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ir! FEOH SAN FEANOISCO. MIH. Prances Taller Victor and her Latest Literary Work MOKNIXG 3REGOXIAN. Her Ability ui a Hl.toriaa Thoroaj.Mj Appr.n lly Mr Hnbert Banoroft-lhd Forth oomlng Volame on Oregoa other occasions I have been impressed with this eame readiness and accuracy, when I have called upon her for items of information. It is 10 be hoped that in the bookabont to appear, Uregonians may find many tokens of these Important qualifications in the historian.

EMMA H. ADAMS THE EABT BIDE. A regular meeting: of the common conncll of East Portland took place last evening, all the members present except Bancroft After read- BAH FBAHCISCO, Oct. L--It ban teen the pnv- ing the minutes of last meeting the following liege of the writer to spend nearly three years business was transacted on the Pacific coast In steady correspondence for PETITIOKS. one ol tbe strongest of Eastern journals.

Frilly From I Mapel, complaining of the bad condi- fonr months of thia time were devoted to settine OD Second and streets and asking for re- frrth the aH nn ai lief referred to street committee. Ffom Frank Whlte renewing his proposl- your neighbor, Washington terri- Uon to light the city with coal oil as read at last TOiy. Its rfesonrcee were dlscusfled, from its top crop to Its lumber product Its lands, coal mines, frulta, grains, minerals, manufactories, splendid waterways and enterprising people, to gether with Its Chinese crusade and its perni- ous custom of sundering; oiarriage ties at pleasure, were all treated upon as they appeared to deserve A somewhat longer period was given to the eame matters In Oregon, including that gigantic industry, salmon canning, and Its younger but growing one--prune making Meantime, gold mining, peach culture, the scenery, the medic inal springs and certain early pioneers, all In the southern pact of the state, were not forgotten, ae were not, also, journalism and journalists. meeting, laid on table indefinitely. BEPOHT9 From the ways and means committee, report ing adversely on Ihe ordinances raising the salaries of city marshal and street) commissioner, adopted.

irom expense committee, recommending the payment of hills presented at last meeting Adopted, and warrants ordered drawn in payment of the same. From expense committee, asking farther time to report upon tlie proposed extension of Sixteenth street from to Asylum, granted. From tbe fire and water committee, reporting that until the tax levy for IHHh can be collected no funds will be avulahle for street lighting purposes, and that the city treasury fa In a had slate, the debt likely to be increased and recom attention to such a list of mendioff that the smallest number of gas and subjects in a country awakens one's interest in It, arufttttacltes one to its people. The latter IB especiallj tnae if one has heen the recipient of favors from the citizens, aa the writer cuftalnly lias, la ore important and almost innumerable favors which will ever be remembered, and for which her most grateful acknowledgement is here recorded Indeed, ever since leaving the state in April last, has heen my demre to Rive expression to the impressions received of the threat ccinmtrnweaUh of the North during njy tabors Pinong its valleys aud Ml'a. Thtae have rucpect not merely to Ita genial and hospitable people, bat as wulJ to its progress In all tbe directions whU render any member of tbe federal I nion influential and Bleat If at any liime In tbe past Oregon played by the way, and allowed (.

aliforma to get the start in the race, she Is now well up In her course, aod may jet tax competitor seriously to reach the of internal development first It may well be said that many regards the bibtory of state has been such as to furnish its citizens ground f6r pride in its record, and its friends rwason to congratulate them This allusion to Oregon historj, the waj, Calls to mind that Ito Jiterary circles here men tion is made of the speedy forthcoming of the Oregon volume of Mr H. Bancroft's Pacific toast History This Is au event, surely, which will attract tbe attention oT your people The book is to appear early in October, should there be no delay, find then those living wbo helped to make history In the noble Northwestern state will have opportunity to see what position they bold in the vast picture gallery of the Pacific past. The issue of such a work, wherein the acts and even motives of men and women, dead as weQ as living, wbo hare taken part In rearing institutions, in establiHhiz governments, are reviewed by a judgment supposed to fee sound and impartial, is really aa occurrence ol deep pabtlo Interest. This Oregon volume trill therefore be looked for with no little eager- bees. It most be with a feallng of satisfaction.

BUCQ a few authors have ever experienced, that Mr Bancroft now beholds his enormous task of pre- rarlng a complete history of the Pacific coast drawing toward conclusion, as it is. One cannot contemplate the magnitude of the work without emotions of reverence for the genius which conceived the idea and plan of it, for the resolution which began tbe nerve which has carried forward, apd the brilliant business sagacity the man has abown, In fairly clutching success from the midst of paralyzing disaster, like that of the fire ia this city, which In an hour destroyed theaccumulatione of his left htm sorely straightened for means to finish bis favorite work. It was an apalling infliction, especially as he held large subscriptions for the bistory and must complete it. Few men would have received the blow, as did Mr. Bancroft, It is said, without, complaint, or murmuring It is heartily to he hoped that no farther perils await the great history Mr.

Bancroft deserves eulogy lor his enterpifise, persevereuce ana patience. It is not altogether In the above particulars that the man hasexhibited ability in connection with hie undertaking. He had the tact to draw to his aid, at the outset, a company of writers who were conspicuously Qualified for this line of literary labor Some of them have spent jearsaa faithful collaborators at hie side And it is not an exaggeration of the facts to claim that to their taste, correct judgment and appreciation of what should be the character and scope of each a publication, will be due its success in large degree But perhaps the most remarkable featuie of the work is that a woman has performed a larger proportion ot the best labor upon it than bas any other single individual, urless it be the author himself. This woman Is Mre. Frances Fuller Victor, whom many Orecronians welt know, and whose warm Interest ia Oregon history was evinced in two volumes from her oen ere Mr.

Bancroft mvifled her to devote it to his Colossal scheme. Eight years of thoughtful, unremitting, discerning toil Mrs. Victor has since given to the bringing out of its obscunty tbe past of our vast northwestern domain. I take all tbe more pleasure mentioning this, because the gifted woman Is of my own state, Ohio, and In tibe columns of its journals began ber literary career. Indeed, the Buckeye state claims not Mrs.

Victor only, hut Mr Bancroft himself, who was horn aud spent his early youth on Its soil The approaching volume of regon history is from Mrs. Victor's pen. In the hook she very properly strives to give a place not only to the well-known founders of the (tregon colony, territory and stale, but likewise to all, both men and women, who have since hi any wise contributed to the upbuilding of the commonwealth The writer's own acquaintance with and interest in some of the parties makes it a pleasure to state that among the persons deserving to be remembered for their faithful advocacy of the rights of woman, are mentioned Mrs. uni way, Mrs fuburn and Mrs, Mm to. To each Is paid a just and generous tribute for the priceless serv ices they have rendered Merited praise Is also bestowed upon Mr jRSse Applegate, as upon many oiher revered pioneers of Oregon, to whom tbe state of to-day owes a debt it can never cancel An examination or Mrs Ictor's work reveals two powers of discrimination and ber judicial turn of mind She came honestly by the latter rruality, through her relationship to that able Jurist, R.

Wai worth, late cuancel lor of the state of New lork, as well as to era! old colonial families ol distinguished traits, notably the Starks, Fullers aud Williimsea Perhaps another quality which especially fits ber for historical composition is ijulckness or perception This may be parity natural and partly acquired through long discipline ia her definite Hue of work. An incident of this promptness in noticing incidents connected with North western history, as well as ber familiarity ith Oregon history In particular, came under tbe observation of tlie writer during the recent Grand Army encampment hi this city Ear!) in the morning on the day of the great parade Mrs ictor and myself were seated on a I overlooking an Ness avenue, on which the magnificent precession formed, when suddenly, some two hours before the vast body of tegan to move, blast of nilgai music broke the air and fmmedlatnly a del etjatirn fn son Army post wheeled out jf (lOldnn date avenue, close to oui au1 took position just In Tr nt of ua Naturally we scanned the banner an I guidon carried to learn whence Mm part came. found (hey were from rtlau I a luf ftn-nce reasons made this fact in Greeting to both of us, Mrs ictor searched the fates, as usual somewhat disused by miHtar dress, Iiope of seeing some acquaintance of former dsP, i I took nottw i hoiij for newspa jit-r une. a little a i "I with the man who tarries that smalt edi of the stars and stripes would unfurl iL If I am int mistaken that tiag in i An I if It is tlie one I take it to be, the inscriptt upon it is doiae in needle wo and was exe ruled by one Tabitha Brown, a 'tablu pioneer woman of Oregon "Ask htm to let you ew it" Thereupon she descended the step 1 aud poltto 1 requested tihe man Eo let herglmce at the colors be carried. Sore enough' it was the very Hag made by the fingers of Mrs Brown The etars, eren, were sewed on -the field of blue The banner was constructed in lS5j, and dur ng the fainou 1 Rogue river war of that date led the defenders of the homes of wnile settlers up aud down the rugged mountains of Ore Mrs.

Brown is aaid to have been tlin re.U founder of tbe umversitj located at Frest diove She was 75 years uf age at the time she made tbe flag. Two years later the aoble woman laid down her burdens at the grave. Tbe little occurrence Phowed in a striking it seemed to me, Mrs. Victor's ao- coal-oil lamps be procured for tbe year, after the month of October, alei) that all hydrants, cepting twelve now connected with the mains of ihe l--st Port tar water company, ho diaoon- necitU Adopted auo placed on file. From the street committee, recommending the passage of the ordinance granting: the Port land Reduction "Works (o ceitnln privileges, adopted.

I rorn the city surveyor, submitting ttie survey of a sewnr on street from Third street to the rivwr Referred to Btreeit committee I-mm the city marshal, reporting the unsafe condition of the cil pound referred to blreet committee and city attorney friom the board of equalization that ttiej had equalized tba assessment roll aud madu coirectn us as they deemeu heat adopted I 1 A I The following claims against the city were read A leek i nn "-tar i i 8t I A 0 i i bur 1000 II McMillan 00 Austin 4 00 lexers if tli i 00 Parrott ab 71 HO I Hummers I 00 Referred to expense committee Providing the time and manner of improving Twelfth street read twice and referred to the uiniittee on streets and public property Providing the time and manner of improving Division street, read twice and referred to tbe same committee. I evymg a tax for a general fund, nre fund and street repairfund as follows fund, one-fourth of 1 per cent fire fund one-twentieth of 1 per cent, street repair fund, one-fifth per cent read tttice and referred to tjie ways and means committee. Declaring the probable cost of the improvement of Third street, and directing entry thereof in the docket of city laws, read twice aud referred to the recorder and city attorney An ordinance making au appiopriation of $860 30 lor the impioternent of Third street, same reference Granting the Portland Kedujtfon works certain privilttges, read third time and passer! Amending ordinance No 4'3, raising the salary of tbe city marshal, read third and lost Amending ordinadce No 501, raising the salary of street commit-stoner read thiid time aLd lost. MIS( 1 A By I ainff, moving the adoption of a resolution adopting the assessment roll, earned. The city attorney said that certain warrants held by James raney should be paid, but was not aware which of them, hut that the matter remained the same as heretofore Mr West reported that the Terminal company had agreed again to iinurova the toid from the 0 depot to Holladay Uut he had uo knowledge of what had beeu done Adjourned.

HEW6 ITEMS LAMK3' EKI IQfir- A musical and literary enter lain taeuL will be given on Wednesday evening, Oct. uader the auspices of the Ladies' Relief society of East Portland, for the benefit of Uie poor of the the city, admission, iT cents Following is the programme of exercises Piano duet Misses lordau and Jioden soug Mr Bullock Recitation Piof SOUK, with piano and violin accompaniment A Stura Mri Kd.uk!a lulln solo, pittno accompaniment Miss and arrie Dalton KecltdLu i Miss Hattie I. si SOUK Hunt uid ISrowii Quartette I Alim i Kl) Mr Jerry Toomhs, while driving out to Hold's milk ranch, ou the slough, espied a large catamount in the timber on the side of the road, and happening to have LIB shotgun with him brought it to bear on hw majesty and was successful in bringing him down the first shot He was brought to town yesterday and will be stuffed and added to the cuiioslties lu Dr Kaf- fetj's muhfcum so IKS The 'annl of ex ounty lerk I Sinders will leave to day for tbeir new homo on the North Powder river, KaKer county, Oregon, Tbe Women's Relief society of East Portland will hold a regular meeting this Tuesday af er- nron, at the rooms of the Vf coruer of tifth and streets, commencing at i o'clock The woik of fencing: and cleaning up the grounds ft the Portland stock yards on this side the river is well under way, and the yards will soon be ready to recerte cattle Mr David Ross, of Skamanm county, and Miss Anderson, of Portland, were united in marriage on Saturday evening last at the residence of Rev. Daniel Staver, who performed the ceremony HOW DID IT GET HEBE POHTI AND, Oct. 4 To THE EDITOR ot TUP OKI i notice your paper this morning a communication headed "le this Special Lu which Hellioger, of Jefferson, complains that a letter to winch was attac-hod a special deinerj stamp, was not delivered here until four and a half hours after the arrival of the tram The ignorance displayed in the nommuiiica- tl ia one who as- nimefl he a cutic.

call it ignorance, but the gentleman's overweening desire to criticise may have been the cause of his ridiculous mis statements besides his special requtwt to Crolu- snuth A I to report to him the time of (telneii rather indicates his desire to go Into the cut using busintwa Vow, the facts are that if tlie letter in question was mailed at Jpffeison it could not reached Portland before 1 HI) In tbe afternoon. The It) o'clocK Albany express brings only through ekeed pouches, one from Albany, one from saleui and one from Oregon ay, but nothing from and hence it louM nut i a ar rued In 10 o'c lock mall, as the-rn in no nil- way postrflice Hervicw on that What means he employed to convey his lettti to Port land I have uo means of knowing He may have ha (led it to a conductor, a brakernin, a passenger, a section-boHS or a walking-boss, but it never reached Portland through the mails Whoever brought it dropped it a Front or i rst street letter box, as it was biought in with 1 ftfteruooa llection, beiniij? no postmark entered in oui books i local letter aud RhowH thai it VHT' i i i a just ten nt i a IALK ntt IIHS ly en UM publishing a Tf a i i It large a dai i bd ftie it nn -j eg this wtwk tu tnitbTully leiuark II nt I is still the leading uewsjnpei of thtt i wnt Ihe WaiUtuirg li Uial 1 tisrend WH lately of ilm a 101 I v- i I prob ei gage the newsiiiuur business at i lai rf i wards and 1 Jpporsonun i i will hp tion of a daily piper in sp( kaue called tlie itniiKj with the dates and details of Oregon Paralysis. Lous ol Voice. Hysteria Liatory. And I may mention that on several Indigestion, Palpitation.

An lorlvalled Kecord Allcock's Porous Plasters bave.m five years, proved themselves the best, safest and most effecual remed for SplnaJ (TompUunta lent CoDHumptlon DiarrUu Pleurtsy, Tumors Asthma Bronchitis Epilepsj Lumbago IPtllity HJjetimattam. Gout, 8oiaUoa, Loss of Ipror Jropsy NEWS OF OBBGOS. GBANT COUNTY Mr. Barbrm's residence Canyon destroyed I fire hist Sunday morning Nearly all of the furniture was saved. No insurance The Prairie City district will start In soon to erect the new school house, which is to be a building to cost from $2500 to $8000 completed At the preliminary examination of Polly Wilson in Canyon City, for the murder of John Rinehart.

the prisoner was committed to jail without bail U) await the action of the grand jury. DodsoD, diea at Prairie City, September aged 77 Deceased was a Virginian by birth, and came to the John Day valley about twenty-three years ago, where he remained most of tbe time, farming and stocS-raising. A COUNT Baker (ity Masons contributed $15 to the Charleston sufferers Kimlwrljr and William Harper are candidates for the offace of marshal at Baker (ity. Qnitp a number of Bakerites, both old and ouug, will taJ(e advantage of the excursion rates and take in the Mechanics' fair at Portland. Slsley Intends shipping some Baker county fruit to the Mechanics' fair next week.

The Sage i says he will probably walk off with some of the ae Baker tounty is fcuril to btat, even the null line Biglej was arrested for lobbery Saturday and held in the sum of 500 ir his appeal- ance before the grand He was ah held tbe euro of 200 foi the ciime of lairany by bailee, btifore Justice liouds not being given, he waa committed tu tiJ I SIGN I'r arrived in last week It is his mtfutii to back to I nion this fall Wui titin tt i I ii readied a A i i if twen shot i I For the Miootintr, ich was done out, of a window, is not known Mi "Mikliell is a cripple f. If i a i and Ii. i 1) ft i tho rm rdei of i i i i iu bonds of it- DO each Botner was ID f-ecunng bondrtinen, the other tvy IJIHII have fiiuo Ijmg in It IB expected 'bat tlift cane vull tie tiled this term, though it la very umertam Met In fit tte sapt ntondeut of public instruction, vv.ts a in I i.mn last week The will Ic.ive i flh rt time for aa xlendi ii MBit 1 iHt, i i i i i which tune he will ilnit many of lotipai schools of the Eist em slateH, in onier 'o more hinibelf th tho mai ucr of nclion! woiU. A I Sheriff i i i was thrown fiom a wagon near town the tLer da and tudb ciippled toiu poranJ, but not Bcnons'j i Nichols A Hamakar announce the saleof CapL I). ranch, eleven inilefl from I Ink ou the Klamath road, to Mr lines K.

Ingalls, late of Hradfoid unty, Pa ousider ati $7500 There is some anxiety amlong settlers in the Sprague river country lest tlie killing of the in (liao ly Muuz may lead to some trouble between the Indians and whites, but it Is not likely that any serious results will follow Particulars of the killing of a Klamath Indian by Tritz MUDK, whoHs now in jail, are as follows The Indian ran cattle oif the reservation by the agent's orders. Munz asked him why he did so, to which Pete replied that he would run tbeui to h--i next time. At this point they both began lighting, but were separated by a hired man named wade, working for who told Pete be had better go home now, and upon Wade turning around found Munz gone, out be soon appeared with a pUtol and began firing at the Indian, wbo was running toward a barn to get his horse. Munz followed him and kept shooting, until the Indian had passed through the gate, mounted his horse and started off on a trot, groaumg loud enough to be heard at the house After riding some distance be fell from the horse, and getting up walked several steps, when he fell the last time Wade and Myers, another employe of Munz's, then went out and found him dead, the fatal shot having struck about two inches below Hie right ear and passed out through the left corn-er of the mouth Muuz fired four shots at the Indian. WABHIN (JIOS JTERR1 TOST SKWJH txi John Browning and Fred Bernier have been cruising the country back of Bayview, says the La( onner AfaiL If a large enough body of timber can be found ft is said that a railroad to haul it will be built.

Bayview will be the terminus. Paul Poison and James O'Langhlin intend to establish a system of waterworks to supply Edison, the Samish farming country. Bayview, the Flats, including the Beaver marsh, and LaCon- uer with water. Tbe water will be taken from springs or a mountain stream tn the neighborhood of McElroy's slough STEVivNS GUN I There is complaint of the mefiiciemy mail service between olville aud Hunters, ou the river. Jacob Jackson who was enot the ankle at Colville about two weeks ago dunng a row in a brewery, will suffer amputation of his foot The suit brought against the loung America company by P.

I. kearney for an interest that valuable piece of inioinR property, has been withdrawn, says the Colviue Ml tier, and the owners are now at liberty to go ahead with the work which lias been suspended fortwounmths on account, of pending litigatiou. SPOKANE COUNTY I Itoyd is about to move his machine shop from Portland to Spokane tails M. ronan, one of the hands on the Spokane Palouse road, walked out of his hotel window while in a state of intoxication, and falling to the ground, a distance of fourteen feet, leceived serious Injuries. The massive timbers for the foundation of the great structure of the fepokane Milling company are being placed in position in tue south channel of Uie nver, adjoining the company's sawmill, and tne work is being pushed an rapidly ae the immense proportions aud solid character of the building will admit I Atih.1" I 01 Thefiuitdryersof aiiumver havehmshed the prune crop, which tuins out a tl ird more than last jear The exhibitions at the county fair have BO far twen but a moderate success.

The raLing was all among home horses, free from jockeying, aud created some sport A wagon road is being built up the north side of I ewia river, fiom tbe mouth of Cedar crvek into the country Eifiht miles of it are already completed. It wiS open up some tine country to settlement, and newcumwrn lie al ready in to take up Claims. A I i A There are 5JO children ubhc sch pupila in Vvalla. Pnvete o'iirien, btiitmiied at I oit UU who was kicked attune time ago by a horse, ia not rxpected to Ellenfiburg A etc Eia A pieco of gold bear- ii quartz was found ut camp No 1, near the Hdraulic mining company claims, ft hoy Ihe WHB purchased of the lad for $M) A dispute over land lilies has arisen between miners who located as placei claims lands leased fci Chinamen, the vicinity of Aiqsworth, which culminated in an assault, and batter.) suit, tlie miners coming out worsted The new water works company will submit a proposition to furnish the city with for tire purposes, sajs the Walla Walla nion Some thought has been given to the subject of furnishing water through meters, that is, charging for the number of gallons used I (mi teal frallon Bros expended a little over 1800m palngotT their hop pickers Wednesday A good Dart of this amount has heen since laid out in town tn Uie Indians for red and blue blanketfl, horse toggery and piovibiims of all kinds, including such luxuries ascolTee and baking Two young bucks, who invented whisky languish in the tila ilia lom i tl i lurlie Uiltar nf chutes, eu to MuC a pa( of coal for tefitii Ho has found a teu-foot vein of the stuff ceai I-ORM! The wimple wan tried in Hany Wiutler'n forge and found to burn well, consuming i leaving clinkers The kind IB bituminous. Mr Mlllei also sent specimens of tul rock found the saum neighborhood.

He thinks ihere is itetroleum there i le Mi nt d. lorester, who has beeu the i i i in the oknuaigan countrj for several mouths, leports thai thft ore in that region Is mosllj galena, mixttd With in taibouates, and assays run ifhoo oil an average, on a 30 foot iedge The 9its theie lay in very well denned ledges Mr I fiw icnce, whobas interests IB now in Ta con i makiug arrangements to plate a smelter on tl giound. A good camp will come out of this dibcovery. IT Sheriff Bowles returned on 5 rid ay morning from Heppner, in charge of Huu Medlock, wanted here on several charges of ise-steaftfeg Bledlock escaped the Oregon i i 4 a i ai tli'j in" 1 ig discharged by the district or.i -i TI bj LuiiSttttUo iu a warrant from this Me.tock, when ar rated, said to the constable "If tbey ge me to Walla Walla, my name Is Dranis No Iroatter nnder what name, Meflloct will prove in ornament to the new peoitentlaiy. im urdaj- Medlock was arraigned before Justice BALKAp-USDI The Mounta democratic 'per of Lantern Oregon, has the Mluwmg very complimentaiy notice of one of i public dlsguit is expresied at Lambert' on" a charge of horse-stealing, coin- a of Mater's Bp Jones.

The accused waived ex dt)feDae Bobeir and accomplice, and plaint by E. Jo aimnatlon and was committed to await ac tion of the grand jury Kail was at $1000. BRITISH COLUMBIA Burglais are operating at Nanaimo with chin loform. A whale fishery station is to be established al the west end of ancouver isJaud. A 125 yards foot race at Victoria on tlie -5th Tor a purse of $500 was won by Ruaieli, who 3efetted Davidson by a few inches of I or- fore an audience composed largely of His publl" attacK upon the reputation of a girl who was present at the time and hid to beat unanswered the disgraceful insinuations, was both unmanly and woolly unuecess.iry Regarding the lesult of Uie tnat referred to above which was for the i of Willis Skiff, a man Haker county, whose sud den and niaterioua disappearance is still tlio talk i all that Hecticn, the same paper eays chain of circumstantial evidence against these three men charged with funeral lusnatrer, Stockton etreer, Sin I la! Tljis roaU couldn't He is ofpen too worthless to i a i them himself He well known at Seattle and the Tin wvjs of "It is a pity the a reach rogues like 3 oorge Smith who, Hince Seattle, been tbe was drowned Umiat The schooner Anna Beck nogs a tale of suffering at sea by hunger, from he tchooner lyde, spoken twenty miles on Race rocks The nchnoner i had only i few eca sruiU, aud foi tlie lafit dil th allowance had heen only ime hirfcuit and agnail i i sit! nmn The iptani of the i oied fn l( trd ilh and was Imntw at I i i i the victims of the i of the Pnnnt'i ii inn a i thB utoinu'r SHU I i a i He disfigured t-u will i i Ai'ia iwl the i tlie ci), tlnHtMinwrmiMinq -Niuaino hi om of three I I I irn of that i tccule 1 He, i fell is 7i mii tnl foi life I i i i a syndicate uf i IL 1 lurlrWh and scot itahsts has I i i i i in for tl i i i i i fllKtingat in i 10 i i i (omimsing tho i i a It itiid HO i tend wi'h it i he th it it he the sue of i frie.it city and hi tuiit a tins iLiiiit slop icV mi It in HtntjtMl that J( tin Hendfj, immagBr of the H-oal ilv plauing in Us, has gone to New Brunswick to bring out jy of 1 reucluneu fnun his native cnuntj, (.1 to take the pluie of the tnnameu in (lie itupaiiy'g emplo These Acadians, ile- i of Lvangeline, are a hard working tiass (I people, patlont and religious, with the proieibial trench joll ty They are a desnanle tioqy it colonists, and there IB no doubt tdat Mr will have hUlediHimlLj in inducing I hem in leave the waters of Bam halauu foi those of the atmub of i Pucn.

I A i ainiington i a at a i A i i it Septenil)ei on liis way 1 ast He is with attempting defraud creditors, and has been taken home Veioer Some titne ago old Mr dladt- heart Salubria tlisai)peirel from the residence his sons, and search for the old gentle- mnij was immediately hiRtltuted. As his mmd pomeiAhat shattered, fears foi his safety were entertained 11 search was continued, and on last Thurfdny hie dead body was found In a small pool of waiter In a little) knowa as Hog creek, In an almost aud a condition. On Thursday last at d'Alene James Andrews, keeper of a saloon and dance hall ia that place, became enraged nt Taylor and hred three shots at him, the last one grazii agaiofit ii uoi ent niftd Possittly uot one HI an iu Ji JtJ habitually cauies buLoher knit eh fn his i Uiw, and would not haupe i onre in a hundred ears that i mad who does should tie the last one seen with a person who mysteriously is Appeared and he be immoent (tf i i i i excellent character of Mr skiff here for uprightness his dealings, the peculiar condition in which he left his finances, tlie petuliar ciriumstaucea which called him to North J'nwder, preclude in every reasonable man's mind all possibility that he haw volun- tanlj disappeared Mr. Skiff had no provisions for a solitaiy (routes and ha-1 he gone where an person had Fteoa him he must a have been It ifithe prevalent and well grounded opinion thnt bkllT is doil, and a horrible suspicion that will not De is- 11 llfd resta and mil rtist forever upon nifc choiged with this foul crnnR Of course all inon hope that they ire innocent, hope thai the can produce evidence that cm provtj he- ud a doubt that they did not do tho deed, but tt.ej hopealpo that, if thin have done thin just and will oieitake them ieer, wilting from Salem to an lolind Empire paper, p.iys the rollowing left haailoJ to the capital ciU "To the older citi7ens jf Oregon nothing will seem more improbable than that Salem could he the object of a real live boom--Salem, which for a quarter of a century has stood for all that was slow io I UHtnese, and from every other I otnt of view 1 his IB undoubtedly one of the prettiest towns on tlie Pacific coast, with Its imposing business and dwelling houses magi ificeiit state building, and wide streets uni verbj. ly bordered with picturesque maple and Lative i But i ail these, there has always seemed a painful lack (If business enterprise among hei leading men thai, was anexplainat)le, and indeed uujustifiab'e It has one of the finest water powers in the state, which, in its earliest history, was by the Willamette Manufacturing company fn a successful way that gave it all the life it ever had With the burning of that institution almost a score of jears ago, Salem relapsed Into a comatose state, from which It began to seem that no combination of circumstances could ever deliver her.

Aside irom a couple of gtfst mills, this tnagniQ- cent water power glided on unvexed to placid Willamette, and continued to import and manufacture nothing. "But to-day, and indeed for the past, six months, we are enjoying a genuine boom, all wool and a yard wide One morning last May the people woke up and discovered that a free budge across the Willamette would attract a trade from a considerable section of Polk Tujlor head. Taylor tnen returned the Qrel county, and since trade waa what they most f-horting McAndrewfi in the right side, tbe ball ne tll6ir business decided to have a rang in 5 Tbe wound is a dangerous one ana may prove fatal. Public sentiment is with Tajlor, and he has not yet been arrested. MoAnrrews is known as a "bad man, and has beec mixed up a number ot serious rows and hereta'ore has come out hrstbeHt At Eagle Hock, tbe morning of Uie 27th, three burglars entered the Elk horn market, owned by hailes Martin.

One sf them held; a gun ou the cltul, vhoalept there, while the others proceeded to blow open the safe, which was ac- com jlfehed after about an hour's labor They secured $75 for their trouble. Later three men were caught near Blackfoot with tbe money in 1 ridge. Salem, at a epecial election, voted that purpose, the county court wore persuaded to add more, and Polk oounH gallantly brought tin the limping remnant with au additional $5000 0 the bridge and is going 1 This will te tbe first to span the banks of this lovely river, as It goes on calling to tbe anywhere between the Cascades' frozen gotges and its junction with tbe Columbia, As a permanent attraction and resort for people of leisure aud loafers generally, it surpasees Cole's CIICUH ''It is required in the contract that the bridge shall he ready for use on the of November. urglars. They gave probably fictitious names and appear to answer the description three horse wauled In Helena, Montana.

MINING NOXES. Baker City Saqc hrwh Tbe richest rock evtir found in Fine creek was struck the Red Jacket last week draude azttt Is0unor, lepreseutlng tlie Kentucky capitalists the Fine creek mines, slates that his company will soon put exteni bive nine machinery foi frorkmg theh prop- orlj that district. bp)lane lalls henetr Maj James 0 Neil' and h-i old typo Hopkins, have a a gold Quartz discovery within 4 fewi The report lajs the find on a small creefc back or Mr King's house and some four miles 1 northwest fr hawelah on the olville road It is said that the quartz is fairly alive with tree gold A 1 CRFFK I Harry (. Frank, of Tacoina, has receull re- from the (iranlte creek mines, and snjs "llieg Id diggings there are a fraud I never hear 1 of any one making anything Seven of us have been working all summer and have madA just $2o, winch we divided among our crowd Feople are coming away from the mines, and the gold croze is little talked of there qow It IB a very healthy country, how ever, aud although I have speut considerable monfy. I have regained my health and am feel Ing people care to tro there for their health, however A KlCH i i OH I ttOSPHl 1XJHS Wallfi Walla bt ittsman Joha Slater, of WaiTeijiB, Idaho i is in town, OH his a to warmer quaiters for the winter He the discoverer of Uie remaikatile ledge noticed in tlifl as being 100 feet hi width and containing an immense amount of mineral Irom samples of the ore shown us we have no doubt but that it will jield lai go average of silver I'r I ord and Adoljh Bunnell are mterettted with Mr Slater The e( tre has.

been named tlie Isortliern rowu, and woak will be actively prosecuted on it nest spring Jt is in the Atfcm district, forty miles east of i Warrens, (he south fork of Sa.1- on, up I creek The district was i last ar by smne Warrens' miners who discoveiid levolaini, which is aaid to be rich Loin silver and fullj four in width A f-iher lode IIOH also been dwcnverod in WarrPi ueai the old gioup of rich silver-be n- Ing ges which such a In 1 It is named the Bull Hog, and averages (I es to the ton Mr Hoyt has bondel it for ft Ay )0(i, aud the owners are woikiug hard upon it foi development, AVe no doub tjut that tbe world will soon hear of these iinnei the Salmon nver mountains ore of it and of all kinds, dold, silver, copper and galena abound It is a rough countrj, and, un 111 VB latolj, unknown except arou'id the old placer ciMups. The formations of the countiy are vary favorable, being granite, syimite, nhite, orpbj limestone and dolomite BILaOAD fiOTES Ihe Island railway, running froiii a and hanaimo, was formally opened for busiuwas on TLu sday morning, It in repotted Seattle that the I'ugot 11 comp aiP push a railroad from ti in near into lbn snoqualmie ille. Tht A terminus tor Uie i n) ug will in ull probahiliU be at btiawbetri valley, nghty Hight miles froifa Pomeroi, the ttsnnmus of the a i Ff nicroy biaiuh, a feeder tbe Oregon i waj ISangati roai itt hiving i a txtoiu and additions to the, town are being iilntlei lots BOld grpBsti the i i I a i rniln id. way IB a and gutter IM ilioi Urn gi i and i i i nip eted it IM expet led thut the i will I rearij It Ihe Lijiug of lails me time next week li st ix and a half mile sectu the und A i i i a irbor ruilKtnd will ba i etcd thin month nrie hundnid tn HIIIQIJ feet of logs ire now hauled diily over this rond it into mt't This ntin mil i ha IIJCIPE P( in tune to lime until null Foit I liike-lej is supplied Tr no fiat Ui I ils a a i i i i i i 1 itUebunoMmi a and i(ut southward into hclialis couu'i the awitcbback lei ascidos tbelLcama Lc' saja "Petei Irving came self the performer of a good solid square day's work THF ORKI.ONJAN editorial upon tlie degeneracy of the legislative body of Oregon has been received throughout the state with-the one general sentiment of That's so A fair sample of the prees comment is this "It is true that measures of importance nr longer receive able and honest discussion It is true that bills are passed by a systein of 'barter and not upon their intrinsic merits It is true that uuder this system no member thinks or cares particularly to investigate either the cbaractor oj forms of measures passed, ami it thus happens that blunders witboijit numlier occur. Of nurse it Is a disgrace that this is so, but it does no particular good to censure the raembars.

It is nn fruit of theirs if they were born brain ieea and lacking, as they are, native power, do the best they can b) trading themselves ofT to pass the bills they iritroduce. It does not make a man wise to send him to the legislature I IIB blame for this condition of things lies, then, with the people, who have beeu good- naturedly sending men to the capltol only 10- caiusfl tbej want to go real bad It might he well hereafter to look around for men who have moie sense and less desire to be great." Register Henry Rinehart, of the land office at I a iraude, concerning whom a dispatch in THK OHKC.ONUN recently stated that his commission, with many others, had been withdrawn, for the reason, that no bonds had Iwen Riven, makes an explanatory statement, which Hhows that he will, in all probability, receive his commission He says "My bonds were filled out and forwarded to tbe general hum office, and I was looking for my commission when 1 saw that dispatch in THK ORKrto- I A last Monday At noon of Tuesday I telegraphed the honorable commissioner that bonds id I een forwarded, and asked If they had been lecened At 2 ftl of the same day the mail brought my bonds returned, because one of inj mipiiieu 'failed to state In what town his proj Btty and I wns asked to have 'the mission supplied and to forward all the pnpeis nt ni eailiest convenience apt I I Uie ttrituih baik Omega, ion manned entirely by Chinese sailors, lei i ictoria Junes that the total expenses dud from shanghai, hiua, to Hurrard inlet, IUH no cent than would be had he in crew on board Each of the Mongolian sail is paid per mouth wages the fin tach man Tor the same period costing i tl ii baik has ou board SOO weight of Imlied up i the inlet, and 1000 pounds of dogfieh caught a i The lefiveH of Uie sea plant, which are dried and will ep foi mouths, make fine food for the htaa- meii i the voyage, anr the doghsh area pa 1 ticulai 1 favoi fte articlefmth the Mongolians I the utuJiwiiAt his last week to Mr Paul the i Pacific laud oflice, as fo'lowfl 'The suctions acioas the olurubm nver ure bning graded by agents of the Northern Paoifu i a view to Belling tliejn to settlers Paul notijies the peojile Chat company Intend treating settlers there with 'fairneae and hliciahty He then goes on to tell them Unit t) ity can have the laud it ffrJ oil to an cash His liberality 19 very startling con Hidtnmg tli.it the probabiliKi ot the company's i i title to those lands is very slight. If (Kiple i give one vigorous, united kick against this laud steal this fall they will litielj nut eed in getting i ncle Sam's attention called thtir wrongs, and having; Paul spased the tioublc of sellmjr land he does not own." The old custom of posting i wife as a i the 3 uM -xml bed and hoard lias heen eial Uu ye reversed thia liorthwest flectiou of the cuuntri, the jatest coining froin Walla after an extremely short period of tal Infelicity The appaara in tlie fu u.ud of October A i i i i i I'oole as his i Tor uo lrt WB htm to be a ui for tlie socU ty of a decent womai aud uu lUiv of reuard have toft him. ver to live i him liun red I htreb uotlfy all persons not 'ill account and alsc char" paj him no money I S. I'OOl 1 1 uelndd ulllu SmUh, t(ie anti hinesd aei- talor of 1'uget sound, wbo in bun bacS.

fllr. Irving has twenty men with eight the Puget Bonnd cSoSSi? jAlw atw teams engaged in rutting a diteb nOO feet long, nent fee wTdeand deep, so as to change Homes for wfth 11 l(1 and rents. All colonists VeuaWa bmlto ftjl rt id i-i ieltd 111 about tCU jf who, Seattle, has been wolkiDfi: 00 oc.en.tive colony swindle among lue ol "-an 1 nincisra HOD McHrlde cioct to nott in 111 al his at St Me I i whether QC will be able to as sLine tns duties v. ben the time comes The above untruthful but not very item bos heen circulating through the state press for past and fe still circulating, in spite of a plain statement of the facts madw Bouje time ag-o THK will make the statement once more Mr flttoHride was thrown advtctfof his phjsiciana he 19 remaining at home to i leg a chanOe, If Aossible, to resume Ila wonted vigor His-health IB good and be could travel from one endiof the state to the other to-morrow, if necessary. An is looked upon very much the same RS wild animal, aa this frdn the Walla Walla cnnaii will show Indian arrested in ihii a few fiajs ago for stealing a be- 'niiging to Oft ice Kiikland, of Mil ton, ox am tture biund ovor 1 1 1 uiefoie the grand juitr of Umatil'a c-un- As he was twang tabeii to his of con- i i he made a grand break for liberty and fi iihed toward the Walla alia mer Suvera! slboin were fired ut hi in as he ran, with no i tin i aflert than to accelerate hi' med the brut-it bj the nver A part) or for pursuit aud the HI wash wis 3iud one of the party emptied 1m load of bird Hfmt i hnii 11 rPOftivinfT 1 tlm Wioiy charge It is not HUI pohed he Is fulaUj hu L' The i i i Lc tow ha always heeu noted ft iLsextieme modeatj, apd DOW it says A i umber of a-e whit tlie i i i i i Fhould uo at tije next a prenent tiave nothing ank, that ipP rf pnato 5-1000 or i a linDighted as ie here can a lord to buihl one Fur uLiuinelves i Baughnnn, ot the steamer Ahnota, says tlie Si ike i is lower than he ever knew it Tt this season of Uie year, tLt says he can take Jt'O tons of wheat from here to I ewistoi, aud beyona there it would be a most impossible to 2 5 and 7 Nor lm porters and Who! i CHAMPAQNE.

taite more than 1-5 to Ph iip or Walla Wai a sajs "The man Tihlwts, anested at Pendleton, cbargt-d with innrdenag Skiff at north Fowder, is no ngent ofiUJine, but a man who purchased trees of me tolstll upon bis own -eaponsibility 1EEEITORUL POLITIGS darfield county democratic convention has nominated Lhe following ticket Auditor, It fc sheriff, K. Bull, treasurer, M. Kuuiphrey, aseesflor, 1. Tyrell school Tbriscollj surveyor, A. H.

Hagans sheep commiaBicner, Robert Pins commissioners, Bartela, Harkei justice foe Poimeroy precinct, Jjfollowiiig are the nominationB made by the Jetterson county republican convention For ehertfl, L. Hafttins, auditor, A. A Plum rner treasurer, Frank A. Bartlett. probate judge, Oliver Wood commiasioners, R.

Attridge, Richard PeUanty and Andrew Weymouth, coroner, S. Wycbdff, wreckmaster, l-'rank Bowers, surveytir, J. Oliver echool superintendent, R. Hyan, Pierce county made the following nominations Saturday Sheriff, Byrd, probate Judge, Henry Bacey, auditor, Kelly, treasurer, Mrs. Clara Cormick of Stella- coom, representatives, Stephen Judson and Bowman, councilman, Tbomas arroll prosecuting attorney, John JUGSOU county super Intendeni, Mrs.

Ingalls of Tacoma, assessor, on Shrader county surveyor, i Bean, coroner, f)r Wmtermute, lollowlng are the nominations of the people's convention of county Sheriff, C'yphers, auditor, I) Vf Craddock treasurer, M. Knapp, assensor, T. Larson commissioners, N. P. Leque, Ii and W.

Hal bert probate judge, Hawkins school superintendent, I. harles Anderson coroner, Dr J. B. Morris, The democratic nominees for sheriff, auditor, treasurer, school surveyor and one commissioner, and a republican nominee for commissioner, were endorsed by the convention Tbe prohibitionists met Seattle on the CSth, in county convention, and made the following nominations ProseOnttog attorney, J. Ronald (democrat, endowed), councilman for King county, Dudley Qnew joint councilman, H.

Me (republican, endorsed) representatives, yi Holmes, Ward, R.B Iilworth (all new nominations) auditor, Bertha Piper (new nomination), su pcrlntendent of schools, Jones (republ) can, enaursed), assessor, Hughes (new nomination probate judgej W. wood (re publican, endorsed), commissioners, Alfred Snjder, (S Wells and Alvord (new nominations), coroner, Dawson (repub licfln, endorsed) The sentiment of the convention was unanimous for MdfJraw, but it was ad usable to leave the oflhce vacant upon the ticket, ae Mr Mcdraw IB not a pronounced prohibitionist Mr, Wald, JJbr treasurer, was also the choice of the convention, but for the saine reason his name waa left off No men tion was cnade of delegate toitxingreHR TSE 8XAT3 rSk. Ciraui CXunty News The annual exhibition of Oregon's wealth and products and resources was this year what might be properly termed a total failure In name it was known as the State fair, but in reality what there was of it was simply the Willamette Valley fair The editor of this paper visited the grounds one half day, but failed to see a single article of exbibu from east of the Cascade mountains. Whether this was the fault of the people of Eastern Oregon or the management of tbe state Agncultura. society, is not for us to determine, but It does, seem that a state with as much wealth as Oregon should have ao agricultural society which every portion of the state baa a fair and impartial representation This iDBWuium is maintained by the state of Oregon for the purpose of exhibiting our agricultural products, livestock, and manufactured articles, ami to induce immigrants to settle amour us Pastern Oregoii contributes her Ouota of taxes for the support of the institution and has no representation Whose fault IB it.

1 Has the experience off former years dis- couragud tlie farmers and ajtock raisers of the eastern portion of the stataj, or was not the meeting properly advertised and sufficient eo given to producers in this portion ot the commonwealth One great feature of the fair was tho gambling and pool sellipg Some of the were tbe fastest ever run in the state, but not the fastest horse won tae race ever time deneral dissatisfaction was manifest on all sides A great and thurougl ref jnnation must take place if future state faire are to be made a BUCCeflB. public i i hat sre now 1 olio wing "iples of the i playefl city DRESS GOODS DEPIR KensmfTon Brew Goofe i shades, 28 inches wide Pm Checks, Combination SuiUnga, all shade" Cioth, double pun, the very inches wide (These goods are sold HO piece" of Waterproof, I A full line of Trimming 1 case of Boocle Jerseys Jackets, each DOMESTIC ANDMflSEf hlSHIKGDEPmiT, pieces of (Sol 10 pieces Table Damaak ttl (Former pita SA) Tu: key Bed Table Linen (Grtnuiiifl French Dye, femur pieces Shaker Flannel (Good ralaelorffic.) 10 pea Scarlet Twilled Hamul 10 pcs Heavy Gray Flannel i 50 pieces Canton Flannel 10 pieces Canton Flannel, 50 pairs 11-4 Blankets (Good ratae tot 100 pair CaUIornia (Sold elMwnere lurtS.) Calico Bed i Extra Heavy Tnrkey-Bed Extra Heavy Creton Towels and Napkins at and in great urlttj. HOSIERY DEPARTIUI, 250 dozen Cotton Hose, solid 100 doz Cotton Hose, eitra 125 doz Hibbed Hose, half iii Cashmere Bow, i wool Children's Hose Mq 60 doz. Children's and Misses' -the very latest, lor "or ue A A (n ru i nMsuDd Howdn, si tl Kll Imt i i of Itit ood I TRO BLF i uuiaci r-ut if barsfleld Chronic Llcei Salve For Lht ol Chronic I' ct-js Kr. it eloA A tctssi-i F'MT Rorp I a i a llntrn Dlpeuw of the uua ol GENTS' FURNISHIIG 50 dozen Heavy Houded Drawers, per suit 100 dozen White Casffflim Prawerp, per suit 25 dozen Gente' VaqoaiBhlrtmilW' era, per (Fuily worth 95.) 15 dr? London Striped All-WooIS-- DTiwera, per salt 6 doz French Cashmere Shlrte Ol Blt jl era, per fluit (Solid colors and striped, 100 dozen ot ocr own i fine linen bosom, 100 Linen ColtaiB, 1 150 dozen Linen Cuffs, per tents' All-Wool Ofershlrta lot TM 75c and $1 each.

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