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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
A BBNBFIOBNT MEASURE.

Wright, Of Pennsylvania, reported
the bill providing for a loan of $500 to
every person who shall settle on public
lands under the homestead law, the act
to be in operation until $4,000, 600 has
been expended in such loans. The bill
was reported without recommendation
aud referred to the committee Of the
whole" This bill, though at first
glance Utopian in its munifieence aud
plan, is one Of the most beneficial that
a Representative has conceived for the
benefit of that large class in our nation
who may justly be called the industri-
Gus poor, Of any that has ever come to
our knowledge The homestead act it
self, though Of vast aud iucalcuiabie
benefit to thousands Of free-holders who,
but for its benefcent provisions, would
have been small renters all Of their
days is yet hampered in its operations
by the utter inability Of many to get a
start audliye for the first year upon
lands 10 their primeval condition. Five
hundred dollars as a loan from govern
ment to each thrifty man or woman to
aid them TO settle and improve home
stead would yield in national prosperity
and advancement Of national revenue
ten-fold IN twenty-five years Genuine
love of country denomluated patriotism
is impossible in person who owns not
one foot Of soil and leads the uomadic
life Of the Indian, here one season, there
another, and always paying tlthes for
the privilege Of tilling auother's land.
To wiring a scanty subsistence from
rented soil-lead "low miserable lives
Of hand to mouth" with no prospect Of
future advancement, no dream, however
dim, Of a hOme-in the sense Of absolute
ownership-is as utterly impossible
with hundreds Of men and women as If
no homestead law shed a CLEAN OF gov
ernmental generosity upon our statutes.
The plan proposed by the bill above re-
ferred to would enable many worthy
persons to establish themselves in com
fort and pay when the interests of the
family would permit or If the obliga-
tion were never met, as some infer
would most often occur, the nations
money could not be better spent than in
building up homes for its own citizens.
It certainly is not better spent under
the present grab game that is played
with the nations finances. We hope
indeed that the bill may become law,
60 into operation at once, and continue
in force until the Sl000OO0O are ex-
pended, and after that another Sl,00O,-
600 be added
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
Our Ticket.
DIR TICKET.

Our contemporaries, high and low,
throughout Eastern, Middle, aud South
ern Oregon have headed their columns
with the names Of their chosen csndi-
dates for Office, from member OF Con-
gress aud governor Of the State TO coro-
ner Of each respective county. With
stunning display type, these names
challenge the immediate attention Of
every reader the moment be unfolds his
paper. Glance now at our ticket, and
realize, If never before, how little the
women Of Oregon, taxed without repre-
sentation, governed without consent
get for their share in governmental
matters, and while thinking Of this,
bear in mind that even this little is
vastly more than they are accustomed
TO get, and that even now the Demo
erats and Republicans Of Union county
each uphold a man for the position
sought bv "our ticket" Once before IN
the history OF Oregon has a woman
been nominated for the place Of suPerin-
LEnUElL OF eEnNDAFf AAAI 4e-N-a ------f7 -
other than Miss Ella c. Sabini for sew
eraI years past one Of the most efficient
teachers in the public schools Of Port
land, but at that time a resident teacher
Of Lane county. She was the regular
nominee Of the Republican Convention
Of that county, and, We believe only
failed Of election by few votes.
Look at tour ticket" voters. Proudly
il stands at the head Of our columns
proudly we point to our candidate, and
earnestly we solicit the voters Of Unior
county to give woman a chance to show
what she can do in official capacity
We regret that it is not for the office o
State superintendent Of education tha
she enters the contest. Men Of Unioi
county, the opportunity is yours. Sc
that you improve it, to your lasting
credit
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
WOMAN'g CAUSE TO THE FRONT

a private letter from Union county
informs us that Mrs. Maggie p. Ames
has received the nomination for super
intendent Of schools in Union county
by the Greenback Convention, after
both Republican aud Democratic Con-
ventions had refused to consider her
claims, though urgently solicited by
large number Of the women Of the
county to do so. Mrs. Ames is repre-
sented as well qualified for the position
sought, and rs much dissatisfaction eX-
lists regarding each Of the opposing can
didates, it is thought that proper effort
will result in her election. In several
Of the Siates-Illiuois, Iowa, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Kansas, aud California
women have been elected 10 the posi-
ton TO which Mrs. Ames aspires, and
being elected, have discharged the du-
ties Of such Office with credit to them
selves and benefit TO the cause in which
they have worked. No one will raise
the question as 10 woman's efficiency in
this regard, for her efficiency is already
doubly proven. We hope the friends Of
woman and of education in Union
county will give Mrs. Ames cordial
support. The nation boasts no more
earnest, competent workers in the cause
Of woman's Acknowledgement than abide
in Eastern Oregon, aud it is fitting that
these workers should have the honor Of
electing tour ticket" !" and put into Office
the first woman onice-holder in Oregon.
Rally to her support, brethren; it is to
you alone we can look for aid in the
struggle this time. IN the good time
coming women will remember their
friends.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
THE GRADUATING CLASS OF PA
OIFIO UNIVERSITY.

This class, comprising six young la
dies and four gentlemen, came down to
this city on Saturday to get "photo-
graphed," i" and a merrier band it has not
often been our fortune to see. The grad
yates are Misses Ella Scott, Elvia Fearn-
side, Laura Hoxter, Mary Lyman, Mary
Creswell, Mary Eaton, and Messrs. ;.
r. Stott, ID. c. Latourette, NJ. Smith,
and H. Lyman. A portion Of the young
ladies have taken the regular classical
course Of the University, aud so far
from being exhausted mentally or phvs-
ieally, as, according 20 Dr. Clarke on
"Sex in Education,n they shorid ha.
they are vivacious aud energetic. slo..
no signs of physical debility. are able
TO eat good hearty meal in which roast
beef and vegetables take precedence OF
chalk aud slate pencils, making the
diuing-room Of the restaurant merry
with repartee and laughter the while.
Commencement exercises take place
on the first "Wednesday in June, and W,
predict for the class Of ISIS future honor
prosperity, aud happiness, the fouuda
ton walls Of all Of which have been Sc
curely laid in preparation for life worl
received in the halls Of their dim,
mater.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

\ bill for the sale of timber lands in
California, Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory, provides that such lands may be
sold to citizens Of the United States in
quantities not exceeding 100 acres to
any one person, at the minimum price
Of , so per acre, and makes it unlawful
after the passage OF this act to cut any
timber on public lands. After being so
amended as to include in its provisions
the States Of Nevada and Colorado, the
bill was passed.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

II the Republican party OF Multuomah
county could not have done better than
to put I. Allen Macrum on their ticket
for school superintendent aud George
Sears for assessor, we consider it de-
plorably scarce Of material. a narrow
minded bigot is certainly unfit to be in
trusted with the educational interests
of the county, aud one to whom all
social dishonor has clung for years past
is surely unfit for political honor OF pre-
fermeut II there is one time more than
another that We regret our political en-
slaveuent, it is when such men as those
named are candidates for office, and We
powerless to express our disapprobation
by the ballot.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

Miss Julia Smith writes that their
house is again in a state OF siege with
hourly anticipation Of visit from the
tax-eollectors. They have to keep the
outside doors locked, aud as there are
ten TO guard, it keeps them rather ac-
lively employed. Miss Smith has re-
Gently delivered an address before the
Farmers Club, of Willimantic, which
was received with much favor.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

Under the auspices OF the Band OF Helpers.
Location-ColuHbis street, between Fifth and
Sixth. Mrs. Virgil, matron. The doors of
the Home stand open 90 an homeless women
Of good character Board and room viii be
furnished at cost 20 those who have means.
and FEEE 90 those who have not. Temporary
work win De furnished at the Home, and per
maneni situations obtained for inmates. Ladies'
vino have sewing TO put out, who are i'm need of
professional nurses, or any kind OF help, are
urged 20 apply at the Home. and tfus aid This
noble effort 10 help theirown sex.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

On the evening Of May 9th, Senator
J. D. Cameron and Miss Elizabeth Sher-
man were married at Cleveland, Ohio.
The floral decorations were lavish aud
elegant. One hundred and fifty rela-
tives aud near friends attended the re-
ception at the residence Of Colgate HOyt,
Esq, on Case avenue, a brother-in-law
of the bride. The wedding gifts were
numerous and costly, their aggregate
value being 100000.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
RECENT EVENTS.

The wife of John Bright died Of apo
plexy on the 18th.
The Governor General Of Canada pro-
rogued the parliament on the 10th.
The bankrupt law repeal will un-
doubtedly take effect next September.
Six men were publicly whipped in the
Jail yard at Newcastle, Delaware, on
the 18th, receiving twenty lashes each.
Catherine Z. Beecher, sister of Henry
Ward Beecher, died at noon on the 18th
in Elmira, \. Y, at the residence OF
Thomas X. Bsecher.
The marriage of Winnie Ream, the
artist, and Lieutenant Hoxie, chief en-
gineer Of the District of Columbia, is
announced to take place on the 2Sih.
Miners in the Illinois coal district op-
posite ST. Louis publish an appeal in
the morning papers asking for provis-
ions to keep their families from starv-
/ ing.
President Hayes, accompanied by
Mrs. Hayes, Attorney-General Devens
aud Representative Upton, Of Illinois,
and several other prominent gentlemen
visited the reform school at Washington
on the l2th.
The Inter oceans Washington special
says: Associate Justice Field is be-
coming very conspicuous, aud occasions
much criticism from the active part he
takes in arranging plans for the Florida
investigation"
Army circles are considerably exer-
eised by the house appropriation COM
mittee's decision TO report the army
bill, with sections recognizing the
army so as to reduce it to six cavalry
and fifteen infantry regiments.
Lis pcadcns has been filed in the So
preme Court in which Alexander Stew
art and Ann J. Bailey, claiming to be rel
atives of the late =. T. Stewart, sue the
widow, executors and all heirs aud lega.
tees 10 procure partition Of property ol
sale aud division OF proceeds.
Notice OF u cut down Of about four pei
cent. is posted on the Langdon mills
Manchester. y II. Operatives Of Othe
corporations anticipate the same notice
The Stark mills have discontinued III,
manufacture of linen goods on aecoun
Of The dull market, aud now make crasl
goods from cotton.
Mitchell introduced a bill on the l3tl
appropriating S25,O 600 for the erection o
la lighthouse at the head Of Port OrfJrd
in Oregon. He also called up the bill
extending the time for the completion
Of the Oregon Central Railroad thre,
years, whereupon certain Senators ex
pressed desire TO examine the bill, an,
it was laid over.
General Grant, accompanied by L. ;
Minister Noyes, Consul General Tor
bert, Commissioner General McCormicI
and large delegation of Americans
visited the Exhibition on the llth. Eek
hibitors in the seventh group Of th
American department lunched th
party, and an Informal reception wa
/ held. Soldiers, sailors and officers wer
in full uniform.
The steamer "Sardiniau" expls,led {
Moville harbor on the lIth. The shi
took fire, was scuttled, and sunk i
thirty feet Of water The explosion too
place in her coal bunkers, and the fiji
followed Immediately The passenger
among whom were forty orphan chi
ldren destined for domestic service
America, were mostly uuinjured. He
cost was SSO0,O0O
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
THE FIRST DECADE OF sOROsIs.

The following was among the toasts
given at the tenth annual dinner Of So
rosis, at Delmonico's, on the 18th of
March "The women Of the press, whose
pens are helping to shape the public
opinions Of the future" woman as an
educator, who never economies in her
own efforts to perform her work faisb-
fully, but is the constant subject Of
economies on the part Of boards and
bureaus" Mrs. Jennie Croly, the
newly-elected president OF the club,
closed her remarks with the following
words; 81 would like to see Sorosis with
a clubhouse that should be bureau Of
exchange and information to all women,
with a library and reading-room; a
journal and publishing house, and erect
its treasury into a bank, and put its
able mistress of the finances at the head
Of it; still more, am thankful to see it
just and loyal and true"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

An amendment TO the post office APP
preparation bill has been reported, au-
thorizing the Postmaster General to adj
vertise FOR carrying mails between san
Francisco and Hongkong, touching at
Yokahama, aud pay therefor not ex-
reediug $50 per mile. The amendment
is similar to that recently reported by
the committee, for a mail steamship
service between New York, New Or
leans, and Brazil; referred. An amend
meut also provides for mail steamship
service between san Francisco and sgd
ney, touching at the Sandwich Islands
and New Zealand, at a cost not exceed
ing $50 per mile.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND STRONG.

~ In lLBA 4uO OcANO o. 4OAGs
Mrs. 5. Collins, Of Pittsburg, Penn
sylvauia, went to Harrisburg recently
in charge OF a petition 250 feet long, and
containing the names Of nearly 1900
ladies asking for the passage of an act
abolishiug waiter girls from saloons. It
is to be hoped that a moioty Of the la
dies who find it So easy 20 aiIix their
names to a petition Of this kind will not
shrink from the duty that a passage Of
such an act will impose-that Of finding
respectable employment for these un-
fortunate creatures, who by such action
will be thrown unemployed upon the
streets. II such a movement is organ
lied and systematically carried forward,
much good will result in closing a dis
reputable business TO girls; if not
"necessity's sharp pinch" will in many
instances drive many of them to lower
deeps than they have yet attained in
the obnoxious business Of waiter girls
iu beer saloons Why il would not be
just as easy To strike at the root Of the
matter and abolish saloons, Instead OF
the privilege Of employing waiter girls
in them, 10 g. difficult to see. The
retinue Of evils Chat follow in the train
of beer-Euzzliug would thus be abro-
gated, without special class legislation.
However, il may he better TO lop off
here a branch and there a bough from
the tree OF evil than to leave it flourish
ing in all its parts, and we hope the
time will come when these petitioners,
seventeen thousand strong, will see the
necessity OF placing the AK at the root Of
the tree, and, more than all, have
power To do it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17
POLITICS AND MATRIMoNY.

The following novel episode occurred
in a recent county convention Of Peoria
county, Illinois. The city Of Peoria, in
the county aforesaid, boasts a journal
known as the Transcript, aud this paper
has an editor, one Enoch Emery by
name, who few months since married
Miss Mary Whitestead, at that time
county superintendent Of schools. IN
the course OF time the election season
rolled round, and the lady aspired
for denomination before the county
convention. Her husband was a dele
gate, and an Illinois exchange gives the
following account Of the manner in
which he presented his wife's claims
before the convention: "When Enoch
Emery arose to nominate the candidate
for county superintendent Of schools,
there came lull i'm the proceedings.
Every one became interested, and the
delegates leaned forward in breathless
attention. The emotion extended even
to Enoch himself Hearose, abstractediy
toying with MS spectaclesi nfsJ clean
ing them with new cambric handker-
chief, and then placing them on his
forehead, said. I put in nomination for
the Office of county superintendent OF
schools, Mrs. Mary Whitestead Emery.
I nominated her four years ago, and as
/ was in some sense responsible for her
as an official, 1 got TO watching her.
[Cheers.l watched her close, and saw
her real worth. Encouraging cheers. j
was drawn nearer and nearer to her,
and the closer 1 got the better l liked
her. LStorms OF applause She was
nominated without a dissenting voice. "
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

Ben. Holladay's estate in New York.
known as the "Ophir farm" was re-
Gently sold at auction on foreclosure
proceedings, August Belmont, who held
a mortgage for 100000, becoming pur-
chaser. The farm contains IA acres of
highly cultivated land, together with
palatial buildings.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

Dr. D'Unger, Of Minneapolis, Mime
sofa, has discovered "a radical cure for
drunkenness iu The 'incture Of einchona
Peruvian bark, Of which one teaspoon
ful is to be taken every two hours. The
remedy will effect a cure in few days.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

commission Merchant and Purchasing Agent
is prepared % make purchases i'm New York
and other Cities on order, OF an goods, IeweIry,
groceries, etc, ON commission OF 3 per cent. for
; Of l. and 10 per cent. for others outside of
the Order West India preserves and Mexican
eonserves- Address p. o. Station 3D." New
York city.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

Rev. G. W. Dimick, well known in
the Temperance annals Of the State, is
called upon to mourn the death Of his
estimable wife, which melancholy event
,rauspired on the 10th Of April. We
extend cordial sympathy in his sore be-
reavemeut
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

Bills for engineers surveys and esti-
mates for Improvements at the entrance
of Coos Bay and the mouth Of the Co
guile River were recently introduced
into Congress by Senator Grover.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

such is the purifying, healing operation Of
GLESN's SULPHUR soar that formidable alb
scesses and purulent ulcers, as well as the
most obstinate skin diseases, are cured by il.
1t expels proud flesh, and is highly anti
putrescent.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-17

To the five counties east Of tie Cas-
cades known as "Eastern Oregon" The
Democratic majority was 727 in the last
Presidential election.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-19

and along the streets were hung with
Chinese lanterns. The public buildings
and churches were outlined ia the dark
ness by jets Of gas on their lines of archi
lecture, and the dome des Invalides and
the church of st. Augustin, especially,
looked like temples of fire. The main
avenue of the garden of the Tuiieries was
gorgeous with lattice wark of hight, In
various designs, which shining through
glass of different colors, presented scene
of iudescribable beauty. But By far the
most interesting part of the spectacle was
the hundreds of thousands of French think.
ing, acting and speaking men, women
and children, of all classes, mad
with excitement and happiness, surrender
ing themselves to the meriment of the oc
casion with volatile abondon that some
would call childish and others ridiculous.
The incidents and episodes of that night
will not be forgotten by those who wit
messed them. and they will furnish key
to French character, and to the tragedy of
French history such as cannot be found in
volumes of brilliant dissertation.
Hundreds OF professions composed of
boys, girls, middle aged and we'll dressed
men and women, servants male and fe-
male, with white caps and aprons, singing
the Marsaillaise or love song, were march
ing at quick step in the direction of the
Bots de Bologne. The procession was not
continuous, but scores of crowds Of from
| fifty to two hundred people each, appeared
| TO rally to the standards of self constituted
leaders. One crowd was led by little
boy with a white apron and bare arms. To
see him walking backward 10 front of q
mob of genteel looking men aud women
waving little stick, after the manner of
leader of the orchestra. while they were
chanting love song was exceedingly rid
iculous, Another motley division was led
by an elegantly dressed girl. Still another
battalion had rallied to the leadership of a
man who had basket on his head with
his child in It. G. o. s.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-19
County Democratic Convention.
The County Democratic Convention

The County Democratic Convention of
yesterday was respectable in numbers,
representative in character, did its work
well, and presents TO the people a good
ticket. A large proportion of the dele
gates present was composed of substantial
business men who are prominent citizens of
the localities where they reside and are
familiar with the sentiments and wishes OF
the people. The action of the convention
was free and untrammelled, aud the unan-
imous expression of all was determine
ton to have straight out democratic
ticket and one composed of men who have
the confidence aud will receive the har-
monious and hearty support of the demo-
cratic party. And such we may truly say
are the characteristics of the men who are
presented by the democrats of this county
for the suffrages of the people at the COM
ing fall election. The candidates are SO
we'll known to the people of the whole
county that it is wholly unnecessary to give
any personal biography of their lives, or to
re-iterato their fidelity to the people
cause They are men of good business
qualifications, OF strict Integrity in all the
relations Of life, of good repute and well
esteemed among their fellow citizens, aud
withal are true, uncompromising, intelli-
gent working democrats. Just the men to
AnH f,rIh he nd
hearty efforts Of the democracy to secure
their election.
The congressional and legislative nomi-
nations have not yet been made, but it is
considered as tolerably certain that Charles
Durham, Esq, Of Henry county, will be
the democratic candidate for congress in
this district, and DIR. Todd of the same
county will be the candidate for the house
in the state legislature. The candidate
for state senator is yet more of an open
question but the general desire is to yield
personal preferences, if any exist, to the
policy of selecting the strongest and best
man, and we have little doubt but the Sc
ISCtIOu Wueu mdut Will NC III dCCOIOduCe
with that idea. So far. the democracy
hereabouts can congratulate themselves
with having selected good and able men,
representative men-and the chances Of
of success are such as to stimulate the
party to put forth strong exertions to elec
the ticket, and to animate and encourage
all good democrats to do all they possibly
can to this end, 1t is not necessary Il
specify at this time what particular ad
vantages are on the democratic side, bu
that such is the fact, aud that the pros
poets of success are more certain an
probable than for the last twenty years j
widely felt, and inspires unwonted conf
dence and determination among democrat
not only in this county but throughou
this legislative and congressional district
The prospect ahead is truly gratifying.