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The Van Buren press., 1878-07-16

STOCK.
Best bull not less than years old, 500
Best calf, not less than months old, 2,Sa
Best jack II any age, b0l
Best trotting horse In harness. 500
Best pig, not less than months DID, 9uu
Best sow of any age, h,Uo
Best span Of draft horses, 5,up
Best span of mules, b,00
Fastest horse against time, 21,uu
Best boar, not less than year old, 2,9u
Res milch cow 500
Best yoke OF steers, a,D
HOME MADE WORK,
Best specimen hand-sewing.. 800
Best specimen of bed spread, 2,oo
Best specimen embroidery, l,W
Best specimen home made jeans, ~
Best executed work saddlery, 2,uo
Best design for farm house, ! 2,o1
Best two horse Wagon made in tho county, ~
Best buggy made in the county, zVu
Best home made pow. l,W
Best specimen Of eabinet-work, l,00
Best specimen of ingenuity in wood or other
material, 100
Best improved implement of husbandry, ESQ
Best specimen hand-loom, LOO
Best specimen of hand-spinning wheel. LOO
A reasonable premium will bo given for any ex-
the committee may have the means and see
proper to award ior hsme products or inventions.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
How the People Of Puget Sound
Look at Il.

Olympia Letter to Evening telegram
The people Of Puget Sound take "tansy
in theirs" just now. A more bitter feeling
caonot he imagined than is expressed By
our people At the prospect. Abuse of Ore.
gon politicians is unlimited and unrestrict.
ed. 1t is believed that Mitchell, by the
same "ways that are particular" tha,
checked Tom Scott on the Colorado, has
defeated the North Pacific The Central
Pacific owns Oregon and its "busy Sen.
ator.' Webfoot is bonded to the great
''trans-continentAl," so let Eoh-aim be
Joined to bis idol3. We will find other
routes We are going to have a railroad,
even If we have to mortgage our last tree
'"d one half our cereal crops for a quarter
Of century to- raise the wherewitbal
Eastern Washington will find an outlet TOR
its grain, for which we will exchange our
lumber, coal and Ash. We want none Of
yonr fight with California. II your peo.
pie cannot hnd a natural outlet and make
use OF it without paying tribute to Caiifor.
MIA, We are not going to pay tribnte 10
YOU. We wish to unite With you for com.
mercial purposes. but il you are uuder the
thumb Of Stanford, remember ,ha. we
have a "Packwood pass"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
Surveying Party Returned.

Col. Blacks party returned to Taco
ma on the 7th from the survey Of
the Cowlitz or Packwood pass and
they have been entirely successful.
The Herald says: This is good news
for all Washington Territory. and
every good citizen will join in coneratu.
lations to D. D. Clark, chief Of the par.
ty. His report meets the best expec-
tations Of the friends Of the enterprise,
and they have fair grounds for being
iubilant over the result.
We understand Col. Black -tele-
crap led the good news to President
Wright yesterday, in anticipation OF
the arrival Of Mr.. Clark's corps Of sur
-eyors in the evening" and We suppose
he will make detailed report at once.
We hope to lay brief resume before
our readers in few days, and We trust
our croaking friends will Join with US
in the general rejoicing.-Sandard.
Il would seem that another outlet te
the Sound is perfectly practicable, aside
from the Columbia river pass. W.
may be happy yet.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
a Compromise Probable The Salt Lake
Proposition to 20 In as Separate Bill.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO ORE0ONIAN.1

WAsHINGToN, April ia com
promise was effected to-day between op.
posing interests in regard to the North.
ern Pacific bill recently reported from
the senate railroad committee and the
proposition framed BY the Northern Pa.
ci6c Co., which is now before the senate
public lauds committee. Both bills are
to be placed in the hands Of the senate
railroad committee. and substitute
reported shortly which will secure the
earnest cooperation of the entire Ore
gon delegation and the Northern Pacific
company. 1t will provide for the
speedy opening Of the Columbia river
by the construction Of railroad around
the Cascades within two years and
around the Dalles within two and one.
half years. The proposition for the
transfer to the Portland. Salt Lake and
South Pass company of an amount of
lands equal to those heretofore granted
to the Northern Pacific for the aban,
doned branch across the Cascade noun.
ta:ns is to be reported as a separate bill.
Failure ofthe Northern Pacific to
comply with the conditions as to
constructions Of portage roads at
Cascades aud Dalles within the
time specified is to forfeit the gran,
along the Columbia to the Portland
Salt Lake and South Pass Company,
which shall commence construction oi
the road at Portland within three month.
after such failure !; the road between
Portland and Umatila is to be opened
tor Common use of both. Lands are t.
be thrown open for immediate settle
,nent in quantities not exceeding on.
hundred and sixty acres to each settler
at 81 50 an acre al"ug the whole lin,
o. the proposed road.
\ Meeting Of the djourn.
ment without Action.
WAsHINGToN, April l5.-The sen
ate committee on railroads to. day helt
n special meeting to consider variou
propositions looking to a conpromis
OF conflicting interests in regard to ex
tension Of time for completion of tn,
Northern Pacific Railroad. The com
mittee adjourned until tomorrow with
out action, but Indications clearly fore
shadow an early arrangement which vii
secure in the main l"cal Oregon inter
ests and at the same time divest the bill
ct certain features which the Northern
Pacific consider ohjecti"uuble.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
Much Mixed.

Mr.. ireland in closing u letter to his pa
per, the Astorian makes use Of the follow.
ing: .r..
You will not hear from me again
until my return from Lewiston. as have
altered my previous determination. and
will proceed that way with this steamer
tomorrow, TO avail myself Of 4s hours
visi, to that former capitol Of Idaho. which
i' now seeking annexation to Oregon bv
the eastern Washington territory which
will come in to share the glories of s'ate.
hood with US in case that the bill passes
congress.
Bro. Ireland must have been in fog
bank when he ssys that Idaho Is seeking
annexation to Oregon.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
Consolidation Rather than Division.

1t is proposed to form new territory
out Of the Black Hills country, under
the name of Lincoln. In long letter
from Washington correspondent Of the
New York Times urges % inquiry to
ascertain whether there is preparing IN.
other ''pccket borough state" The
case of Nevads 10 instanced once more.
This is proper example against the
admission Of new states which have not
resources for sure and great future;
aud inquiry may Is we'll be made to
learn whether it is necessary that the
territory Of Lincoln be created. There
is no need Of organizing a separate ter.
ritory there unless it can some time be.
come state; and no more states should
be admitted like the "pocket borough"
Of Nevada. Miners aud stock herders
constitute almost the entire population
there. The area Of agricultural lands
in the state is two limited to be worth
consideration. Arizona is nearly a.
valueless as Nevada; but every one Of
our northern territories, Washington,
Idaho or Montana. has princely re.our-
ces compared with the bonanza state.
Washington, in particular, will become
one of the greatest states of the union.
What need there is for organizing the
territory of Lincoln now included with
in Dakota, aud part Of the territory of
Wyoming, we are not advised There
is none, perhaps. except the importantly
OF class who want to arrange matters
40 as to be able to combine Office. holding
to the best advantage with private
speculation. It would be better to con-
solidate certain territories rather than
create further divisions. Washington
wants part of Idaho. aud might take il
with advantage to all concerned. An.
other portion OF Idaho more naturally
belongs to Montana; and the balance Of
it, united to Nevada and Utah together
would help to form a state which would
rank in time with the secondary states
Of the union. Color ado will never be q
great state; in fact. would not be even
if Wyoming were joined with it. The
attention which this general subject i.
receiving makes it probable that M
more poor states will be admitted. Bu,
this argument, 40 far from being an %
lection to the admission Of Washington
which is now about to organize stat,
government. only serves when followed
out to establish the superiority of ,ha
territory over any or all the rest now RI
maining.- Oregonion.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
Josh Billings on Roosters.

Roos'ers are the pueilists among
birds, and having no suitable shoulder
to strike from they strike from the heel.
When a rooster gets whipped; al the
hens march off with the other rooster.
If he amt half so big and hausum. 1t
is pluck that wins hen. BOOSTERS as a
class won't do emmy housewo.k; yu can I
get rooster to pay emmy attenshun to a
yung one. They spend most nv their
time in Growing and strutting. aud once
in while they End worm, which they
make great fuss over, calling their
wives up from distance, apparently to
treat them. but ji>t AZ the hens git there,
this elegant cuss bends over end gobbles
up the worm. Jist like . man for al
the world,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
A arrival and Departure Of Mails to and
from Lewiston. I. L.

To and from Wslla Wslla and intermediate
points. Leaves daily. Sundays excrpted.) Mt
10. A. N. Arrives daily. Sundays excepted.)
At 7, P. NJ.
\ To and from Mt. Idaho. Florence. Warrens.
Y Elk City and Slate Creek. Leaves Tuesdays,
'aThr rsdaya and Saturdays. Arrives Mondays,
n Wednesdays and FRIDAYS at 8, p. NJ.
To and from Pine Grove and intermediate
points. Leaves Mondays and Thursdays Mt a..
"a. N. Arrives Wednesdays and Saturday at Z.
p. NJ.
To and from Pierce City. Leaves Mondays
at 7, A. M. Arsive Saturdays at 5, p. NJ.
"a To and from Colfax. Leaves Fridays at 6.
A. NJ. Arrives Saturdays at 7, p. NJ.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26
We're Marching On.

About ue.third Of the population Of
Oregon is east of the Cascade mouutsins
to-day and in less than three years half
will be. Washington Territory is divided
by the same mountains and populated in
like proportion, but in less than three
years We will reverse the number and have
two-thirds Of the population on the east
eide Of the Cascade Range, IL not three.
fourths. - WatcAmGn.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26

The first National Bank Of Wslla WaIla
is now open At Reynolds 6se.proof brick
building and ready to do business. Cap.
ital. $150,000 Oficers Levi Ankeny
President; Wv. Spencer, Cashier. Di.
rec,ors: Levi Ankeny h. 3. johnson, N.
G. Moore, A. Il. Reynolds spd 8. eehws.
ba tber.-H Hakh~Sa.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26

A Yankee poet thus breaks forth:
"Oh! the snore! the beautiful snore!
filling the chamber from ceiling to floor!
Over the ooverlet. under the sheet, from
her wee dimpled chin to her pretty feet.
Now rising aloft like bee in June; now
sunk to the vail ofa cracked bsssoon;
now dute like, subsiding, then rising
again, i the beautiful snors Of Elisabest
Jansw
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26

SrocK.-Some Eastern stock man re.
gently purchased 10000 head Of cattle 10
the Yakima country. They also secured
four hundred horses and one huodr~d
men to help drive. They pay the men $40
" month aud furnish everything. They
are leaving nearly quarter Of q million
dollars among the stockmeu Of tbe por.h.
western Territories -h.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26

Indians soon missed Us and started to
hunt u. We saw them and heard them
talking and from what they said We sup.
posed they saw US. We then got down
behind some brush and in back Of the
ditch and made our way the best We
could up to the china claim, and there
We halted. It was then three o'clock
10 the morning. I was vet through
from wadiug the creek, my husband
said ! fell down several times 10 max Ing
my escape. / had to lie down with my
vet clothes on. So soon a. We could my
husband took two ohinameu and We al
crossed the river aud told s,me French.
men living there what the Indians had
done. They then went over to our
place and stayed there. In the morn.
ing the men wanted to hang the In.
dams, but my husband would have moth.
ing to do in hanging them. He said he
thought the persons who gave them the
whiskey were as bad As the Indians.
We sent word to the agent At Lapwai of
the outrage, but he paid no attention to
the matter. Our door and windows
we're broken and our porch and yard
we're strewed with rocks they had
thrown at the house. There was nm In
dian killed, but who killed him, know
not. He was shot with 4 pistol ball,
and neither my husband nor myself had
any pistol or pistol balls. He must have
been killed by the other Indians through
mistake or else he shot himself 10 the
drunken row. When I went to the
door l heard them call "Sam" and /
think they either killed him then or
else he shot himself. Mr.. Dupont who
first saw him says that the way he way
lying, with the pistol so close to him
that it had burned his shirt. Mr.. Scott
found the pistol and gave it to my hus-
band. The men asked the Indians the
next morning which one Of them owned
the pistol, and they said that the one
that was shot owned it, but they came
to my husband afterwards aud wanted
it. He refused to give it up lest il
might be needed as evidence when the
case should be enquired into. I did no,
recover from the effects Of that nights
fright for more than one year, aud il
seemed that could not remain there.
My sisters and brother in .laus tried Ia
have my husband leave there, but he
felt that be could not. We had q good
little home and was commencing to make
something, and last summer had near.
ly got over my fright when the troubles
again commenced, and I now think that
If that petition for the removal Of the
Indians upon the reservation had no,
been circulated and signed, my hus
band would be alive to-day. my husband
was indifferent about signing it, but ssid
as the other settlers were signing it, b.
thought they would think that he want
ed the Indians to remain of the reser
vation. To me it has always seemed ,
great wrong in Gen. Howard causiu,
the names Of the siguers Of tsat paper
to be read to the Indians when in oouu
Gil at Lapwai. 1t seemed to point on
to the Indians their victims for revenge
have made this letter long. but I fee
that l could do no less than to give th,
VII lie facts a I witness them.
Yours respectfully.
Mrs. s. BENEDICT.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26

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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-04-26

The Judges Of the lst End and Sd dis.
tricts assemble At the capital on the first
Monday 10 January in each year. and con
stitute the Supreme Court Of the Territory.
with the Judge Of the 2nd district a. Chief
Justice; and A. L. Richardson As Clerk.
81 The Judicial Districts and the times and
places Of holding Courts in each are deaig.
hated BY the Supreme Court when in ses-
! sien and are liable to change each year.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
Death OF Missionaries in China.

A letter from Pekin, June A, 1878, an
nounces the death of Rev. P. r. Hunt Of
the American Boards North China
Mission, and of several missionaries con-
nec;ed with other societies. Mr.. Hunt
was seized with typhus fever on the 10Th
of May and died on the 3Oth. He was
born at Arlington, Vt, January 80,
1916, and, after learning the printers
trade, went in 1889, with his wife, to
Madras, where he took charge of the
printing establishment of the American
Board, and managed it with great sue
cess for 81 years. In 1866, on the re-
linquishment of the Madras Mission, he
and his wife returned to the United
States, and after stay of few months
went to North China in 1868 as Mission
aries of the Board. Miss Dedricken,
who had been in China for about year
under the auspices of the Church Mis-
sion of London, and was preparing to
take charge of girls boardiug-school,
died of the lever on the 18th of May
Her death was was followed on the 18th
by that of Miss L. A. Campbell of the
American Methodist Mission, who had
been in China two years, and was an in
dustrious laborer in the girls boarding.
school Of the Mission with which she
was connected. Between these two
deaths came that of Rev. William N.
Hail at Tientsin. Mr.. Hall was mis-
sionary of the English Methodists, New
Connection, and died on the 14th of
May, also of typhus fever. On the 25th
of May, Rev. j. S. Barradale Of the Lon
don Mission at Tientsin, died of the
same disease, his wife having been car
ried off by it during the December pre-
vious. Rev. Albert Whitney of the
American Presbyterian Mission died on
the 25th of April at Shansi, where he
had gone to aid in the work of distrib-
uting aims to the famine-stricken peo-
III
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
s 8 1 0 2 0 7 @ 4 6
10 8 0 70 2 3 8 8
aAAAa NANN2

Out of the large sum given above,
and used by the peddler to illustrate his
theory, eliminate the second row from
the top, and it will be seen that the sue
cessive rows when added together, make
nothing but mines. The total, with the
second row eliminated, would be
29909909997
Now add the second row % 'Af
m h 1359082388 BIB Ola
and the result is, of course,
m 313590S2385, .ar.
or the second row with prefix of 3 and
an addition of 81 to the last two fig
ures. The rule holds in every case, no
matter how large or small the sum, and
is to the effect that in adding up it is
only necessary to write first the number
of couplets lin the above there are
three) then set down simply the num-
bers that are given in the inserted row
(Which may consist of any numbers &C
cording to fancy, and at the end sub
tract the number of couplets from the
last figure in the inserted row. A little
practice, renders this work easy. 1t is
in reality nothing but trick, and is
valueless in ordinary computation
Chicago Tribune. ...
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
Sharp Shooting.
pie

There is a piece of rock standing on
the ridge running up the South Noun
tain at Egan Canyon. One morning in
1868 an Indian was discovered standing
by this rock, calmly surveying the scene
below, and particularly the overland
station to the west, then garrisoned by n
number of soldiers. lie was so far off
that he enjoyed the excitement pro-
duced by his appearance, and made
very significant gesture of derision and
contempt for the soldiers. One of them
determined to reply to his salutation,
and fired at him from the station with
rifle, and, strange to say, with wonder
full accuracy of aim, shot MIN through
the head. His remains were buried be-
hind the rock on the mountain; and in
1878 his skull, disturbed in some way
from its resting place, was exhibited
among the miners al Egan IS : relic OF
the war and Of the disaster which over
took the Indian, who was ignorant %,
or concsiiedly despised the virtues Of
long rauge. Il was shot If nearly
1000 fees.-chsrry Creek (Nes.) Int
pendent.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
31350O s 9 9 86

OF course the surprise lay in the ra-
pidity with which the man drew his fig
ures and performed the addition, the
latter operation being apparently done
from left to right instead of in the usu-
oil manner.
az have the whole secret in these
pamphlets, which contain, besides, a
vast amount of interesting scientific
matter" said the speaker, and pro-
ceeded to sell copies of his books at the
rate of % cents each, easily disposing
of large number within a very few
minutes. ..r .q,t..rs.re,
The principle of the fraud, for it was
fraud, consisted in the willy peddler
taking advantage of the peculiar proper
ties Of the number 9. 1t has long been
known among mathematicians that this
figure is capable of many strange feats,
among them that of the itinerant ped
dler-being prominent. 1t can be east
ly explained. Put down two rows of
figures, the sum of whose respective
numbers shall be 8, thus:
S31O207046
18S97O2353