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LITERARY. MOTHS.


Luise Hensel, sister Of the late historical
Born, derHany, on the iith Of 6ecSmber, at an
mainly as e
Edward Jenkins, member Of ParIisment and
letter II. oonsstssas ssiins ne to tell hia
": a ss sss
tirely cease" ,s,4llSttE 80
"A Scottish gentleman, MI. ". 7, Robertson,
has been sitting among the rlins 81 Carthage
wesps, q Msriss wccid have wspt, for tSs whole
as ans 3. ss
The death Of Alexander Balm, the scholar and
author, y reported from Tendon. He was born
at Absrdesn In 1919. Aseecnpied leading posi-.
and England for thirty Ave years. His latest col
lege position was the Rrofsssorship Of logic and
H. Rs. & hs s Of
and held It almost to the time Of his death.
We are likely to haye new quarterly periodi-
cal next May, with the title 1.-THE Radical Re-
s ;dss M. Mr., Rsnjsnin r; Tucker, q New Bed:
he Prints good ist Of writer's Whe hsvs prom.
ised to com: to his support. Il !, the purpose Of
question, bat Il will especially represent radical
thought asd will give particular prominence to
discussions Of the labor question and matters akin
to that
; George Eliot works very hard, says abandon
correspondent Of the Boston Herald-hardsr than
her rather delicate health warrants-often writ
ing seven or eight hours day. Before she be-
gins novel she not only outlines and arranges It
she 90 dxes II In her mind that her, MS. is often
merely tiAnscftpt Of her elaborate mental pre-
psration. Very fnr from handsome, she has an
Intellectual and striking face, too long and angu-
lar for symmetry; soft, abundant hair, streaked
with gray; Q low, -sweet voice; Q remarkably
quiet, somewhat pensiye and decidedly winning
manner; some persons do not like her at drst.
though all her friends, despite her unquestioned
PLANES, regar1 her ~ . chsrming woman: Sac
has earned By literary work: '.Scenes OF Clerical
Life 200; "Sflss Marnor.n E1,5oo; adam
Bede,n ca, 200; "Mill on the Floss, $4,000; "Ro-
moia," $4,000; "Felix Holt" E4,000; spanish
Gypsy" E50o; "NIiddlemarch," $1,000; "Jubal, :"
f4o0; 'DanieI Deronda," $4,000, making E32 400
in all, or about eie6 600 in our currency. This Is
an syersgsof e CO. year for the eighteen years
OF the Rev. Dr.. Fowler, editor of the Church
Advocafe, New Fofk, 'whe ieetared this week In
Reading, the Eagle gives the following portrait:
ssHe Is tall, broadsahdn1dAf1i man. with an ap-
parentIy powerful frame, surmounted by q
massive, classic head, which is covered with
S SesTa 81 ssssS speas
nF S. "a sgss5s Sspss anti mtg
the Winsome when Glustrating his talk with
stosiss snu Mcid0t.n
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-13

TUBS Is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE
subscriber has obtained from the Supreme
Court OF the District Of Columbia, holding special
Of ZERuBBABEL HALLocK, late Of Washington
county, p: G., deceased. An persons having claims
nieit ne same, with the vouchers thereof. to the
they nay otherwise by law be excluded from ali
Mnent Of the said estate. -
JN0. b. VAN MErEk, -
ta4-Th3W@ Executor.
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LIFE IN WASHINGTON.
SKETCHES ABOUT THE CITY BY THE
REPUBLICANS REPORTERS.
Mortality in the District.


A meeting Of the Board of Health w bsld
last evening. The registrar submitted 4 STATE.
ment OF mortality in the District for the veer
ending January Q, which shows: TotSI deaths 40.
males white Is; females, II: males colored "a, fe
males Il. Under one year, II; tea years, Is: fty
years, II; sixty years. I; seventy years. !; eighty
years, 4; ninety years, d one hvndred years 4 Ma.
tfyes of this city, IS; other parts of the United
States, Ireland, 5; Italy, Spain l. This princf
pal causes ofdeath were: Searlatina 3, diphtheria
3; erysipeias, l; choleza morbus, Syphilis, /;
centrum, 2; heart disease, Z; hronohitis s: pneu-
mona Is: congestion OF the lungs, s. old age VIC
Hence. j. For the same period there were 81 births
male, white, 81 female. 20: male, colored, Is;
fmale 10. Tho mortality for the week was
less than the previous one. OF the deaths q. -
Der cent were from 1ymotic diseases, llxo per
cent. from constitutional Diseases 81 Is per cent.
from local diseases; 1l-59 per cent from develop
mental diseases, and Las per cent. from Violence
The rate OF mortality Of the white population
was 1881 per 900 per snnum, while the rate
per leee per annum. Increase oil the white pop
nlation by births over deaths 4.o7o per Loco per
annum, and The increase of the colored popula-
ton by sirths over deaths was Ae22 per Loco per
Rnnum.
Prof. Bangstou, from specfa1 committee ap-
pointed for the purpose, reported the matter u
petitioning Congress for an appropriation TO erect
. smallpox hospital stating that hey had q
Consultation with tbs District Commissions g.
in the petition and asked that the correspondence
on the subject might be collected and collated
for the information Of Congress. The report was
adopled
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ANTKoKDKHrs OF MR.. wrNsLow


sTne NAgosAE frru1IIcss Boot Ind JOB
pointed Job ofiees south Of New Yefkr-xon cSn
haye your printing done there cheaper than ut
any other ONCE in the District Of Columbia. Type
and machinery all new. II
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SEvrxrY-r1vB UsNrs PEE THOUSAND.
Small Hand Bills, printed from new type, for
seventy. I'VE cents per thousand at the NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN, Job Onice.
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LOCAL MISCELLANY.

CatarTh cured-See DR.. Hartley. '..t
Stoves for rent, at Buffers, corner Fifth and K
Streets northwest. o. 81 r-
ASK for the Hebe de RENE cigarettes; they
are the best of all. -,r,4-- .- %
Interest paid on deposits by ]. II. Squier & Co.,
Bankers, 14lo Pennsylvania avenue.
Left-of clothing, watches, pistols, &C., bought
at Herzog's, 915 d street. Orders attended to.
Best prices paid for cast-of clothing at Justh's
old stand, No. 6l9 D street northwest. Orders
attended to. ...Etz Re- .
All kinds Of trunks made to order, repaired and
covered at McMurray's, sos Pennsylvania avenue,
Market SPACE. : -.....a. - 80 - 90 II
DR.. Dixon says the Lift Cure is the most
physiological remedy yet discover ed by the wit
Of man. Parlors, 925 Pennsylvania avenue.
A carload Of fine Western New York cider. 20
to 40 gallon casks; also, q lot of Vermont boiled
cider; just received. at Spicer's butter store,
southwest corner Of Ninth and E streets. Prices
low. .-- ---.,. 70. -.r,- z.rt-. % .-- r.
We call attention to the advertisement in
another column of Smith, Birge & Co., 1o14 Penn
eylvanfa avenue. Their facilities for steam and
warm-afr heating, manufacturing as they DO
their own apparatus, are, perhaps, superior to
those of any other house In this community. III
H. E. Omey Co g exchange and deposit banks
northeast corner Of Fifteenth and F streets deals
in all classes Of Government securities and In
District Of Columbia and all frst-rate investment
bonds and stocks; also in American coin and
foreign money. Demand drafts on Europe in any
amount. Best rate allowed for per cent. i'm
provement bonds. Orders promptly filled for the
new United States ~ per cent. bonds.
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wILBoR's CoMpousD OF PURE COP Liver On
AND LIME.

WV 49,
AND LIME
The advantage Of this compound over the plain
OIL 10 that the nauseating taste Of the OIL ts en-
palatable. The offensive taste Of the on has
long acted as prominent objection to its use; but
chs form the ss, i IS xss
Liver OH and Lime" But the fact that Il Is
sss 3 n' %Sol oSsS
Boston, and by all druggists.
WONDERFUL SUCCESS.
1t ID reported that Boschee's German Syrup
has, snce Its Introduction in the United States,
reached the immense sale of 40 900 dozen per year.
direct nom The factory at woodbury., N. J., and
not one has reported single failure. but every
severe coughs, colds settled on the breast, con-
sumption or any disease Of the throat and lungs.
We advise any person that has any predisposi-
get this medicine or inquire about Il. Regular
size, rs cents; sample bottle, 10 cents. Two doses
will relieve any case. Don't neglect your cough.
BErHKsDA WATER.
The marvel Of the age" We have this day
shipped large invoice Of the celebrated Be
viii furnish It By the barrel, half barrel, demi
's-''-s' WsssssSs, vi.
USE Tnunsrox,s IVORY PEARL=ToorH Pow.
DIR. A perfect dentfrice. Its action on the
tion, arrests decay, and keeps them sound, eiesn
and white. 1t hardens the gums, sweetens the
breath, and, containing no acid, cannot injure
the enamel Its constant use Is recomu ended
TO all, but especially to those who having good
teeth wish 70 preserve them. Twenty-Five and
nifty cents per bottle.
THoMPsoN's PoMApE OPTIMR, for dressing
the hair. This ine pomade merits special Non
ten. Purely vegetable, its effect u to soften
and redne coarse, dry hair. fmparting TO It gloss
and beauty. Unlike many preparations for the
hair, It cannot injure, but Is highly beneficial,
equally 90 to the rich, golden-hued trceses OF
youth, the darker shades Of middle life, or the
eflver-stfcaked locks Of age. Twenty five and
hfty cents per bottle. Igl
Practice EcoNeMY. Renovate your soiled
gloves thoroughly and quickly with Joven's In
Der bottle. - Et ' t.-7.7'7
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A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF GOODS TO BE SOLD
AT AUCTION.

At the Shepherd building, corner Twelfth
street and Pennsylvanis avenue, this morning
begins one OF the largest and most attractive
sales We have had In Washington for o long time,
embracing one OF the most attractive and costly
modern designs of silver we have seen for years.
This sale 10 made to close the estate of the Taun-
ton Silver Plate Company. The goods are to be
sold without reserve and by order Of John H.
Swain, their treasurer. Thos. Bowling is the
auctioneer. ET~T
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-13

LooK Our FOR Cold WEATHER
and don't catch cold, but If you do nothing will
meet the requiressents of your situation as well
as Dr.. Buiii Cough Syrup.
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CITY ITEMS.

B. H. wARsER, 9le + STREET, =
has several sums Of money to loan on real estate
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Rrnnrrr.s CoooAlHE.

BuRxErTss COCAINE
aIIays irritation, removes deudruf, and invigor-
ates the aetien OF the capilla,ies " the highest
degree.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-01-13

Financial.

Financial. "a
wAsHrNGroN, d. c., Jan. II, ISL. 4.
The New York Posts financial article says:
.,Gold openedax 10. and advanced at 1850 O'Clock
to losH Since then all the sales nave been at los
@leex. Exchange continues dull and heavy. ifhe
money market is steadily becoming easier Tor bor-
rowers The Government bond market is active
AID strong. The rise in prices ranges from X@x
per cent. The stock market opelei x@H lower
than, II ciosea, eAerday, except In Lake Shore,
western Uhion Telegraph ma Roek Island, which
were unchanged. After an advance Of u in Michi-
gan Central and St. Paul preferred the general list
until about noon declined II in Illinois Central and
.f@s for the remainder Of the list, the latter st.
Paul preferred. Since noon the market has been
Un!ea Eelssrsbf tsSSysssedN slnee ne opening,
and Lake Shore, after advancing u, declined y.
In New York to-day money was dull; offered.
iO6sS. Rates for Carrying. 5@s.
The SUBJ Treasury balances at New York to-day
were: Gold, e65 IA go; currency, 30 661 33. The
;sss.!ss 81 benSs la'1s Customs nai receipts
Sovernment bonds active and strong at the fol-
lowing quotations;
S. lss1. coupon.....llsH SD's. N. ....-..-.-iI6
S,: 5 IssH new: i''' coupon. .-.-l's
ryaplou MessrS II. n -<lookes ir 4 Co. send MS the
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Two DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PEE
T4OusAND.

The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Book and Job
Printing Once prints Business Cards for s2.25
per thousand. Satisfaction guaranteed. Type
and machinery all new.
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PORTOF WASHINGTON AND GEoRGETOwN,
JANUARY IL, 1877.

Schr A. ]. Bsntley, bound to Baltimore, sailed
from Port Royal 10th instant.
Schr L. q. c. Wisehart still remains ashore on
Fishing Greek Shoals, Delaware.
Schr A. J. Coulbourn. owned by Capt. Thomas
Salisbury, while making her way In Ohesconesse1
with cargo Of oysters, was cut through and sunk.
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LAwrus' Bs1us.

J The NAET0HAI, RKPUBLIcAH. Book And job
Departnenf ID ungaspassed, IN 10 extent md IA
c1lfies By any pkmtfng house IN thig or any other
city for tks prompt and expeditions executfon Of
Lawyer BSieis. TYPE and machinery all new.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

~ UNIvERSALIST BERvIOES.-
- Rev. G. II. FAY viii preach in TallmadKe
Hall. on street. between Ninth and Tenth streets.
TO,MORROW At II o'clock q. N. sunday School
and Bible Class at e:45 a. m. lag
heUNITARIAND ERvICE6.-REVs
- g. Reynolds, Of Concord. Mass, Will preach
In the Unitarian church, corner of Sixth and d
streets northwest, SUNDAY MORNING, At Il
O'Clock. and evening at TN. sunday school at
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2END n TO @. p. ROwELL 90, NEW
~ York, for Pamphlet Of 10 pages, containing
" q a@ newgpapers, and esf1nates moving eod
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~-----1---1--~> Iouisisne.
NO cHAHe,> IN .THr sIruArIoR-ALL QUIET II

r~-,->e---,--,~s- Iouisians.
NO cHAHeA IN TIE sIruArIon-ALL QUIET II
---.-S nHw oRLlArs.
w OafnASs, Jah. f7.-Thsre has been no
v<snge IN the situaton since yesterday ~ bar as
= b known. weather vet and exceedingly disa-
grseAbls. Both psrties Ars awaiting Adviees frcm
| Warrington before taking any further sstiou.
The Republican Senate Is stfli without quorum.
| TEE RErUBLIcAH suArs srrIL WITHOUT A QUO
T. ssSt.S xUi-eov. PAcxARD HOPEFUL.
Nxw.0nzznrs, Jan. la.-rAp Republican Sem
ate Is still without quorum. The four Senators
Ing .sisd Scr and were granted IN intsrvisw with
Gov. Packard. the result OF which 70 not known.
S's the 0a
be Som6 new movement on not. AID
| Gov. Packard received . number Of kilograms
statement that they are eneoursgins he declines
giving their purpoft. He Il evidently more hope
| ful than he was yesterday Of recognition By tho
The House COMMITTEES will conclude its labors
next Tuesday.
ONE Hoan DfanrE.t Yson tn, RrruBr,cAs
HOUSE.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. ,12-One more member Of
| has been sworn in as member Of the Democrats
House. The Democratic Legislature had another
ballot for United States Senator, which resulted
In no choice.
HLIzA PINKsToN cRoss-ExAMINKp-HrR HurI-
LATED CONDITION RENDERS HER QUITE PlxBLr
SHE EXHIBITS HER BREAST WOUNDS TO TIE
COMMITTEE 5lEiEaaf3 100 @ "
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. l2-Eliza Pinkston was
called foI closs-exanination, but the wound ia
i her meast having opened In consequence Of her
ride to the custom-house her examination was
delayed, and only continued with great dim
Guilty. She stated she WAS born in Canton, Miss.,
and never was owned by Daniel Tidwell a. stated
BY him, but that he took her after the surrender
aad brought her up; alse, that she never had
been in jail or seen one She stated that she was
brought from Alabama by Capt Farmer. She
bad married Finch when only thirteen, and had
wells place before she married Pinkston;
was married to him BY ? white preacher.
Witness was subjeSteA TO . lengthy oross-exam-
nation by Senator Mcdonald, but repeated her
story in reference to the killing Of her husband
and child, the mutflation OF the former after his
death and the terrible punishment inflicted upon
herself in proof Of shish shs shSEsd ths wounds
mony of Tidwell in reference to the attack upon
her house and repeated that Capt. Theobold,
walker, Logan and DR.. Young were leaders Of
the party, and that two colored men were in It.
DR.. Richards swore that he had been surgeon
twenty eight years; had examined Eliza Pink.
stons wounds. Those in the head might have
been with an az, but, If SO, were slight. Those
were superficial. One On the temple was made
by o blunt instrument; one In the breast by
bullet. 1t is still open and appears to have been
neglected or purposely left open being healed to
orftice. The wounds received would hardly &C.
count for her debilitated condition, but she told
witness she had . miscarriage. Neither did he
think the wound in the heel would cause appar-
emit lameness, though a sore toe might cause one
III. - --rF:t .sE.-L ~. - ..
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"PIPER-HEIpsIEcK."
To the Trade:
We beg to inform you that we have this day
been appointed general agents, in the United
States and Canada for
"PIPKR-HKIDsIECK" CHAMPAGNE
and
Il. PIPER co.'s "cARTE BLANCHE, SEC"
Soliciting o continuance Of your esteemed 70
yoYs,
We remain, your obedient servants,
JOHN OSBORN, SON & Co.,
New York and Montreal
JANUARY 2, 1877. r-..
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE BALTIMORE AND ONO
EE -. RAILROAD.
On Sunday, the lith instant, at p. m, there
will be change Of schedule of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. See regular advertise
ment In this Issue.
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EXCURSIONS.

MOUNT VERNON.-TOMB OF WA1Hs
The stesmer iRRow, joy,
Cspt. FRANK HOLLINGsHEAD, f1S5}33
Leaves Seventh-street wharf,
DAILY, Sunday excepted,) ut 10 .. m, refnfn3uf
Bond trip q, including admission to Mansion and
Grounds. ocis.tfF
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

SSNOo~rONOOo~o~oOo~
~ AMERICAN COLONIZAT1ON
~ sOCIETY.-The sixtieth annual meeting OF
the American Colonization Society will be held in
the Metropolitan N. Z. Church, on TUESDAY
EVENING. 18th Inst, at T:30 O'Clock. Addresses
are expected from bon John b b Iatro6e, of Bali
ttmore; Prof. Alexander T. McGin, OF Princeton,
N; j.: and Rev. DIR. E. p. Humphrey, OF Louis.
Vile. Ky. ---- ..---- jalS-3t.
~ Y. NJ. C. A. -,
, 1877-02-03

We clip the following from the Hr'l
cv,'
Blessed is the man who minds his
own business
Blessed is the woman who never says
to her husband, Il told you So"
Blessed is the man who car sew on
his own buttons when the baby is cry.
ing
Blessed is the widow who won't mar.
ry widowcr-provjding he's your faith
or.
Blessed is the mother in-aw who ncv.
er reminds you that you married above
your station.
Blessed is the rich relations who never
look down on you-when you are in the
gutter
Blessed is the poor relation who
never looks lp to you---tor money.
Blessed is the old maid that don't
hate old people and children.
Blessed is the old bachelor that don't
hate cats and pincussions.
Blessed are the married people tina.
don't wish they were single.
Blessed are the single people that are
cOntented to remain so.
Blessed is the husband who never SAYS
his mothers pies were better than his
wite's are.
Blessed is the wife, (formerly wild
ow), who never calls up the virtues of
the "dear departed" for No. 9 to emu.
late.
Blessed is the man who gives his wife
ten cents without asking what she is
going to do with it.
Blessed is the woman that don't scold
when the stove pipe falls down on the
dinner table-and blessed is the man
that can fix it without swearing.
Blessed is the friend who never re-
quires the loan of your tooth brush.
Blessed is the neighbor who is 50 busy
about his own affairs that he has no
time to pry intoy yours.
, 1877-02-03

Sonora is one of the richest mining
States in Mexico. If the mines were
thoroughly developed, they would excel
the bonanzas of Nevada. Mining in a
primitive way is being carried on by
the natives, and n few foreigners are
working mines owned by them. Capt.
talists in San Francisco have lately pur.
chased one of the principal mines in the
State tor $22O,OO0. SinaIoa is also
very rich section, but unworked because
of the frequent revolutionary raids.
, 1877-02-03

A jest may cut deeper than a curse.
Some men are so constituted that they
can not take friendly joke in the same
light coin, and will requite it with con.
tumcly and insult. Never banter one of
this class, or he will brood over your
badinage long after you have forgotten
it, and it is not prudent to incur any
enmty for the sake of uttering smart
double entendre or tart repartee
Ridicule at hest, is terrible weapon
Satire, however, when leveled at social
foibles and political evils, has shamed
down more abuses than were ever abol-
ished by force of logic.
, 1877-02-03

Important evidence, consisting Of a
letter written to, and published in, Il
newspaper in 1854, in which the writer
describes the loss Of The Bella, the rescue
OF a boats load of survivors by the o.
prey, and the presence among the num-
her Of "some French or English Count,
who was i'll in his BERTH has recently
been discovered in the Tichborne case.
Those who read the evidence in the case
will probably remember that the very
existence of such vessel as the Osprey
was denied. If this letter is found to
have been printed, strong link will be
furnished the claimant, and his case may
come before the courts again.
, 1877-02-03

When Cincinnati was in the full
enjoyment OF her porcine triumph, en-.
vioas cities spoke of her derisively, and
dubbed her as "Swinesinnaughty.' But
now Chicago leads the van as the city of
pork (Porkopolis), and in approbrious
term is spoken of as "Cheekhogohm
The new Sultan has fixed at the fol.
lowing figures the monthly allowances
to be paid to his predecessors. The
family Of the late Abdul Aziz to receive
in the aggregate an average of 5000
piastres, and that of the ex Sultan Mu-
rad 1, 100, 900 piastres. A Turkish pins
tire is equal to four and one.third cents.
, 1877-02-03

A promising youth of only seven sum
mers, who had been accused of not
always telling the truth, cross examined
his father Father, did you use to lie
when you WAS boy?" mo, my son,"
said the parental, who did not REGAL
the past with any distinctness. "Nor
mother, citherl" persisted the young
lawyer. NO; but Why" "Oh, because
| don't see how two people who never
told lie could have boy that tells as
many as do"
Thursion county has l,0il school chill.
drcn 81 school houses and has paid its
school teachers during 1876, $5,O63G2.
, 1877-02-03

An Irish paper recently published the
following item "A deaf man named
TRAIT was run down by 4 train and killed
on wednesday, morning. lie was injured
in similar way about year ago"
Capt. c. Eaton, aged So years died at
Yakima City, w. r., on the 10th of last
month. Deceased was an early pioneer
to this coast, having come here in 1843.
lie is said t. be the first American set
tier north of the Deschutes river, having
settled on Chambers Prairie in 1916.