y - -
KKWS ITEMS.
Seattle ha negro lawyer.
Wall Walla ill have Ciurney cabs by
April Int.
' The epecpshearing campaign will noon
commence.
Clackamas counly is infested with
horse thieve.
Malheur county scrip is worth 95 cents
on the dollar.
Milton has a town site addition named
after Brother Mahana.
The Wallula paper claims that tow n is
"the center of gravity."
Sheep are selling for three dollars a
head in Southern Idaho.
Joseph, Wallowa county, is to have a
water system by next September.
M M. Miirnhv suicided with mor
phine at S.?ultle Wednesday night.
Minter Bras-slield, of Adams, is to locate
in Milton and engage m bricK-ninaing.
T in nosro nee hi viii.-oo,
. . . . IT .111.,
countv. will be discontinue.! April 10th
AIumiI ll!0.0fl0 has been subscribed on
ttm Hunt railroad subsidy in I'nion
countv.
The people of Arlington are talking up
the matter of establishing
light plant.
an electric
A k-nv woLdiing over 1)00 pounds was
killed on the 'farm of Joseph Pond, near
Walla Walla.
f!. V. Tlnntin-.-toi savs the .Southern
Pacific Company will not build north of
the Columbia at present.
Milton wants a bank, and this want
being loudlv proclaimed in the Fagle,
which irone'rallv gets what it screams
for.
The Salvation Army is still holding
Inrth at The Dalles, ana IB uenouncen
chronic nuisance by the puix-rs of that
place.
The furniture in the office of the Hank
tni' Mutual Relief Association of Port
land, which recently "went under," sold
for t.r!.
The application for vacant dwelling
bruises, at the real estate othces in Spo
kane FIIb, the Review says, average fifty
per day.
r 1 Heardalev. who killed a man
named Ferryman a few days ago at Kola,
Polk county, has oecn reieaseu uu
500 bail.
The briekmaking machine at the Walla
Walla penitentiary is in successful opera
tion, and will soon be able to turn out
36.000 daily.
Stock losses were heavy in Wallowa
.countv during the winter, some sheep
.men losing 2G and cattlemen 12 per cent
iof their herds.
Lexington wants a broom factory, a
starch factory and a bank. ' .Lexington
want considerable here below, but get
ting it is another thing.
The Garfield Enterprise notes the dis
covery of a paint mine ten miles east of
that town, with enough mineral to paint
very town in the country red.
The LaGrande Journal says the hold
ing of a term of the Supreme Court in
Pendleton "will be a great convenience
io the jreople of Eastren Oregon."
An epidemic of malignant scarlet fever
israging at Livingston, Montana. There
have lieen twenty-live deaths in two
weckB, and all the schools are closed.
r. u. amiuieiou, who w.iboh m
dleton Tiibune stall' for some time bus
tmtio huolr Union tit l.ilkfi chlirUO of tl)6
Republican at that place, Mr. Irwin re
tiring. P. B. Johnson and Col. F. J.Parker are
now throwing mud at one another through
tiie columns of their papers, all of which
is naturallv highly edifying to the Walla
Walla public
The Fossil biscball nine recently de
feated the Antelope Jiino by a score of 4")
to 'i'l. Good battery wot k and first-class
- fielding probably hepl the hi ore down to
these low figures.
A wedding took place in Spokane Fall
the other day, wherein a Mr. Wood
espoused a Miss I'yle. That is the sort
of a Wood-Pylo that is likely to grow in
stead of diminish.
Port Townscnd has n Building mid
Loan Association, lately muaiiized. Ho
Las nearly every town of any eonseiiiencu
.-.il. N.'.riliui.uf whieh knows u uood
thin;? when it sees it.
Sehal:richer Brothers of Walla Walla
liave announced tbeir intention of grad
ually eliisiiiK their mercantile busi
- nees, which luW been in Hiiceessful oper
ation Ihero since l,Wl.
The twciity-fourtli kienniul conclave of
the Knights of Templars meets in Wush-toe-tmi.
I'. C, October 8, 1KH!). A number
.of Knights from Oregon and Washington
Territory will probably attend.
The Saleui Street Railway Company
decided Saturday to build over a mile of
new track, one branch into North Salem
and another into Alliert A Van Duyn's
addition, south of the depot.
The richest man in Eastern Washing
ton Territory is A. M.Cannon, of Spokane
Halls, who is saiil to lie worth between
' H ,000,000 and $11,000,(100. Mr. Cannon
went to Spokane Falls nine years ago as
a machine agent.
The water wo. ks election at Weston
resulted almost unanimously in favor of
the enterprise, only three votes being cast
jigainst it. The plan proposed is to bond
twcity for $10,000, for the construction
of Hater works system.
Arlington Times: Somebody has di'
tovered tliat the Columbia river sand will
jjrow excellent eanutg. Now, will some
ibody please discover a way to hold the
'. iand down during the growing season so
that we can grow some?
Milton Faigle: It is very probable that
the next meeting of the County Normal
Institute will lie held in Milton. A great
deal dependa upon the inducements
otlred by our citizen for board and
lodging of teachers in attendance.
" On bint Saturday evening some one
entered the barn o( ltolart Kirkland, of
North Milton, and stole a tine saddle
worth Mo. a bridle worth 1S and a pair
fti HniirH. iii iiih Biiiim r iiiiik ",.
purloined a hum from Mr. Anderson's
cellar.
Onions should not be put in without
niakinir sure that the land is in first rate
condition for a seed bed. Ikj not plow it
or harmw it while wot. and make it line
and mellow before sowing the seed. The
nerd is not injured by the freezing of the
N ground after it is sown.
rV'lell, the Boise City murderer, was
captit.'fJ last Wednesday, at the ranch
of a man named lirown," where he had
f,w food and lodging. lirown
had been fisted by officers a few hours
'hefora t.niLt liedell 'might, puss that way.
and so drew a shot-gun oil the murderer
and captured him.
Milton Eagle : A party of surveyor m
the employ of the O. A W. T. manage
ment passed through Milton Sunday last.
They were somewhat reticent when up
, proached by a reporter on the subject
of the Grande Konde branch, hut sntli
cient facts were gleaned to enable us to
announce that the Mill creek route has
been abandoned a utterly impassable.
. At a reception to Governor Moore in
Walla Wulln Saturday evening, 1'. U.
jCrowley, a prominent Republican
onirratuliitiim him said: "If,
ttiiei!iiintioii of his term, lie leaves
i the chair with us good a record as (iover-
UorHemple, the people of Washington
U1 be perfectly aatisiieo;.
Ortuonian: The naval commission
ere waiU'd upon yesterday by a delega-
' tion
Itoae oiiject was n set loriu me n-
vantagi
- uttenyl bv ancouver as a sue
for the p
TpoHftd naval station lor up-
Northwest.
UB lUlUlinmuil ' 9 '
bt to meet ibe Jl.tu-
, Wrtsiona lasi u - . . ali ,i
uinita there and i, , . ' j ,
Colombia for a suitable ,or " nav 1
, ' Uition.
The aensational item apj)earii: Jj
last issue of the Ealirande Jouina !.";
der the head of a' Paker City Sensation,
in which Martin Ludwig is made the hero
in the Play, u wholly u ..........
play, is wnoiiy i ra -
, tlnn nnn the
i there it not one grain oi trow, u
UDS -"" . , . o-.ronir
wortl in me enure iim.
Journal uiu am iukuu . -
story," but was imposed upon.
VVoll Wolla .Tnnrnnl- Someone sto
a span of mules land harness belonging U
till. .11 ill I 111 '11 1 . 1 1 1 ' B 1 iai, lii.i i" ........
to another party, giving him a bill of sale
for the same. The second jiossessor
brought the team into town and had
Auctioneer Short sell them at public auc
tion. The mules only brought $7", and
Mr. Martin is in town and has the olice
force woi king the case up.
The large sawmill at Kamela, know n
as the Smith mill, which was recently
fitted with new machinery throughout,
burned lo the ground Wednesday night,
inflammable mateiial having been left
near the engine. The mill was owned by
a gentleman named Russell, whose loss
is a severe one.
A large quantity of fine slock, especi
ally horses, is being imported into this
section, and the result will doubtless be
an improvement in the grade of domestic
animals. Stockmen, who are alive to
iheir interests, are rapidly becoming
aware that "good blood" counts in tlieir
business.
Now is a good time to clean up back
yards and remove the rubbish and lilt h
that has accumulated during the winter.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure," wrote Franklin, and the ounce
is well applied in thecleaning-up process.
In Gilliam countv, a few days ago, A.
N. S. Cottin shot Anton Miller, the ball
passing through the ear and grazing the
cranium. Cottin is under arrest. Miner
is a herder and the shooting is the result
of a range war.
Centerville Home Press: The I nia
tilla County Bank opened up tor business
Monday morning. The gentlemen report
a flattering amount ot linsiness lor ine
hrst week
Judge Gray, of the U. S. Supreme
court will soon marry Miss Jeaunette
daughter of Justice Matthews. He is
62, and she is 30 years of age.
Jasper Stevens slaughtered three pork
ers last week on J'owiler river wnose
maximum weight was, when dressed,
l;;:) J pounds.
At. Irvington, S. J., a farm hand
named Salman, assaulted Airs. Mutter
with a hammer, inflicting probably fatul
injuries.
Gilliam county sheet) owners are mak
ing a determined ellort to eradicate scab
in their Hocks,
WHAT IT COST.
Almost a Million Hollars lo l KalHert by
Taxation to I'ay the Appropriation! of the
Late I.eRlMlaiure.
Flom tho.Salrm Ktatemnan.
Fo' lowing are the appropriations made
by the last legislature :
AppronrlHtloiin as r-nnlalncii In the
regular iiipni(iriiiLioii nni duu.iii
AI'I'ROI'KIATIONS IN SI'KCIAI. ACTS.
For e'ffttl ililli-relit wagon mmls
..SiM.wmoo
Fur horllcullurut ; iiniitiNslon
Kor lain nu weal tier m-rvlce
n mill lie
; 1 0
For purrliiet" MHiin 15 Or. r enit
Kur two KHHt- I'll On 011 Mid nnn
Sou hern MrcK'Ui agi icultui-Ml no: 1-
etteR at 8l.FiOO tiri per iiniumi
or pureliiis nf one half Ijlnek eiml
Of MlLlH ll'HIHl
d.niio m
6,000
1,001' 00
,0UJ IH
17K IKI
For H'lilitioa 1 MtUuy of kstiilo II
hr.,rian
For relli t of .Inn. e.t:ipleinll
Fo relief Mih N..I. Mel'tierwin
Fur relief of helr of A.J. Hcmlire
For relief of Kr, (1 Yenko
I'il I 0
loll HO
For relief of I, Hn -Her
For el ef of ,ln. lihiNmoro
F r Agrli'iilnirnl (i"l ieii
Kor I'oitlaii'l l(n'U:;e Home
line
i(7,iV.l l"
ri.nifHiii
iilUHIIHUI
42,1 W I'D
For Ktnte reform m-Ijooi
Korexpe Men of Heslon
Totid
This iloeB not include
tmn.iww
appropriations
made from trust funds.
This is the total amount, then, that is
to be paid out of the general fund during
this year and next.
If the stule were even at the beginning
i this vear and received nothing into
tho general fund from any other source
than taxation this would be the exact
amount to bo raised by taxation during
this vear and next. But, as shown by
the Unit statement of the commission lor
the computation and apportionment of
state lew of taxes, made I lee. fi, 18HH.
the statu" was deficient llB,r)15,il. In
stead of a deficiency the law contemplates
and requires a surplus of $.ri()()0. Adding
these, amounts to Hie total 01 appropria
tions, we have $!l!)7,()l".07.
From other sources tnan taxatinii me
stute will probably rucoivo the following
amounts:
From the Ronernt irovermnent on In
dian wnr i-.lullll, aider COIIilll ihsiuii im
paid f-IUM
r.,111 other HiiureeH iW.UDn
Hnliimeorolil appropriation!! not likely
to bo ilniwii i,iaiu
Tollil 9V1I20"
Deiluet this and there Is left the sum of
t!H7,Kl.r).ll7 to bo raised by taxation. Of
this uniount lt!ll7,H0,.tl.S has already been
provided for by the present levy, leaving
iftSOO.OllUII On an estimated valuation
of fsH,OU(),(iO(), tho next State tax for
current expenses would bo about tl.S
mills.
Tim I.cL' H iiture of lKH.ri. that mane
larger appropi lat ions than that of IHHll,
bad some ?;ioo,Uiiu 10 iou,omu m ui
State treasury to go on. I lie rceem
session had no such BtirpliiB, and the
whole amount of the vast appropriations
must be provided for in the Slate levy of
taxes. , , ,
It is not a very enoouraging outlook 101
the reputation for economy ol tho tale
legislature, but the truiti may as wen ne
told now as later on.
lliillruail NUI' rlptlen.
From the HllenstmiK I'upltnl.
Tho committee appointed by
K.lloiisbtirg hoard of trade to solicit
I be
Bllll-
ucrintiooH for the Columbia Kiver
Kail-
way, have been actively engag m me
work and are meeting wiih success
worthy the enterprise, l'p to Mediies-
day evening they had $50,000 subscribed
and t-JI.Oiill more promised, with Hie
meat portion ot too country ouisnie 01
I he citv to hear from. The committee
feol greatly encouraged over tho prosiect,
and the prompt manner in which the
3oplo are reepDnoiiiu, leaon Hicin iu i
ti.wa tlmir wotk will soon he accom
plished. The people of Kllensbnrg and
Kittitas countv, true lo their past history,
stand shoulder to shoulder in this good
cause, and there wil) he no hesitating nor
halting until tiie work is wcjl aim umo-
fully done.
1 literal utri'otiiiiierve Commlaalon
The Interstate Commission, by Com
miMsitinnr Morrison, rendered its decision
Saturday in the case of the Northwestern
Grain anil Slock Shippers' Association
vs. the Chicago A Northwestern Kailwa'
Company. It stales that a railtoad col
pany, when making ditl'erent rates for tl '
mime distance on dlllerent branches of it .j
road, must justify them by showing that
there is a ilill'ereiice in the cost of carry-
iinr on the dlllerent branches
The company gave special rates to car
shippers to a wint in Illinois, by means
of which tho com letii bed the sealsiard
at low through rates. hen the com
pany denied as u did, sncn Bpeciai acivan
iiore'a to the corn shippers ill Iowa, i
gave unlawful prefer,, nee to the Nebraska
Blupirs.
. ,
A Tramp Hnd the Vood-plle
A tramp called at a residence in Pen
dleton Sunday morning ami asked feel
ingly f ir "something to eat." Heing
asked if he wouldn't tackle the womb
pile ami eain bis breakfast, he replied
that he couldn't conscien'iously wotk on
Sunday. The good housewife then in
formed him that her husband split wood
on the Sabbaih, and he was as good a
mau as any tramp; but the tramp re
plied that he "didn't hardly have time,
as he must catch the train," and moved
away, chalking a mark on the fence as a
,,r,'oio to bis snecies that a woodpile
and crosscut laid in wait for them at that
1 n,Ki,,ince
Moore the Heeoud.
From the Walla Walla Statesman
Although the Republicans have Miles
O. Mooie for governor, the lHMiiocniia
came to the front with the nrst governor
nt the name In the person of Marshall F.
Moore, who waa apoiiited by President
' i I nn.....l fisim 1KI17 to
OIIIIHOU, aim I'W p-ino
isji'i hen he was a candidate lor ivie-
""-. ':;' - .... iu.m,,ic ticket
lot"""- - "
n.d.l who defeated Moore by a
majority
- , voteoi b357.
f kf M " w11 '
I
e CIIBXUUI'I.i.
A liMy.hu,.d UrM,lltloll , th. Mineral
Wealth of m I'ortl nofl'nlon Couuty.
Correspondence Union Scout.
I will venture the assertion that no
where since the fabulous, era of t'ali
fornia's gold discoveries, bus there
been found richer and more extensive
mines of gold than are In re in a
around Cornucopia, in Cuioii coun v
It is, too. not out of humanity's reach, b...
in a civilized, thickly sell led and fertile
region. The products of the soil are
vaiiousand abundant. "Wood, water,
and urass" aie everywitere. !
It is truly a miner's paradise. J can i
see no drawbacks no discouraging as-1
ieet no cloud to dim the horizon. Its I
accessibility adds to its charm. Taking j
the stage 111 I'nion at six in lie morning,
you are in the "horn of plenty" at the
same hour in the evening, and when 1
only thirty miles out you stiike. tiie San-1
ger mill and mines which even I'.aUer
i -ity journal-! chronicle assiupping, a lew
weeks a'o, seventy thousand dolhus in
gold bullion. There ate more mines than
have been dise'iveretj. the avocation of
prospector is nut yet jione. 'there is yet
many a pine which mark!-: the boundaries
of claims vet to he located. The prospec
tor can strike himself rich and all 1 he
while live in a land of plenty and com
fort, while the school bell cliiiuea melod
iously with the whistling of the quart,
mill and the rattle of the stamps.
The town of Cornucopia wits laid out
in the fall of ltW,", the first mines having
been located in the fall of that year. It
was named after the old .Nevada tow n of
Cornucopia, by W. It. 1 'slier, familiarly
culled "Icicle I'.ill" Usher. Mr. falter.
Sain Senor, and George Holies, old Tus
can ras, now own valuable mines named
the "Comet," "Way l'p" and "George,"
which are held 'way npin the thousands,
with the proHicct of a sale during the
coming Hummer.
Allentown lies below and adjoining
Cornucopia, and was laid out by some
parties second comers who were too
late to get their choice of lots in Cornu
copia. In both places there are in tiie
vicinity of two hundred houses, many of
which are now vacant, but present indi
cations are that in two months time they
will be mostly occupied.
Lumber, deliveied, is from $17 to $i0
per thousand. All vegetables anil farm
products are cheap and abundant.
In Cornucopia there is one hotel, kept
by Mr. Nicholson, three stores, three
loons, and 0110 public hull and school
house. Pine creek runs through the
center of the town, and southerly throng
a rich and thickly settled agricultural
valley, lrout are abundant 111 the creek
as also in a lake situated six miles from
Cornucopia. '1 lie timber is the black
yellow and hull pine. Some of the trees
are VAI feet high and from ;i to 7 feet in
diameter at the butt. This town, almost
exclusively tiilititarv to I'nion, has every
convenience and luxury for the suppoit
ot a largo and thriving community.
While in California last w inter your cor
respondent had fieqitcnt conversation
with mining men about minim' sales.
I'beie. the only bilk was about gold, and
here they can find it. 1 can assert and
you can s.ifcly publi-h that out of a thous-
ind locations in tins district, tlieie w not
one which win not mill two dollars per
Ion, anil from that up in tho hundreds
111 Grass valley, Cel., mines pay divi
dends that mill only nifty cents, so your
readers may form some idea of the extent
and value of Ibis locality. It ia truly
Cornucopia a big born of plenty,
lllful-inill Ion Desired.
Under a recent date Captain Win. K
llirkhimer writes the following note
which is self explanatory :
Illl'U'liS HuP'r OF TIIK Col.I'MlllA, )
Vancoiivkk Hauhacks, W. T.,' r
March 1, 1H.S0. )
I laving been designated to investigate
the matter of the service of certain volun
teers, pursuant lo the following resolu
tion :
"In tiik SiiN vrr. or tiik C S., I
January 211, ISSil. )'
Kusolved, That the secretary of war
be, and he is hereby, directed to cause
an investigation to be made into the or
ganisation and service of what naH been
commonly known in Oregon nm Vaptain
i -iv v. I iiioi n . ooijiii oy oil oilmen
Volunteers,' which, it is alleged was or
ganized in the early part of the year 1S4S,
lor gervico, mid whicli served in ine
Indian war in Oregon, known as the
'Cajuso War;' and to repot t lo the Sen
ate, at Ins earliest .convenience, all facts
relating to such alleged organization.
whether of record or otherwise, toio!hcr
with the names of the officers and pri
vates constituting such company.
Attest: Anson G. Mel ook, ei'.
I will thank anyone having knowledge of
tho organization and services of the com
pany mentioned, lo coujuiuiiicate it. 1 lie
information w hich, it is conceived, w ill
niuut the iiinposos of the S uato resolu
tion, ami host serve those interested,
should cover these points, viz:
I'list Anything authentic regarding
the organization of tho company.
Second 1 lie diameter of I be service
where and when that il rendered. This
should likewise be conlincd to fads, us
nothing else will servo any useful pur
pose. llnrd Ihe names and residences ot
the members of the company with the
rank of each; and the names and post-
ollice addresses of suniving members.
It is suggested to those w ho may be
interested in this matter, Unit they can
perhaps best serve themselves us well as
more salistaclorilv develop the lads, ivy
calling on me ami making the statement
in person. Wt. K. ISihkiiimkh,
Captain, cting Judge Advocate, I'.S. A.
Oregon and Washington territory
papers please copy. ,
Heath of I'licle Jimmy Stephens.
Mr. James II. Stephens, a well-known
pioneer of Fast Portland, died at his
home there .last Friday night. lie was
horn on the lino between Virginia, and
Pennsylvania in ISOii, moved lo Indiana
ill 1HI4, where ho lived lib manhood and
learned the trade of a cooper, and came
to Oregon ill ISI I. settling on the present
site ot Fast Portland, when the place
where 1'orilund and Fast Portland now
stand was an unbroken wilderness. lie
followed his trade, inn I lie litsl ferry boat
aero a the Willamette river, and was a
typical and useful pioneer, lie leaves a
large est ale.
A Heavy llplde.
Miss Alice llogiiboom, of Vermont, w bo
was mariied lo Alfted Thompson in
Huston tho other day, weighed bob
pounds. She is a blonde, with an array
of haud-ome, hut colossal, charms. The
husband, un the other band, is a little
fellow weighing only ninety pounds. It
took lifiy-.-ix yards of white satin to make
lliolniil.il dress, and the gauntlets worn
b) the biide were the legs of rilk stock
ings. She had on No. 1 1 satin slippers,
and her silk stockings were the biggest
ever made in Host on, costing 2S. Her
husband bought her wedding presents
costing fiUiH), including a $4ivi pair of
diamond earrings.
I lie nt C 'lilrallit, Vt'. T.
Cknik.uja, V. T March 25 Fire
broke oul in Ihe dry bouse hclonumg lo
Frank Mellaril s bilck yard at six o clock
last evening. The drv house was en
tirely destroyed, together with several
thoiisatid biick. The roof of Sterger's
sawmill caught lit e and soon disapieared.
line U'll was burned, but no machinery
was injured. The loss is not vet known.
Kx-Mavor Hewitt and F.dward Co.uvr.
proprietors of the .New Jersey Steel and
Iron Works at Trenton, K. J., have been
traveling In Ihe iron region South lor
several weeks on a tour of investigation.
As result, it is announced that alout
Apiil 1 Iheir works will be removed to
Chattanooga. Much of the raw iron and
coal supply has been coming from there,
and the co'mpany has found a large mar
ket in that region. The works employ
thiiteen hundred men.
At II ehhridire. Wisconsin,
teamster
f(ll ,,miul of , ir, , year, old
be-
cause "be refused to marry him, and then
1 killed himself. The girl will recover.
j CHICAGO MARKETS.
1 Chicago, Hatch 25, 1 :15 p. x Close
i wheat, easier; cash, $1 OS1-' ; April,
fl Ol'j; ; May, 1 037.
Coin, firm; cash, 34J4; April, 31'8';
May, 41 11-10.
Oats, lit m ; cash, 24 1-24 ; May, 2.1?,'.
Barley, nothing doing.
Pork, firmer; Mav. 12 4"i : Julv, $12.
47. Lard, firmer; cash, ?oo; Mav. $7.
02'i'. THU (illVKKMAl KM IN KAUXKSr.
The United Stute Nteamstilp Thelia to Ko
to the Arctic Oceitn to Protect.
Washington, March 22. Sailing or
ders have been sent to the United Hates
steamship Thetis, at the Mare Island
navy yard, to proceed to Sitka, touching
at such places as the commanding officer
may oeem necessary. lien sue arrives
111 i lia miu MMuimiiinaieu Willi tile COII
authorities, she will, it the situation is
quiet and her presence there not re
quired, continue on northward, and de
vote her attention particularly to the
whaling fleet and other commercial in
terests of the United States, inthe waters
about Behring straits and the Arctic
ocean. As the whaling vessels usually
leave the Arctic in the latter part of Sen
tember. the presence of the Thetis, until
then, will add security to those engaged
in that important industry, and the
ThetiB will remain until they have taken
their departure southward, taking care
not to be caught in the ice. She will then
return to Sitka and await further instruc
tions. Miaht Fire In VauuitUTer.
Vani oi vkk, W. T., March 25. This
morning at 11 o'clock an unoccupied
nu Kiing on Nxtn ana u streets, in r.ast
Vancouver, owned bv Mr. McCarthy of
J'ortland, originally intended for saloon
pui poses, was discovered ablaze. The
fire department did good work, being on
Ihe scene in very short time, and saved
the adjoining buildings. The saloon in
question has been on fire three times
since it was built, and the opinion pre
vails that the fire is the work of incendi
aries. The Wheat Crop.
Washington, March, 21. The March
statistical report of the department of
agriculture gives the average weight ot
wheat by States: General average 50.5
pounds, the lowest of six years. In the
spring wheat region the range is from
5H.5 in Dakota to 55 in Nebraska. It
makes the crop equivalent to 3111 ,000,000
bushels, sixlv pounds each ; less by
nearly 25,000,1100 bushels than the quan
tity in measured bushels.
A Governor Wanted.
Pkovidknck, It. I., March 21. The
Republican Slate convention met this
morning. Governor Royal C. Taft wag
renominated, but declined to accept.
Governor Herbeit L. I, add, of Providence,
was then unanimously nominated for
lieutenant governor, but he declined, and
Dual G. I.itllefield was chosen. The rest
of ihe ticket was renominated.
The Willi. lee. Maleh CollHpied.
l'oiiTi.AMi, March 25. The six-days-go-as-you-please
walking match has col
lapsed, only one hundred and fifty dol
lats having been taken ill at the" door.
One of the judges got the manager's w atch
lo secure his money. Ihe Mai ine Bank
brought attachment suit to recover iKO.
and all the w alkers quit.
ThoKe Chained NkeletnliH.
Nohkoi.k, Va., March 22. The story
that two chained skeletons were found in
the bold of the sunken rebel ram Merri
inac is denied, and it is asserted that
they were in (lie hold of Ihe United
States ship Cumberland, w hich the Mer
limac ran down.
Oklahoma I'rocliimnl Ion.
Washington, March 22. Secretary
Noble after leaving the cabinet meeting
this afternoon said he thought the Presi
dent would sign Ihe Oklahoma proclama
tion this afternoon. If not signed he
felt confident it would be done to-norrow.
To Tax Sleeping Curs. '
Lincoln, Neb., March 21. The State
Legislature has passed a bill taxing-
sleetiinir cars. Tho tax to ho assessed
at tho same rale as private property, and
i n u mi io ot t tio number ol miles oper
ated in a State to the total number of
miles operated. I
dapanoMC Nohlllly.
CiiU Aoo, March 21. The Count and
Countess Sana, Marquis and Mar-
bioness Malda, and a number of minor
officers a id attendants, of Tokio, Japan,
arrived hero from San Francisco this
morning on a pleasure trip through the
country.
A Liirgrer Navy Wanted.
Sr. Phtkhsiu'iio, March 21. The gov
ernment is considering measures for in
creasing the number of vessels in the
navy. The plan under consideration in
volves an expenditure of 120,000,000
roubles.
VillHrd'a Scheme Col lapsed.
Nnw Vouk, March 21. The World
says: "The great scheme of Henry Vil
laid whereby all the Kdisnn electric com
panies were to bo consolidated into one
jigantic concern, i reported to have col
lapsed." Fifth In Ihe Knee.
Nun, March 21. A regatta took place
here to-day. Tho course was from Mon
aco to Nice. The American yawl Moan
itu came in fifth among the foreign.
The . It. N. Co. WIiih aSult,
Washington, March 23. The U. S.
supreme court rendered a long decision
to day in the case of Ihe Oiegonian ltail
load 8 the O. H.& N. Co., in favor of
the latter.
A Nti iko FMK
Hkw Yoiik, Match 21. The strike of
the leather workers has lieen declared of,
Ihe giils applying for work at the em
ployers terms.
A Taper Sydtcnte.
London, March 21.--Fourteeu of the
latgosl paper makers in Fugland have
formed a syndicate foi the purpose of
raising prieeB. The capital is 2,000,000.
rilpitl'H lllary.
London, March 21. It is slated that
the ditiiy of Pigolt, forger of the Parnell
letters, is ill tho possession of Maurice
and Timothy M. llealy.
l'aul Heyuton Exhibit.
Pokh. isn, March 25. Capt. Paul
Hoj nton gave a pleasing exhibition a few
miics below tow n to a largo audience yes
terday. A Dark II erne's Chwncea.
' W isiiiso roN, March 25. It is thought
a dark horse will he appointed governor
of .Montana.
ritOJJ Al'ltOSS THE Mtll'N T UNS.
ttreey Notes l-'rtmi I .tlraiide- Mur About
Ihe Keren! Fire.
I.itiitiNDK, On., March 20, HS0.
Fire was discovered at 10 o'clock last
night in the rear ot Ihe LaGrande Brew
ery, probablv eliminating through care
lessness. When the alarm was sounded
it was patent that all ellorta, except in
protecting other proerty and making
salvage, were futile. The hose company
w as on deck in good time, but it required
too many minutes to tap the plug, and
then a patty had to travel over a mile lo
turn on a bead ot water. Luckily, every
thing was damp and burned slow ly.
The Golden Utile Hotel, 40 feet dis
tant, was saved, although Joe Trueedal,
the proprietor, is largely loser, hy re
moval of elVects. No insurance.
Johns Kocbe, the proprietor of the
btewerv building, was insured in full.and
Ihe slock in the cellar was saved almost
intact.
H ither a discreditable affair between
two prominent members of the hose com
pany occurred subsequent to their haviug
done as well ts they could in protecting
property. But this was attributed to ihe
"ardent."
The lulls are donning a verdure.
Tom Barton, formerly of Umatilla
counly, has reverted to bis old trade
painting and says that unite an activity
in the building line will soon do apparent
here.
An engineering party is here to locate
a railroad from this place to Wallowa
. vallev, tor tiie O. K. & N. Co.
1 I..VTLB March 21. S. R. Reeves, for-
merly a Heppner sheep man. is now pro
prietor of the Blue Mountain House, (he
first class hostelry of LaGrande. Fred
L. Guodnoiigh, who for years was head
' clerk with the M. & M. Co., is the oblig
ing clerk. LaGrande is a good hotel
, town now and the above house is a favor
ite.
George White lost two fingers yester
day by familiarity with an Fdgar saw
which he was running in the Kamela
: sawmill.
j lion. L. B. Hinehart advises me that
j $125,000 of the subsidy has already been
! sunscrioed.
I Senator Slater is able to walk around.
La Grande shows considerable improve
ment willun the past eight months, ti.
A silver Wagon itoad.
From the Phfhidelphiaf'reRs.
"You may talk about nickel-plated
railroads," said Vice President L. T.
Mtunlov of Wnlniif atraat "hot a-lint .in
yi, ttiii'.tc of a solid silver wagon road?
-1 i.B tmHM1(in mine in ftol.m.,1,, l,a
,,,, u ninouM U'lu.n O nan l.n 1
thev
didn t think it would pan out that way.
They had to have a road from their mine,
a distance of three miles, over which
heavy loads were to be drawn. They
took the rock that had been taken from
the shafts they were sinking,
and which lay around in the
way, and macadamized the road
all the way through. The wagons pass
ing over tiie road ground the rock down.
One day they had a heavy rainstorm,
and w hen things got dry again after the
rain, the wind blew the dust off the road,
and all through the road-bed, every
which way, they could see big streaks of
silver. Well, maybe they didn't collar
on io me resi oi that loose rocic tnat lav
around those shafts! Thev sent awav
lot of it to be assayed, and when the
report came back they found that their
roan-oeu was worth 200a ton. It was
little expensive to drive over, but they
had to have the road, and I suppose
they've got it yet, it their mineB have held
out
Tightening; the Hqueeze.
From the Spokane Chronicle.
Iiy the transfer of the 0. R. & N. Co.'s
stock to the Northern Pacific and Union
Pacific companies, and the arrangements
lor conducting the aflairB of the O. K. &
Co., the fiorlhern Pacific practically
comes into control of the concern. The
commissioners of the two roads interested
who are to have control of the O. R. & N.
are six in number, and of these four are
Northern Pacific and two Union Pacific
men, hence the balance of power is in the
hands of tho Northern. Presumably,
tlien, the policy of the O. K. A Is. Co,
will be dictated by and be in harmony
with that of the Northern Pacific. It is
doubtful if Spokane Falls will gain by
this absorption as it eliminates one factor
in competition for transcontinental traffic.
Comfortinir Advice.
From the New Yo'-k Weekly.
First Friend Hello, Jinks! pot a bad
cold, I see. Bathe your feet in hot water,
and drink a pint of hot lemonade.
second friend Inhalo ammonia or
menthol.
Third Friend Take four hours' active
exercise in the open air.
Fourth Friend Sponge with salt water
ana remain in a warm room.
fifth friend Put on all the winter
things you've got, and spend half a day
sawing wood. .
Sixth friend The best cure I know
for a cold is to get drunk.
Jinks (with emotion) A friend in need
is a friend indeed. Let's take a drink.
. Democratic Humorists ltalked.
From Puck.
Harrison (to his private secretary)
Lige, do you remember how you aiid I
used to laugh over those imaginary con
versations in the natiers between Presi
dent Cleveland and Dan ?
Lige ILilford Indeed I do. Ha, ha, ha!
Weren't they funny?
Harrison (anxiously) But. Liire. I'm
afraid the funny men of the other party
will now spring the same joke on us, and
begin assuming that you are running my
Administration.
Lige . (confidently) No. thev won't.
Kvev"fcr'y will know Bluino is running
it.
f tione to Destruction.
From ivic Chlcax iTrlbun?.
The proud New England man entered
his home with dragging step and bowed
he.el.
"Klizabeth," he said, with trembling
voice.
"I have heard at last from our way
vrard son, William, for the first time since
he left us, five years ago."
"Is he dead, Jonathan ?"
"Worse than that!" groaned the
wretched father.- "He is in the Oregon
Legislature!"
Turkeys In California.
In California turkeys are raised in
Hocks numbering several thousand. They
are placed in charge of a herder, who
drives them as he would a Hock of sheep.
They range over miles of territory in a
day, and live almost entirely by foraging.
When the grain is cut and harvested the
turkejs are turned into the immense
wheat and barloy fields, and the birds do
the gleaning, and become fat and ready
for market at very little cost.
Union Pacific Movements.
A Uoston dispatch to the Herald says :
Union Pacific affairs are in a curious
shape again. There is an activity in the
construction department strangely out of
place in a company which has been pos
ing as bankrupt, and asking congress for
an extension of time for their debt. Sur
veiing partiea are out, and a number of
new lines are projected. The most im
portant is a direct outlet to the Pacific
coast at or near San Francisco. Every
man charged with the management of
the company for years back, has recog
nized the necessity of such a road, and
has tried to secure it.
A SiKnlflonnl Beginning.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Is there anything significant in the
fact that about the first removal made by
Mr. Harrison, President by virtue of a
corrupted hallot-box and blower of the
bugle blast for a purer ballot-box, is that
of C. C. Watts, United States District
Attorney for West Virginia, who has
made himself objectionable to the blocks-
of-iive party by his diligence in bringing
illegal voters to justice I
IflHtne'a Karly i'luiu. .
From these loula lo-t-t ispa'ch.
Secretary Blaiiio eniovs the unworthy
distinction of being the first member of
the Harrison Administration to apoint
a member of his own family to the most
important office in his gift. He has made
bis son, Walker Blaine, examiner of
claims for the State llepartuient. But
.Mr, Maine is accustomed to unworthy
distinction, and mere nepotism is almost
a virtue in him.
A Fair Division ol t-anor.
Knmlover (to new clerk) This pack
age of money you've just counted is two
live-i'ollar bills snort.
Vau- I'Urb- lloW Ho VOtl knOW ? Yoll
u.,;.i vim huitii't counted the money.
1 mid lhat to test your honesty. 1
hardly know what to do about it.
1 can help you out; you take me into
partnership, atid I'll do the stealing for
ihe firm and voucan uo sue onus u
we'll make things hum.
A lined I M for a Noel.
From the t'hlcaso Herald.
Andrew Carnegie is said to be writing
a novel. Andrew may have a soul above
pig iron, perhaps, and tiie practical dusi
ness of making the principles of protec
tion yield him a million and a half a year
may not be inconsistent with a fine vein
of romance.
After being under indictment seven
years, the charge against Luke Carty of
the murder of Peter GoeU at San Fran
cisco was dismissed Saturday, tarty had
three trials, and wu twice convicted of
manslaughter, but the Supreme court
overrule.! the decisions. Once the jury
disagreed. The reason tor dismissal waa
iusuttieiencv of evidence, the most im
portant witueaabaving left Use State.
A BABT TOUCHES KVERV HEART.
On. or These Little Eptxodes of Life That
Brinuont Mai,-. ine Eeeilnite.
Marlon D. Kgirt In Meattle Hnnrlsy lindeet.
It was last summer on the Northern
Pacific east-bound express, lietween Ta
coma and KUensburg. liig-hearted Henry
Buckley was conductor, and when he
came into our car he said ' tickets." The
first one offered him was bv a little bit of
a light-haired woman, who with a little
bit of a light-haired, blue-veined baby
and four little light-haired children, oc
cupied Ihe double seat near the stove.
"Hank" took the pasteboard, looked at it.
turned it over, glanced inquiringly at the
woman, counted the children, five of
them, and the mother, five and one is
six, on a single ticket. Six is a good
many for one fare, but there'B no mis
take about the children being under five
years of age, either.
W here from, madam '!" ho inquired.
"All the way from Texas, seven days
on the road, me and the children. Going
to Ellensburg to meet my husband, w ho
has taken uu a ranch near there. Oh.
i in so tired.
The train whirled along, the little tots,
one after another, fell asleep, and last of
all the tired mother, as well as the wee,
blue-veined baby that lay in her lap,
closed their eyes in fitful slumber. Hy
this time the mother's simple slory hail
gone through the car and occasioned Ihe
sympathy that is the natural imuulse
of Americans on like occasions, and
kindly thoughts on all sides were ex
pressed for the family, and an earnest
nesire to do something tor them in a
ainuiy way seemed to tie possessed bv
one and all.
After awhile the sleeping babe became
reHtless. and for feat it uiiahl full from
the sleeping mother's lup, a tiowpapoi-
maii, without disturbing either, gently
lilted the baby and was about to lay it on
an adjacent seat, when a Portland drum
mer doubled his fur-lined overcoat on the
seat, w hich made for the little one a bed
as soft as down, saying as he did so :
"I've a kid myself down home."
A young lady from Weston, Or., gently
folded her shawl for a covering, while
Mr. Thomas L. Nixon, of Tacoma, pinned
a paper across the window to shut out
the light from baby's eyes. Directly the
butcher with his basket of fruits and
nuts, passed bv, but soon returned and
quietly laid beside each Bleeping child
and the mother, a paper bag that col
lectively contained every blessed thing
the trainboy possessed, a contribution
from Ben Snipes, the stockman, who sat
in the rear of the car. And the train
rattled along.
After a half hour's fitful slumber the
mother awoke, and starting to her feet
exclaimed:
"Oh, my baby !"
She agonizingly looked around for the
little one she so quickly missed, but im
mediately she saw the lost one snuglv
ensconced on his soft anil shaded couch,
and the anxious eyes at once softened
and tilled with grateful tears. A glad
smile played across her weary face, and,
allot a neap she tell back into her
place and covered her face w ith her wan
hands, and the passengers looked out
(he window, wiped tlieir eyes, blew their
noses, and felt of Iheir collars to see
what made them lit so tightly to their
throats so suddenly. Pretty soon ihe
mother had baby back again. The liftle
ones were awake, and exploring the
mysteriously-obtained bags, and wor.iier
ingly looked into their mother's smiling
face, and into each other's faces, and into
the faces of the other passengers, enquir
ingly as to the source of their great pos
sessions, and the passengers laughed.
whispered to and winked at one another.
and felt just as glad as the children did.
ihe cars had scarcely Btopned at El
lensburg before the eldest child shouted :
See, there s papa !
Sure enough, iust outside the car stood
the gladdest man on earth. The little
ones jumped up and down, babv crowed
and reached out his hands to him who
could not wait to come in the car, but put
nis glad lace tlirougli the window and
kissed them all, baby first, and when the
awaiting brakemau took his sleeve down
his face was all wet and smutty. Then
the Miss from Weston took baby and
started to the door, followed by Tom
Nixon, who had a bundle and the next in
size, then Hank Buckley came along.
with the twins and the drummer. who had
the fur coat and the kid in Portland, car
ried tho other. The brakemau with the
smut on his nose carried his arms full of
pillows, bundles and things, while the
newspaper man from Walla Walla helped
the tired mother along.
ine crowd at the depot platform didn t
seem to understand what the singular
spectacle meant, for one of them said :
"1 guess they are unloading a car of
babies here."
But when the little ones had been set
tled amid the fragrant clover that almost
filled the wagon, and babv was on moth
er's lap again, they seemed to under
stand; for w hen we took off our hats and
said good-bj-e to the thankful parents,
and delighted children, the crowd took
off their hats and said good-bye, too, and
wnon we Had gotten into the car again
we were as happy as could be. Directly
the drummer said :
"Baby is king, isn't he?"
"Yes, he's lord of the land and the sea
and he makes the whole world akin,"
some one replied.
Reunited Once More.
From the Hiker City Hevellle.
Several davs ago, our readers will re
member, mention was made of on elope
ment which occurred nt Union, the par
lies being Mrs. A. C. Boyd and a sheep
herder by the name of James Hill. The
husband of the misguided woman ar
rived in Baker City yesterday, and at
once interviewed the delectable pair
whom ho found employed at the West
ern hotel. The woman had evidentlv
learned that her boyish lover was not all
that her fancy had painted him, and ex-
ressed herself w illing to accompany her
lawful and wedded husband back to
where she could once more hear the
sweet music of her children's voices,
feed the pigs and chickens and read the
motto "God Bless Our Home" as in the
happy days of yore. The sheep-herder,
loo, was longing to exchange the dis
cordant rattle of crockery, pots and
pans in a hotel kitchen for the melliflu
ous jingle of the sheep bell as it lulled
me urowsy ioiu to resi, ann accompanieo
the pair to the depot, where he bade
them farewell, and announced his deter
mination to go out in the world alone and
let his crushed hopes grow up with the
flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la.
All's well that ends well. Well, well!
Next.
On the Nfe side.
From the Alhny Kxpress.
Some amusing incidents happen at the
civil service examinations, which the
laws now reouire to lie passed by caoAv
dittos for oltieial positions and clerkships
ft was at an examination in Boston trial
a voting woman found herself confronted
with this question :
"Are you of good moral character?"
She w as very much amused at the ques
tion, and in doubt how to treat it. Call
ing the examiner to her desk, she said :
"I have the reputation of being of
good moral character. But you know
reputation' is what people think of us,
while 'character' is what God and the
angels know of us, and that I don't want
to tell."
The examiner said she need not worry.
Taxing ! Ho lids.
Some one writing from Salem to the
Oregonian thus criticises the position of
that somersaulting journal iu regard to
taxing bonds:
"You have, in to day's issue of yonr
paper, an article on the water bond ques
tion in which you state that 'a tax upon
th bonds ia not a tax upon the bond
holders but on the necessities of the pe -
tlo.' and that 'the Vondholder eventually
escapes it (the tax) since ho always has
means of doing so and there is no way to
rach him.' If it be true, as yon assert,
that the bondholder 'invariably escapes'
taxation and that 'there is no
mav to reach him,' it would not
make one bit ot difference to
him whether the bonds were taxed
or not. and he could therefore
afford to pay as much in the one case as
ia the other. Are you not .hoisting your-
self by your own petard ? Have you not
yourself demolished vour own argument?
j( jt lc r(ei gg you u"s,lt that there is
, n0 wav lo reach'the bondholder iu order
; to make him pay on his wealth, is it not
a virtual expression that such a thing as
'eoual taxation' is a failure, and that
hereafter the poor alone must be taxed
and the bondholder exempted? If so
not our government a failure? luu
assert when the bonds are paid out
to private parties lhat they are not
private property 'iu the ordinary sense.'
What do you mean? They are
private property sufficiently enough to
empower the owneis to collect the cou
pons and place the proceed in their pri
vate pockets. This is the ordinary way
which bondholders have of collecting in
terest from bonds which really areptivate
property "in the ordinary sense." You
have made a distinction without a differ
ence. Your allusions to ''demagogues
and fools," and to persons possessed of
only "demagogy, malevolence and stu
pidity, will not be noticed, as they are
not arguments but Ihe sure indications
ot the lack of argument."
The Heart In the Ntoinaeh.
From the Youth's Companion.
The ill nature of many men will vanish
in the presence of their favorite dishes on
the dinner table, a fact lhat has given
rise to the old saying that the way to a
man's J'eart is through his stomach.
The wiiter once boarded with an irrita
ble elderly man who gave laughable illus
trations of the truth of this adage. When
things had gone wrong with the choletic
old gentleman his wife would sh ly say to
her daughter, who assisted in the cook
ing: "We'd better have apple dumptln'ir to
day. fMirah. vour pa is out c.f npecuts. 1
intended having a potpie, but he don't
care much lor that, and you know how
fond he is of ihiiiiplin's.""
When the duiiiphnV appeared the
oiu Kcnuciuan s wruui would np&aiiy
vanish.
Sometimes the wise old lady would
scatter an impending slorm and keep it
up for break fust by apiiearing with a
plate of doughnuts or pie, saving:
Here pa, vou'd better i at this; no
body else wants it, and it's just sitlin
round in the way."
Kentucky's (lrl Preacher.
Falmouth, Ky., Special n P.ttsburg Dis
patch. Mary Semous, ten years of age. has
delivered four sermons in this place, and
is becoming quite popular as a p eacber.
She has a good voice and splendid deliv
ery lor one so young. Muiy is the
daughter of a fairly well-to-do farmer.
who lives ah aic tour miles from this
place. From infancy she displayed un
usual brightness. About eight months
ago she joined the Baptist church lime
and said that Hie Lord had cubed upon
her to preach. She lirst addressed u
small congregation at her father's house,
and succeeded so well thar. she spoke
next in a chinch near by. The little giil
soon bad a reputation throughout tins
and neighboring counties. After seveiai
months in the country she preached
here, and her success was greater than i
was in the rural districts. Under her
ministry several peisons joined the
hutch. Many allege tb.it her sermons
cannot be surpassed by any grown man
or woman. Mnry is rather small fur her
years, has sharp features, black eyes and
hair and is very intelligent. She will
continue her services bete for sveral
weeks and then she will go to the largci
Kentucky towns.
oitlu rn Capital for Southern Institutions
From Allunla Constitution.
AVilhin a certain period private dona
tions to schools and colleges in the Norlb
go over i 20,000,000. In the same time
in the South barely f)0,000. The besl
endowed uuiversiiy in the South, the
Vanderiiilt, gets its money from a north
ern man. The endowment fund of
Emory, is $05,000, of which ,t 75,000 came
from a northern man. Every buildiii".
at Emory, save the two socieiy halls, was
paid for by northern money. More
money has been spent by northern men
for collegiate education for negroes in At
lanta than any six Southern States have
given to collegiate education to white
boys. The Northern Methodist church
alone is spending more money in the
South for higher education than all Ihe
Southern States combined give to their
colleges. These figures are not only
startling thev are significant !
Trouble on the Border.
A dispatch from Gendu Springs. Kan
sas, says: "Sunday morning cattlemen
along the border for a great distance, on
the Cherokee et ip, awakened to find
their fences all destroyed. Sunday night
the work of destiuction was renewed, and
it is thought that stables, conals and
other property will go next It is thought
this is done in retaliation for the driving
out of the boomers fiom the Cieek and
Seminole ceded lands People here ami
at Arkansas City are quiet, and seem de
termined to stand loyally by the law and
tho Presidential ordeis. Tiiey feel, how
ever, that if the law-abiding are kept out
all others should be. so that all may have
an equal chance iu the selection of lands.
Arched at Top and Itoltom.
An Oregonian correspondent writing
from Tacoma says: "I hear a strange
story about the Cascade tunnel. The
bed of the railroad track in the tunnel,
originally a hard clay substance, is swell
ing up from the botlom, w hich is spiingv,
and is giving the railroad people conoid
erahle trouble. To overcome the dilli
culty the tunnel is to be arched at the top
and at the bottom like a gigantic sewer.
To this end the Northern Pacific com
pany is said to have secured a very large
tract of clay laud at l'aco, where an ex
tensive brick yard is to be established
and 15,000,000 of brick made at once, to
begin the work."
A Horrowlng Family.
Little girl Mrs. Brown, my mother
sent me to ask you if you w ould lend her
a dozen eggs. She wants to set a hen on
t hem.
Mrs. Brown I didn't know your
mother kept any hens.
She hasn't got any hen yet, but Mrs.
Smith has promised to lend ma one as
soon as she has the egys for the hen lo
set on.
The Dignity ol American Labor,
From the Cleveland Plalnilealer.
It is worthy of rental k that not one of
the fragments of the exploded boiler a
the Cleveland rolling-mill yesterday
struck an American. The missiles Uving
in all directions wounded onlv Scolch-
men, Englishmen, Bohemians and Poles.
We once were accustomed to hear and
read of Ihe dignity of American labor.
here is the American labor?
Branded as a lloudter.
From r, ji, Y. World.
Mr. aHmnker is rieb nnd tin is Irnlv
good. As PiMtrnastpr ireneml be is now.
erful. But he bought his nlace in the
laoiuei, uiiii we moan to pet a hninil nn
-i.: l - . .
on him wlucti will warnini? to the
i n i
UOUU1CIB n no njiut; line-
A few days since 800 tons 0 i,av BerP
burned by incendiaries on tie. j)tarn0IU
ranch, Grant county, owned by peter
French. Subsequently a man was ctl,,(
in the act of tiring a haystack. He wa4
beaten until insensible, and may or.
Bad feeling exists lietween some of the
piominent owners of land in this locality,
of which the incendiarism is supposed to
be the outcome.
A week ago Charles Neir, of Seranton,
Pa., ran a needle into his foot. The sur
geons sought in vaiu for it. Thursday
Seir was taken to the plant of the elec
tric railway company, and bis foot held
near one of the dynamos. In fifteen
minutes the needle was drawn out.
A correspondent recommends tar
smoke for a diphtheria cure. His treat
ment is to put few dro of tar, like
that used in ship-yards, ou a warm stove
lid and to require the patient to inhale
and swallow the smoke ten times a day
for hve minutes each time, lie has been
invariably successful in his experiments,
I
STATE TAXES.
A Table Showing Ihe Counties th.t Have
Paid Mild ( huse that Have not.
From the Sa'pm so-teaman.
A number '.f ti e counties of the State
have been very slow in paying in their
quota of Stute taxes this vear. It w ill be
i seen by the subjoined table that only
seven counties have paid in full, among
them iMMiig Marion, uhi'-h is square on
the books except an item of al out 1800,
over w hicli there is a dispute, the county
officials contending it is not justly due,
while the State authorities hold an op
posite view. Some of those credited
below as having paid in full have arrear
ages for taxes of other years, and this
credit only covers the tax of 1888. Be
sides those paying in full, nine other
counties have paid part and four of these
Lane, Lion, Malheur and Polk, have p aid
their shute of the military and univeisity
funds in foil, in addition to the amounts
credited to them on the general expense
fund.
Thirteen counties, or' nearly half the
whole number, have paid no part of their
State assessment for 1888, and a portion
of them are among those owing the
largest amounts.
'Ihe following table shows the State tax
of each county for the general expense
fund for 1888, and the a noiint paid to the
State treasurer up to Ihe present time:
i olinlles.
Bue.
Tux.
..! II Mi! SI
... 12 Hull S7
... S.li." 79
,.. M 2!)
... 2,'iSS .15
... 5. (17 21
.. a:i'4 ii
.. i,si2 a,
.. ll',:07 M
.. 4,1(1' 73
.. 7.NKII si)
.. II. 1 .t 51
.. 8,e 4 :
.. :l.ll CI 112
.. .ri,.i;; is
.. 15,1111 U.(
,. "il.IK.-t .-14
.. :i .ot 20
.. nyiw
. i,M M
.. IU,!' 8 71
. 1 1 m
.. 17 :('4 III)
.. II..V4 tl
. v:yvt :i
. i,an 4H
,. II.MSI It
. 14,1171 34
Paid,
no h ng
11,010
iii mil
not lung
111 foil
4,l-'3 58
nm hlng
nothing
in full
nothing
ai
nothing
in mil
S,li.'i3 U2
nothing
S,74:l 74
13,: 01 51
Mil 04
til full
- no: III i g
3 151 18
41685
not' b.g
nothing
nothing
nothing
in full
lu full
HeiitOM...
chtckxm ts .
i a sop
Columbia.. .
1 'oi
Crook
Cany
III! lillf
ill Mil 111
(I runt
.luck-ion
los phine ...
K 111 mat 1 1
ke
Lane
Ii nn
Mulheiir
tul noinnh .
I Ik
Tilt-tni' ok....
I'uintilla
I J ti ii .-
IISCO
Wull wit
Wa-liini; ou.
Yumiiill
Society nt Jug Kidge.
From the nil City lerrlok.
The Bowetsocks entertained very beau
tifully at Ihe dance given after the barn
raising Friday night, and Jug Kidge
society was well represented, ll is to he
regretted though, lhat Ihe Stover's Mill
people, w hen 1 bey are honored and ele
vated by un invitation into Jug Ridge
society, cannot conduct themselves in it
becoming manner. What possible ex
cuse can there be for two full-grown men
like Sandy ('.rimes and Walt liruyfoglo
currying a polecat secreted in a rubber
-iitck and lelling the animal out just as
refreshments were being served ? It does
seem to us that discourtesy to a host and
hostest eotdd go but little beyond this,
and we are asked to denounce this in our
most vigorous style. This we do here
and now, and impale the perpetrators on
i he sharp lance of public opinion.
Nothing hud oceutred up io this point
to mar the pleasures of the occasion,
unless it was the -regrettable dispute be
tween S.un iMelvce and Israel Langfelt
regarding their right lo dance with Sarah
Uillingslcy. The dispute ended in a
knock-down, but we must ejve ihe young
men credit for repaiiing to the orehurd
to enjoy their brutal fisticull's, ins'ead of
having it out in the parlor, as Bob John
son and Van Miller did. It was bad
enouiih for twenty or tbrity young men
to go to mo orchard to see tiie tight, thus
breaking up the dance for a time, but
that is certainly no reason why some of
the young ladies should go too. We do
not believe in so much pugilism at our
little social allairs, and hereafter the
power of the press will be brought to bear
to break il up. If any of these Kilrains
and Snllivans don't like this they know
who the Jug Uidgo society reporter ig,
and they cuu'be accommodated with a
iitlle bear daAee on very snort notice.
U'e trust wo are understood. We know
our gait, and think we are able to main
tain it.
The Democratic Outlook.
From the New Yoik World.
The word of courage and of hone whicli
The World spoke to tho Democratic
party after the loss of the election iu
November can be repeated with even
more reason now.
The Republican policy, as outlined by
President Harrison, will make for Dem
ocratic success in the future.
The Democratic parly is riirlit in assert
ing lhat un necessary taxation is unjust
taxation. It is light in demanding that
the surplus revenue be stopped, not
soent. It is right in holding that the
raxes to he Hist reduced are those which
ear hardest, upon the greater number of
people namely, the war taxes upon the
necessaries of life. Every word of the
Itepublican President, and every act of a
Republican Congress which antagonizes
these everlastingly right and truly Demo
cratic principles w ill hasten the day of
the second overthrow of Iheir party.
Hie plinocratiu tendencies and monoD-
olislic alliliations of ihe Itepublican party
w in nieviiiii.lv weaken it with the people.
The Democrats have only to be true to
their piincinles. united iu action and wise
in the selection of leaders to pluck a final
victory out oi ine present reverse.
A ISig H ater Scheme. f
Some of the members of the Oaklmd
fioard of Trade are nursing a Droiectf to
get the cilies of Oakland, San Francisco,
-an j ise, Mockton and Sacramento to
co-operate in n water scheme. It is to
bringdown from the mountains big
supply of water by tapping the Tuolumne
river, twenty-five miles from Sonera. It
is estimated I hat the cost, not including
the pipes, would be $10,000,000.
A Maiden's Artillc?.
From tVe Burlington Free Pres.
Artful Amy Algernon, in parliament
ary usaj-'e, what does Ihe presiding of
ficer s.iy when a matter is put to vote?
Unsuspecting Algernon Are you
ready for the question?
Artful Amy Y yes, Algernon, I
think I am?
The total production of all kinds of
commercial coal last year was 133,515,744
tons, valued at $L0J,534,3.h;. Of this
amount, Califo nia produced 8,0.)0 tons,
rained at 340.00.1; Oregon produced 50,
i)00 tons, valued at tfl id,00,); Washington
territory produced 1,215.7.-0 tons, valued
at J3.047..iO; and Idaho produced 60J
iocs, valued at ?:.7J0.
Six desperate men of the party which
committed the torturee on the citizens of
UcClellandtown, Pa., last week, are
located near Maiklcysville, a mountain
settlement on the southern borders of
Fayette counly. They are well armed
and are on guard against surprise. The
Matkleysville people cannot raise a posse
strong enoimb to attack them, and have
asked for aid from the county seat.
The Halifax express on the Inter
Colonial Railway collid -d Tuesday with
a freight train near Rinouski station.
Four itain men were killed and two
others were injured. None of the passen
gers were hurt. Both engines, Ihe bag
gage car, and three freight cars were
wrecked.
At Winslow, Arizona, Sunday, Otto
Schmidt started out w ith a double-bar
reled shotgun to look up his strayed cat
e. While driving them home the ham-
mer
'aught on a tw ig and it was dis-
cbaigeAv
inflicting probably fatal in-
juries.
-0.000,0JO f.,uanv fr carryiog tne
mails. At the pv rate of increaw it
will soon reach 4;',-vj,t)oo. if the present
rate of compensation i-.ept up.
Many applicants are i. the field for
The Dalles' pos office, say .iie Timea
Monntaineer, and a man mut ei ggy.
eral peti'i 'n a day or lie demonina a
"crabbed ol 1 ja hawker."
What promises to be the largest orange
grove in the world, 3J.0iJ tiees, is to be
pianieu in ronoma vallev, Lat., bv a
) syndicate of Illinois and low a capitalists.
Over 1000 immigrants arrive daily at
the Portland liotela.