Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-23

PORTLAND legal tender rates, strong at s90
90c.
PosrmAsTER.-Mr. J. d. Lee, of this place.
has received bis commission ar Postmaster of
the Dallas Post Office.
TEMPERANCE LECTURE. - Chief Templar
Bcal will lecture tomorrow evening in the NJ.
E. Church on the subject Of Temperance.
BEEF CATTLE.-Mr. Daniel Clark, Of Salem.
drove herd of beef cattle through this place
yesterday. We understood the price paid was
$33 per head.
Docs KrLLED.--A farmer near town. few
nights since, found some dogs disturbing bis
sheep. He, of course, declared war and killed
two Of the marauders at one shot.
FoR PoRTLASD.-The roads have dried suf-
fciently for teamng. it is thought and we
hear of several teams that win start for Port
land next week, ter goods for some of the
Dallas merchants
CIRcuTT GouRT.-The April term Of the Cir
cnit Court for Polk county will convene here
next Monday. The amount OF business to be
transacted is small, and the Court will prob
ably get through next week.
PIcTUREs.--We call the attention Of all to
column, and advise those who want good pic
lures to give him call during these blight
days, before the beat of summer comes on.
ASSISTANT u. s. MARsHAL.--U. s. Marshal
Young has appointed B. Robb, of this place,
Assistant Marshal to assist in taking the 9th
census in Polk county. lie viii probably en-
ter upon the duties Of his Office some time in
May.
STRAwgERRfEs.-If one may Judge Of the
amount of fruit by the number Of fruit bios
SONS, we are to have wild strawberries in very
great abundance here this spring. The pas
lures and commons in the vicinity Of Dallas
are clothed in perfect carpet of white blos>
sons
FARMIwG.-Our farmers are improving the
opportunities offered by the present fair wealth
er to seed all the land possible before it be-
comes too dry to work. The breadth that will
be sown this spring will not be less than in
former years. and in localities it will be
greater.
WAGovs.--Messrs. Garrison q shreve have
on hand stock of wagons that, for excellence
of build and finish, are not readily surpassed
The facilities Of this firm for doing work are
ron1 uyrd rFfa -,
the blacksmithing or wagon making line will
do well TO call on these gentlemen.
New DIcTToNARY.-We received this week
from s. J. Mccormick, Bookseller and Station
er, Portland, Oregon, copy of Wcbster's Ma.
tional Pictorial Dictionary. This book is an
abridgement of the large quarto edition only
in the particular Of the fullness of definitions
The edition Of which we speak was published
in 1859, and is therefore the latest. For per
sons who feel that they are not able to owr
quarto edition, we recommend this smalle
as being work that will prove satisfasto
in every particular.
MINING News. Since last week we hav,
heard nothing further Of the SheYidanvile sill
yer lead, but yesterday we saw a very ricl
specimen Of gold quartz In the possession 0
Mr. D. Cosper, who declines at present to stat
where he found it. The lead whence it cam,
- is rich indeed, and we hope that Mr.. C. viii
soon be able to develop his discovery so as t
make it public. 1t has long been known tha
gold in small quantities existed In this neigh
borhood, and it is but reasonable to suppos
that rich deposit lies hidden somewhere nea
by.
ELLENDALE FAcroRY.--The Glendale Wool
en- Factory started up on Wednesday last, OF
wool which yas procured from San francisco