Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], May 27, 1880, Image 2

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duresonsinittwti-».lsy sizruil to rvt'qzu
mend the i""“b'" of Repn s -nlutn~- \\ li'lt- -
shr's Joint resolution authorizing ilw_ h: v
retsn' oi the usry to appoint a mmnussiun
b intentignte and report ss to the ilesirululi
tysnd expediency of establishing s nm‘y
on the northwest cosst. t‘bmrmzm
Wither” hss prepared s brie! written re
port in sdrsnce oi the proposed notion. set »
ting iorth whst growth and importance of
Minera- smi magnitude of nstionsl inter
.ts is to be subserred by it. The commis—
sion sre oi course to datum“ Vb“ 1‘0""
on the costs oi Oregon or Washington is
lost snitsble.
Mn; lie-e lieu-um.
h‘rw You. Msy iii—The recent dcciine
in prices hss induced isrgely increased pur—
chase both tor export sud tor domestic con
mptt'on. in spite oi the shrinksge oi wal
nes, the qusntities transierred are much
“or now thsn one year ago. Returns
vsrious cities shows the tollowing per
centage ct gains end losses over the cones
nding week oi isst yesr; New York 88.7;
Esters 80.8; Philsdelphis 34st}; Chicago
81.4. Bt.l.ouis 38.6; Cincinnati 75.4; Bulli
more 6.8; New Orlesns 16.5; Pittsburg
48.2; Providence “.8 Ksnsss City 80.8;
Clevelsnd 60.9; Indisnspelts 74.4; New Ha~
vsn ‘33; Syracuse. 15.8. The following
shows losses; Sen Frencisco 7.4; Louisville
3.5; Inwell 6. The surprising irregularities
stKilwsnhee and Bettirncre sre probably
due in part to the greet diiicreace in the
gain trsflc which was rsmsrhsbly smsll st
sessonlsst year at Milwsuhee and re
muksbly large st letitnore.
.A Dlsnslrens lire.
Ins-on. Ps., Hay 15.—-A fire broke out st
19 o'clock tr-dsy in the car works here, and
sheer, northwest wind prevsiliug, it was
impossible to check the progress at the
’flsmes until the business portion at the
town was destroyed. It is estimated that
tour hundred buildings were burned, includ
ing all the churches. The tire burned over
s specs seven squsrcs in length sud two in
wi th. Assistance csme from Bunbury,
Dsnville, Willismsnort, Lewisbnrg and Wat
sontown. The bsnks. telegrsph ofiice, news
seper oflices and Pennsvlvnnie reilrosd
spot, gas works. snd sll the hotels as de
stroyed. Several bodies have been recovered.
but have been burned beyond recognition.
Two hundred snd fifty families are rendered
homeless snd ere «turning out in tields.
Supplies of provisions and clothing are
no ed st once. It is impossible to estimate
the loss st present.
Lstest ssttniste pieces the loss by are at
$1,800,000. Insurence,sßl)o,ooo. i
- lnsrnllrnnts Arrived. ~ ,
le Yon, Hey 17.—1,432 immigrants
srrived this morning. The totsl number
thus ter in Hey is I,346—inore than the
number strive-d n sny entire month in Msy
excepting in 1858, when 52,195 immigrsnts
lulled.
Grill Il’orll. p
In You, Ills! 18.—The Bulletin prints
s tsble oi groin exports tron sit. the Atlsn
sie end western ports, iron which we coin
mheieflowing tor the month oi April:
at whsst from these ports (in.-
.‘ r reduced to when) wss'll.ll4,-
' N 5 is sgsinst 8.988.483 bushels iori
enema“ in 1879,hso°kthst tattain-thitlntsud
_msnlstivs c e to . pmeut,
tam this» month exceed those at
April. 1879, by 2,181,485 bushels. Includ
ing Pscihc exports. the totsl export oi whest
snd flour irom Jnly Ist to Key lst, reaches
151,050,881 bushels, sgsinst 124,189,588
bushelsior the sums period 1111878 sud
1879. en ineresse “twenty-one; end six
tenths per cent during these ten months“
wm~m has ‘eversged $125 per‘
bushel. sgsinst .1 07 to: the same period oi.
1878 sud 1879, showing sn increase in price
0! 18 cents per bushel, while Gslitornis
whsst hes enraged 81 15 sgsinst $1 03.
Applying the sme ststistics to. flour we find
M venom 43:13” AM 85 94 per.
a ‘ . year, ltn‘
" mg 61' cents; agile the ris‘eg on Cali- 1
furnishes only been 20 csntslo The totsl‘
Nehru! uportsoi whestsnd nrirom the}
United Ststes for ten months smounts to‘
the extrsordinsr‘y figures oi $185,732,598
; ”818.280.”? tor the corresponding
nonths_oi_lß7B-'79. _Ccnipsred with last
yoor. which woo m of unwocodontod grain
ohm-unto. inane! wind had flour gis-
Mod lon mu- exhi u
on hamSJOOflOO. I! wo coupon,
howovor. with tho ovonfo o! proviono you rs.
than!!! is still moro upon-nt. Tohing
tho in you! plooooding the In“, which in
m t goon oly lihonl exports, wo m‘
“I “new (or tho (on months Ivor-30‘
882,309,730, or 812,400,000 loos than for tour
'lllllhlculiucwllh tho aowm. Thou
not: no highly “and". The, indicate
the hp‘oflouo of tho ohrinhgo in the
‘wolud’o 0! Mann] oxporb :th any be ex
mod to com in iho «out o! In Henge
cot h 3W. Ind of tho very low
grim {or whoa! tho: would urine under such
drum. olong with o Inrplun 0! over
WM.W-buholo at whoot beyond the ex
. port roqniromenu.
loflouo (thorn-o.
Valium. May 18.—At a mseting of
tho Homo Puma Roilrood Commmw a
letter makim! charges at corrnpcion and
bribery opinn o Poodle railroad company,
wrmen by J. A. George, o contractor, was
tub-titted. Tho loner charged um S9O,
000 in money and SIO,OOO in load grunt
bonds were poid to o U. 8. Sanozur, and
“$1,000,000 worth 0! land: were dimi
huted among members 01 the Home. Tm
wrim ll’l that be en produce mamm
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tun-Ann, lhy lit—Mr. J. H. “surly,
the enterprising umL-u me-ut manager. but
titted up a commotltoun Mike in hts theatre
with a lull reporter's outfit for the especial
‘uue ot newepspor correspondents and re—
portrre from venous States "i the l'nion
who no to be here during the National lie
publicnn Convention.
A New lie-I.
The President hes nomineted Horace
Heynsrd. oi Tenneue, postmseter general;
Ju. Lonntreet. minister to Turkey; D. M.
Key. U. B. Dietriet Judge tor Enter. end
Middle Tenneue.
1111111 I'lns.
‘ Wunmoros. May 19.-llenlen beet
Courtney at Wnshington this evenitg. Time
136 minutes and 49 seconds.
I A lon-ter l-‘eellvnl.
‘ Ctrcxmu'n. Hay 19.—The tonrth musics!
lutivni begun to-night. Its finnnciel suc
cess is neared. Ban at unts. $50,000;
ohorne to—night, 620; orchestra, 160; Annief
Louise Cerey. 1!. Whitney. Cnmpnnini end;
other loloiuts received hearty npplense.}
Theodore Thoma- mensged the oreheetn. ‘
FOREIGN N EWS.
The Land of the Free.
Loxnos', May l-t.—-one steamship com—
pany will this week send out nearly 4,000
passengers, and neural lines have been
‘obliged to pat on extra steamers. The de
mand tor accommodations at Queenstown
greatly exceeds the supply. and companies
which sold tickets in advance are compelled
to pay detention money to emigrants await
ing their turns. Twenty-two steamers have
already sailed this week with passengers for
the United states, and (our more follow. be—
‘sides several treightsrs.
Onlylls Tulle.
The cost 0! the Afghan war is new con
fessed to be upwards oi £13,000,000. and
probably it will be more.
_ Comlnx- ‘
anxannr, May l4.—l‘he Russian Gov-T
eminent contemplates sending the great ‘
Ironclad Peter the Great to the Pacific, and;
(our more men-ot-war tor the Pacific are ‘
fitting out. \
Boumanln and Bnlxarln.
VIENNA. Mey 15.-—The strained relations
between Bonmanie and Bulgaria have come
to a complete rupture. The re-eall of Ron
manisn representatives have been followed
i by that 0! Bulgarian agents. and was brought
about by Bulgaria insinuating that Bouma—
nia was secretly supporting the insurrection
in Bulgaria. and by studied diseourtesy to
Romanian representatives.
Chosen t'lsnlrlrsan.
DUBLIN, May 15.-—Parnell was chosen ses
sional chairman at the home rule meeting.
It was sngeested as a compromise between
Wm. Shaw and himself that Justin McCar
thy be chosen chairman.
rentals Ila-Ins.
Lennon. May 18.—Bev. B. Lei-shoe, a
well—known American missionary at Oro
omiah, North Persia, where the .1 .no
chiefly prevails, wntes: Grain is at
eleven times the ordinary rates. Bye as
risen enormously and the people are living
laruely on scanty roots. Robberies are be—
‘oomlng alarmingly frequent. Reports from
‘ Kurdistan. received from helpers among the
mountain Nestoragns are equally distressing. i
From this city (Oro omiah) to the Tigris
the famine is alike severe. May the Lord
have mercy upon the land.
A Good Law.
Imin», May 18.—Persons who wrecked
strain on the Andalusian railway recently
hnve been conrt—martialed. Thirteen were
sentenced to death and 13 to imprisonment
for 20 years.
Will Protest.
Cossrnmoru. May l9.—Atter the re
turn at Maynard. the American minister, to
Constantinople. Sawas Pasha renewed his
protest against the jurisdiction which May
;nard had assumed through orders from
; Washington. Maynard had gone teAlexan—
wdria to try another American accused oi
murdering an Egyptian. It is believed here
that the Egyptian government will protest
against Maynard’s assumption of Jurisdic
tion and ignore It.
The Presets llslhes.
Pure. May lit—M. Constans, minister of
the interior. hes gone to Bheims, where lsbor
strikes hsve seen-red s serious sepeet. The
strike continues with unabated vigor st
Bonhix, some strikers who returned to work
inst week heve gone out sgsin.
Bassin- mull.
Bum. May 18.—Letters from St. Peters
bnrg express it beliet that Gen. Todleben,
while staying st St. Petsrshnrg prior to ss
snming the governor generslship of Wilne.
will be consulted regarding the erection oi
jiortilcstions st Viadivorstook and in the
‘Amoor district genereliy. A vast smount
‘meteriei is being shipped thither. Vessels
belonging to the volunteer fleet now at Cron—
rtedt will shortly start for Visdlvorstock
with s qnsntity oi torpedoes. Seven! other
vessels on being titted out ior a voyage to
the Pacific. The possible postponement oi
the Tekke expedition in View of threatened
complications with China, is generally dis
cussed in St. Petersburg. Gen. Shebleufi
or l’rinco lmerctiusky. will be appointed
commender-rn-chici on the Russo-Chinese
coast. A Wu“ nccredited report is in circu—
istion that on emcer has left St. I’ctcrsburg
!with orders for Gen Bkobeiuii.
PACIFIC WAN!
lluntln: the humane.
I Sm Fusxcrsco, May 13.n'i‘he revenue
;cntter Thomas Curwin is anchored in the
lut)‘ r-mly ll: mil f r ”W _\rv‘l:v in m-un‘h of
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littlnxerlleltl‘n Successor. 5
Hr judge s of the Sup-'nur Court of this
county met this ttllerlltmu and elm-tell Judge '
'l‘. K. Wilson presiding judge of the court. l
vice Wm. I‘. Beings-meld. deceased. Twelu- .
votes were cast. eight lor Judge Wilson, the 1
others scattering. Department XO. 3, nu.
cently presided over by Judge Wilson, was
assigned to the newly appointed judge. L.
D. Latinier.
Duncan's Chancel.
Sax Fsascteco. May iB.-—The jury in the
case at J. L. Duncan disagreed. the vote
standing eight to four. The charge on
which he was tried was perjury for making
false returns as to the condition 01 the de
iunct Pioneer brink.
l Ken-no)"; fuse.
l Argument was concluded to—day in Kear
‘ney's case. The attorneys were allowed
time to file briefs. and a decision will probo
blv be made on Friday next.
Another [sultan outbreak.
Sax F asxcuco, May 19,—A dispatch from
Tucson, Arizona. says a courier has arrived
from Old Camp Grant. sixty miles north oi
Tucson. who states that Eekemlzen. Chief
oi the old San Carlos Indians. now at peace.
has warned whites on the San Pedro to tesve
for safety, as there now is a large hand of
hostile Indiana in the neighborhood who
have left San Carlos and gone on the war
path. Nine prospectors are known to have
been killed. and five more are reported
killed. Settlers and prospectors have left
the district, and are coming to Tucson,
George Stone. who left this morning for the
American Flag Mine. located near San Pe
dro, has returned. He reports that he met
17 wagons oi settlers fleeing irom San Pedro
to Tucson. who confirmed the report 0! In—
dians being in that vicinity, and ot prospec
tors belng killed. There are about 1,000
suitable troops in the Territory. and most
of them are near the line oi New Mexico.
fighting hostiles there.
Who Struck Billy Patterson ?
Many persons have heard the ques
tion, “ Who struck Billy Patterson?"
without knowing the origin of it. I
propose to enlighten them a little on
the subject. William Patterson Was a
very wealthy merchant or tradesmen of
Baltimore, in the State of Maryland. In
the early days of Franklin county, he
bought up a great many tracts of land
in that county, and spent a good por
tion of his time in looking after his in
terests there. He was said to be as
strong as a bear and as brave as a lion',
but like all brave men he was a lover of
peace..and, indeed, a good, pious man.
Nevertheless his wrath could be excited
to the fighting pitch. On one occasion
he attended a public gathering in the
lower part of Franklin county, at some
District Court ground. During the day
the two opposing bullies and their
friends raised a row and a general fight
was the consequence. At the beginning
of the silky, and before the fighting be
gan, Billy Patterson ran into the crowd
to persuade them not to fight, but to
make peace and be friends. But his ef
forts for peace was unavailing. and
while making them, some of the crowd,
in the general melee, struck Billy Pat
terson a severe blow from behind. Billy
at once became fighting mad, and cried
out at the top of his voice, “Who struck
Billy Patterson? ” N 0 one could or
would tell who was the guilty party.
He then proposed to give any man SIOO
who would tell him, “ Who struck Billy
Patterson?” From 8100 he rose to
SI,OOO ; but not SI,OOO would induce
any man to tell him. And years after
ward, in his will, he related the above
facts and bequeathed SI,OOO to be paid
by his executors to the man who would
tell, “ Who struck Billy Patterson ’l "
His will is recorded in the Ordinary’s
office, at Carnesville, Franklin county,
Georgia, and any one curious about the
matter can there find it and verify the
the preceding statements—Carncsville
(Ga) Register.
The Founder of Harvard.
It is a singular fact that very little is
known regarding John Harvard, the
founder of Hervurd College. He was
an Englishman, came to this country,
and died at- Charlestown, Muss, Sept.
24, 1638. He left £7OO to found a. col
lege. A monument to his memory was
erected in the burial ground at Charles
town by the alumni of the college, and
inaugurated Sept. 26, 1828, with an ad
dress by Edward Everett. The Har
vard Register says that at the sugges.
tion of Rev. Dr. George E. Ellis, the
late Hon. Jonas Savage once ofl'cred
SIOO a line for five lines about John
Harvard, and got no information.
When a man is rolling in wealth his
fortune is appropriately expressed in
rOund numbem.
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liansy has lug-1n suit tor divorce—vii.“
committw on ways and nit-ans has tired
upon May 31st as the time lul‘ the mljuxxrn
meat of Congress—Wat Virginia «lrlv
gutvs to Chicago are all lll'tine llll'l) —'l'lie
tignt in Illinois will he Grant and anti-
Grant—liads schema of a ship railroad
across the isthmus has been incorporated in
a bill and submitted to Congress.
"Export Gaylor" finds evidence in the
handwriting that convinces him that Whit~
eaker "warned himself."-——State troops
have been sent to Palquemi Parish. La.. to
suppress labor troubles.—The loss in a
single county in New Jersey from forest tires
is not less than $200,000.-—-The Xstlomtl
Grand Lodge at Colored Masons is in seat-ion
at Wilmington. Delawarc.——-W. 8. Jewell
has been ordered to take the meterologicnl
department of the Howgate Polar Exredi—
tion.—Grant gains are reported in Illinois.
——Grant has but ten of the 112 dele
gates in the Nebraska State Convention.—
Washburne declares that he is not and will
not be a candidate tor the Presidency——
Attempts have recently been made to burn
Omaha; citizens and police are on skin-p
lookout tor the “tire bugs”—-onc un
drea thousand women will Work in West
ern harvest fields—A man in Edinburg.
Ind., died from a rat bite last week—
Nashville iongs tor an ice factory—The
King of Sweden will present Sordenskjolii
with the grand cross at the order of
the north star. studded with diamonds,
valued at one thousand guinea——
The fifteen car manufactories ot the Uni
ttd States turned out last year 37,850 pieces
of rolling stook.—-—The Minneapolis Flour
Mills have shut down.—>—-There are
$80,000,000 invested in sugar factories in
{our parishes in Lonisiana.——Moody and
Sankey are in San Antonio, Texas.——A
woman is in jail at Boston charged with the
n'urder ot a tive-year-old child. killed in a
family teud.——There were 53,000 tons of
steel rails laid on the Pennsylvania Railroad
lines last year.
Brickmakers at Chicago have struck for
$2 a day.———loo,oooimmigrante have landed
in New York since January lst.————-A Kear—
ney sympathy meeting was held in Brooklyn
on the 16th.-——Sherry won the Chicago
walking match, making 847 milce.——Two
little boys were burned to death in Dakota
on the 15th.——Csrl Msnke was hanged at
Bufi'alo.—-Gon. Schofleld is to he removed
from command at West Point. A boiler ex
plosion occurred at London on the 15th, bv
which twenty-live persons were killed and
sixty injured—‘Twenty—flve thousand mill
hands are on a strike at Blackburn, Eng
-——Mr. Rouisser has been elected to the
French Academy.—--—Mr. Martel, President
of the French Senate, is about to resign-«-
Gen. Toedlehen is to be appointed Governor
General ot Warsaw.—-Jspan declines to
enter into an alliance with China against
Russia.—-—Martial law has been proclaimed
between the Montenegrins and Albanians.
-—Twobrothers named Hall were shot and
killed by a man named Rogers in Kentucky
on the 15th.—-Oharles Gardclls. an organ
grinder. has been arrested ‘ in Pennsylvania
tor killing his five—year—old daughter.—
Two whites and live negrcss were publicly
whipped on the 15th at Newcastle. Del.
The Workingmen's State Convention as
sembled in San Francisco on the 17th. and
three cheers were given tor Dennis Kearney
———-Wm. Hunter. Assistant Secretary of the
U. 8.. was stricken with apoplexy on the
17th—Investigation shows that the Toy
bridge first gave way at the south end-
Two ot the mall steamer Amer'n's boats
are still missing -—Heavy rain storm in
Russia on the l4th—--The German Catho
lics have commenced a war on Bismarck
——Four thousand political prisoners are to
be released in Bussia——-’l‘he Mcxtcan go v—
ernment is taking active steps to crush out
the revolution——Trains are running on
time on the Southern Pacific.
A rumor in New York is to the attest that
the steamer Canada. trom London, is lost.
with all on board—Col. Lewis. ex~United
States Minister to Portugal, died on the 18th
—-The Prospect Mountain House, Lake
George, was destroyed by tire on the 17th
-—Forest tires are still raging in New Jor
sey—The revenue cutter Corwin has been
ordered to the Arctic Ocean to hunt tor ice
bound vesselsf—Senator Booth spoke on
the inter-oceanic canal question on the
17th—The Workingmen’s Convention en—
dorsed Thurman ter President—Chances
tor a pacific settlement at Cabul are increas
ing—There is s reuvai at the slave trade
on tac Red Sea since Gordon Pashs's de
parture—The President has nominated
Horace Maynard to succeed Postmaster
General Key.
The whelers camped at the south end
of Hatteras woods new a couple of
whales close into the shore one day
lately, and put out into their boats and
fastened on to one of them. After an
exciting chase of about two hours, dur
ing which they were unable to get neur
enough to the whale to kill him, the
other whale rose under the bout and
tossed it into the air, smashing it and
capsizing the boat’s crew into the water.
They were soon picked up by another
boat, and again fastened to the whale,
but night coming on, they were obliged
to cut their line and let him go, he huvo
mg towed them out near the outer end
of Hatteras shoals. Se fur they have
been unable to capture any whales this
season, but hope to do better between
now and the“.’()th of April, when they
break cumin—Elizabeth City (N. 0.)
Letter.
§ State and Terntorial.
“‘Hlxum-Ili- Valley.
'lllll‘ (‘Hi'Villlix lvl'v‘Wrr-V i-; “(y ”10"“.
. 'l'. I r‘~ :m- lll.‘ \utvl‘s in l'lnlx'. pro
mm".
5%“ imi‘rnvmncms in thy- MW of
moving and refitting buildings in cliron.
«"i ll :.t l‘t‘:l'i'_\‘:l:llc.
'l i' . narrow gauge is now all the talk
in :{zntfs Valley. Our About) of the
sub-id; has been subscrihmi.
Hnunr-l Lodge, l. U, (l. T., nt Knox
lintto, Linn county, initiated twonty
members during the past term. I
Albany congratulates itself that _the
Columbia has sailed, and its new licok
and ladder truck is on the way.
Four women of Amity met in the
store of W. C. Brown recently. whose
unitcd weight was 838 pounds.
\V. P. Keady, of Corvallis, has been
appointcdStatc Printer ad interim, un
til the Legislature meets in September.
The Standard Mills. at Milwaukie,
have resumed business, the water hav
ing receded suliiciently to release 'the
machinery.
The Reporter calls the measles a
“tame contagion.” The editor of that
paper evidently had them before he can
remember.
The people of Alsea Bay want an'ad
(lition of bone. tide settlers who will
build scliool houses and churches and
make homes. ,
The net proceeds of the excursion un
der charge of the Evangelical Church,
from Corvallis to this city, last Satur
day, were about S2OO.
Excelsior Lodge, 1. O. G. T., of Cor
vallis, order their lodge room to be
draped in mourning for 30 days in mem
ory of W. B. Carter.
Miss Ella E. Taylor, daughter of Col.
Chris. Taylor of Dayton, was married at
the residence of her parents in that place,
on the 13th inst, to G. E. Detmering.
In addition to the six attorneys who
reside at Dallas, 22 were in attendance
from abroad during the session of the
Circuit Court at that place the past
week.
It is quite the fushion this year for
country newspapers to sell out their col
umns to political parties It is easier
and more remunerative‘ than to run
politics on their own account.
The trial of R. M. Johnson for the
murder of Mason Cross’erly begun in the
Dallas Circuit Court on Friday morn
ing. The trial is one that will attract
great attention, and will occupy sev
eral days.
The frost that visited Yamhill county
Tuesday night nipped the early “garden
sass" and caused the wheat in som'e lo
calitios to take on a sickly hue. At the
present stage of vegetation, however,
the damage is trifling.
Albany will be supplied with water
by the new works from the canal above
the city limits and conducted ' through a
pipe down the canal through probably
three filters, and will be forced directly
into the mains by the use of a, large tur
bine water wheel. . ‘
Last Saturday a 50,000 pound Lcfl‘ell
turbine wheel was taken out (if the Mag}
nolia Mills to be sent to Shaw 4: Y'oung
at Turner’s. It will be 'used at'tbat
place in propelling the macbipery of I.
flouting mill. This wheel has not been
in use since Mr. Foster’s return from
the East in 1870‘ ‘
Freights have been reduced on the
Western Oregon Railroad, from Mc-
Minnville to Portland and vice versa,
as follows: First, class, per ton, 83;
former rates, $5 20. Second class, per
ton, $2 50; former rates. 34 20. Third
class, 82; formerly $3 20. Grain and
mill stufi‘s are held at. the former price.
This reduction began with May 12th
and will hold good until further orders.
’l‘he commencement. exercises at the
Agricultural College will be held at
Corvallis from the-23d to the 26th of
May, inclusive. The public. generally
and the farmern of Oregon in- particular
are invited to be present at public ex
amination of. the students on the 213:
instant.
Festive milch cows are mv'ngin’g the
gardens at Salem. '
The annual camp meeting of the M. E.
(13inch, South, will begin at Dixie J une
1 th. .
The Collins murder trial at Oregon
City was listened to by 200 persons,
making a. perfect jam in the court'i‘oom.
The University brass band lately re
ceived two new horns, n baritone and a.
B flat comet, the cost of which was $66.
The father of Major Charman, of 01'-
ogon City, died last Tuesdnynt hishome
in Indimm, at the advanced age of 96
years.
Miss Julio, Adams is preparing an es
say Wllicll she will read before the As
sociate Alumm of the State University
in J unc. ,
Mr. Bailey, proprietor of the Willa
minu saw mill, has furnished a. large bill
of lumber for the narrow gauge railroad
bridge at Dalies.