (ho ellect Hint tho contrnct by which (larfiehl was to bo paid $j,000 as a foo in (ho De Oolyor business was void on giounds of jiublic policy ; that he said the contract "was nfidoof ollicial inlluence, which no veil can cover, ngninsl (ho pluincst piinciples of pub lic policy. No eoiiiioloi-.it-luw while holding high odico hns right to put liini'ulf in a position of tenipl.ition, and under pretence of making a le gul argument exert his official influ ence upon public oflices dependent upon his fiituio action. Certainly tho courts of justice will never lend themselves to iuforco (on tracts obtain ed by such influence." This infamous falsehood was biought to the notice of Judge Sw.iyno nnd ho has given it the following ex plicit and iinqiiulifiod denml . "So fui as I am concerned there is an en tiro misstatement. I never wrote n word of what is attributed to me with ipiotation minks I never know any thing of the facts of the matter chaig ed against General Gai field, nnd it wus certainly never in uny shnpo bo foie the Siipieme couit. J had.theie foie, neither occasion 1101 opportunity to cMiress any judicial opinion upon tho subject. It is not stnted where any case In which Gcn"ral Gnrfield v us concerned is reported. My confi dent impression isth.it I never heard of such. 1 cii"o bcfoic. Ucnc1.1I Gar field is a peisoiiiil fiicnd of mine, and I have the highest confidence in his integrity. Tho statements in The World aio an entire faluicatiun and without a puilielo of tiuth to sustain them." In order that thcio might he no mistake in reporting his words, Jus t'uo Swayno himself wiote out tho abovo denial. TIiIh Is Willi t 11 .H.-iiii. Tribune. A Itepubliean Piesident for anoth er four years means a continuance of the present safe, conseiv.itivo, honor able policy of tho Government towaid the business inleiests of the countiy. A Demoeiatio President means hea- Atiea suffered veil knows whit, hut ceit.unlv no even more soveiely than Tacna. All good to those intoic-ts. A genei.il the lioiises aio eilliei totally or CRIMES AND CASUALTIES, San Antonio, Aug If. A dispatch received at army hciubptarlcrs from Quidman, Fiiys: Indians nrc nil It is imjiossiblo to get Urioison. Indians nro diivingoffstock nnd miiidcring every body along (he route. Nnvv Ammnv, Aug. 13. Roger Itus sell, 70 years old, this evening filed two barrels of a shotgun into tho fnco nnd bicnet of John Morgan, his son-in-law, tenting both eyes out nnd in flicting 11 tnoitul wound Alleged cuiise, ill treatment by Morgan of Ids wife. Y.voo City, Miss. July 20 Dr. M. P. Williams, of Mechnnicsburg, wus usussinut(d while tiding homo Satur day evening. His hoin leaohed home rideiloss, unit se.ueli being mndo tho Doctoi's body wns found. A negio wus arrested on suspicion, and has since confessed his guilt, lie says ho was paid to kill tho Doctor. Nasjiviu.i:, Tenn., Aug 8 John Unit, who murdered his wife in May, 1870, was taken from Athens, Ala bama, last night by a mob of horse men und bunged. Pour previous at tempts had been made to mob him. He hud been twice sentenced to death and was each time grunted a new trial. Stockton. Aug. 13. Jose Itces, a vindictive wretch, has been arrested for throwing vitriol or other destruc tice acid in the face of a joung lnd of 11 years, named Frederick Murline, who will lose the sight of one eye und probably of both. There is much feel ing manifested against the perpetra tor of the dast.udly ciiine. St. Paul, Aug 13. A height tiuin on the St. Paul & Dublin railw.ij was wrecked near Pine City this mor ning by a broken rail. Nine cars were thiown fiom the track. Tin co boys, living at Mincialo Poles, named l'eter Mm tin, John Krviuc and George Ad ams, who weie stowed avvny in a height car to steal n lido, weio killed h'on litem Irmn'i-atlv Nrnd iiii'iil. This is the fciitimciit Hint piovnils where tho Democrats got their largo majorities. It is the approved doc 'rine, and occupies n prominent place in the correspondence of tho Mem phis Avalanche: White men who dare to avow them selves here as Republican", should be promptly binnded as the hitler and malignant enemies of the South. 1'ho name of every Northern man who proHiimcH in this community to nspire to office tluough Republican voles should bcuturuted with stench. As for the negroes, let them umuc themselves, if they will, by voting the Radical ticket. We have the count We have n thousand good and true men wlio?o brave ballots will bo found equal to those of five thousand vile Radicals. - IlniK'oi'lt'H Iti'coril. It is stated in a Washington dispatch thut documents are now in the course of pieparation and will shoitly he published officially, to prove the truth of tho statement that General Han cock entered into a conspiracy with Pit-John Porter and other Democrat ic generals to reist the removal of MiCleliun from the command of the Army of the Potomac and to depose Piesident Lincoln and Secretary Stanton. Tho foregoing is a Chicago dispatch and we publish it for what it is worth. It is undoubtedly true that the same element by which Hancock is now supported, and by whom he hopes to he elected, wus in the wannest sym pathy with the policy of surrendering to the South in 180-1. ph- tially dostioved. O it of 1.SU0 defend eis only f.00 suniv id. Those of the 1200 who did not fall in the light were sitb-e(pieutly massucicd 111 cold blood It is mi authenticated fact that foity nine soldiers who had thiown away theii arms and taken lofuge in the I'. S. commercial iigoncy, over which ! a Hug was living, wete taken out and butcheied in thostieet What - on Itl I.cc and .Iitck MMl l V Wade Hampton made a speech at Stnuiiton, Va , leconlly, in die intm ost of Democratic huimon.v. llo be sought (he opposing factions to 100 oucile their diffeiences and thus in- sine a Solid South foi Hamoek. His icmaiks weie eainest nnd feivui, nnd led gradually tin ton tin illinir chm-iv. Sliango as it may appear, Thr World newspaper loproducos the whole of tho speech oveept thoeliin.ix-, theieb.v doing gioss injustice to Hampton's ihetoiical abilities, as well as utteily destroying tho foice of the speech Ileio 010 tho eliminated sentences: "Consider what Leo and Jackson would do were they alive. Tlivie ate the name principles fur uhieh they foiylil for four imim Remeinbei the men who ponied foi lb theii life blood on Yiiginiu'.ssoil, and do not abandon thein now." Probibly The H'orifcut out these Piety sentences in tho inter ests of "leconcihation," for it cannot bo denied that they havo a sectional suuint Tribune. ICfiiiarkahli' ilil IHscov orj . A"Sant.i Pe, New Mexico, dispatch of the Rltli sa.vs: A sensation was floated hoio yosteiday by the tin- nounconiont of a licit mining stiike in the MeMoan village of Los Placitas, about (SO miles distant. Tho village is built of abode huts and the eonuls mid foundations tno of 100k. A pios pectin, Josso.M at tin, detected iuiuei.il in this nick and pounded up and hamiuoiod some of it, getting a licit tfsiilt in gold. He located tlubtieets of the town whence lie gold lock y.is taken, und hud 'lasays made, with the tesult of tlt'iOO gold to the (on. The lowest gi.ulo of nick assayed fill Gov Low Wallace has letuined fiom the place. Ho paced off tho load, making it foui paces in width. Sub sequent assays in Santa Fo givo fiom MOOO to JrtUMK) pei ton. Tho whole village is built 011 the ledge, mid lock win Ih f:i pur pound has been dimwit about as wmthloM A WvMiiM.iov dispatch of (ho 13 says. The Chinese uiiniotei has giv en foi mal uotilheutiiiii to Seeiotmy Kvutts of tho decision of his Govoin niotit to lovoko thodeoieopioliibiling subjects foi 111 engaging in eomiiioiciul lohitious with fuieigu pads. Ho also informed the Seoiotuiy (hut a Chinese merchant vowel would shoitly miivo in San Kimieikcn with a caigo, which would bo the beginning of active Hleunier dado between United Slates nml China. upturning of the financial policy of the Government would ho sine to follow the accession of tho Democrats to power. They aic pledged by their plutfoini to destroy the protective (.11-ill'sy-tem They mo pledged by the speeches and votes of a majority of theii leadeis to abolish the national banks, and to play some dangerous pranks with the currency. A great lediKtiun, if not an entuo repeal, of the tax on whiskey and tobacco may be expected fiom them, lo be follow ed of ueiessity by (ho laying of now taxes upon other .11 tides to niako up the deficit in the lovenue. It is no woudei that pi udent Democrats who have business inteicsts at stake begin to wish for tho defeat of their p.uty. Iliislness fertile I'oolMIIci-- The Timet s.ns u Washington Deni ocialic newsji iper desiies the iinnio di ite services of tho "fool killir"in behalf of join mils of Democratic faith which have euculated seveial novvly invented campaign falsehoods The sloiy that General Giant would sup port Hancock and tho fiaudulent opinion attiibuted to Mr. Justice hwayne, censiiung .Mi. Garliolil, aio 1 iteil as p.u tu iil.ii ly ilngiunl instances of silliness. If the executioner who is out 10,1 tod to visit the Democratic on 111 1) iieifoinis his vvholo duty, he will be kept busy until election, unless nil signs fuil. Thus far, the only cap ital of the Demoeiats is the invention of false lepoits. As duiing the Giee ley campaign, when e.u li day brought out ono or inoio "prominent Republi can who would vote tho Demoeiatio ticket," tho country is amused with tales of similai accessions, which 1110 good foi twenly-fuui bonis. This soil of thing may give employment to idle committee cleiks; but it terves no othoi pin pose. Tin. Mexican pu-oiieis in confine ment at l.audo, Texas, bioko jail in a body and dashed tumultously for tho L'io Giniido, puisiied by tho edict iff, his deputies und u posse of police. Two of the escnping piisoners weio shot nnd killed and sovci.il weio dun goiously wounded while ciossing tho liver, by thoir piiisuou, who lined the bunk and took steady aim at the fugi tives. Tho tiling diew nuinbeis of Mexicans to tho opposite bank of tho livei.thoso being mined with liflos opened ftio on tho Ainoiienns, on this side. Tin: I.ewston Teller says: Lout, Fallow with n party of Indian scouts and enlisted soldicis passed tluough Lew iston this week 011 loute for tho Sheep Later countiy, on tho Last side of (ho South folk of Salmon liver. Wo loam that it is thoir object to foi let out the hist vostage of tho i.ico of Sheep Latois nnd either kill or cap tuio them, nnd thus lender il safe for white men, single or in small p 11 ties (o ponotiato and piospect llio countiy for mines, or any other busnoss to which the countiy is adapted. Tin: Vulanhl says of Skeonn liver Tho inn of salmon in this liver has CoIccI ol" 31aiilau;ifci-. Tho case of Mrs Clark of Washing ton Territory, and her son, the lad who was told by his mother to kill a Ulan and obeyed her, has closed. A Seattle dispatch of the 12th unoun ccs tho lesult us follows : Mis Claik and her eleven-year old son, Thomas, who have been on tiial before the dis trict Court at LaConner during the past week, weie yesterday convicted of luan-blaughtci and sentenced to the tciiitoii.il penitentiary. The son it will be remembered, at the instiga tion of his mother, a few months ago, shot and instantly killed Mitchell Pad den, 11 piomincnt citizen of Whatcom county, while the latter was engaged in fencing 111 a piece of land in dispute between the Clark and Padden families. Irruption ol Blount Vein ins. N.vvi.i:-, July '2o An eruption of Mount Vesuvius begun to-day. A sharp shock of c.uthquako was also felt heie to-day. M.uimi), July 2o A dispatch fiom Manila says. Anothci earthquake shock occurred there on SUuiday, doing much damage. No details have been reieived up to the present time. London, July oO, A dispatch horn Madrid says tho total lo-s of life by the caithquakes at Manila is estima ted nt 320. including 200 Chinamen. Almost eveiy family is houseless. U.7,i:ss steel shall in the not re mote future replace iron very gener ally for the current use of the last named metal, it will pu.zlc most peoiile to know what is to become of the continually increasing output ot steel. I lie capacity ot the steel works of tho world at the present time is figured at about 300,000,000 tons per year. The Bessemer works of the United Kingdom, with 120 converter", contribute to tins total from 750.0Q0 to S00.000 tons; the United States, with probably hnlf as many converters, but much su perior plant and management, pro duces 750,000 tons nioie. Germnn has lately increased her capacity for steel production, and at present can produce about 500,000 tons; France produces 575,000; Belgium 150,000: Austria, 250,000, and Swe den and Russia, about 150,000 tons. Common SunsU. The phrase "com mon sense" is generally applied to in dividuals, and used to indicate a cer tain style of character. It designates a man who is well bdhisted and moves on an even keel one who is not carried away by the winds of pas sion or warped by prejudice one who does not change bin mind very often, and is not easily led .isti.iy by dreamy and speculative people. When the coast is clear and the light is strong, ho moves boldly and confidently buthe always feels his way 111 the dark. He is ciicumspcct that is, as the ety mology of the w ord signifies ; ho looks all uiouud before acting, and not nieicly 111 onciliiection, He very lately, if ever, makes a fool of himself and this is a great thing to say- of a man. Carried to Nea. Jltss Eva L. Burbank, a gav and accomplished young lady, was drowned at Ilwaco beach, "Clatsop county, last Sunday, while bathing. She was bathing in company with Mr. Clnives, a printer of the "Asto riau," vvhoni sho induced to go too far into the surf, anil they were car ried out by Uio undertow. Graves and a man named Ch.unbreau did their utmost to save the gill, with out avail, and narrowly escaped drowning themselves. She was a favorite among her acquaintances, and her death cast a gloom over all at tho resort. The .Uamhleld Drug Stove has moved into the building adjoining the Pal aeo Saloon. "And don't you forget it." Tuu gflbit lo cany Coo county for the Demoeiats, by tolling what stu pendous majorities thoy will have, has been tried in eveiy campaign for six yearn past, but it never was .1 suc cess, A r.viirv of Government ongineeis will examine tho Snohomish, (ho Steilaquamish, the Skagit and the Nooksehack livois, with a view of as coitaiuing their mods for navigation, their coininoioial inipoiliinco and adaptability to impiovomont. SiiNvroi: Suvi.oN, who has bought tho (1 1 nuil hotel at San Pianeisco, just acioss tho stioet fiom his Palaeo cntavansaiy, pioposes to span the di viding stieet, 76" feet wide, with an iion inch, loofed with glass and cm bullished without logaid to cost. Tin: Port says thoio is a middle aged gentleman nt Poit Orfoid who desiies to eoiiepond with a young lady of suitable mjo, with n viow (o The American consul at Geneva says (hat American beef and livestock have penetrated as far as that region, and the value of good cattle, laiscd in large numbers in Switzcilaiul for (ho Paris and Ficnch maikets, has been sensibly diminished by the impoita lions fioin America. Prcseived meats and fruits from the United States are so well established and ndvcitiscd that thoy may ho left to take, caio of thoniselves, but the butter and cheese could be sold in much linger quanti ties in central and southorn L'uropo, and a piofitablc market for the more nutritious brands of American Hour could be found. Tin: new marine inilway at Clifton, R. I , was opened for the first timo a few days ago A laigo brig was hoist cdhigh and diy with success. The i.iilwsiy consists of a gieatcar, which somewhat resembles one of the Kast rivei dry docks, except that it stands on wheels. To this car mo attached about live hundred feet of heavy chain Tho car, when placed in the watei, is partly sunk, to permit a ship to llo.it into it; then tho cm ih raised and drawn with the ship on the beach by steam power, tho car chains being attached to an engine stationed about live hundred leet distant on thoshoie. It cost many thousands of dollars to coiisttuct tho railway. A Mauyj.vm) fanner proposes to utilize the potato bug for the munii faotuio of dyeing niixtuios. The granger was opposed to tho uo of pads gieen and soused his bugs into boiling water. Apiece of sheepskin got into (he mixture by accident und in half an hour had changed to a rich crimson color. This .Housing his curiosity, ho iuoited other materials which changed fust daik brown, then a gieenish hue, then puio yellow, thou light blue, daik blue, light led, ter minating in brilliant scnilet, which was tho poiuianoiit color. Tin: Chinoso Government is said to desire the lonioval of all dado 10 striotions, and tho U. S. Govern ment and also oiircoinmoicial pcoplo aio considerably intoitxtcd to know that tho China stoamor Ho Chuny is dispatched to San Fiuiiuisco,niid want to know what all this will lead (0 It looks as if China beie.iftei iuteud- umtiiuimiy. Wo have no doubt thoio been unpieoedoiitodlv laige, tho fish aio soveial such gentlemen in (hat tiling of veiv line quality and fullv countv, if (hev would nl mnki thin Hi to do all hoi own business with Uqu il (o iny ( ikin in Col iml u hvii disius known 1 ut hiV MISCELLANEOUS. C01.. T. II. Cann is making arrange ments to lcmovo to Scuttle with his family. StouN says Garfield is a Hessian; he docn't claim to havo known him when he was 11 boy, however. A photographer lately took tho portrait of alndy Hoailniirnilly that tho husdnnil preferred it to the original. Tjie increase in tho wheat produc lion of Oregon this year will bo about .1.'1 per cent over any previous yenr. Cwtl.TON, who killed Brummctt, a rival editor at Hollistcr libit winter, has been convicted of manslaughter. A dicta nt On.v. Jo.Nrs, of Texas, re ports that the State has about 0,000 criminals at large, 1,000 of whom nro murderers Tin: Dai.lls is going (o have a new Masonic temple, of brick, two stories high, with a frontage of 31 feet and a length of DO feet. Tiik Mormons celebrate, with impos ing ceremonies, the UUhdav of Jnly, as the.TId umiivers"iryof the first colony's arrival at Salt Lake. Aholt 130 men arc now employed by the C. P. R. II. Co. at Emigrant Gap lebuilding the snow sheds crush ed by the snow last winter. Cor.. John U. Neil, newly appoint ed Governor of Idaho, arrived at Boise City on Tuesday of last week, and has eiitcicd upon the duties of his office. Tug citiens of Albany and Linn county have arranged for the holding of a county fair at Albany, commenc ing October Gth and ending the 9th. An f 800 threshing machino belong ing Mr. Cone, was burned up near Buttevillo recently. The fire origi nated from tile heat of the mechin- ery. Late news from disinterested par tics is to the clfect that the Skagit mines nrc a humbug ; and the boom is kept up by Seattle for the profits of the business. Dk. A. M. Lohyea, of Unk Weed fame, who at one time was a promi nent citizen of Oregon, is in San Francisco; he manages the Hnmmnn baths ond is prospering. A courtisan named Mattio Piper, from Seattle, died at Astoria on the 10th from the effects of an over dose of morphine. It is said she owns con siderable property at Seattle. Tun San Francisco Board of trado has concurred in the resolution of the Portland Board, tho necessity for tho establishnieni of signal service at the mouth of the Columbia. The bee men in the foot hills of Pasadena have been compelled to surround their hives with fences of bed wiie, to keep oft" the bears which make ficquent raids for honey. Fike in Poutl vnd. Last Monday morning u fire occurred in Portland that consumed eight buildings, and caused damage to the amount of about $30,000, a largo part of which wasr inured. Judge Fkim was lately admitted to practice as an attorney in tho Su preme Court of this State, ho having been 011 the Supreme bench ever since the Stato was admitted to the Union. The new Governor of Idaho is Col. Neil, who was for a time Mr. Hayes' private secictary when ho was Gov ernor of Ohio, and for the past two years was register of the land office at Salt Lake. Aiauue amount of sorgham has been giown this season in Jackson and Josephine counties, which has generally done well. A great quanti ty of syiup will no doubt be manufac tured this fall. The census office says that the to tal population of the United States will bo a littlo over 40,000,000. The official count will be needed to deter mine whether Ohio or Illinois is tho third State of tho Union in popula tion. A one-armed soldier in New York w ho was asked whether ho would support Hancock, nude this reply: "There havo been (wo Generals nominated; ono is backed by tho solid South, and tho other by tho loy al North. I will support tho latter." Mu. Ben Hoj.i.vday, now a resident of Washington city, informed tho ed itor of tho Astorian while in Wash ington, that it is his intention to re turn to Oregon and stay here. Chinese raihoad workers at Walla Walla undei took to strike for higher wages, but Hullet, the Statesman says, gave their leader a sound thrashing and as the men could not cook thoir grub on the ground unless they wcro at work, they went to shov oiling. The town of Alameda, Cul., was ex cited 011 the 10th instant by the con duct of G. It. Clark, formerly night eloik in tho San Francisco post office. In a fit of insanity ho diow a pistol and fuod twico at his wife, whom ho wounded in tho loft arm, shattering tho bono. After tho Hring ho escaped- Seiiious rioting took placo in Glas gow, Scotland, at tho Homo Kulo demons! lation last Satuulay, owing to the Home Unlets passing un Or.ingo Lodge. Sev on police w ho endoavorcd to rostoio order weio ovorpow ercd. Two policemen wero injured so badly that they aro not expected to recover. Ono man was stabbed by a spoar. Twenty persons woio arrested. Bomnsr. , On (001 uver, Au.ru.st nth, 1880, to J the vr'ccnv I 1 J Eolith, 4 i -n.
