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The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-03-10
LETTER FROM M0UNTIDAHp
CAxAs PaA,Ris, Feb, 2eth 1877.

C%hAa PaA,Ris, Feb, 2eth 1877.
EDITOR LlER:-Many issuss Of
your paper have reached ~ since cor
reapondsncs from this vicinity has .p.
peared, that the outside world may rs-
maia coenisant that there still ex.
lists place like Causs Prairie, l take
it upon myself to drop you line. The
memorable 22d p.ssed of amidst sesnss
Of festivity and merry-naking. Al
Mount Idaho portion Of the good poo.
pie stripped the light fantastic" from
dusk till daylight. Under the auspices
of Prot. Ross the music was oil that
could BE- wished for, such time, such
euphony of sound could scarcely fail 70
inspire the most decrepi. and aged with
desire to indulge in the terpsichorean
pleasure. At 0rsngevills others es-
joyed themselves to their hearts con.
tent hopping after elegant music under
tho management Of Viejo. Weather,
never before equalled here At this sea.
son Of the year. Population, one id.
ded to tho male portion by tho wife Of
D. H. Telchsr. Temperance, two an.
csmpmeuts Of I. c. r. c., one uiussy
members, the other lately organised.
There has been quite revival 10 TEN.
perancs here this Winter. Stock fat
and sleek, and large portion Of the
beef cattle sold to outside buyers. Ae-
cidents, Frank Shissler kicked BY COW
and it is thought seriously injured. In
provemen,s, Grangers constructing .
= large hall seventy.6ve by thirty feet.
Adieu, j.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-03-10

Idaho, and eastern Oregon, and induced
the large immigration in 1862. The
Statesman was FIRST issued at Oregon
City in the Spring Of 1851, and was 70.
moved to Salem soon after the removal
Of the capital Of the Territory from
Oregon City to Salem. Asahel Bush
was both editor and publisher till long
after Oregon became : state. The
Democratic Standard wss 6rt pub.
lishsd At Portland BY Leland 4 Nor.
throp in 1854 and edited BY A. Leland.
In the Fall Of 1867 the 6rm sold ont to
Brown Quimby L Co., who .Asrw.rds
sold to James O'Msara. The paper
under O'Mssrs ceased publication in
the Fall Of 1853. In 1859 the daily
advertiser WAS commenced at Portland
BY Leland 4 Mallory and edited BY A.
Leland, at the end Of three mouths the
6rm sold out to 8. J. Mccormick, who
continued the publication some time
Afterwards. In the Spring Of 1860 The
daily Ne1, Was published BY Vim.
Taylor and editsd BY Mr.. McGuirs If.
terwards editor in Moutans. This ps.
per lived till the publication Of the dai.
y Times aud soon aftsr suspended.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-03-10

The editor OF the Ottumws Iowa COur.
Ter has kept his eyes and ears open. and
observes that "there are two timesin .
mans lite when he eagerly scsnsa news.
psper-oncs when he has been. 10, N
awful scrape, an again, when hs u
looking for put"
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-03-10
EARLY PAPG.s cGs OF ORE.

A correspondent Of the Avalanche
writing from Boise City over the sigma
ture Of "Au Oregonian" says Of the
carly papers in Oregon
Aside from the missionary publica.
tions the 6rst periodical was the Npecta.
tor, published At Oregon City by D: j.
Snsbley, now Of Walla Walla, and very
recently editor Of the Spirit. The
Spectator was issued 20 early ~ 1S47
and was very excel ent paper. Next
the oad war horse of the Hhig party,
Thomas J. Dryer, with his Oregonian,
and l presume, no paper ever published
on the Coast ever displayed ~ sharp, -
piercing and desperate weapons, a fear
lessly welded, as did that same Ore.
gonian. It stood alone for the Whie
party against the Portland Times With
John o. Waterman % editor. Then
came the Democratic Standard, owned
and edited very ably by A. Leland,
now Of CHE TELLrR Of Idaho, and the
Oregon StotesmdH with Asahel Bush
editor ana proprietor, published At Sa.
lem. This same Bush was probably
the most influential Democratic editor
ever connected with the press Of Orc.
9on. This will do a. reference to
early papers. Where now are the edit.
ors aud typoesl First AZ to the Ore.
gonian W will only 90 back to the ap.
pearance on the scene Of Henry Pittock.
He entered the Oregonian Office A. de.
vii almost twenty. Que years ago, aud
has for fifteen or sixteen years; owned
and controlled that paper. Tom Dryer
had two enemies, Democracy and rum,
the latter demoralised and enabled the
former to subdue tho old hero. Lin.
coin gave him commission to the
Saudwish Islands but for several years
past he has run = Justices Court in
Portland. Nehemiah, Henry, Jay and
Thomas ::Northrop, Of the Standard,
have all gone to their last resting place.
R. r. Rees and NJ. B. Rces, also Of the
were the FIRST in Walla Wal.
Ia and with the Northrop boys estab.
lished the Statesman, aud the latter
now raises cattle by the thousand in
Grand Ronde Valley. And here comea
Carter and Austin, Jud Boyakin, Hen.
y Millard, W. w. Page and James
Cartee-but hold on they will do.
When We run back . wenty years and
over, it calls up tho memory Of too ma
~ old friends.
1uasmuch ~ the above attempt has
been made to record tho history of the
'arly newspapers in Oregon, We viii say
having been an interested
'arty. The weekly Oregonian was
commenced in December 1850. In |
1860 the daily Was 6rst issued and edit.
ID BY Henry Miller. Both At Portland.
The weekly Times was 6rst issued in
he Winter Of 1851 At Milwaukee, and
q the year 1852 was removed to Port
and. J. 0. Waterman wss the frs.
ditor, subsequently it wss edited BY NJ.
!. Chinn, Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Hibben,
i'll the commencement Of the campaign
1860, when A. Leland assumed the
In December 1850 the 6rst
ally Times Was issued by R. D. Aus
10 l. Co., with A. Leland "a editor.
10 continued - editor till the Summer
1862 and then took ND his residence
, Lewiston and Florence. It was dur
q the Fall Of 1850 and Spring of
R6l that the Times gave to it read.
y the knowledge Of the mineral .e-
'a'ees # eastern Wsshinsbn. no-
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-03-10

Mr.. Samuel Smiles says that "laose
whom God has joined in matrimopy i'll.
cooked joints and i'll cooked potatoes
have very often put asundsr."
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-03-10

Mr.. Parsington remarks that few per-
sc,s rop-s dsTs softer from suggestions
nf the brain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20

One of my village friendS-to
drop the peasant populations a
retired army surgeon, an intelligent
practical man, u Darwinian, and a
believer in useful and economical
tranSmulation of animal matter.
One day | called on him and noticed
a vessel before the fire, which he
informed me contained horss-hesh
which he was stewing for his cat.
A fayorite horse had lately died,
and he was thus turning his body
to the best account. In order to
enforce his theory and justify the
use of the animal, he told me the
following story: Your Franklin,
you know, was a vegetarian, and
did not believe in animal food.
Que day, being on a steamboat on
the st. Lawrence, and protesting
against a meat diet, he declared il
was unnatural for man to eat flesh,
Some one happened to get a pickerel.
On opening the pickerel another
fish was found inside of it. This
being shown to Mr.. Franklin, he
recognized the law of nature and
changed his mind. This story
may also illustrate the formation Of
myths and legends. Anachronisms
seems to be no obstacle to the in
~tellectual capitalization Of certain
facts. 1t is scarcely fair, however,
to place Franklin on the st. Law
renee river, which it is doubtful il
he ever saw before steam navigation
was thought Of, and then to make
him the legendary scapegoat oil
bran bread Graham From d
French Letter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
Thc Tnrki.h soldier.

One finds it difficult to under
stand how these people so courteous
in their manner, so dlgnifed in
their bearing, with a naughty re-
pose ever looking out Of their dark
eyes, can be suddenly converted
into active wild beasts; we know
they can. But a creature SO tran
quill, so unreasoning, so indolent,
finds no measure for extravaganza
Of passion when he INDUCES in it.
He has no continuity of his
activity; he has no habit in any
line Of his thought, or l~iberality or
freedom. So the tiger in him leaps
up master of his nature, and viii
not withdraw again to the dark
cavern Of his heart until its thirst
for blood is appeased. War seems
to take him from his Incidence and
stimulate him to sustained bravery
through the energy Of his fanati-
cism. The best opinions agree in
considering the Turkish soldier is
superior-docile, capable of train
ing, and fearless as few are. What
he lacks is the proper officer.
With his ignorance of everything
comes the ignorance of modern
tactics. He may buy the best gun
that America can furnish, but until
he understands The terrible enginery
Of war, the valor of his soldiers is
half lost to him by imperfect leader
ship. How much he knows, how
much Of his old rage which once
carried all before it still survives,
the world, by spring time, seems in
a fair way of ascertaining. We can
not but honor this desperate valor
and the sublime Indifference to
death which their doctrine of fate
Kismet allows them From
Travels in Syria.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
An IMPOSITION Oh TIE PUBLIC.

1t is a small, picayunish piece Of
business for a rich corporation
worth two or three hundred thou
sand dollars to wilfnlly, purposely
and perslstently beat strangers out
of a nlckle. That is what the street
railway company of this city does
day after day. A notice is posted
in q conspicuous place over the
money box, "Fare ten cents. "
Strangers entering the cars at the
depots see this notice and in many
cases think this is the legal fare
and put in q dime. We say this
piece Of deception is a small bust
ness. 1t is a species of scalping
on the smallest possible scale.
The other morning nine country.
men got aboard a street car at the
Louisville depot, and reading thii
notice walked forward and depos.
tied ten cents each in the box. Tn,
gigantic corporation made fOrty-fv'
cents out Of that crowd. Man.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
ARKANSAS NEWS.

The gold digging goes on in Searcy.
Allen Lindsey, colored, will be hung in
the Jail at Helena on the 9th inst.
1t is reported that a very rich copper
mine has been discovered in Union town
ship, Saline county.
Little Rock Gazette, 18th; Nothing
new in reference to the railroad war; the
Memphis people at present appearing
to be having it all their own way.
Claredon has a fat mems baseball nine
the aggregate of whose weight is 22OO
pounds; and they challenge any other
club of their size and weight in the
State.
The following is a copy Of a notice
posted 10 a field in Madison county:
Notice is hereby given, that II any
mans horse or mule, as the case may be,
gets in these here oats, | will cut his or
her tail of, IS the case may be. Is a
Christian man, and pays my taxes. Dam
a mar that will let his stock run loose,
says /"
Helena Tribune: Crops throughout
the county are doing passing well. Cot
ten is little backward, owing to the
impetus given the grass by the heavy
rains in June. The planters are work
ing hard and living frugally, both white
and black, in order to come out with q
little money in the fail. ALI seem hope.
full aud cheerful.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
MENKEN BROTHERS
T"ELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.


"|" OItCkb AMI buNDas
NEW York. July 20. IL 40 a.m.-U.S 6s {
81. llOA9llO1s; skies OF 81. 1llIs9ll2; hve-
twenties Of '65. new issue. 1O614@lC6M; FIVE
twenties of 81, 1885, 81 81; fve-twenties Of
'6S. coupons, 1l25S@l1234; ten forties, ll2A;
en-forties. coupons, ll25S9l1294; currency
sizes, l24X@l26; new fves, 1Og1s@lOsA.
LONDON, July 20. 2:SO pm. = Consols for
money. "a GIG; on accOunt.-;U. S. 5-2O's of
go. lO61Si of 81, 1855; lO-4O's, llO14; new
SIS, lO714; Erie, So.
BREADsTUFFs.
LIVERPOOL, July 81. 2i9O p.m.-Flour, not
reported. Wheat, Milwaukee red llsld9l2s8d;
Cal fornia white. Us 4d@l2s lOd; California
club, Us 1Oi 13s i'd. Corn, 26s Sl@26s Cd.
Pork, 62s Cd. Beef.82s Cd. Lard. AS Cd. Bacon,
long clear. 35s6d; short clear, S6S6d. TallOw.
4Os 81.
New YORK. July 20. 1918 p.m.-FlOur is
nominally lower. WheatnOminal atll 5sql 6S;
Milwaukee. 1679l7O. Corn nominal at 59H.
Mess pork quiet at IA 20 bid for July; "A 80 for
August; IA IS fer September; IA so for October.
Lard is quiet at 9 30 bid for July; 9S for Au-
gust; 9 Az for September; 8 10 for November;
10 ior Decemberi go for year. Whisky is
quiet at u. Receipts: Flour, 5000; wheat.
5000; corn. 1872, tC0.
CHICAGO. July 90. Hiss a.m.-Wheat quiet
at l l5A for August; sales at 115%. Corn is
steady at Az 547h for August or September.
Whisky steady at1OS Pork is steady at Is 81
for August; lS s211 bid for September. Lard
offered 5 97h for August; 9O7h for September.
Receipts: Flour, $3.50; eat. 1885; corn,
1853 Sl9. Shipments: Flour, 6i6S. wheat. 1857;
corn. s56.O8.
CINCINNATI, July 2.-Flour steady. Wheat
in gsod demand; white and amber. l 95al 45.
Corn is unchanged. Pork firm and unchanged.
Lard firm and held at So. Bulk meats firm
and held at IA, n, ~. Bacon firm, with
sales at 6. s, 81. Whisky firm at l0i.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
Cigars from Brazil.

If a regular line of steamers is
established between this country
and Brazil, as is now being talked
of, one of the results NAV be the
introduction, to a still greater ex-
tent than at present, of Brazilian
cigars, which connoisseurs report
equal if not superior to the best
Hayanas. A tobacco trade of &c.,
100000 pounds per annum has
already grown up between the Bra
lillian empire and the United
States, and the competition with
Cuba will tend, probably, to lower
the price of the world-renowned
cigar of that island. There was o
good display at the Centennial FIX.
position of the variety Of cigars
grown and manufactured in tht
province Of Bahia, and costing
there from $50 to $50 per thousand
and having all the characteristics
OF Havana cigars.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20

people living within a hundred miles
Of Memphis and coming here oc-
casionally to trade or on other bust
ness never heard Of the street car
controversy. Strangers from a
greater distance are not supposed
to know the rates of fare, and see
ing the notice over the box, Fare
ten cents" they take it for
granted that no company would
demand mora than the legal
rate. Yet it is done every day.
What little the company makes
from strangers in this manner goes
into the triangular treasury, and
goes toward paying enormous sala-
ries. The amount is not great per-
haps, but it represents a principle,
or If not a principle the lack Of
that element. 1t is bare-faced ex-
tortion, and is not much,. if any,
less than obtaining money under
false pretenses. In law we believe
it is the latter, aud would call the
attention Of the attorney general
and the next grand jury to the
matter as something which might
pan out a true bill. The company
never had a right to charge over
five cents. The Circuit Court has
SO decided, and that decision must
stand forever, unless reversed in
the remote future by the Supreme
Court. The demand for ten cents
continually made by which a few
dollars are collected every week
from the unwary is censurable in
the highest degree. It shows an
utter contempt for right and JUS
tice aud public sentiment. 1t is
the insolence Of money bags and
the stupidity of shoddyism sudden
ly clothed with the appearance of a
little brief power.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
FIFTY CTS. PER t

THIS IS THE CHEAPEST AND MOST
4 delightful purgative before the nnbIic' y
a delicious beverage, and as pleasant and
sparkling as a glass Of soda water. Far sumo
rlor to sickening pills. 1t is held in high re-
pute by physicians and surgeons for the
speedy cure Of constipation, biliousnoss.
torpid liver, dyspepsia, loss Of appetite,
sick headache, kidney affections, etc.
For those wbo lead a sedentary or oloselv
confined life, and become OF a constipaied
habit, II acts like a charm. 1t is Specially
prepared for the, masses, is pat up in large
bottles and sold by al druggists at 500. No
student. NO sewing-girl should fail to use Id.
Sold by all Wholesale and retail drupoists
J.P. DR0MG0QLE Il CO., Proprs.
oI-xxy-I louisville, kentucky.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
AFFAIRS.
A Levy En- MasSe Has Been
Ordered In the Province
Of AdrianOple.
Hobart Pasha Assumes Command Of
the Black Sea Fleet.

CoNsrANTINoPLE, July 2O.-A levy en-
masse has been ordered in the province
of Adrisnople.
Hobart Pasha has sailed with two iron
clads for the Black sea to supercede
Hassan Pasha in command Of the feet.
The governor Of Philippopolis reports
that the Cossacks have burned the vii
lagos Of Fehnnly, Baganty, cuezlidja
aud Tchinakdjs, near Kssaulik and Eski
Saghra.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20

On n occasion Victor Hugo expected
a storm Of Interruptions and had written
in his manuscript, "Ah, you interrupt
me-" Nobody did interrupt him, but he
faithfully read what he had written;
%whereupoA the president Of the assembly
said, softly: Nobody has Interrupted
you; do you not perceive they are all
slumbering2"
The oldest Jewish congregation in
America is the Shearith Israel, of New
York, which waa organized in 1854 The
next in age is in Lancaster, Pa, orgaL-
lied in l776; the third is in Philadelphia,
organized in 1880.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20

GEN. j. Il. WILDER, of Chatta-
nooga, lately returned from the
East, and assured the editor of the
Times that the Presidents Southern
policy is approved by the great
masses of Northern people. Imme-
diately following this pleasing in
telligence comes the important
announcement that General j. II.
Wilder has been appointed post
master at Chattanooga. And now
we infer there are several fellows
around Chattanooga who do not
approve The Presidents Southern
policy or any other policy in par.
ticular. There are great events in
some mems lives which turn them
gray in a single night, and we
would not be surprised to hear of
an extra demand for hair dye in
the neighborhood of Lookout
Mountain.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
The Employees of the Union Pacific
OAtch the Fever.

OMAHA, July 2O.-About three hun.
dred employees Of the Uaion Pacific rail.
road held a meeting here last night for
the purpose Of discussing the recent re.
ducLion Of from FIVE to ten per cent. in
their wages. A committee was appointed
to confer with superintendent Clark,
and the meeting adjourned to Monday
night.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
American Carpenters and JOinsra
Going t0 England.

New York, July 2O.-Jabez W. Alb.
bolt, employing mason Of Passaic, N j.,
has received orders from R Neil &
Sons, builders, of Manchester, England,
to send between 200 aid 300 skilled
carpenters aud joiners to Liverpool
Every nan must have a complete kit OF
tools. Steady work is to be guaranteed
to good men. Wages are at the rate OF
sgd an hour ffty.one hours a week is
working time. OF the $50 masons who
went hence last year, only six have re-
turned to this country.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20

W%AsnIvGToN, July 2O.-For Tennessee
and the Ohio valley stationary or rising
barometer, increasing nOrtherly winds,
followed by warmer, clear or partly
cloudy weather.
The rivers will generally remain sta
tionary or fall slightly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
VIM. m. Tweed.

NEw YoRK, July 2O.-Wm. NJ. Tweed
has addressed a letter through his couu
sci to the corporation attorney that
judgment be taken for the amesnt
sought in all suito brought against hin
or in preparation, all his deiesces having
been disclosed to the attorney general.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20

Dr6Net-MtJOr U6nefhl.
Additional United States soldiers has
been forwarded 10 Ksyser to aid a de
tachment of the Thirtesnth already
there and where the strikers are in force,
Firemen are taken of trains as they ar.
rive at Keyser. Torpedoes we're placed
on the track but did no damage.
The s%toniug Of q freight train at Sir
johns Run is attributed to the canal
boatmen who we're refused the privilege
Of riding on it. There appears to be
little difficulty thus far in obtaining men
to work the trains, and some of the
strikers have applied to be reinstated.
Trains begun moving from here this
morning in charge of small detach.
ments OF United States soldiers and
will continue to depart as rapidly
as the engines can be got ready.
There are seventy of the firemeu
and engineers ready and willing to run
the trains now, as they are assured they
will have protection.
Large numbers Of the strikers are
along the railroad in the vicinity of the
depot, but they are not permitted to get
near enough to offer any distractions to
the trains. General French directs that
all persons be kept at a distance from
the depot and from the vicinity Of ope-
%rltions, no matter whether their inten-
tons are friendly or hostile.
The telegraph wires have not been cut
but they have been tapped by operators
among the strikers to get information Of
the plans devised to circumvent them.
WASHINGTON, July 20. - The 8 a M.
train, which left the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad station for the West, was accom-.
panied by a military guard.
EAST BUFFALO, July 2O.-0rders have
been received at the Erie railway ship.
ping Office to take no stock for shipment
east to-day, on account of the strike on
the trains reaching Hornellsville. The
men quietly quit them.
GRAFTON, July 20.-The strikers have
decided to send assistance to Keyser.
PITTsBURG, July 2O.-The strike inau-
gurated on the Pennsylvania railroad
still continues and the excitement Gre
ated thereby has increased in intensity
by the determined efforts made by the
railroad authorities to remove the block
ade which was established yesterday.
Throughout the morning ramors Of the
employees Of other roads ~centering here
of joining in the movement were freely
circulated and found ready credence,
bat up to this time L p IN no such.
demonstration has taken place. The
strikers are hourly increasing in nun.
Der. As the trains come in they are met
aud the crews, after taking their trains
to the yards, join the strikers. There are
to-day at the lowest estimate 900 loaded
cars lying on the track between the
Union depot and East Liberty, while the
number en- route will swell the total
to 1900 loaded cars. This number
constantly increases and the tracks will
soon be all occupied by the inert masses
OF rolling stock heavily laden with goods
for all parts Of the West and East.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20

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early decay, loss of manhood. etc., l will send
a recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send a
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