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Whatever were ilfs fkdlble, anil
! faults, there were traits IL Col. Fisk
character, creditable, In the highest
degree. to his head aud heart.
Ills transformations charities and grn-
erous sympatliies. as Illustrated by
many kind actl to the unfortunate.
are worthy ofemulatlon. A little IN
ci,lent which occurred q few months
before his death Is perhaps one Of tho
most touching that has ever been CIV
en- to the public. This one Mrs. Fix
takes especial pleasure In recalling.
Illustrating. as 1t does, her husbands
kindness OF heart and readiness M
sympathy and help to those who need
ed MD, Col. Fisk had often noticed
IN Twenty Third Street little, Grip
pied cdnewsboy, and one day lie spoke
TO him IN his bluff. oil-hand manM.r:
"Well, my hoy. how ia bnsiness:"
Not very good, SIR" was the ~
ply.
What is the mattcr?"
"Why. yotl see | IN lame, and can't
run, and the other boys get ahead of
me, and can't sell my papers very
well.n
Not very good lookout for You,
Is it? say my boy how would you
like to go into business with mcs"
The boy looked perplexcd and
eyed the Colonel cnriously.
Il think we might strike up a bar
gain. Yon come to the Opera Hou.s
at II this morning. I've got phn
for you; now be on time.'
At II O'Clock the boy was there.
quite curious to know what Tire C'ol-
ollel wanted.
"lIullo, boy; you're a good one.
Now see here do YOU know agod
place fora paper stalM?"
"Yes, sir. tip-top."
"Where Is it."
''I)own here ut the corner. !"
''lIow much will u stand costs'
Lots Of money; much as fifly or
hundred dollars"
''You don't say so; why thas'sH
fortune. DO you think that MONEY
can be made therc?"
.Yes, 1 do. It's u first rate place.
swell Ill get carpenter to max"
the stand and III stock It; then you
shall take care OF 1t and we'll be part
ners; yon and will 80 into the paper
business.
Col. Fisk then arranged with thr
boy what part Of the profits he should
receive, told when the stand should 10
ready and sent him on his way rejoie-
ing. The plan was very successful.
Trade was good, aud every week ue
boy carried his share oftlle inoHey +"
his partner. Seeing the boys dctermI-
nation. Col. Fisk quietly put tlmmon
ey aside, and one day gave 1t all hD the
boy, releasing him from his contract
to pay any part of the money TO him
sell. WllcE Col. Fisk died there waA
nowhere Il sinecrer mouner than tllis
little newsboy. and u little stand oil
the corner was heavily dIaped on tl~
day of the burial. This is but one on
the many kind deeds Of the Col.. done
quietly and without o,tentatioa. as
most Of his good works were, and II I.
by hundreds that he has helped, somc
Of whom he had never even seen. that
he i sincerely mourlel; and many II
heart blesSeS tile memory of the nlan
who lies at rest III The quiet graveyard
OF the lovely Vermont village.
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The girls Of Evansville, hwl., ara
equestrianihing man fashion. They
are opposed to sitlesaddleisin. anh gn
for wonmn's rights square TO the back
bone.
A Chicago dry gool dealer advcrti.-
es "Ille most alarming sacrifice
since the days ofAbrallam aud Isaac -
A Utica girl at the proper hourp,lls
string which rererses o picture oa
the back Of which appears In huge
clmaSters the words: ''rem ocloell.
my bedtime" and her admires nlkp
the gentle hint aml depart.
A Kentucky editor says a Deighlnr
ofhis is 80 lazy that when he works iu
the garden lle moves about 10 slowly
that the shade of his broad-brilpilAa
lat Kills the plants.
Landlord" said a traveller, ut u
table ola country tavern, this soup
iSa little weaker than am used 20: |
wish you'd just let that chicken OF
yours wade through it once more II
you pease.
While a Waterbury (Ct.) farmer teas
moving his tlooryartl, a ely puppy hiA
in the grass and then jumped out to
take the scytlle by surprlsc. But llS
puppy turned ont to be more s,vnris-
ed tian the scytlie, tor lie found hin-
sell " TWO places at the same time.
Walter, n five-year old, was surprt.-
I'd at breakfast by the presence ofA
,limimNtive egg, served tor his especial
delectstlon. He thus accounted Nv
the egg smallness Mamma, lthinA
the chicken was learning to lay"
4 gentleman ot t,best.rSsld ut,,
had missed Nh ,nni,,.iia nv .on..
Time. a ,lav or tw., ayn G,a,s, T. IN q
consnirmo,,s nlare on lis nramiss.
with the follnwInc i,scri,,s,c,. ,,inn..4
mon II .:rhis ,lInbroiIar hssl [ n,nk
on nv konsh.ns ever ain i stoIa M his,
w. r." g s'.5as
An editor wrote a leadi,,p artir,. cs
the fair sex. In the eol,rS,, oi which hs
Slii ",irls oF seventeen ~ ~ .i"l,ta.I,,
are fond of beanx. !" When the naner
was issued l,e was r.ther sho'tssI -
di cover thatan ,,nfort,'nate ty,co 4 r,S am, +
ic,I error had made hi,n Ssy ssslrt
Of seventeen or siQhteen are fond Of
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cattle, on the headwates Of The

cattle, on the lleadwaters Of The
Deschutes river.
The Times says: Terrific fires
are. raging in the mountains sur.
rounding Jacksonville, and the
smoke renders tho weather snltry
and unhealthy. The fires have
been and are making great head
way, destroying much timber. A
heavy shower Of rain would be q
great benefit.
n We are informed that whea, the
other day, Mr.. Ncaclam, candidate
for Presidential I.lectur on the
Republican ticket, passed through
the Dal.eS, on his way to Umatilla,
he called upon Mr.. Gates, who is
one OF the Democratic candidates on
the Greeley ticket, to make some
arrangements about a stumpiEg
canvass Of Eastern Oregon. Mr..
Gates declined, saying that lie didn't
want any canvass in his. Mr..
Neacham urged tl.at the people
would expect a canvass, and he
won d like very well to so ont and
talk a little, but he didn't want to
60 alone Finally Colonel Gates
closed the colloquy 10y saying 4:
well, | may conclude TO speak a
few times; i'll do, I'll abuse Grant
like h--ll, but I'll be Id il Pll
say o word in favor Of Greeley
Orego@ Statesman.
The Baker City Democrat says
that a large band ofTndians are off
their reservations, and are annoy
ing and frightening the settlers and
others on the Payette and Weiser.
Del,day, one Of the chiefs, recently
a short distance from
Pence's ranch, and had a grand
drunk on Boise City whisky. lie
warned the whites to leave there,
as the Indians were getting ready
to kill everybody.
Corvallis has purchased o fire
engine for $4,000.
Rev. {. c. Stratton, Of Salem,
has started for Salt Lake City,
where he will remain to preach in
one of the ". +. Churches.
The Portland Ba'lctM says that
Walter Motfett and I. NJ. King.
the Heruld reporter, were severely
injured last Friday evening by be-
ing thrown from a buggy which had
colli,led with a truck near the cor.
ner of Madison and Front street.
-Four Quaker visitors were in
Portland last week from the city Of
"Brotherly Love"
The Legislative and Senate Halls
are being fixed up for biz says the
Salem Statesman.
a dispatch last Monday evening
annourced the sad news that Arthur
Chairman, son Of Col. Chairman,
was drowned at Oregon City that
day. The lad was about sixteen
years old. =
Two young girls raised $l12 in
Jacksonville the other day for a
Sunday School library.
Cornelius GilfGy, for the killing
of w. r. Wales, at Portland, has
been sentenced by Judge Upton, to
the penitentiary for lite.
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Asparagus is said to be a valuable
medicinal agent in cnses Of rheuma.
tism and gout. Slight cases of
rheumatism are cured in q fewdays
by feeding on THE delicious Sesepleiit,
and more chronic cases are much
relieved, especially IL the patient
avoids all acida, whether IN fouI or
BEVERAGE 4Ai ''4Fi&f p i'fo'
W .gs.-rbG vi Mna ..ii "a u y.
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Cntfy said he'd rather die 10 q
,ailroad smash mp than q Steamboat
lmSt-Cl,, tor this reason: "lf You
gets off aud smashed up, dar you il |;
but if you gifts blowed Wy on the
boat, whar is yon ~
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"''S" S''S hRi'V wac uVhWLlci, Nv
grading, setting out Sla,ic trees,
etc.
Facramelto las adopted tic
l!olly plan for water supply.
New 4Nex.co las decided against
free schools BY vote of37 for, to
8 076 against. a good place for
democrats.
Extensive fires were still raging
III tie woods Of Washington Ter
rtory on tile ID.
In All Indian fight at Tubac,
Arizona, on the 23d ult., three
white men successfully defended
themselves against thirty Apacles,
killing seven.
Mr.. w. G. 4Nyer is exhibiting in
Douglas county, two colts, of four
months ofage. that weigh respect
lively 6lSl and SIT pounds.
Two or three new town sites
have been recently laid out Eear
Wapato Lake, lamhil equity, and
the fever of speculation is running
higll.
The Jacksonville Times says that
in many places in Jackson county |
oats will turn out fifty to seventy
five bushels per acre. Hay is sci
ling at SIS 70 $40 per ton.
There were eighteen hundred |
ard thirty marriage licenses issued
in San l'ralcisco during the past
year.
J. J. Wyatt, of Ro9brg, kill |
ed two deer at one shot. not long
l.silcc.
Counterfeit half dollars are being
circulated quite freely through
Southwestern Oregon.
Dr. Smith OF Salem iSnow clam-
pion blackberry picker III Oregon
he snatched ninety-two gallons from
the bushes recently.
The Oregon City Enterprise of
Aug. 3l says: eve were shown
a day or two slice a singular speci-
men of rock blasted out where they |
are working on the Locks. From
the somewhat porous nature OF the
rock it would seem as though water
had penetratedto a great depth and
formed over tie l.atural rock a lay |
ing ofquartz, aid upon the surface
Of this deposit, when examined un-
dera glass, there is presented the
appearance of petritied vegetable
gluwth ola light yellowish brown
color. The specimen is well worth
examination by parties intcrestedin
gco'cgical studies"
Salinas City, Cal, was visited
bya very heavy earthquake on the
night Of the 4th.
The Sa'cm Statesman tays that
several Of the most influential citi.
zens in that city are talking aboul
building a new hotel there.
Salem is to have another book |
store soon.
Hay is scarce and sells for SIG |
per ton in Umpqua Valley.
Counterfeit half dollars are in
circulation numerously in Rose
burg.
The grain crop at Walla Walla
Valley is much larger than was
supposed few weeks ag, that it
could he.
4 little boy at Olympia, who was
vacciuated, scratched his scab, then
scratched his nose and inoculated
that member. lie has a very sore
nose,
Many ''sca-sidc loiterers" are
now at Salmon river beach. A
steady stream Of people fills the
road, going and returning
On July l4th q terrible water.
spout occurred near Golden City, |
Colorado. The torrent of water
struck carriage containing G.
EhFdeR Rsbhtef ana q gid nam.
ell Block, who were pturnih 8
home. The two latter were drown
ed. The body Of Miss Vierlen was
found some three miles below the
scene, of the, disaster, covered with
SAID ard debris. 1qle road was
badly washed out and rendered i'm
pasSable.
A man named Shiplcy, from
Tennessee, committed suicide at
.,.g 9g NaSK, AMt go go ~ =,
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PAs1FIc eOAsr NEWS.

IAN, w INC uTScu Ue!OIc tic leA'
legislature.
The Ira wants two additional
hight watcllmen for Fast Portland
Lieutenant Wlecler's US. Sci
cntitic Expedition were to leave
Salt Lake on the 81, for Northern.
Arizona and Eastern Nevada, hav.
Ing an extensive outfit.
Tie Ute Indians have congrc.
gated to the number of 1000 in
the Southen part Of Utah, ard ap-
pear hostile.
Extraordinary Efforts were be.
ing made at Sat Lake last week,
to unite the nti-Mormon and apos-
tate vote on General Maxwell tor
delegate to Congress.
Frof. ID. c. Gilman OF Yale ha,
tclegraphed his acceptance of Tie
position as President of the Uli-
vcrSity of California
Washington county is turning
out good crops.
Salem hotel keepers arc out O.
Forts-custom scarce.
A houSc belonging 10 Mr.. John
son, living orc mile north of fills
boro, took fire on Wednesday from
some burning brush, and burned
down with al that was in it. Mr.,
Johnson was aleeit from home al
the time. 1t is severe loss, a,
Nv. J. is in rather Strengthened cir
oumstauccS.
The Quarterly Meeting of the
NJ. +. Church at IIillsboro vii
take place on Satur lay and sunday
10th and llth inst, at which will
he taken Into Consideration the
feasibility Of dividing the llilI>borv.
Circuit.
There are surprisingly large
numbers Of stock being driven over
the mountains to Eastern Oregon
1t is estimated that 10000 hca | Of
cattle lave been driven over the
Lebanon and CchOco road this sea-
fon already. Mr.. Fuller, Of lar
r:sburg, passed over the road witt,
l,S00 head Of sheep last week.
Tfc denizcrs Of I}oitc City arc
now paying SO cents per dozen for
green corn.
Olympia is oycrhung with clouds
Of smoke, and seeing is limited to
short distances.
4. Heed, Of Boise City, has been
appointed business manager of the
Ada County Publishing Company,
in place Of W. W. Glider, re-
signed.
DR.. Parish, Of Philadelphia, ha>
been appointed special Commission
er, to visit tie Kiowa camps in In.
dian Territory, and Mr.. II. 4. AL
sord, of Virginia, has been associat-
ed with him.
Thomas b. Morris, engineer Oh
Gle Pacific Division ofthc railroad,
adyertises q reward OF two hundred
and fifty dollars for evidence that
will prove the death or recovery OF
the body Of Henry Stcclman.
The Olympia Tribune of the lst
says: "1'hc woods on both sides
Of the Chambers Prairie road are
on fire, burning down the trees III
every direction, to tie danger Of
travellers, and almost preventing
che use Of the road"
A Justice Of the Peace, 10 Salt
Lake, has ordered a liquor dealer to
pay q fine OF $500 for refusing to
pay Q liceuRe of that amount, or
ninety days in the chain gang.
Ex-(aov, JOhnson, of Splt Lake
City, ismuch better and will prob
ably recover.
Ia General Banks pronounced for
Greeley, Aug. lst.
1t Epropdsed to- introduce into
che pcnitentiary at Salem tho man
ufactnFe OF pressed bricks 10 do
This it will cost about $4,000.
Over $500 has been raipcl to
improve the property Of the Meth.
odist church at Empire City.
Mr.. Sylvanus Condid. near Sa.
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Bishop Morris, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, was married to
Miss Sallic a. Isnscup, of Lcck-
land, Ohio, on Thursday, the sixth
nltimo.
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{ h~'.StehNtA e"fsNh o'NN''hNNs w.
on last Saturday night
The election in Utah passed of
peaceablyin all parts. The Nor
mon candidateswas elcctel Gen
tile ladies' voted for the first time.
w. i. Higgins has been appoint
cd Superintendent Of Construction
Of tile L. S. Postoilice and Custom
House in Portland, rier +. It.
John, resigned, rays the Oreyo-
AittR.
There are plenty Of chils and
fever eases in Portland.
An East Portland man drove
over a skunk rot long sil.ce, while
ont with his family for an airing.
In tile language of his wife, they
"havcn'tgot By tl'at smell yet"
Burglarics are still frequent in
Salem.
The Spanish bark, Manila, ar
rived at Portland, Monday, from
China, with four hundred and
twenty-five Chinese passengers.
The Olympia Tribune gives an
account of a fight between a sheriff
and posse Of five and the three
Puget Sound Tiratcs," near Port
Ilakely. One Of the posse and
one of the pirates were wounded,
but the latter got away into the
bush.
Democrats generally, Of Salt
Lake, refuse to accept Geo. q. Can
non as nominee Of their Convention
as delegate to Congress.
La Grande is organizing a lite.
rary Society.
The convicts Of the State prison
entered upon the occupancy of the
new penitentiary building last
Thursday.
A man in Jackson county re-
Gently avenged himself Oh his
neighbor, with whom he lad some
difficulty, by catching a half bush
el Of potato bugs and emptying
them Into his neighbor's garlen.
J. Y. Mossman has been elected
Marshal Of Olympia, an Office to
which is attached q salary otSl per
day.
From . Puget Sound paper we
learn that a Mr.. Ballou has dlscov-
cred, Oh the hea,lwatcrs of Skagit
river, placer gold d'ggings paying
from three to ten lollars o day to
the rocker.
The surveyors have completed
the location of the North Pacific
Railroad on the line of the Snake
river to Cow Greek Preliminary
lines are now being run from Cow
Creek to EIangmar's Creek, near
its junction with the Spokane river.
Dog days are coming on.
Olympia has had three street
fights the past week. In one Of
them school teacher spread one of
his patrons on the sidewalk.
The Oregoni,n says: A little
son Of Mr.. Bennett, who resides
about fifteen miles east OF East
Portland, while playing with feed
cutting machine the other day,
severed the first three fingers ofhis
right hand.
Summer complaint is quite prev
alent in Portland.
The Olympia Tribune records an
accident which happened on Tues
day last to Mr.. J. Il. Bramwell,
engineer of the Port Blakely steam.
er. He was at work making q
journal, and had his metal at a
liquor heat. Pouring it in the box,
leaning over at the same time, the
metal unexpectedly exploded, flying
up and striking him IN buth eyes
and falling on his head. One eye
was entirely destroyed = burned
ont--and Gthe other there IL little
hope, it being 50 much injured as
NJ cause the loss ofhis sight, IIis
scalp was burned through wherever
touched by the metal. The explo.
sion is supposed to have been caus-
cd by -dampness in the boz. NJ
The idaho statesman says:
"Dendoy," with his tribe Of III
.l;anc hoo oen,,o ~ Wn;co,. .,n1l,.,
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!" LItCiStl ibcfutOTy bnc ltluans
are five to one compared with thc
white.
Victoria has populationof over
/ four thousand.
Pritish Columbia has bacl III
vided into nine districts, with a
registrar in each to record the
births, marriages AMI deaths.
The Walla Walla jail is empty
with the exception Of one convict
/ who wouldn't leave when he had
q chance. A local paper onnounccs
that it does not report the above
fac. with pride, since there are
several outside who ought to be
I in.
From the Oregonim we read
that John Conway, tail sawyer at
Douglas saw mill, Portland, while
at work accidentally brought his
hand in contact with the circular
saw, cutting it off at the wrist, and
laccrating the muscles of the arm
in terrible manner. 1t was found
necessary to amputate the arm.
The patie..t was doing as we'll as
could be expected.
Portland has canine weighing
250 pounds.
The diamond, ruby, ETC., sensa-
ton had broken out at Salt Lake on
tie 81 inst.
A Liberal Union meeting at Salt
Lake, Utah, III front Of the Salt
Lake House, was broken up by q
Mormon mob on the night Of the
81 The Gentiles were much exas-
peratel, aud but for cool heads
there would have been blood she'd.
The police favored the mob.
The Mayor Of San Francisco
has given notice that neither politi-
cal parry will be permitted to fire
salutes during the campaign within
the city limits.
Charles NARROW was hanged at
the Marysville Jail, Cal, last Sat
urlay, for the murder of Mr.. Buch-
anan about year ago.
Two new cases of small pox
Lave been developed at Union
Ridge, Clarke eoupty-a Mrs AL
vim whose husband died about two
weeks ago, and Mr.. Doap. Mrs.
Alvin has also died.
The catcrpillerS having devastat-
ed many orchards in Oregon have
crossed the Columbia river and
made their appearance in Wash
ington Territory.
On Wednesday Of last week Mr..
Vincent, the keeper of the Jail at
Olympia, was locked in the inside
Of the institution by one of the
prisoners i,amed Guildam. After
the door was securely fastened by
Guildare, he left for parts unknown
and has not been heard of since. lie
was in prison awaiting trial on
charge Of attempting to commit
rape.
The Mountoineer of Saturday
says: "The party of Germans who
we mentioned last week as having
gone over into Washington Terri.
tory in search of a place to fonnd q
colony, returned well pleased, and
one OF them has started for Iowa
for the purpose Of bringing out the
sixty families who are there await
ing his report. The place selected
is about eighteen or twenty miles
north Of Mr.. Il \. Joelyn's farm at
White Salmon"
The cabbage in Polk county arc
buggy"
The McSlinnville Vest Side i:
now owned by q. W. Snyder.
Marion county has eighty-one
schools.
This years crop OF wheat IL faid
to be Of excellent quality.
A little son Of James Richie, Of
Camp Creek, Lane county, was &c
cidentally shot in the right arm last
week. II is feared the limb will
have 70 be amputate'l.
APOrtland Journal says it is in
formed that r. r. Thompson, Esq.,
OF that city, has purchased the
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