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, 1876-05-25
From Daily Of Monday.

IT is reported that a. I. Chapman
now at Washington, is an applicant
for the position of Surveyor-General
of this Territory. and that to accom-
plish that object has preferred charg-
es against the present incumbent,
Capt. McMicken, which are under
going investigation.
, 1876-05-25
HOME MISSIONARY HYMN.
px "a LADY OF VIRGINIA.

Tin behalf Of certain friends Hymoe
Missions, the editor of Rocky Aoantain
Presbyterian. published r Denver. COL,
some months since offered q prize of
300 for the best Home Missionary
hynn. From about seven hundred
Submitted to the Committee of Award.
the following was declared entitled to
the prize. The modest writer required
that her name should be withheld from
the public ]
SAINTS of God the dawn is Frightening
Token of our coming Lord
Der the earth the field is whitening;
Louder rings the Masters wOrd,-
PRAY for reapers
In the harvest Of the Lord"
Feebly now they toll in sadness.
Weeping DER the waste around.
Slowly gathering grains of gladness.
While their echoIng cries resound, -
"Pray that reapers
In Gods harvest may abound"
Now. o Lord /! fulfill thy pleasure.
Breathe upon thy chosen band,
And, with pentecostal measure.
Send forth reapers DER our land.--
Faithful reapers,
Gathering sheaves for thy right hand.
Ocean calleth unto ocean,
Spirits speed from shore to shore.
Heralding the worlds commotion;
Hear the conflict at our door,
Mighty conflict
Satan's death-cry ON our shore
Broad the shadows of our nation,
Eager millions hither roam;
Lo they wait for thy salvation;
Come, Lord Jesus quickly come !!
By thy Spirit.
Bring thy ransomed people homo.
Soon shall end the time of weeping,
Soon the reaping time will come,-
Heaven and earth together keeping
Gods eternal Harvest Home.
Saints and angels!
Shout the worlds great Harvest
Home.
, 1876-05-25

SEVERAL cases were disposed Of by
Justice Scott yesterday evening. A
man from the coal mines, charged
with assault and battery was fined
S3 and costs. A man named john
son. charged with using threatening
language, was ordefed to give bonds
to Keep the peace and in default was
committed to jail.
FNcAMpMENr OFFICERS. Friday
evening last, at the meeting of the
Grand Encampment of Odd Eel
lows, the following officers were in
stalled: Grand. Patriarch-J. F.
Backensto, Albany; Grand High
Priest-T. A. Davis, Portland Grand
Senior Warden-J. S. Drummond,
Victoria; Grand Scribe John M.
Bacon. Oregon City; Grand Treas.
urer--L r. Moore, Salem; Grand
Junior Warden-E. 81. Stolte, Port
land; Grand Sentinel, VIM. Braden;
Grand Guardian, W. s. Newbery.
, 1876-05-25

SEVERAL young hunters in 3
wsgon were passing through the
woods near Junction City, Ogn.,
when q gun was discharged by a
twig catching in the hammer, the
charge taking effect in tie ,ight
side Of a man named Hart, serious
ly, if not fatally wounding him.
, 1876-05-25

AN unfortunate drunk reposing
calmly on the sawdust at the foot Of
Mill street, yesterday, had large
placard pasted on his back by some
mischievous youth bearing the
legend: "Take warning; I am dead
drunk" The latter part of the
warning was superfuous; it was
self-evident.
, 1876-05-25

D1ED.-In this city, Oh Saturday
Aminta Marion, only daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. P. Andrews, aged
2 years and 8 months.
In this city, this morning, of
diptheria, the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frostrum, aged 4 years.
, 1876-05-25

The old decayed saw-dust, which
is being removed in the excavations
for the new building of Frauenthal
Bros. is being spread out on Com
mercial street. Those whose places
of business are in that neighborhood
are much disguised, as the decayed
sawdust emits a most unpleasant
odor.
, 1876-05-25

THE schooner Mary Parker, loaded
with stone from the Chuckanut
quarry, arrived here on Saturday
last, and is discharging on Stone &
Burnett's wharf. The stone is to be
used for the basement of Frauen-
thal's new bdilding.
, 1876-05-25

Mrs. Walter Moffitt, of Portland
has received intelligence that She
has been the lucky winner Of q
$15, 900 prize in the Missouri State
Lottery, on ticket which Mrs. NJ.
recently purchased on a mere
clark" The money has already
been secured.
, 1876-05-25

81 vessels, Of IS. $50 toms; 5000
from Liverpool; 81 from Australia;
IL from Hongkong; 8 from Manila;
z from Boston; 8 from Baltimore; 4
from Philadelphia and 50 on. About
&C, 900 tons Of registered tonnage are
now under engagement at San Fran
cisco to. move the present years
wheat crop, and rates are tending
upward.
, 1876-05-25

THE steward of the barkentine G.
L. Taylor instituted preliminary pro-
ceedings against that vessel, this
morning, for his wages, and applied
to U. S. Commissioner Hanford for
an attachment on the vessel. His
application was denied.
, 1876-05-25

THE steamer CalifotniaS arrived in
Port Townsend. on Saturday from
Sitka, and sailed the same day for
Portland. Capt. Hays says the re-
ports circulated in regard to Indian
troubles at Fort Wrangel are false.
, 1876-05-25

SAN FRANc1sco, May 22.-The
steamer City Of Panama left this
morning for Seattle carrying the
following passengers.
Port Townsend-B. S. Pettygrove.
Seattle-August Harms, wife and
child, Chas. E. Foy, Ernest Baker,
J. T. Roach, John Goffney, G. Ord
man, Mrs. E. Baker.
Olympia-J. S. Jarvis, Mrs E.
Lundane.
Portland-F. E. Whitaker and
wife, Miss E. Smith, DR.. Adolphus.
, 1876-05-25

The contract for supplying beef to
the garrison at Fort Walla Walla
will likely be awarded to Joseph OPP
penhimer, who offers to furnish beef
on the block at SO 50 per hundred
pounds. This is 50 20 less than the
lowest bids by the local butchers,
and is considered ruinously low.
, 1876-05-25
From Daily OF Tuesday.

THE weather is rapidly becoming
warm, The tn ,rmometer registered
as high as 80 degrees in the shade
this forenoon, and linen coats and
straw hats were the order Of the
day.
, 1876-05-25

o'clock, of consumption. Jos. T.
Packwood, aged "a years and 5
months. The funeral took place
this afternoon ct 4 o'clock. The
deceased, who was . resident Of
Lewis County, came to this city last
week, intending to go to California
in the Dakota for medical treatment.
He sunk SO rapidly, however. that
he was unable to be removed, SO
remained at this place to die:
, 1876-05-25

SoCIABILITY.-A large number of
the bon ton Of the city assembled at
the Paris Restaurant Saturday eve-
ming, and had . joyous time dis
cussing the good things dispensed
in the establishment.
, 1876-05-25
barkentine Eureka hs

TIE barkentine Eureka has
hauled over to Crawford 4 Harring-
toms wharf to finish discharging
freight, after which she goes over
to Freeport to lead lumber. The
bark Cambridge, having discharged
her 80 tons of freight, was on Satur-
day towed oyer to Port B'akely by
the tug Blakely.
, 1876-05-25

PRIVATE dispatches received from
Portland yesterday announce the
marriage of G. N. McGonaha, Of
this CITY, to Miss Rosa Bybee, Of
Portland. The happy couple are
expected to arrive on the North Pa
cific this evening. They have our
successful congratulations.
, 1876-05-25

LECTURE at the Congregational
Church by the Rev. G. II. Atkinson,
D. D., this (Monday) evening.
Subject 1.-THE Search for Thing
an Argument for Memory"
, 1876-05-25

One of our handsome grocers
will meet with rousing reception
from "the boys" when he returns
from a little trip which he has re-
Gently taken.
, 1876-05-25

TIE steamer Gussie Telfair left
Port Townsend on Saturday last at
( !. n. for Portland, via Orcas
Island. Her cargo consists Of 700
barrels of lime, 100 tons of coal and
626 gallons dog-fish OIL.
, 1876-05-25

ON the way to San Francisco from
foreign ports and domestic Atlantic
ports are now about II ships, ag-
gregating q tonnage of 236, ,42s.-
From New York alone are coming
, 1876-05-25

A TEMPORARY sidewalk has been
laid from NJ. A. Kelly's drug store
to Keith's place, pending the erec-
tion of Frauenthaf Bros new build
ing.
, 1876-05-25

TO-DAY is the Seth anniversary of
the birth of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria. The day will be celebrated
in Victoria by q grand regatta and
other sports.
, 1876-05-25

SU1c1DE.-We learn by a Port
land paper that on Friday
last a woman named Maria
Matthews, an inmate of the East
Portland Insane Asylum. escaped
from custody and committed suicide
by drowning herself in the Slough.
She was 30 years of age. and was
sent to the Asylum from Lane
County last February.
, 1876-05-25

A GANG of men are at work to-day
excavating for the new sewer. which
runs up James street and along
Second to Cherry.
, 1876-05-25

The bark Cambridge, which was
towed over to Port Blakely on Sat-
urday, has been hauled out on the
beach to have her bottom scraped.
, 1876-05-25

QUITE a crowd was collected on
the streets last evening by q man
who marched through town playing
the bag-pipes.
, 1876-05-25

The citizens of Snohomish County
are endeavoring to get up Centen-
nial Celebration at that place.
, 1876-05-25

For SALE.-A desirable residence
consisting Of 2 lots and a house on
the corner of 9th and Pine streets.
Must be sold Immediately. Apply
to Moore, the photographer, Seattle.
, 1876-05-25

Me. BRUNN is erecting another
small building adjoining the Cen
trail Exchange Saloon, near the rail-
road track.
, 1876-05-25

DROP in ard see the new STOCK Of
Centennial Novelties Just received
by City of Panama at John L. jamie
sons 5-tf
, 1876-05-25

For Eastern and California Paper
and Periodicals at Publishers prices
90 to John L. Jamieson's.
, 1876-05-25
From Port Townsend.
PoRT TOWNSEND, W. T., |
Nav 18th, 1876. {

EDITOR D1sPArcH:-The youth of
Port Townsend this past week have
been enjoying themselves hugely.
On Saturday the officers of the
Cutter gave the use of their vessel
for picnic trip to Port Ludlow,
which was highly enjoyed by all and
on Monday several of our citizens
gave q dance at Fowler's Hall, re-
turning the courtesy of the officers.
The ball was the finest affair of the
season. Among the guests were the
officers of the Cutter, Custom House
Office, A. F. Learned, Esq, Nicarag-
n Vice Consul, The Honorable
M-yor OF Seattle, Capt. Pickard and
wife, of the British ship Niagara,
sand many others too numerous to
mention. The ball will long be
remembered by the citizens of Port
Townsend as one of the best ever
given here.
Next mail more particulars.
In haste, NED.
ANOTHER ADD1TIoN.-The City of
Seattle has filed in the County Au-
ditor's Office the plat of another
addition to Seattle, to be known as
Park Addition. The new addition
embaaces lots Z, s, 9, 10, IL, II, 3.
and IA of Sec. 4, lots 6, 7, 8 and 9
of Sec. 8, and lots and s of Sec. 9,
all in Township "A. North of range
4 East. The addition includes a
large park, to be known as Eastern
Park.
couple of roughs had
fight last evening on the street in
front of the New England Hotel.
The row lasted some time, and al
though large crowd witnessed the
occurrence, no attempt was made
to separate them, and no arrests
were made. Both comtattants we're
badly used up. Such occurrences
are, happily, rare in this city-not,
however, on account of the efficiency
of our police, but owing to the
generally peaceable disposition of
our people.
ARRIVALS. The barkentine Eu-
reka and the bark Cambridge arrived
here last night, and are both dis
charging freight on Yesler's wharf
The Eureka has nearly 200 tons,
consigned to Seattle merchants, and
the Cambridge has some 80 tons.
The former will load here with
seither Renton or Talbot coal, and
the latter at Port Blakely with lum-
'ber.
Mr. NICHOLAS WEIMAN, formerly
sconuected with the City Beer Hall,
to-day opened beer hall on Third
street, between Wa ashington and
Mill. The nsw garden has numbers
of shade trees ia it, and is fitted up
with swings, seats, ETC., and is in
tended to be OF; the plan of Eastern
beer gardens quiet, re spectacle
place, where our German Pc pulatlon
and others can go and sp end an
afternoon with -theirifamiles.
The East Oregoniansnotes prices
for stock In -Umatilla County as
follows Brood mares, iull Anne RI
can, S125 CEILINGS 16 hands higI1,
broke, $780,. gildings Is hands'
high, broke, :S75 geldings 16 hands
high, unbroke, $50; stock cows,
without calves, S11; stock cows,
with calves, $11 dairy cows, without
calves, SIS; dairy cows, with calves,
as; steers. yearlings, Sc; two years
old, sS; three years old; $12; four
years old, sl8 sheep, mutton,
, 1876-05-25

DmD.-At the q. s. Hotel, in this
,ity, this morning, at half-past three
, 1876-05-25

SODA WATER.-For the very best
ice-cold soda-water call on j. F. Nor
rill.
, 1876-05-25

Pr. BIAKELY, May 23.-Arrived
bark Bengala, Callao.
, 1876-05-25

The unfortunate man Fritz Rocco,
ordered sent to the Insane Asylum
at Steilacoom. was taken up on the
Zephyr this morning.
, 1876-05-25

OVER q hundred head of fine beef
cattle have been shipped from the
Dalles, en- route to Victoria.
, 1876-05-25

the date Of advertising.
VIII PUMPHREY, P. II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-18
POIS0nS in the Air.

PAsTEUR, in his recent experiments on
spontaneous generation, has demonstrated
that the germs of low organisms, bacteria,
micrococci, ETC., are everywhere present
in the air; they settle on the skim in the
air-passages, etc., and are ready to become
developed in all cases where there is no
individual vitality, which prevents the
growth Of the inferior organisms, of which
they are the seeds. Healthy people, there
fore, will resist their ravages, but weak,
sickly, and especially dead bodies, will
soon be the victims of their destructive
action. The air in hospitals contains myr-
lads of them, and besides dried pus
globules, spores of epithelial parasites
emanating from diseased parts, and which
are so volatile or light, by reason of their
almost infnitessimalism, that they hover
continually in the air. After some time
the walls become invested with them, and
this makes old sick-rooms so unfavorable
for restoration Of health. To prove
this, Pasteur had square yard of wall in
the surgical ward Of the Hospital la Pitie,
Paris, which Intentionally had not been
WhiteWashed or cleaned for two years,
washed with a wet sponge, and the liquid
Of the sponge expressed one ounce Of a
black liquid was thus obtained, which, on
examination by the microscope, showed
large numbers Of bacteria, micrococci,
epithelial cells, pus globules, red globules
and irregular, blackish masses Of I'M
known nature.
Next comes DR.. Esbeth, of Zurich, and
examines in the same way the sweat from
the face, aXilla, breast and thigh, and
finds great numbers of bacteria, which
appear to originate from minute bodies
attached to the hairs in those regions,
forming little noduIes like accommodations
of micrOcOcci.
The lesson conveyed by all this, is
Practice cleanliness about every part of
the body; it is not in vain that combing,
washing, bathing and rubbing give feel
ing Of comfort-this feeling is hint of
nature that the human system needs it
Manufacturer and Builder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-18
Prayers Value.

IF there be spiritual life in you, you
cannot help praying any more than rose
can help eXhaling its fragrance. The
child does not sit dumb in the presence
Of father and mother, because it knows
the love and care Of his do not depend
on regular asking for them. The child
heart seeks rest and love in the parent
heart, and naturally pours out its
thoughts, hopes, fears and wishes into the
sympathetic ears. But if the child be
wise one, he does not expect to make his
wishes prevail against higher and better
wishes. And yet the prayer may be a
very vital thing in the matter Of our char
acter and relation to God. What does
compliance with divine conditions do in
nature? Simply this: 1t does not change
any single law or force-it only sets us
in new relations to them. Gravitation
will hold me firmly on my feet or it will
fling me down an abyss, according to the
relation in which | stand to it. When
obey them, laws help me; when J DISC
hey, they hurt me. So prayer may set
me in new and higher relations to God,
SO as utterly to change, and grandly to
elevate, my character. When, by spirit
ual, aspiring prayer, reach out after
God, | comply with the conditions Of
spiritual health and strength. If 1 open
my shutters toward the east, the morning
sun will shine in. 1t will shine, any way,
but will do me no good unless obey the
conditions Of its shining on me. So, if
open the windows of my soul toward God,
the light of His divine truth and life will
shine in. In His spiritual realm it is
knowledge and obedience to divine laws
and conditions, precisely the same as in
the material. 1t is one God and one Or
der in both. Study and work, then, are
material prayer; and prayer IS spiritual
study and work. " will, therefore, that
all men pray every where
For what are men better than sheep and goats,
That nourish blind life within the brain,
If. having hands, they lift them not in prayer
Both for themselves and those that call them
friends?
For so the whole round earth is everywhere
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God
III. j. SGUQqe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-18
Sketch OF SalOnica.

THE scene of the fatal riot between
Christians and Turks, reported by tele-
graph, is a city and seaport of European
Turkey, the next place in commercial I'M
portance after Constantinople. It is stu
ated at the northeastern extremity of the
Gulf Of Salonica, and is the seat of an
Ottoman departmental government. The
population numbers about $4,000 persons,
the larger proportion being Israelites; ;
most of the remainder Turks, Greeks and
Franks. The city has very imposing
appearance. 1t stands by a hill slope,
surrounded by white-washed and painted
walls, and it is ornamented by numerous
minarets and domeS, and laid out with
gardens of cypress. It is commanded by
a large citadel named the Seven Towers.
Augustus after the battle of Philippi.
Within the citadel is a triumphal arch
erected under Marcus Aurelius. Several
of the mosques have been originally
pagan temples; one, which is wholly I'm
injured, was a temple of Venus. The
mosque of St. Sophia is a handsome
model Of that at Ccnstantinople Salonica
has large trade in British produce. The
exports consist chiefly of wheat, barley,
maize, wool, sponges, raw silk, tobacco
and slaves. Cicero resided in the city
during his exile. It was raised to the
rank Of a Roman colony by Vale,ian.-
Inter- Ocean,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-18
A Plea for the Birds.

Small boys with shot-guns will soon be
besieging city councils and selectmen for
leave to kill birds and gather their eggs for
F." scientific purposes" In the interest of
farmers and gardeners we want to suggest
that science is not aided to any extent by
these annual groupings in ornithology,
while other interests are apparently in
jured. Every boy has the collecting fever
at some time in his life, and like mis-
chievous puppy, gathers postage-stamps,
minerals, butterflies, birds and egg-shells,
and carries them off to his den. all under
the gravest impression that he is doing
something to advance the world. We IA
Vor the study of natural history, but not
the determination of the living speci-
mems. The subject is recalled 10 us thus
early by the fact that the new cabinet in
France has issued strict Instructions for
the protection of wild birds this coming
season. Well it may, in view of the raw
ages of insects in the French VINEYARDS
and of the general license with which
French sportsmen, when they are out for
a day, bang away at any thing. Against
the French skill in cooking and the
French taste in converting plumage into
millinery the birds stand no show
Springfield (Nass.) Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-18
Read Your Bible Daily.

THE celebrated painter, Benjamin
Robert Hayden, gave the following ad-
mirable advice to his son at very criti-
cal time Of his life: "You are quite
right to read history; make yourself
master Of the histories of Greece and Rome.
The English people are in many respects
not unlike the Athenians without their
art, and like the Romans without their
prOfligacY Read your Bible daily.
There is no more interesting book in the
world, and it is becoming more necessary
to read and study it, because | already
perceive tendency among our scientific
men, in all their pride Of knowledge and
what they call discovery, to set the Bible
aside as an oriental legend. Do not be-
Iieve them The Mosaic account Of the
creation is the most simple and the most
natural, aud will be found, you may rely
on it, confirmed by science, when science
has got down to the real facts. Generali-
cation, founded on our present knowledge
of the laws of nature, is the very thing
which our present acquaintance with
those laws does not justify. I am con-
vinced that no thoroughly established and
settled theory will be found to contradict
the truths revealed in the Bible. But you
are too young yet for me to enter further
on the subject. / only tell you Of it to put
you on your guard. You will find many
men, old and grown-up men, who will
laugh at the Bible. Don't believe them.
Mathematics are all very we'll; but the
differential calculus, my dear boy, can
never prove or disprove the existence of
God. Read your Bible, do your duty,
and leave the rest to God"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-18
gar uan'r1 blenders.
A BOYS WELCOME TO SPRING

HURRAH for the jolly old spring timel
know it's coming for sure,
BY the mud that cover my boots with
And forget to wipe of at the door
And this Is the week of vacation
That comes with the spring-tIme, you know
On, dear! how the days fly like minutes,
But mother complains that they're slow!
know that we make the house muddy,
And nearly distract her with noise;
But then, it's the spring time vacation,
And we must ENJOY like boys.
We know that it's spring when the hooples,
And tops, balls and marbles are out:
When boys that have moped all the winter
Begin to stir lively and shout.
We now are all ready for marbles
New patches adorn all our knees;
Our fingers are nimble and Timber
Don't have to wear mittens or freeze!
There's -frog''-we've played that all winter
It's good for the muscles and blood;
But take to ii fresh in the spring-time-
What's softer to sit in than mud?
1.-THE girls are all talking of = flowers,
And breezes, and blue-birds, and brooks;
And hunting up all the = sweet verses
About lovely SPRING in their books.
1t comes pretty hard on fellow,
When he don't hear the first blue-bird sing
Or find the first flower, to tell him
He" don't care bit about spring.
Doesn't every glad shout give it welcome?
Doesn't every glad leap tell our joy?
Yes Hurrah for the jolly old spring-time!
What more could you ask from boy?
Hrs. S. II. Walsh. IN Christian Union
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-18

dustrial genius of America. From the
middle of the wheel the head of buffalo
projects. The figures of Washington and
Franklin crown the pediment. Franklin
explains his electrical discoveries, refer
ring to the kite under his arm The print
impress behind him recalls his early
career. Washington holds in one hand
his sword and in the other the Constitu-
ton. Back OF him is Bible, emBlematic
of religious freedom. PbiladalDb5a Cor.
Chicago Inter- Ocean,