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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
NEWS ITEMS.
STATE AND TERRITORIAL.

A skating rink is talked of at Eugene.
Idaho Territory is in debt about
$50, 600.
Seattle has a case of smallpox, prob
ably from Victoria.
Twenty sail vessels entered the Straits
OF Fuca on Christmas day.
Mineral exports from Utah the past
year are litele over six millions.
Fifty couples received license to
marry from the county clerk of YamhllI
county during 1876.
Clara Smith, the child lecturer, has
been lecturing during the past two weeks
on Lewis River, w. T.
J. NJ. Johns, of Marion Station, has
been summoned to Washington to
testify in the electoral case.
On December 23d heavy snow-storm
prevailed pretty generally over Utah,
Wyoming, and Idaho Territories.
Forty-three new members have been
added to the SnohOmish Lodge of Good
Templars during the last three weeks.
The "Dakota," on her last trip from
the Sound, took 240 tons of oats, 200
bales of hops, and A M. feet of lumber,
with large amount of other freight.
The Congregational Church at Forest
Grove was rededicated December 24th.
President Marsh, of Pacific University,
wasinvited to become permanent pastor.
| Since Hon. A. J. Dufur left Philadel-
phia, Oregon has been awarded another
premium for the best collection of fruits.
This makes thirty-SeVeH premiums and
diplomas received by the State.
| The ship "War Hawk" with a full
cargo of Seattle coal on board, has been
found to be in such leaky condition
that 1t will be necessary to discharge
her, to make the necessary repairs.
A State School of Natural History has
been organized, with Thomas Condor,
of the State University, President; P. S.
Knight, of Salem, Secretary, and o. B.
johnson, of Forest Grove, Curator.
Contributions to the Protestant Epis-
copal Domestic Missions on Christmas
day were as follows: POrtland-Trinity
Church, 500; st. Stephens Chapel, $50.
East POrtland-St. David's Chapel, $27.
Vancouver-St. Luke's Chapel, $l2.
Olympia-St. Johns Chapel, $50.
Miss Ella Whipple, of Vancouver, &C.
cepted the position as preceptress in the
Baker City Academy few weeks since,
and has arrived at her destination. She
is highly pleased with her surroundings,
as a plucky and sensible young lady
should be when she has plenty of work
at good wages.
The two mills at Port Gamble have
been running full day time to their ut
most capacity and one of them is to start
up for all night work next week. The
San Francisco market is almost bare OF
lumber, the demand is good, and the
Gamble mills are going to supply it as
, fast as they can.
Wells, Fargo & Co. announce that all
} rewards offered by them previous tO
} January l, 1876, for the arrest and con.
r viction of highwaymen or other offend.
! ers are now Withdrawn and declared
, dull and void. This, however, does mol
: refer to any rewards offered since the
date mentiOned-they still hold good.
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WITTY, VERY.

Many newspapers gleefully give room
to such trash as the subjoined and i'm
agine that in so doing they have pub
lished something exceedingly witty, or
perhaps given q staggering blow to
Woman Suffrage by such an abortive
attempt to ridicule one of its most earn
est advocates. Many papers presided
over by these would-be wits keep squibs
concerning the age of Susan B. An
thony constantly in type as olive mat
ter" that they can fill up with when
short. This accounts for the frequency
with which the same stale platitudes on
this subject are repeated in various
journals. The following is fair speci-
men of these gems of wit and humors
The following dispatch was intercepted" on
its way to Governor Tilden:
On THE WING, November H.
To Samuel ]. Tilden IF you cannot get that
other vote, our engagement must be consid-
cred at an end. S-N B. A-Y.
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ORONIN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.

Cronin testified to some rather dam
aging facts before the Senate Commit
tee on Tuesday. Admitted that he had
at first said he would not act as elector
if q certificate was given him, but after
ward changed his mind. That he had
refused to come to Washington as mes
senger unless he should receive $4,000 as
expenses, which sum was furnished
him. He supposed the money was
raised among Oregon Democrats by SUBJ
scription. He failed to make a good ap-
pearance on the witness stand, his man
ner being selfconscious and at times
both defiant and pompous. Being ques-
toned whether he thought 1t was right
to withhold certificates when a majority
of the college demanded them, he was
thrown off his guard and answered that
he did not consider it aquestion of right
but of expedieney. His acknowledg-
ment that he received $4,000 nominally
for expenses created much significant
comment. 1t is sascertaiued beyond Fer
adventure that the whole proceedings
under which he was appointed eleetor
originated in New York. Republicans
expect to prove the corrupt use Of at
least $4,000 in this infamous business.
That Democrats are disgusted with Gro
min and his confession may be well i'm
agined. The Inter Ocedn's correspond.
ent says Cronin's confessions have filled
the Democrats with dismay. His ad-
mission that Patrick tried to buy hiI
vote, an attempt which Cronin indig'
nantly refused, has rendered it necessary
for Tilden to explain this method of Sc
curing votes. Cronin is no ienger 6
man, but knave, liar, and self-con
victed bribe-taker.
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PREFERENCES.

Preferences are usually .odious VIXEN
students with like laudable desire for
knowledge are studying together to at
tain skill aud eminence. Women know
this to their cost, for have not the great
universities of the world closed and
bolted their doors against women stu
dents? Have not medical schools and
law schools until persistent demands
have recently forced some of the more
liberal to stand their ponderous doors
slightly ajar) done the same?
What with women and men both for
past centuries giving men the prefer
ence in all lucrative employments; in
all opportunities for scientific research,
anatomical investigation, and, indeed,
all things that tend to make people
learned, useful, or skillful, women
students and anxious women workers
have had good chance to judge of the
injustice of preference when sex alone
is the basis thereof.
1t is therefore a relief to see woman
fearless and just enough to give prefer
ence to her sister women who always
at disadvantage pursue their studies in
medicine. We read of one, Susan
Fletcher Smith, an American lady, who
has begueathed her body at death fol
dissection to the Royal College for Sur
geons at London, only asking thai
"women students shall have the prefer
anceD
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
OUR WINTER.

While winter, with his piercing winds
and ermine robes, stalks in kiugly gran
deur over the East and Middle West,
dwellers in the favored "Sunset State
have not yet felt blast of his icy breath
or seen, except upon the distant and
ever white snow-peaks, glitter of his
snowy mantle. The dispatches tell US
that on New Years day in Washington
fierce snow-storm prevailed, and the
drifts piled the streets, rendering walk
ing extremely difficult. Contrast this,
ye discontented Oregonians, with our
own New Years day, and for very
shame, cease grumbling. The heavy
rains that prevailed through the latter
part of October and during most of the
following month, gave place in early
December to bright, sharp weather, that
savored slightly of winter in the early
mornings, spring in the middle of the
day, and-skipping summer-gave au-
tumn atmosphere in the afternoon.
Farmers throughout the broad and
fertile valley of the Willamette made
use of every day possible for plowing
and seeding, and the result is larger
acreage of grain sown in many localities
than ever before. Tuesday, the I'd day
of the New Year, was balmy and spring
like-such day indeed as January sell
dom bestows. In Eastern Oregon the
weather is somewhat colder, with occa'
sional falls of snow, but no rigprou:
weather has as yet been experienced
there. Unless the next two months does
something to help him out, "Old Prog
nosticator," who so busily employed
himself last summer and fall in predict
ing bard winter, and calling squirrels
that had busted themselves in hiding
nuts for possible contingencies, ant
aborigines who speared and smoked
larger quantities than usual of the fes
tive salmon, as witnesses to corroborat
his dismal prophecies, will have to re
tire crestfallen from the field. Certain
it is that Notwithstanding his ominou
predictions we have thus far had mos
delightful winter, and even if king Be
reas should marshal his hosts for a cal
nival some of these nights, we woul
have no right to complain of his tempo
rary dominion-but we aUould complai
no doubt.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
A MARRIED WOMAN'S CLOTHING.

A court in Massachusetts has recently
decided that married woman does not
own her own clothing. In this decision
it is held, according to law, that the
clothing of wife comes under the same
rule as that of the minor children of the
family. That personal apparel fur
nished by husband to his wife, or pur-
chased by his wife with his consent
from fund formed by their joint earn
ingS, remains the property of the hus-
band, and wife cannot maintain an
action for the loss thereof This seems
to be an incentive to married women to
purchase their wearing apparel with
the consent of their husbands so that in
case of loss, they may sue and recover
damages the same as a man, married or
single, may do.
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old by all druggists.

The AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY is an
epitome of newspaper history. 1t is also re-
garded as an official register of cmculations.
This feature requires the closest scrutiny to
prevent it from leading to abuses. The plan
adopted by the publishers of the DIRECTORY to
secure correct and trustworthy reports is rigid
in its requirements, and is adhered to with
impartiallty. Successful publishers, who have
something to gain by comparison, are gener-
ally prompt, not only to send reports in con-
formity, but give Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell & Co.
such information as enables them to weed out
unsubstantiated statements of pretenders in
journalism. The popularity of the book, and
the general confidence in its accuracy and good
faith, are attested by the immense body of ad-
vertisements it receives. 426
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

A memorial addressed to Queen Vic
toria by American women interested in
the suppression of licentiousness has
been sent to a number of eminent wom-
en- for signature. 1t earnestly prays
that the efforts to establish like high
standard of purity for men and women
may be cheered by such exercise of
royal will as shall tend to the abolish
ment of the laws known as the "Conta-
gious Diseases Acts" SO discreditable
to the enlightened morality of a great
Christian nation, and the foe of virtue
throughout the world.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
"O6R FINANCIAL MULDOONs."

In the list of "Our Financial Null
doons," as published by the OregOniGTl,
we find the names of a number of wOm-
en- taxpayers, which of course means
unrepresented taxpayers. To establish
the principle that taxation without
representation is tyranny" the fathers
bled and the mothers endured hardship,
grief and sore privation. The princi-
pie, 80 far as the former were concerned,
was well established, but the latter con-
tinue under the ban and still pay yearly
their tithes to support government in
which they have no voice. The only
place that the names of women occur
in governmental affairs is upon the tax
lists, and strange as it may appear, there
are hundreds of men who think women
should be satisfied with this state of af-
fairs. When they are not so satisfied
and protest, even as our fOrefathers did
against the right of others to "legislatt
for them in all cases whatsoever" they
are treated to long homilies upon "wom'
ans sphere" that have about as much re-
Iation to the principle contendsd for al
a learned and scientific treatise upon the
antiquity of the Chinese Empire woulC
have. The principle of taxation auC
representation, and of questioning thu
right of others to make laws by which
without their consent, people may b
governed, as enunciated by the Declara
tion of independence, either is or Is no
right, and the matter of sex does no
enter into its consideration. What /
unjust to one person, hardship to one, o
tyranny over one, is equally so in tn
case of others. If Mary, by honesty
industry, and economy, accumulate
property, she is just as much entitled t
an expression relative to the disposal
the taxes levied thereon as her brothe
John is when his thrift brings abou
like results for himself That Mary
q woman and John a man bears not th
slightest relation to property that eitbe
may acquire. To be recorded as one {
our "solid men," without a single polit
ical privilege, except the privilege of a
annual call from the tax-gatherer, wi
not satisfy the sensible Marys of th
seventh decade of the Nineteenth cer
tury. Discernment, independence, an
sense of right forbids it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

All the Oregon witnesses examined
by the Senate privileges and elections
committee concurred in making out a
very strong case against the legality of
Governor Growers certificate to Cronin,
and in showing that Cronin acted in a
high-handed manner, according to a
carefully prearranged plan. The wit
nesses were very outspoken in denounc-
ing the action of Grover and Cronin as
grossly outrageous and fraudulent. The
Democrats remark that one story is
good until another is told, and conf
IDENTIFY assert their ability to produce a
number of witnesses who will refute
this testimony in several important par
ticulars.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

A man named Jesse Bradley, an in
dustrious young farmer of Clackamas
county, while out hunting near Eagle
Creek on the Goth of December, acci-
dentlally shot and killed himself. Two
men who were in company with him on
the hunt, being a short distance off
at the time of the accident, went to him
at once. He lived about two hours but
did not speak after the fatal shot. He
was about twenty-eight years of age and
leaves a wife and four small children.
If men would put in their leisure time
as women do, with their families, in
stead of in the woods with hounds and
guns, there would be fewer accidents to
record, and fewer families left desolate.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

The Congressional Record of Decem-
Der 20 contains arguments of Senator
Mitchell of Oregon, Morton of Indiana,
and Bogy of Wisconsin on the resolu-
tion directing inquiry as to the eligibil-
ity of DR.. Watts as an elector for Oregon.
This vexed question, if it is productive
of nothing further, will give Senators a
chance to compare reasoning faculties
and display logic and matters of law and
precedent. Governor Grover, with his
little pamphlet, will soon be heard from
at the National Capital.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05
DAVID AND ANNA MATsON."

We have sent a few copies of this
poem to H. D. Boone, Salem, J. NJ.
Kelly, Lafayette, and the book stores at
Forest Grove and Albany. Friends in
these localities who desire to secure cop
les should apply at once. We have a
number still on hand which will be sent
postpaid on receipt Of the price, 50 so.
The book has received many compli-
mentary notices from the Eastern press,
and a few, as was certainly to be ex-
pected, that severely criticised it. A
few papers of our own State have given
it courteous attention, while with
scarcely an exception the press of this
State and Washington Territory has no.
ticed the biographical sketch of the au-
thor in the December number of the
chronological Journal.
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CRADLE RRYBRIBS.
TCommunieated.1


Back and forth with quiet, regular
movement; back and forth, propelled
by the gentle motion of the mothers
foot, goes the little brown cradle. The
pillow Is soft and snowy, the blankets
warm and white, the patchwork quilt
dainty and quaint. The sweet sleeper
smiles in his slumber and thrusts out
with sudden movement of his arm, and
the mother, grooming softly, tucks him
up again. AS she busily plies her needle,
glancing now at the clock and again at
the baby face on the pillow, what bright
hopes, what joyful anticipations, make
up the warp and woof of her dreams.
Now the mother sees, in imagination,
the wee one first as toddler in skirts
and bibs making music in her home and
work for her hands, then as venture
some schoo-bOy in bright-topped boots
and short jacket, then as a youth slen-
der and studiOus, and now as a man
with ring or honest pride in his voice
as he pronounces the name of "mother." j"
But in this bright vision she sees not
that fair young mother-the pitfalls that
abound at every step to ensnare the feet
of the inexperienced and unwary. No,
but she sees them In after years as she
bends over the little brown, empty now
except for filmy cobwebs in the corners,
sitting in the silent garret, untenanted
for such weary years. Sees them and
lsments, with unavailing sorrow, the
utter powerlessness of even a mother:
deep and fervent love to save from the
ways of sin. She, during all these years
has been powerless to even protes
against the licensed dram shops tina
robbed her son of the respect of his fel
lows, or the gilded halls of iniquity tina
robbed him of his self-respect. And tt
make her sorrow more bitter she is oftel
compelled to hear the taunt that tn
boys future depends upon his mother
care and training. The bitter tears tina
have been shed over cradles festoone,
with cObwebs, as mothers in the agon,
and despair of blasted hopes and out
ragged affections have crept to their sid
in the cold and cheerless garret, hav
been witnessed only by the plying an
gels, and though unwritten in earth
records, will be counted as Jewels G
purity and price in the crowns of re
joicing that shall circle many brow i
the far away home of the soul"
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From Rev. sylVanus Cobb, of Boston,
formerly Editor of the ''ChrIs-
tfam Eraamuns

DEAR SIR:-It may be some satisfaction TO
you TO be informed of the result of the trial OF
the PERUVIAN SYRUP in my family. My
daughter was brought low by typhoid fever
last spring. and after the fever left her she con-
tinued very weak, and the simplest food dis
tressed her. For months she remained in the
same debilitated condition; but from the lst of
September last, when she commenced taking
the Syrup, the digestive functions improved,
and she steadily gained strength and vivaclty;
and now, after taking two bottles, she is re-
stored to a good state of health; indeed, she
appears more really healthy than she has for
several years past. am OF the opinion that
the "ProtOxide of Iron" contained in the Pc
RUvIAN SYRUP was adapted TO her case, and
effected what no other known medicine could
have effected. S. COBB.
Sold by all druggists. Is
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

AVAILABLE DIsCovERY.-Dr. ]. P. Miller,
practicing physician at 327 Spruce street, Phila-
delphia, has discovered that the extract of cram
berries and hemp combined cures headache,
either bilious, dyspeptic, nervous, or sick head
ache, neuralgia and nervousness. This is a tri-
umph in medical chemistry and sufferers all
over the country are ordering by mail. He
prepares it in pills, at 50 cents box. The Doc
tor is largely known and highly respected
philadelphia Bulletin.
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ga Drowning Man Will Catch at a


If he catch it, it will do him no good. Thous-
ands OF people who have neglected Colds and
Coughs until they have become dangerous will
rush to almost every nostrum for relief. This
is why so many experiments are tried by the
sufferers. Go to your druggist buy a bottle of
WIsTAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY, and use
it with confidence. 1t will benefit at once and
ultimately cure. 1t is no straw; it is cable
we'll tried; hold on to it and be saved. Sold by
all druggists.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Mrs. Duniway, much to our regret,
still tarries, our last message from her
bearing date of "Mt. Pulaski, Decem Der
17th." She describes in this letter
pleasant visits at Chicago and Mt. Pu-
laski, at which latter place she was at
that time engaged in course of lee
lures. Her experiences will, however,
be in due time detailed In Editorial
Correspondence" as usual,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

An important and original discovery
has been made by one of our city CO.
temporaries. 1t is that "the Brooklyn
theater disaster should show the utmost
Importance of constructing buildings for
public gatherings so that egress can
easily be had"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

A New York firm advertises that its
cloaks are "cut, sewed, and pressed by
men; hence they have perfect shape,
faultless fit, and smooth, even finish. ("
Is this an intrusion on woman's sphere,
or is it step toward the true solution
of the vexed question Of sex and labor 2
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Nobody doubts that danger turks behind a
Cough or a Cold. How to cure these forerun-
ners of Consumption has been the only ques-
ton. It is a question no longer. It is tri-
answered every day and every
hour by the beneficial and astonishing effects
OF HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND AND TAR.
Taken in time, this preparation is specific for
every disease of the lungs tending to a fatal
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Go TO Hendee's Gallery and get the finest pic
lures in the State at the lowest prices. He is
the peoples artist and poor mans friend. Buy
one of his fire kindlers and try it, and you will
never be without one. Gallery on First street,
between Morrison and Yamhill, Portland,
Oregon. 6-l5
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Miss Fanny Greer is authorized to col
leet and receipt bills for the NEW
NORTHWEST in Corvallis. Get your
change ready, friends; she is liable to
call upon you any day.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

According to the New York Graphic
the average age of the victims Of the
Brooklyn theater disaster whose ages are
known, is twenty-one years and five
mnnths
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We desire our subscribers who are in
arrears to pay up at once, as we have
bills that must be met within the next
two weeks. Agents who have moneyin
their possession for this Office will please
fprward it Immediately.
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MRS. n. A. OWENS, NJ. ID.

Ofice and residence, east side First street, be-
tween Yamhill and Taylor. Special attention
given TO women and children's complaints.
Also. gives INDICATED VAPoR BATHS, COM
bined with Electricity, in treating rheumatism
and chronic diseases. 5-2
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NOTICE.

Agents will please take notice that it is q
great tax upon us to pay express charges upon
small sums. and they will confer great favor
by remitting to us through money orders or
registered letters.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Those accretions upon the Scalp which are
termed dandruff are promptly removed by
GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP, which by opening the
pores promotes the natural moisture Of the
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

Daggett delivered the vote of Nevada
to Senator Ferry ON Monday.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-05

The Republican electoral vote of Lou
isiana has been received by mail