, 1878-05-25
EMBBzz1En ARRESTED. About q


scription of one Fred. P. Graham,
was received by Mr.. Waddell, Of
this city, from San Francisco, to-
gether with a printed hand-bill, Of
fering a reward of $500 for his ar
rest. He was charged with having
swindled the widow of a deceased
Odd Fellow, in San Francisco. out
of all her property. on the pretence
of investing it in mining stocks for
her. The letter and photograph
were placed in Chief Thorndyke's
hands, but nothing further was
heard of the affair until about two
weeks ago, when farmer from
White river came in and reported
that man who was working for him
had confessed that he was the man
Graham and that there was reward
ont for him. Sheriff Wyckoff went
up and arrested him and immediate
ly telegraphed to the San Francisco
authorities, but as yet has received
no answer. The photograph had
unfortunately been mislaid, so that
thele were no means of identifying
him until yesterday, when Thorn
dyke succeeded in finding it. He
and Wyckoff then took it to the Jail,
interviewed the prisoner, compared
his faoa with the photo and succeed
ed in fully identifying him as the
man wanted. He will he sent to San
Francisco as soon as requisitlon
arrives for hlm.
THE vigilentes got after the tramps
in Omaha the other night and gath
cred in one hundred. They then
took them to the shores of the river
and told them to wade across to the
beautiful shore on the Iowa side.
1t don't require the intervention of
any Unauthorized organization to
rid town of such customers when
they have an efficient police. This
town has heretofore been afflicted
with this class, but now. when Chief
Thorndyke invites them to leave,
they do not wait for a second invi-
tation. If they go to Victoria, the
Chief there hunts them out, and
they get no rest till they get to Port
land, or work their passage back to
California and join kearney's bri-
gade.
Nor So.-The Seattle Attelligencer
is informed by.a Irresponsible gem
tleman" that there are now about
l.C0O men in this city out of en-
p!oyment. This is simply not so.
II the final cipher were obliterated
from the figures given oar contem-
porarv, the responsible gentle
mans statement might be some
where near the truth; but even then
the number would be exaggerated;
and were some Of the large employ
ers of Chinese labor, who are now
standing for the Local House, to
discharge their Chinese and substi-
tute white hands there would not De
an idle white person in the Province.
- Victoria Colonist.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT Police officer
Wright met with painful accident
on Saturday evening which will
probably disable him for some time.
He was standing on the sidewalk in
front of Malson's butcher shop talk
ing with some friends. when in some
manner he lost his balance. Throw
ing up his hands to save himself
from falling, he stuck one of the
hooks, or which meat is hung.
through the palm of his left hand.
the joint coming out the back. and
his weight tore is through the flesh,
inficting very painful wound. He
is incapacitated for duty for the
present.
LAST SERVICE Services were
held for the last time in the old Ro-
man Catholic Cathedral on Stark
street. Portland, on Sunday last. af-
ter which the building is to be torn
down to give place to new and
costly structure to be dedicated to
the same purpose. The old build
ing was commenced in 1851, and has
been added to several times since.
1t was dedicated February %, 1852,
when the members of that commun-
ion were less than one to one hun
dred now.
MUSICAL FEsTIvAL.-The follow
ing delegates to the Grand Musical
Festival, to be held in San Francis
co the last three days of this month,
left Portland on the steamship Ore
gon on Saturday last: E. r. Merri-
man, Mr.. Stilchin, M. 0. Lowns-
dale, G. G. Morse. Miss Emma J.
Miller, J. l.. Champlin and wife, +.
B. Creighton, S. L. Curry. Mrs. W.
T. Shannahan, Miss Emma Dickin-
son, Miss Cora Packard, and Mrs.
Julia Simpson.
PROBATE Court. In the Probate
Court on Saturday last the following
business was transacted: A commits
sion was issued to take the testimo-
nv of Geo. S. Walton and Jos. P.
Guild. residing in Lane county,
Oregon, the subscribing witnesses