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EASTERN NEWS. A «OCIATKD FRKW PtSPATTHW ft ,-, speech for O'Bonnell. «.«hivotoS, Dec. 8.-The following of the House of Hepresenta *«id prominent citizens called on todav and were granted \ j®l nC e in the Cabinet room : Cox of New York ; Morrison. and Fiueriy. of Illinois : Gen. ffvrt and Judge Foraker. of Ohio; If'fV; 0 f Iowa: Mayburj. of Michi- of Indiana; McAdoo, of 21*. * an d Horns, of Missouri: J. B. gSfof the Pekin. 111.. U;!> Tim„ : Snt? and Yonng. of Ohio, and others. Iter a few minutes devoted to intro %\LoDa the President heartily shaking fJnds with each of the gentlemen, and ■J®, interchange of jocular remarks on Sfnelitica! statu*, the c Ulers all being Jurats. Mr. Cox said-.Mr. Pres. £nt these score or more of gentlemen to speak to yon in betalf spAtri*k O'Donnell, a citizen of SL United States. He has just Zl n summarily tried and sentenced to Sl!th on the 17th. We do not come as Severs t# criticise the proceedings by •hiob he was convicted; nor do we ask Sat tbe sentence be set aside because rr took the life of an informer, exe rted by mankind. We simply ask r. Stponemantof the execution; if vour Intervention as our chief magistrateoau tore sr.ch effect, b- cause it is the earn <4 and general sentiment of the people re represent. I may be allowed to say that certain facts have produced abroad ,jeep seated sympathy. I hese facts are that the killing was not a murder from malice and was not deliberate. Ihe •lamentsof ninrder are lacking in the ease. The condemned man was n>t tl.e agent of a band of avengers. He was not a member of ai.y each or ganization at the time b« entered Boon tbe voyage, and he was not aware that Carey, the informer, was a fellow disenger. He was pursnmg a bona fide ttrney with his wife to Capetown. The stb is, the killing was au affray which ptw out of a sudden occasion, and has with the political events is Ireland. Besides, it is thought by Biny that the trial was unfair, not to uyeruel. Ibe authoritie of Capetown d&iniuri jurisdiction. It is the law of £e realm that tbe nation whose law is biokeD should be tbe /<*•//* in quo for trial. The custom and law of the I "nited States condemn the proceeding', and it ii eootrary to English jurisprudence. geriUes, there was wanting the old practice, of late abrogated in England, thereby the jurv should have txen empaneled- one-half from the na tion to which the prisoner belongs, and another half from the nation by vfeich he is tried. It is also certain thut tbe Judge decided upon the facts as well as the law. This was a mockery to jury trill and a scandal to jastieo. I meut'on these matters not for yoai pre mutation of them in a diplomatic way. Yoor administration may not consider it proper to critioisn, icuct loss t<> Mfttbeiuizo, the notion of tbe British Court. We would not allow any retire aoa* upon oir judicial action from the linglish Goyernment; still these facts luve produced a general and irradi cable impression upon the American people. As such I reeounfr them Hym Biay intensified by the knowledge fiat tnokO'Donm l is a citi/ui of this ooantry, although naturalised, yet by treaty he is in the same relation ns if lie bid byen born on our soil."' General Collins said: "It has l>een eonoeeded and well known that he is a citizen." Cox said: "If, Mr. I'renidcnt. thi-« tarried execution takes plae* ttvue will be a nhudder run through our people." Fur (in : "Is it not trui that O'Oon- Bf'.l wasa I'nion Hoidier?'' Fir.erty : "It is ho umierallf reported, led I understood tb.'.t it hrin not been gimtradictt d." Cox, oontnminK— "Let us endeavor to dosimeihiiiK. i would pot embarraH* Uif ext-cutivrt by uililil" request*. Hav ing lodk served <'ll the com! rut ton of foreign affair* I had occasion to protest igairiHt tli« nsminiption or usurpation by Congress of diplomatic rower which wixclusivoly lodged in your function; bot. Hir, yon have interfered in another sue, that of Dr. Lawnon. It wan a oa.se of poison; murder. It bad none of the interesting and international pi ia.ses «t thin cane, it did not make the universal ijmpnthy that this oa>».i die's. H<mo«, as members of <'oiij<ress, we. though inoilimally, represent tliw uuivorsal lywpathv for the Irish people. A vote m :unon« them and we are not a litt!') intoresW-d, all of ns (laughter»; in faot, we represent 'Jd.IXXXU'.X) pt«ople of Irish descent, anions whom wo o iunt mo'j soldier* as (Jen. Sli.-rid tu, nn-l yon, Mr. President, are pr >ad t.i i»" reckoned tmOPg the descendant.'. o' this f illant tscn. [Here the President stalled, and bownl assent.] ().i behalf of thow lynp-itlietii; people, and in vt«w of the (acts wht -h 1 have related, wo on'.v asl: JOB t'» direct the Hiwiri tarv •>» State to opin necetMtioiis lo mil ry out ;>.ir earn wt wis i n." Fiueriy "As ordidirv dip'.im<acv •Mold hn too late, ui i v 1 wilho it in,iro ffisty suggest »m for a put poaetjj'»fit of the exoo u: in l>y o ible an 1 ttonos?" Tho Prneide'ti* —" Ai tho evivitioa ii fixed for Mon I\v wi' -k. •!. • 17ta, ;>t Ouapt" it mast bo I>y c itil;*." Oox—"If thorn Hhtialii '»«» ip » i jw»r».«- n?ut of the execution, in-'am *' ;iU mi ill Wpresent itioa in iv l><» made oitber t> W'umnto tlie ssatt'iejo or enlirye i'io pfWon«T under proper conditions. TT« tpueiU to yvir clemency anil 1I*IJ•» init'.'." The President in rjply. vaul the l»o PftrtiiK'tit of State would at onco to!<- to Minister Lowell t«> miko *ll P**si!>le in<|ntfy regarding ()'l'nnn»dfs Mtueaship. and ho, tho President, would whatever aotiuki ho could wi»ti propriety. Cox, l>ef,»re retiring with tbo leira fcon, handed thd President * 'M,»v <>t the np(H<:kl prepared t»v tho < Tlau a v < J »el Awoci ition. w!n*h h islwen sent to each member of Conkr«<s, and which in the Him p.irt is as foll.iw : The act for thu commissi a of vrhieh oar fsllow-citisen. Patrick O'Donaell. now awaits pjm itioa it h iviug dared lo defend Buaoe.o<f ally his i>f«« nuu<ni •0 attack tuadeonhi'u i>v v w retail who kad alreadv destroyed ami bounded to di*tli several of his 11*11 aas'»eiat«* The c induct of O'DonnMl is I'M only an justifiable, but as meritori- Oasby hundreds of thousands of Aaaeri •iu eiti/ens of ovary origin, as is proved by tho liberal 00 itribations to t*i« fnad tor his defense. We request yenr Cnmpt aid iu him (ran hi* ipending fate, n>t for the.e renssn* alone. but tiecaase it is ««oknewledaed by even tko prnsee-itors that no* em* wit* he unconnected with any sseietv, bat w.m quite unawa-e of the identity of his ansailunt until a very short tine before the affray; therefore toe poten tial elements.deliboration,premeditation tad tu tlioe aforethought. neeessary te «tablish a ehargs of murder, are tein!- wanting. and again tho trial wai 1! b-wwise the esloni.il .tilth >ntiee ef C.ip.» of G*v>d Hop* insisted that he tommittcd the alleged offense within *beir jurisdiction. and th »t •»naeqaeni "Jheghiuld be tried there. neiw:»h ■Hiding which thov were .impelled by Uto itriii t i*i to yield him ap ®»:J<r that he might bs'trisd in the "ate: of its j».)wer ; t»ee*n« he was net at ta« first port ia th« nation *M*e I >.*s he ia said to have trans nceordinß to the l<val - :ssca and tiaireOQint, and beoans* the at the trial oaatrnry to bw »aj iir».;-«dent nnilertook to decide * i qi»sti(>a of faet. the very purpose for tiie j jrv was ernp melled. witfteat *a'-h sactrd ri>;ht trial becomes a We are eoatfroied in r® opinion that jtovorniueat action ® ti'ih a case cannot l»e con- unbefitting: oviwi execative *«icu aay te rnjnented in the present ®sUrce ty tho fact that in several i»h u'otnbly of qnitc ret nt date. *h n coarse h*a l>tr«-u adopted at the I?*c»tatioit of frie::d« of tho aceneed »r® :h simply whether an citizen shall be tned by a duo? l OVfrn ment and be pnt to ■win by illegal and foal MT AIM* without to« 10l i?! rnDOe - wit boat an effort Ton* We confidentlt npon to iL?5 0t ® °' i o * l '' o * »ud national spirit in e ' p aa ' 8 y° nr P° ww «a It. n ; al,er *nd renoeet such /action »• 10 desired result. -"■■ Wing tke Bloody Flax. «*«», Dec. B.—The Citizen, whose editor in John Pinnerty, member of Congreea. aided in originating tbe Par nell fund find tbe large fund which was used in the defense of O'Doncell, con tains a leading editorial in this current edition on the conviction of O'Donnell. and declares as the result of this trial that tbe party of violence will henceforth Ik- supreme in Dish politics. It declares O'Donnell'" killm? of Carey was the boldest avengement of history and tbe wmi honorable, and his con viction by tbe os-i»l hanging jury and inevitable partisan English Jndge LtR put an end forever in the Irish mind to all hope-t of ordinary jus tice from Englishmen, declaring it wil! ' never attain rats* a cent to d*f»nd ativ j Irishman i:i a British court of hw. and never contribute or adv.>-; tte the contri bution of any more money unless it be fur the purpose of striking terror into the demon beart of th- overgrown das tard that hesitates at no crime to main tain its power. and that never fails to whine abjectly when foroes superior to his own are applied to make her quail, i The editorial nays «VDonn"ll will no doubt be banned December i7th. The I Irish race failed to suve hirn. It must not now fail to avenge him. Ihe edito- j rial further declares that England shows ii 3 mercy, and that Ireland no longer' expects any, and that wbtle England points to her ships and her cannons. Ireland, may point. and soon, to the wreck of the Parliament building and the ruins of fit. Paul, and sutrge-its that: the New Zeaiander may soon l»e seen on Loudon bridge trying to cross on its planks. father (lyarlnthr lV>vroN, D«c. H. —Pere Hyacinthe and family hava arrived. At a public meet ing Sunday night he will deliver an ad dress, and then viiit a few eastern cities and the principal wtsteru cities of the L'uioa. >'o»ll»h Talk Ponhpoolied. At trris, Tex., Dec. B.—Heferring to the recent repirt that suit will soon lie brought in the L'nitnd htates Court of Claims to recover the value of siavew emancipated during the war, Gov. Ire land, Attorney General Jernpleton, and several prominent lawyers, consulted by tbe reporter, soout the idea that lexaa has any more claim on the federal govern ment than any other Southern St:»u» They say the scheme is very foolish 'id», and that if anybody is engaged in it. which is regarded dtubtful, it is for political purposes. Better. Nkw Youk, Doc. H. — Senator Anthony h.ts so far r«*Jovered as to leave fer Washington. Inlrrrated In A'llwniirll, Dec. w. —A large Con gressional dele K atiou called on the President todav and ureaented a peti tion, praying him to exert his influence to secure a respite f6r O'Donnell. The President's reply was satisf ictory to the delegatioti. lie said the Department of State once telegraphed to Minister Low> II to obtain all possible informa tion regarding OT>oiitieli's citizenship, and he f President i did all he could witn propriety to further the wishes of the delegation. Secretary Folger is better today. l:«*ftrnnt»r *priiffr'« Caw. In the Criminal Court, th.» case of ex Senator S|»«"eer. for contempt of (3ourt in failing to appear as a witness in tbe Star Route case, caino up for hearing. The government interroga t'iri* s and Spencer's iniwers were read. Merrtok said the government was pre pared to pres >nt affidavits. Postmaster General J irufs. Van NVormer, late chief clerk of tbe Post Otlioe Dep irtment, and others temiiied t<) the effect that Spencer told them hi- siw iXirsoy piy money to llradey. The Nrtlrmi Trlrran*. Wasiiinotos <D. Dec. H. —The ?.fexiean Yeteran-i ctll»d at the White Hoase this iifteru<>oii in a »>ody and paiu their re-ipjois to the I'rosident. They were received in thu east room anil pre«'nted individually t » 'he President ey General Denver. The President said he was glad to see them. They were escorted to and from the Whit" House bv several posts of the Grand Arruv and the l'ni >n Voterin (>»rp>. The Veteraiu hold their next annual meeting at St. Ii »;us, iu Ojto'ier next. A I'oolal Telegraph Kill. W tsuiNoroN. Dee. H.—Represent »tiva ' Anderson, of K i.n--v•;. has revised ih* ; p j-ilal telegraph bill in'r >dnued bv ima at tlv.» last session will soon in'r*- . daoe it into the iloose. Hy its prnvis- ' ions the Postmaster (loner d is author ize;! t<> cons'ruet a in tin liui) tad to op- j ei ite three i:itui linn «f t«»l»*!» aph. tijo ! nortt'.ern en I to ox toil t from Mi'., i > St. 1'.'.1, the u«ntr.il line fiou i Ne* - York to r«>p<i\a. ind >'i# southern | lin<« fr i n I? illnnord to S i:t Am.nix>. | Tho northern m tin line will 17'_'0 | miles in length. a:ii its brati'she* Wd 'u.l'H, total .*s*l ; .ho ear.tr il 111117' lutliw. branchee '.»7 K . tot -.1 ; -»<euh j <rn Ii»t« h>; miles. branches -l.<, total :iil I ; grand total, ".HlO milts, A*, a inaxmi'iiii of £«i<) per iml •< it will eost fWIWO-). 1' is prwiile.l thi' ; ell telagr ip'.i lui • i whie'i sine.- t - havo been or .!i v*. 1 Ih< Qociitrueti'd i liv ,'i. S. >rt'tarv »f Wir i'or the us» of : th ' arniv Khali ?>••. when ti • io i c-.-r n<«vt »-rl for inil'.t irv p-iro-is. s, tr i:t.iferr i to the l'.wt «iast<.r tlem r»! for the usa of . the p istal teleirt ip'.. an l sh til I>j it part . thereof; .il j o w ;t<r" t junction etn l> • nrida with tho wir< sof itnv r uroid or ; eomptuv witioh ii .s reo*:ved j a root of puWia I in'ls or bonds or | cr«"lit from ta- l'i. » Siata;. th i I'oit niast'«r-0"!n»r.tl miv uo his liximtion aud <unse a 00-meoti >s wit>« the juxt il ' telegraph in or.ler that a in ■vSu»« tniy l»e transmitter over litiil wires at Govern tnent r t»«s aud in the manner prose nSed l»y law. Ihe bill Ktv.s a list of all snoh ! grants and r.-qairi s th" transniisMioa of ali in<«s.i.: >h • v..i- I.bos where *h» wn ditioas e in* bin .i ia iu«orp>rattn_' said telegraph oonipam »» pro»id« tlx it ' thcii'lines may tenul for G»»v«»rnii»«»Bt bnitinw). I ha alno to (HisiMMt ta« >»ir *■ of the prstal wuh th.«*e of a«v telej<rspa <v>uii»\e* whieh iveuepWU or iiisy Meiv>pi th»* pruvis;.>rM of the Vet of July-Ith. IVi;, pot'.tlml. "km Vol to aid the ooitstmotioa of te<*Mr:tyh libm ' snd seenre «»->vi*ra»«nl tt.w of Hm Wtaa* for |vmlal, milit\r» and eih«r parp*sM." Th« hill provides for Ik* iwsum by lh« Secretary of the Fr«Maryof ffi.IMI.OOO ftt thr«« per ce«t boidi of om dollM each, rtAwaitbU on a* opti»» *f ten yean, and But U ram than thirty years ; that they b» «oer*4 fer sale in op*« avt>i ia sew Terk. the prt«eevsU of the mlm te be *tylie4 ta the —etrnattae ui Miipaul *f the postal telegraph hy the PmlhiMi Geiernl. whe aha.l hei4 aeffieleat re aerve of mid hMnla as hnum ever the •eat ef eeMftrmettoe ae mt he eaeea viry to ■>*•< »h* iimnM for In vaata. i laplo pN'iMui )• aidi for Mm *•- { doaaptioa of lk« baada. »a* pnaaipal wa*re«>f to b* mabim4 by lk« pr»in, lid till ti«oal IUMIU properly i»WM< | ia *■ ■<«***** wifb lk« ralaa of tfea ' fransnry Pip utaaaat. Laoal offlaaa •ro to be aador ill foataol of Ui post- | ■ Mtfff, Mi MiMtU are to b* n>»> | hah *4 oaly ia GoTora«a*al pooi a®o*a Prawioa ia aaad* for o*ap«aailiu Pc4»ai*«*<r4 ia preportioa to the aia tor of trloanph ataap* aaad, tfca at*aipo t« b* prooared and a»l4 lit* *»aa* poufga waa»p*. The Poataaaa- K>r G»n«rml shall h*»a fail power to r#vnl.\»* mtua aad toaathoriae aaa *■ tnblwh telegraph or telephoee I. a** ha i*ffu aa.na aad aeb-pootoßaea ia tfca or adjacent eitxm or b*lw**a aay atationi vfh"« p<*tf*>aa will pay tta co*t-> of its line. or faraiah tk*tr ova ynriou* lir.ue *nd brnaohaa. It ia pro tided in the bill to N»nka *»*ry oapitai oity f-v«: of the Koch.? Moanfctin-t. aad | pTrr? city wher»in tha fro* uelit*ry i cunil system is Huthonzod. Plrr Baler Flaaerty. \f lanntrrr©*. IH*. *■ "I indoraa word of ih.it article." *ud Repre sentative Finnrrty tcoithi after a pern sal of lb* editorial eoneeraing O'Doa nrll in fc:s paper at Chicago today. "Now I ba eontinn*d. "a* an Amerioan j.wimalMt, and not A* a C«a crt*Hi»mi\o« O IK»on<*ll. >f he diee, will dii in glory. Hw e*»e taa aronaed th« sympathy not only of the Iriah-Anjeri run?*, bat of all the poople of the I nstet, States. A great howl ia going up frou the entire country a» lb* outrageous ae lion of Knglind and the jodgo be fort wbo.H the priaoner waa tried. By Jo»e who enr beard of atioh • procedure a this? Pontius Pilot WM an honorable man compared to him. This trial has given our party a supremacy in Ireland. Tariff Tinker-lag. WismN'iTo*. Dec. Congressman ' Lowry, <lndiana l one of Carlisle's en thusiastic supporters, expressed the aytnion todav that the Ways and Means Committee would oertainlv reflect Car liMtr'a views <>n the tariff, and the house would, without doubt, take steps this •ession to lessen the tariff on the neces sity of life and reduce tbe revenuea. The Senate ciueus committee of both parties heid a *-*sion today, and finish ed the work of recasting the member ship of Ser.-.'.e committees. After ad ' journment tb* chairmen of the two committees held a conference and de | cnied to lav tne result of the labors of the comri.ittees befoJe the respective ctucus-soTi Monday morning, and if the j werk is approved by the the Sen ite committewa will be named MOB ' day. The Mork Market, Nrw Yobk. Dec. p.—Governments i strong. ttLtl" the stock market dull today, th-re was a general lmprove- I ment in prises. Oregon Transconti j n» ntil ndva;.c. d to 44. Northern Pacific 27 Miaaoari Puificl* I *. L". Pacific Northern Pacitlc preferred to 5U The I gen'-ral adv .nee for the day over last ni_-ht's pnc»-s is from + to l r „. The! » question </f au < I ransconnnental ; dividend week, remains entirely j undetermined yet. FOREIGN. ' Dr«lroytnz :m«l Bring Destroyed. PARIS, Dec ".—Admiral Galiher tele eeraphs tUai tue fleet has destroyed sev eral iKi't* on thee*st coast <>t Madagas car: also that fevers prevail among the troops. T« he Rapeeted. Britvn Dec. S.—l he CanU>n Vallais has decided to restore the death penalty as a pumihment for inarder. TBI POBT UP TBrf DIKBBAS. An lntere«ttaK Writer and Attractive Talker-As Krrreirlr as a Lena* tlve With tke Wheel tff. Leander Kichardson, in St. Paul Pie noer Press.] Joanuin Miller, George Alfred Town send, Joe Howard, old Maw York Froth mgham, Jennie Jane Crely, Annie Wakeiaan. Janet Gilder, and a raft of others, nuke it their buaineas to tell the eonntlesa thousands out of Gotham what is goinht on here— and a good deal tr.at isn't. Sjme of them are not. l ake tne ctse of a man like Miller —often an interesting writer of prose, always an attractive tdker about the wild life of the extreiae weat, certainly a poet of nature, and generally as full of eccen tricity as a ucomoiive with a wheel off. Miller cuts a striking figure wherever ha His present occupation is the far nishing of ten rural journals with n weekly letter written in manifold. In tddition to this he turns up a random poem now and then, and be makes in all about *7' 100 a year. Ills letters bring him if 10 apieoo. so that for aotu ally writing; a eolnain and a half of in vttcr with manifold pencil he rooeives tie haiidso'no sum of SIIXI a week, wnich is better pay in comparison with the actual, work done than auy other writer in Acerica reeeives. I believe the Si«rraa poet has also had a band recently in a new coaiedy for Annie Pixley—a piece of work in which he went "cahoots" with Archie Gordon, ! who is one of the cleverest and bright est writers in New York. Long ago Mil It cen»ed to receive royalties from the Danitee. His contract called for a nightly earn nntil the totnl of SIO,OOO I should he reached. He received the , final fiVXj twe years ago, and has never ' tnrned oat another cohesive dramatie . work, though I believe he is all the time doing Howithint; In the dramatic line. Miller's long hair of former days has yielded to the per-nasive shears of the • barber, and he is getting to be slightly ; bald. Bui he wears his blond beard ; jost the same, and has never forsaken I his sloached felt hnt. Miller has a fine : lari?e h*ad an-1 a game leg. He got his 1 latior adornment, he says, through the agency of some Moi#c ballets. For a !ocg tine so lived m a flat in New York, his oalv attende.nt being a colored Voy wbovamlv tried to ke«p the place in «trd»r, whils Miller did the cooking, <iepi on floor rolled up in a buffalo 1 roi.e, hr«>ke the necks from his bottUs in preference to using a corksicrew, aad . otherwise coedneted his daily life in a WAV v,vaue'.v remin.sceut (»f his former tiraes »a tne border. The nr«itr"t niistnhe Miller ever oiiulo *l4 iu i.ol n» ayieu in London tLo ti.-st tune be weot oyer. Ho win wim a [ion an tu»t side «f the wator, where ta* fj jaiai freshness of his poems strnck forcibly *;*>u tiia Lainds of readers uu ..ecu-',ou«J to fe;s method. He w tut < hack :-ur« vt« considerably gnyed, and for sua:* Vw vr* lived in more or less urty. Uul there proved to tw more stuil iu bim tinj L* was tfiven credit for, and ho .\ .y oaiue down to solid, Lard *ork, aU.-r ftiviug up the silly notion ta it Lw hid been intended l>y hit<h li.-tveu to represent tho nr»«tt Au»erio in itt'iou it ti.e Conrt of St. Junes. Millar u pretty w«dl list J at present ..u l I h trdiv think ho w likalv to lose his h* ul u» .in. Ho is one of those rare ly -four. I u who hive lived down tho nui uasitlo* of etrly life, and whose ec cumrioit;i.-s, if prouounetd, artj at least iuuoceut. itKuvmriL mutnoßk S.wiug Maekine Journal. 1 In k«l«ci ug patterns for naadlavork j ALIO* diatitwiioa redacting tbe color ; vaU hitr«.oj>JiuK eoatra*!* of the back , uroauda ia to be keeded far mora than • ia tti bra*t eieoationo. If tba dtMigu i .a eoaaiuerable fraedaiu i ia eoionag ia adwiaaikle, and «ren lh»» . e«*are are to be avoided. Tka raaalt .• kul ai all lUrnoi Lariy ia ikie traa vkea Ik* pioture ia 1 etherviaa farfaai. Duily bit* at •praya. vitk eaaaU kloei»a»K, a*»a',4 aa ekeaea far frait aapkia*. alee for level kvrltrt m< ba/aaa earera. 3o<»eM*»ae frail aapkma. vkea lar«e aa4 kae4 . a*a«lr 4eee*r«to4 aiik aaeaJ*«erfce4 1 4eai«ae. aaaviag 4a graai aatarat beeaty 4iaiaaii«a peaakee, >»ia. plaau, ato., with kite af tallage. la ieeerattag utialaa aaade af riak Uwaa toxnraa. great atia aaaaa kaauNtaal ia aeleeiiag tfaa 4eei«ae. aa to a* Ika aola»a eeaapee iag ika aepiae akeald be ia kHMBf, altoaach awaw Mac v»lk tka kaa af Mia |m4«. Oa vkite valval ar eetla. vkiae bleaeaaaa aaa aa« pretty aalaaa tfca pa toil ara riekly aaerbie4 vtak krickt aaian ea4 toa aaatara alaa, aa4 toaa vi«k Ma pin felteae Ika affaal vaald be artaeaie Oa pake piak. blae ar be# aaaia a*el4 Ika aaaaa kaaa ia aa leatiag ika <»aiaa, aa aaatiar «k*a a , aar ka. If Ika kaaa af toa geade »» i 4aaaia*aaa ia Ika paMeaa. akaaaa aaa ia vkiek lb I a Hal ia partieelariy y aaaaa la 4. ; i «art irtiala 4ai|a fat air >aaa nlm aafa aaakiaa ia a kaaak af gia4aliaa. kelaal tka ayaaiaa Maaappa, vkiek ia create ra4 aaripe4 vitk vkite; tka La ara apaataa ia ligkl araajra v.lk vkite 4M; bloeeke*: tka Joke Ball j epeeiea kaa a kaaatifal itery vhiie blee- I aaaa. tiata4 vitk deep yellav ; tka Caraa ! kaa a para vkite flever Maiaa4 vitk 1 iilaa. Wbaa thia variety af klaaaoaae ara , a 1 aaaa* ad vitk lUtla faliaga. tka deetga . ia reaaarfcabiy afcavy «r*i(kt la aalar 1 ad ai'.ka aa a dark kaakgraaa4. Oa pala tiated t*lta ar aetia, dark fevera ' vro««kt in britfkl aalora4 ailka ara tka ! baaa to eeleet. k labia aoaar af peie ! atoaa gray, all veol elotk, vitk aa %m --' krai4arad bardar af aaarlal p-aka inter actxad vitk tka daliaata giaaa >e*ea of i tba pram trailtac eaailax far tka aar aara. claatorad peteaiee. ebaviag tka ekerry-red 9avara aaarka4 by vb!te atara. and tka apeeiee tkat ara atripad and prettily epeekled. tba aaator. if ' vraagki is eloetared blaaaaaaa. aa atore ■ atiraciiT* deei«n aaa ba bad tkaa tba anted marietta* of lha plaat aiaararia kybrida : eoiae of lha doabta floveriage ' ara gauntae novtltieeekoviag neb mod ' ifloauona of oolora; tkara ara flaming ' emnaoD. ileep mafianta, and dark t violet and pale lilac. ■ | «• lyt oa play va ara marriod," said . little Edith, " and I vill bring my dally . and aay. *Baa baby, papa."' "Tea.*' , rapliad Johnny, "and I vill aay.'Don t ,• bother ma. nov ; I van! to look through a the paper.'" PACIFIC COAST. A Nrlutkdr DWrovrrr. SX* FRAIICISCO, Dec. 8. Captain Hitehin®on, of the German bark Ger trude, makes public for the first time the fate of the crew of the schooner Neilie. lost over six years ago. Driven by stress of weather to an inlet on Big Schenter Inland, uninhabited. off the nor»hern China coast. Captain Hutckm son discovered th A vessel and tbe skele tons of Captain rhompson. first mate Phillip Brown and tbe »eamen. names unknown, all of whom had died of scurvev. Aplrrr. George Crocker, a son of Charles Crocker, is half owner in the lucky ticket which drew the $;»),000 prize in the last drawing of the Havana lottery. E. M. liailton. master of transporta tion on the Central Pacific Railway, owns the other half. 4 Proper Brqar«l. __ At a meeting of the Tilden Hendricks Club last night, resolutions were adopt ed that the Mavor and Supervisors be asked to give General Hancock a pub lic reception on his arrival in this eitv. lhe Democratic State Central and County Committees will take part. A telegram bas be<?n forwarded tbe Gen eral asking him if a publio reception would be agreeable to him. VBtrarrd I* be Hanged. Georg» A. Wheeler, who strangled Delia Tilson, his sister-in-law. some three years ago. was again for the third time sentenced to be hanged t<Klav. Judue Ferral fixed the day of execHtion for January :£{d. Wheeler's counsel ex cepted to the action of the Court, giving notice that he would carry it to the Su preme Court, the proceedings being in oonthet with tbe fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States regarding trying crimin als upon information. Heeling »f Railroad Hamate*. A meeting of railroad magnates was held this morning at the Palace Hotel, presided over by G. S. Histme, the lately appointed Commissioner of the Transcontinental Railroad Association. The chief objeot of the meeting was the adoption of such measures as would break np the illegitimate operations of ticket sellers in gramme rates in rebate oa through fares, to wf.. . all the agents present acquiesced. *te«f la » *nlA*n. William Carroll. a well kriwnchar aeter, entered ft SAioon and ea.ie 1 for ft glass of beer. He dr iik it. but ooald not pay. A discussion i- .sn 1. nnd Car roll threw a cigar litj! .t the bar keeper. The latter drew a pistol and shot him d«ftd. F.iubeccler irrrmrd. H. G. Mulligan, bookkeeper of I)r. Samuel Merritt of Oakland, h&s been arrested for embezzling S7OOO, which he lon in stocks. IDf 11111 1111(1 .irllWß " l'M» SAX FRANCISCO, Deo. B.— Miss Aggie Hill and WM. M. Neilson appeared re spectirel* before Judges 1-errel ftnd Toohey tkiis morning, in nnswer to in dictments found against them by the Grand Jury. Roth stated that they crnild not procet-d as the cases had HOI yet beea placed on the court calen dar. It h stated that they will be regu larly arraig*«d next week. Ahlpplns Intelligence. HAS Fiujinsco, Dee. H.—Arrived— Sanooner James A. Garfield, from Co lumbia river. Cleared—British steamer Wilmington, for Nanaimei steamer Empire, for Port Townsead : ship Harvester, for Nsue.imo; ships Rolitnire, India, Two Brothers and schooner Charles Hanson, for Port Pownsend. Ssiled—Steamer Columbia, for Pert land ; ship Antelope, for Barrard Inlet; ship Alaska, for Tacoma ; bark Mon tana, for Port Townsend. PORT TowHsr.an, Dee. 7.—Arrived— C. f). Bryant. TATOOSH, Deo. P.—Passed in—Steamer Ban Pedro, at 1 p. m.; an unknown barkentine and a schooner, ahoat 4 p. m. Two vessels outside. Brisk easterly wind. lie HAD lOft.AM R3lLi:n F.4.GA. Lately the Danish steamer Heimel rnme into Xew York with a fire rag ing in her hold, where were stored 108,000 eggs. When they were taken out they were found to be hard boil ed. The lot was bought by ft man named W. 11. Ellis, to sell to hotels and restaurants, for use in salads, etc. When they were delivered he found that the sulphur <>f soine burning matches that were stowed in the hold had impregnated the eggs, and that they were not lit to eat. He kept the egL's a week, and concluded to get rid"f them. When he attempted to freight ash carts with them, u po liceman threatened to arrest him. At the oll'al station they turned away from him with horror at the mere mention of so many spoiled eggs In despair he appealed to superintendent Walling, by whom he was referred to the sanitary superindendent. There he accordingly presented his case, threatening, if Lie was uot re lieved, to throw the eutire mountain of eggs on the sidewalk. The health otllcer suggested that he go to Jersey City to dump the eggs there, anu when ho said he would not do it, he told him to get out of it the best way he could, warning him. howev cr, that if he spilled any in the streets he would be locked up. MUVT WB kMIUIiTI. " The fact is." aaid the Xew York pbo | tographer. "that *a only need »» im- : proveaaent ia photography hv whiob natural eelocrt aan t>* aa aocuraUly eopied aa ahapoa ar«# now. and thaa good-bye to the paint* re of laad<»e*i>o*. Look at thia view. ltahowa a «irl aaated ia a taaiatr hoaaa oa the bluff at Lea*; Biaaah. She ia aay lpb like ertAtare. af jaat the flgare aad faee that a popalar aahael af watar-aalor artiete fiad oa great aa adaiiratiaa aad eale far. Koto that her pooe haa the dottred anetndiedgraee. Her gown ia ex* aiaitaly draped. har hair ia eeited looeely, aad a naglocead book Ilea ia her lap. The opoa atraetare ia j whieh ehe eita ia adaairahle ia ite aaeaa veattoaal arehiteetare. The baekgreaad ia tha inaa aad the faregraaad ia eloee eroppedtarf. laa'tevery eotlioe all that the seat akilfal poaetl oeaid aaaaaapliah? Of eoaraa, the eolonag ia aaiaaed. hat it waa all there ia tha engiaai. Tha |»aa was graea—wall, aa greea aa uraaa; the watar waa a hiaa that differed froaa yet haaaaaaiaad with that af tha aky; tha drool af tha girl waa a ooa treating piak, had the wood waa a aoatral drab. Oh, it waa all there, even to flea ay olaada aad a diatoot aatl ta iaapart a aroae af aia ttaa. If air aaaaara had aaly roprodaaed the haa*. I waald he will tag to pat aiy aaaa ta the piaaaia aa aa urigiaal for tha iaa4eay of Deaiga." "Aad aa laespeaiuve work, tee/' I ra aaarkod. M Vail, Bet exaetly," he rrr>l»*d- " I NHHII4 wilh nj: liko that while 1 waeeariaffctieealy ■aakin* the neoativa, Aad VM eerr—tod by a well iaf' l mad byetaader. Ha aaaar*d n« that tha pic I«N IH a expensive wee—that lha ||«N ia it WM he ha*bud not leaa thaa fIO.OUO a y«*i. u> ay uethiae of lha inveeteseat repaired by the pureha«a of tha reel aetato c muuaed ia tha .aharaiiiw viaw."' ■••T4IA iVSMTIBI. Tha air aat hara mak-e r««*i ration di®e«!t. Ii aeems taat oae r\a hardly cat NMft to fatly inflate tha loners, ud tha leeet exertion orodaoed ex haaatiaa. To parapira ia oat of tha qeeatiea, Bad ia explained apoa f.e be a 4 that tha atmoepnere bains M highly ratified eater* the poree of the akin aad eanaaa the perapiration to ersportu before it reaehee the surface, thaa lea* ; ief the akin dry and naeetafortable j There M a constant breeze, no matter ' how hot the ann may be. At night it ii oeld enoafib for blankets and to sleei with sloeed door* and window*. Sev era! mornings when I arose I blei blood from my noee. The older settler aay that noee bleeding ia of freqien oeenrrenee to all new oomers, and bael ia the moantain eoantiee the peopii bleed alao from the ears. NIBBU M rtBTUXB. A Sfilllt Wmub Skat by Ber Don band. 'Oregoniaa. Dec. Sth.] The ties that bound a husband and wife together were last night rudely severed, not only for life, but for etern ity, by the murderous band of him wtio had sworn to love, cherish and protect, fhe sharp crack of a revolver in Leh man's cigar store, corner of Firot and Taylor street, just after the Clock had 9truck eight, and the mutiied groans of a falling woman, with blood flowing from a wound in her side, were the first indications to the outside world that the greatest of all human crimes had be-n committed. A half dozen em ploy.** of th» manuf \ctory st H»d for a iLoment aghast at the deed, then, as the perpetrator again raised the rev- lv, r and pointed it at the woman lyiug pros trate at his leet, all rushed forward, seizing and disarming him. Policemeu Smith and Arnold, who had heard the shot, appeared upon the scene at this juncture, took charge of the murderer, and hurritid him away to the city jail, lhe doors of the j.lace were quickly closed, barring «ut the great crowd which had gathered. So quickly had it all happened that scarce ly a man out side knew what had caused the excite ment. The poor unfortunate who was shot is Mrs. Mary Johnson, a hard working young woman about years of age. Nearl three years ago. while living with her parents, at Seattle, under tLe maiden name of Williams, she married Frank Johusou, and name to this city to live. For a little while they rented fur nished rooms, kept house aud were hap py. as such things go. Johuson was a waiter in a restaurant and earned rea sonably good wages, but tbe keeping up of a home soon became tiresome to him. He had been taught to look upon wo man as a slave, and it di<l not take him long to arrive at tbe oonclasion that his wife ought to earn the support for both. She wa9 accustomed to making cigars, and went to work at that trade. But sueh a husband could not long be cared for by any woman, and life with John son soon became irksome to her, and at length absolutely unbearable. Nine months ago she left him. and baa since refused all his solicitations to return. To escape his importunities souse time ago she revisited tbe Sound, returning here three weeks ago. Johnson lost track of her, although he tried to follow her, and he also returned to Portland Thursday night of this week. That same evening Johnson nlet his wife and had a long talk with her, urg ing and entreating her in every possible way to come back and live with him, promising to treat her as a wife should be treated. Still she refused, and parted from him more m sorrow than in anger. Again last night they met and he in vited her to go and take supper with him at Belissis' rostuarant on Yamhill street, which she did. Their evening meal was anything but a pleasant one. Johnson was angry and took no pains to conceal it from his wife. Her con tinual refusals to live with him incited him to passion that was almost mad ness. Whether he still loved her was not a thoujht in his mind. Was he not married to her? Did she not belong to hire? Aud did he not fiaye a right to command his own wife's obedience? Huch thoughts as these must havo been uppermost in his mind, or he thought to accomplish by terror what coaxing would not do; for he suddenly making threats of bodily harm to her. She did become frightened, bat she did not go with him. Putting on her sh*wl and hat she hastened out and np the street, takiug refuse in the building where she was shot. The manufactory where the Shooting occurred is in the rear of the cigar stere, and in this large room Mr. Jjoc.hnian has a desk where he keeps his accounts. He was standing at this desk when May Johnson camo in. and as she was one of his emplyes he expressed no snrprise at seeing her, although it was out of work ing hours. She stepped behind him aud stood at his side .against the wall, al most hidden to the view of anyone com ing into the room. Sk* had been there about half an hour when her husband came in. lu ail ordinary tone he asked "Is May here?" and before any one could answer, or was hardly aware of his presence, ho had dcawn his revolver nud fired. Jnst as he his hand, his wife exclaimed, "Oh. don't do that," and the next moment she sauk moaning to the floor. The ball stmck her in the left side, fonr inches Iwlow and two inokes to the rear of the bieist. ranging downward,and being lost in the abdomen. Dr. Blaney, who was called, statee that the chances are stronclv against the woman's recovery. It was thought best not to move her entil morning, anyway, no a cot was brought and sho was made as comfortable as possible under the eircumstnnoe, wuere she was. She rallied frwni the shoe* rery alow ly, and it W.H deemed inadvisable to probe the wound. About 11 o'clock she w.w removed to her room* on Front •treel. near Columbia. It n almest cer tain that tho wound will prove fatal. About as hour .if to! Joii.noo had been looked up, and when the excite luent about the jail had subsided, an <>rrguT,iuu reporter obtained ndinittandfe into the prisoner's cell, and !'.»l:ed hi«i what he had to say about the mutter. Johnrtou wan lyinu diwn utiOvincered end entirely free from any dhow of ttuiotioa. lie answered very coolly that lit) Lad no hlateiaont I* make at this tune, but have something to My the next imirumj. After considerable talking all arouua the *eoj>ct Jehnson trave in KiibiUuoi *Le following v»-reign of the affair : M» and kit wife aa<l !.T« I in hariaony all th« tioia. •*> long it* there waa cm kid* latorfereece. she v.n a ai*ar maker Ct trail*. and fj-.iehaiaa bad iwid ha would act gi»e her if j »h* oominned to li»e Wilts kua John sub). 'i'h*y bad aiet ia U« mo* at | tiia table. when eteryihioy waa i aaiioable. Hi iatend«d to em to Siattle ' ia theaaoruiug aad eaU<d at lxvinaau'a to aay fcood-bye to hie woiaaa. [Hera he dropped the ward wife and ia aaaw«r ta tb« reporter's iaqairy aaid ha WM never married ta her. bat they had lived aa buabaad aad wifa. Nad that ehi> had al ways kxea faitbfal ta hiaa.] Kaewiag that tha aruwd ia Lioohtnaa'a factory ! war* crejadieed awaiaet bias, ha did aot wiah to take hia dep.rtare fraat her be for* thfia. eo ha aakad har ta m+>p oat aida. lbia aha refaeed, and be fait Ma viaoed that the* had agwia poiaaaed her hi at. lla had hia ha ad aa hia revolver —ao I X L, 9H ealibro— whiah waa ia tha aide yttkat af hia aaak eea*. All tha aaaa ia tha raaaa thaa pita had aa hiaa. aad ia the aaelee hia revolver waa diaaharged. He felt aa ill will taward tha waaaan. had DO iateatioa af aheadac har, aad did net ahaat har. Bha had aever left hiaa, aad whea aha waat ta the Saaad laaHpriag it waa at hia reqaaat, aiaaply ta viait her aiether. Be paid har fare aad aeot her at eea v whila aha waa the**. la hi* eteteeaeat. Jeh a eea did aot *ow tha laaat feeliog. bat aa tha re porter taoh hia leave tha priaoaer ia q aired iata tha eoadttioa af tha wound , ed woataa. jFort Worth, (Texaaj G««Ue.] A very intcrestiag ease of saspend ed respiraties occurred at a birih of a child ia thi« city oae day lsst week. A quarter of an b<-ur afver the birth the attention ot a phyaiciaa was call ed to it. and be MW tbat it was very black in api>earan< e It seemed to be dead, and w»§ to huve no breath. The physician asked the mother what she had been taking, and WM told thai she had taken one hundred drops ef laudanum and | three dose* of opium. As id weli , known opium affects by destroying respiration, but it conld not hnrt be ' fore birth, because nntil contact with the air the new-born child has no breath. Yet the influence of the opi urn became apparent after birth and prevented respiration. Enforced respiiatioa was resorted to, but the child was worked with far f<mr hoars before it breathed easily. It is now doing well and will live. Slee* ia a generous robber; H gives in strength what it takee in time. TKIU TBir *r m STBAMEB •lIIPU.I Description «r ike Sew Beat The ■■n I p and Dowa Delaware River. From the Every Ei vniny of Novem ber 2Sth. a paper published in Wilming ton. Delaware, we get the following full description of the new and magmheent steamer Olympian, soon to walk the waters of Puget Sound like a thing of life: Ihe Pueet Sound steamer Olympian, built by the Harlan A Hoiltugswortb Company, made her trial trip on the river yesterday. Starting shortly before s o'clock, she steamed down the river to Fort Delaware, where she turned about and proceeded up the river to League Island, returning to Marcus Hook, up the river and back again, and landing at her wharf here shortly after .? o'clock. Ibe engines and machinery were given a thorough test, and each part perfectly performed its especial function. The Olympian will run between Vic \ toria and New I" acorn a, a terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad. a dis-1 tance of 140 miles, calling at interme-1 diates ports on the Sound. She is built and equipped expressly for carrying putseuger*. and has accommodations for | about iV). In design the steamer is j handsome, and in finish and equipment exquisite. Her registered leugih is' •Ji',l 5-10 feet, breadth 40 feet, depth 1. 5-10 feet, with a carrying capacity of 1 1419 tons. Ihe hull is of strel plate, anil tbe keel has a six inch swing. lhe Olympian on her trip yesterday I drew S feet, - inches of water fore and 1 aft. and developed a speed of over .1 t miles an hour in her runs, carrying 4, r > ! pounds of steam aud showing '.'.100 in- j dicated horse power, lhe tnue was taken with the steamer running direetly agninst the wiud. Scarcely a vibratien of the machinery was felt, which fact was commented upon by the( steam er's captain. The Harlan A Hollingsworth Com pany was represented ou the trip by President J. Taylor Gause, Vice Presi dent and Secretary Harry T. Gause. N. K. Benson. Thomas Jackson. George H. Carpenter and James H. Carmichael, and others connected with the yards. Representing the Oregon Railway A Navigation Company were J. C. Hen derson. consulting eugineer and super intendent ; George H. Crosby, formerly of this city, assistant superintendent: Captain Ackley and Chief Engineer Pugsley, who will tako the new steamer to her destination. Among the invited guehts were Stephenson Taylor, of the W. A A. Taylor Company. New York, builders of the boilers and engines of tbe Alaskari,constructed by John Roach ,t Son. |Chester, Pa.; William Harlan. Captain George R. Johnson, I. S. N.: Captain Willard Thompson. David Ap pleby, Chester. Pa.; Captain li. S. Osbou of the Xational <•«:><(> : W. S. MoNair, city editor of the Momintj Sen*, repre sentative of the Jit-try Evening and others. Dinner, laid in the steamer s magniti cent dining room, was served about one o'clock. . The machinery of the craft is driven by a vertical surface condenser work ing beam engine, with a l.'-foot stroke and 10-inch bore cylinder arranged with Stevens's cut-oIT. proportioned through out to sustain 4.". pounds of pressure to the square inch; one of Lighthall s surface condensers operated by inde pendent circulating pump and engine : two boilers with lines below and return through tubes with steam chimney, etc.. also arranged for to jtounds of pressure to the "quare inch, there ar»! also a donkey »>oi!er with all its attachments and small steam pump for supplying the same, and a donkey steamer lor pumping b.lue, washing decks, fupp'.y iui\ boilers ard lire pipes leading to dif ferent decks with hose attachments. The shafts and cranlts are of wrought iron and cast iron wheel centers. A Wass patent mud. grease and air ex tractor is applied on t::e hue of the feed, and a* large-sizo Freedman s ejector is employed emptying the bilge. The wheels are composite, wood and iron, .'"JV£ feet in diameter and II feet face with iron radial paddlea and wood en buckets. Ihe 4Mympian is schooner rig, two masts, Trith 'vire standing and manilla running rigging. She is sup plied with four metallic life-boats, four life-rafts and a full equipment of iudi i yidnal life-preservers. ' The interior of the vessel is finished and furnished in inr.f;niticent st.'.e titrorichnnt. The Captain and tirvt iu.d second officers, have snnsr quarters ou (tie hurricane dock. dire< tly aft of the wn"e!h«vise. TL« former's suit of apart ments, are bed room, sitting r>»otn and bith, >epa rated by cut tains. The mid : dl«, or promenade t\<whieh ss covir , fore and nft of the whe< Ihoiises. o>»t ns into the grand saloon, extending almost the length and breadth of the Meai. ; <r. i Fif:v state rooms, ranged contiguously on either side ei>en into th.x sil'vii, be sides toilet roohi«. tents* smoking room, ladies" parlor and linen lockers. Kaeh state room contains a stationary mahog any wash etf nd, toilet n qi:;.-it< s. end two berths. Four of the TOMIH havo iorible mahogany l*'dstead-«. hung with silk curtains, aud are known as tl.o bridal chambers. lk« salo >n is famished with mahogany urm chairs aud s<-ifss, upholstered m aiaiiMiu plu.-h, aud i;r<iund the in: in mast, which ; peases tbrounh tke apartment, a divan !is huiU. ihe floor is carpeted wru ' Will on, velvet finikh. in ne:i< design, I with saga as the predominating color. ; I he same eari>et is us»«d wherever the II H>r is covered throughout the Ixuit. Light is furnished through a utainw glass skvlight, extfndinit tho length o the snd French plate uiu tlow*. Tbe kalooa in finished iu whit*' shaded to u littiit fuwa, with a line o gilding on the panels nnd niahegan; , and chjm on nil h.Jc«. lU< i satral panrl of tee dear is dxv.r«te« ia linora«ta walten in wold and silv.-r uid paiated in unilUnt oeWs. '1 lu ooaibitialien u«,. u-Lfl to tie interior o: the saloon an tur of nohnetM and ele gaaee. ▲ graad stairway leads from the tn I ton to the eioial hn.ll on the deck !><• low. It ia of carved nt.hocaay. with □ aval pe«ts ef ricb and artistic designs larroanded by brass elootnc ohande li«ra. Tba steps are eovered with golc iHoaae brass, dyuneodstaiupvl. Faring ihe landing i" a handsome French plat* mirror, 5.2 feet by 10.0 feet ia a frnm< riebly oarved. with MI inside monntiut >f bream. 'I h» stairway in snrronndei; »y a railing »f inahot»anv, ranking s rreoefalsefaicirealar *we.jnn thesahton There are twe ether stairways, correa jendiagly budmmf, «ne leading to the adiea' beadoir aft, aad the other to the itair boose forward. OB the inaia deck, directly aft, is n octal hall, with a large pantry on th* sort aide aad the captain's o'Jioe on tb« itarboard. Ia the guards, forward, are he lee hoase. store r»om«, officers' ipartmeate, wash and toilet rooms, ■eallery, ate. Aft af the social hall in ba dimag rata, containing sixteen ta ilea af light ash with mahogany tojn. tad chain af aah uphol-amred in dark leather. Diaiag accommodations are i»ra afferad for about 120 person'. *beveeeeh table are class racks, aad »a tha peadant rada of each thi*«> elec tna ligata are hong. A laiv* and hand wiae stiver lacker, with French piste ■ irrar paaata, baral edge, oecopies a ytnapieaoaa petition at the rear of tho ■me. jaa* oeatifuoas to the ladies' l>oa- Imr. The doable door separating the wetal hall freia tba dining room is of ■ahngeay. elaborately caned after a >ix»eenth aeatary design, and mounted with broace trimmings. Iwo panels of traaaeaial gl ass are on either hide, pro woted by silver plated rails. The ladies' >andair ia aft of the dining room. In it ire open bertas.for steerage j aii-euk'ers, tad a toilet apartn^.nt. Tha forward parlor of the deck is wed for storing baggage of the pnswn rers. The fo'oaatle in the hold provides he crew with Bleeping quarters, and aft >f that the waiters are quartered. Next ire the engine and boiler rooms and soal bins. At tbe extreiae rear of the iteamer'a bnll is tbe men's steerage saMn, with .'#> open berths. The veaael is heated thronghont with iteam, bronze radiators with Tennessee narble tops being located at intervals >ver tbe boat. It is lighted at night by fUO Edison ineandesoent electric lights, treated by tbe Edison Inoandeeoent ilectric Light Company. There are three 12-light eleotiliera in ha grand aaloon; two i light on tba vawal poata af tbe grand stairway; two . of (flight* on the dining room oeiling, and others of different power in other ! parts of the boat. In each state room there is a pendant light, whioh can he turned on and off at the occupant's will I bv a switch. The electil er< are cat . square, chased, satin finished. and m burnished gold and silver. harmonizing with the interior of the IH>U. The lights are arranged in circuits, and can l*» uianipul tted in that way from the op erator'* room under the main stairw \y. The electricity is supplied from a 130- ligat dynamo machine. TIII: piir\om:io\. The recent snnset phenomen \ were not only striking to a w •tulerfnl degree, bnt remarkably general throughout the country. They were plainly }<erceptible in British Colombia. Washington Terri tory. Oregon. Idaho, California. Nevada, I'tah and all other pirts of the Pacific •dope, but no less so in the Mississippi valley, on the Atlantic seaboard and in the eastern Provinces of Canada. I'he only difference between the phenomen » here and elsewhere is that here it was witnessed two eveuincs only, while in some other parts of the conntrv it wis visible more times. So far n> generally accepted theory has ln«en advanced for these phenomena. but a Urge number of explanations have twti offered. Here is one from the Virginia Kntrr- | The brilliant glow in the heavens still continues. making its appe .ranee here about »'■ o'clock every evening. It is mach more like the iioht of the Hu ron lx>realis than any sunset glow ever seen in this region. Never before in the history of the country has such a thiui: fn*en observed in this State. It is not only here, but also in I'tah. that the phenomenon is visible, ami Idaho pa pers come to oswitti wondering ac counts of the strange light in the heavens. It has been observed all the way up the coast to Oregon, and per haps as far as there are human beings to note it. A dispatch from Oregon a few days since said: "From 5 to ♦'» o'clock tonight there was a brilliant display of anroral lights. Notwith standing there were heavy rain clouds all aroand the horizon and rain was falling, the heaveus north and west were as red as if illuminated by bnrn ine buildings in the distance."' Now, this liubt is not formed by the ravs of the son upon clouds, hnt some thing in the atmosphere above the clouds. This has been well observed here every night. A few days ago the earth pushed through that region of .space in which it was liable to encoun ter more or less numerously those cotn etarv fragments which form the No veinher meteors. We passed the point where we should have met with the me teors and very few were seen, yet may we not have reached a point in inter planetary space swarming with metorio matter in the sha|H> of impalpable pow der, that which astronomers call cos mic il dust? I his du>t catching the slanting rays of the sun would produce exactly the effect now nightly observed here for over a week. Our Conntock watchmen report that tlv> same redness is setn of mornings- We are passing through tho smoke of the hurtled out tail of Tempers oomet. nr some other old and shattered wanderer th ough in terstellar spjice. FOlt I OUT LAND, S\N FRANCISCO, Dec. s.—Here i-I the passenger list of tie Columbia. w n«h sailed to Jay : Mrs A L Stokes, sis Mrs Hewitt A . i ter & cV T A Wt Mi'-s A Meyer Miss M K Da\u.-i S Ij-ntghman W Muckee •I St aright J W Lancaster Ii C Parke J W Weatherfori Miss B Isaacs Miss Werner Mips Tehait K Werner J K Francis I) (1 IHly Mrs C Kowley SL Canno i.wfA.'i h Glarkea F B Sohoe mti in J Hume H W Davis .? Lin ok B Finuey II r, Kelly W (J Locke H Hubbard B L 'laylor F E Bell E Sw i\ u tfc wf Mrs BSohonwasfijr Mrs.l L Colin (t Fall K Marshall Mrs N K .lessnp KM BilliUur J <'ani'iiinil C 8 llayward A wf llt'Ow.'u IJ Hetzon «V wf J Wilson Mr< L IVitzA oh .1 I/Ulv A: din li l'errv A - wf J W Noror.iH.s <v wf Mrs K (Jase Jr, nurse Chin Aid Winu Lining (' L B.wlen Mrs Ueed Mr- .\l IT tiny Mrs S A Stevenson S 1* Wood S Kogers OHai •sou MaiaAgurrie J lirutoii •! Ash J (JuldVerg i (' Howell t'KTTIM. 1 IM'IIMI. I'ItICTMK. A '< iu Kiel" in Nvw York can, if he ( Ikkkos, i:U• ii ■ pick si tun ■iuli-raM • nunibt r «»! t tirly competent lawyers, even though tiir hasn't n do'hr with which to pay. "I was live years getting into it profitable criiiiiii.il practice," uiii* of 11n* nu nin ttii* liii«* is (piof<'<l as Miying, "and 1 succeeded only by serving gratis. I haunted police courts, and to every prisoner committed for trial who had no counsel Itendii'd myself. In the trial courts the ju i- may assign any lawyer present to defend the prisoner not provided with counsel. I malic it a point to In; on hand for these us signments. Of course ninny of the eases were so small that they did not get into the papers at all, and in some that were reported my name would not appear, but usually each bird day's work brought the desired reward i:i the wav of publicity. • My practice jirew to immense propor tions but it was a year before I could get enough money out of it in s week to pay my modest board bill on Saturday night. At the end of tin second year I had worked up to t barely living income, but I had a debt left to clear off, and it is onl) very lately that I have become estab lNhed firmly enough to refuse all bu cash cases, indeed, Ido not yet le a g«f»d murder fall into rival hands on account of the jierpetrator's impe cuniositjr. I**t tnc advise you t< commit a sensational crime, if any because then you can obtain lawyer? free—more eminent ones, too, thar you may imagine." MAUkKT KM'OltT. Hops 17830 c Wool. Good No. I, < l* - iui, * tt>. ltiw*l7c second and thirds, " . Wheat, chicken feetl, > ion .. 3T0#35 Flour, per bbl I*> 10«*4 30 (teut, per ton. 50 Bacon. ( aiifornia. per lb 13$«tl5e " Country cured •'■4*l " " " hams.... K'l^c laM. aa to kind 15c Butter, A No. I. choir* 45c | " Fair to medium 30«40c K«8 Chickens, per dor V> | Hide<t, |«r Ih lie Green 7c Colin one-third otf Potatoes. P htwhel ft*; Hay, new (wholesale! ><tn Chop Feed. «r barley S-2i > tn Bran f22 Apples sundried lie Machine dried. 17c Green, per box (191 ltj Furs, Beaver pnme per lb 1 30»*1 75 " Otter, each 3 W»i 00 " T^ear,each....- sl«*s 00 as to quality (per 100). %ivs RETAIL. Cent*. Beef - 10 to 20c Pork 12* to 15c Mutton »to 12i WIOUBUU. Beef neat 9to 10 Beef on foot • to 41 Pork neat •••• " 10 '*■ Pork on foot 6J to <} Mutton neat Mutton on foot 3J'<?4 BUILDRKO MATERIAL Hough common f '- f W • M Flooring, lxl. No. 1 19 00 .. a M 00 .. I*B. No. I 18 00 .. No. t 1#50.. lireaaed lumbar, 1* 1*«0 .. ' Ruatio No.l W M 1..... 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T. 1 ■■<•••» Incubators for Sal?* T>KKSON'.S \V VN'TINU INCUBATORS. 1 with it capm ty of 'JM and :i<)i) with Histr m "ons h'jw to lUAth a»;e it. for thirtv il.ill trs, ean ho ac corniiioda'ed loroviileU they reside Boaf th<; until (Mint lines on I'nifot Smnd) h» HrmliiK ttii ir orders b-itwiwil thin llwL January Ist, ISK4. to A. W. AltNOLl*. lioSwSt >;otnw.vill«\ . T WM. D. WOOD, Attorney- at- Law, WIU, I'RACTtCK IN ALL TlUfc Court* of the Territory, i oftW. I'oHt OuiulliiK. H<u>ttle. mj3tw Netioe of Application to Pur chase Timber Land. CaITKI) WATICH IHIOHKT L«IID oiyniiii*. w »»hm«'<<i» Tammr}. I. NOTICE IS HKHKBIf ulVh.., THAT, 111 cuiii'llau< k vritfi the provlalona of Ui* Act of map, iuvh i Ju .« J, IS7S MlUtlal "An Art fir the »»l* of Tlinl*r lauUb la kH HUtenof California Oregon,Nevaoa end Wiab> lDKtoii Territory," PltKhE ST. LOLIS, oft Kn.g county, Washington Territory, kM thmday ni*«l in ttila office hi* apnllcaUoa t» purrh*»e tlix lot No. a of m* tl.u No. 1, la towoahip No. XI north. TkLH* Ho. 3 auA qC the Willamette Moriillau. Anyaodail t .-rwu- cisiiiiin' a<trfrm»ly Ik* Mid dracribetl laud, or any portion Ukepxif, are hereby re<|u:red to fll« their claliua la UiM office within alxty (Aui daya from date h«*«of. Qiveu aivltir my n«n<l, at my oAce In Utys« pla. W. T.,ttnn «th day of Uo- mher. A.D. 18fl> JOHN r.QOWET. dei:if*l4 Register of the Notice of Final Troot C. 9. La>d Owe* AT Otnrru, W.T., » l>*-<-«tub*r 1, Ixß3. J Uf Notice i>( h«r« by vm v>u tba» CUltlili PAI'MKL ha« flloi uil.ee of intention to wake final pt'x.'l twfore Mau<i:e McJlickftp % a >ota. v Pu <ik', at hl« oftloo la Seattle, T. o * Fri lay. tt.e Ist day of February. A. U. IM - 4. ON Fre-eiupMon D. S. S n . •7'W, tor IV% lot* j ai d a. of roc .on SO, towunhip !t north, range •» m*l. lit* liftui* Hin w:t~eiH»4: All mD. O'iflnjJ* t<>n, Frank Pan tot, Wnllam L. Joriaa tod William a 1 of daughter, W. ». ■lelHjal7 wOH-N F. »<I*»KY. Heglater. Notice of Final Proof. D. S I .AMD Omci AT OLT «U, V.T.|| l> camber 1, lwtw. I WNoti.e is hereby given that TSUNC LI.OYD haaflteduoltee of intention to ual« final pro<>( before the Brguter and He elver, ■tthrlr office in Olyaipia, W. T.. on roeadax, tUe Tld day of Janaary, A.O. IW4, oa FN* emptlnn l». H No. 7i»5, for tlieKW W cf MO tloa 2, townaliip Tl north,range 1 tut He name aawuneMt s: V»alter William Co. le, William Hnuldge tiiAOeori* Miowr, a 1 Of Lake May, W. f. dalJJal7 JOIIN F. OOWSY,