, 1878-05-04
EGrc and There.

II some congressman can carry out thei
IDEAS every cigar viii IN future be a,lorne
with 4 revenue stamp, Why not get cisa
punch,
TIE New York Herald thinks the te
year extension ought to 0e-amply sutlicie,
for the Northern Pacific railroad TO co.nplet
its line
in California they want a noa-partisa
constitutional convention. In this territory
the Intelligent voters object to any conven
ton. partisan or otherwise
The New York Herald saws: The in
teilisence that oregon has put a greenbaci
ticket in the field viii cause the hard none,
centerS of the world to treInblc
In New York they make gas from water
In Walla Walla most of the gas has it:
origin IN 4 stomach overloaded with
poor quality Of cheap whiskey-
! James O'Mcara. formerly If the ,Portlan,
7 Baii'tia, at one time leading republica!
! paper IN Oregon, has now editorial contro
OF the san Francisco Errn,;aey, leadin:
democratic paper Of California
! Look ont for another raise in miRins
stocks. The telegraph mystcriousiy hin;:
{ at 4 nch strike IN the Savage- The iIg
are evidently arranging a nice little schcm,
| to catch the outs.
| i fellow named McLin. one Of Fi0rila /
notorions and Infamous returning board,
has confessed what everyone was aware OF,
and that Is, that Ii!den carried the state,
and that HAYES electors were wrongfgliv
returned. This may he regarded as olI
news in new clothing. When thieves fall
cut, etc.
The Oregon steamship company's new
steamer Cl'ey08 made the voyage from New
York to Portland IN 6J days, / hours ami
- minutes. Her exact running time WIS
81 days and hours iram port 10 port. The
oregon is the most elegantly finished and
appointed steamer that has ever visited this
coast.
j. NJ Shepherd, Of the Bf,!rocl, Democrat,
who was al unsuccessful candidate for The
nomination of state printer before the Ore
CON democratic contention. n,timates that 4
portion OF tie ticket, (prn5ahiy the nominee
for printer does not meet his approval and
that hereafter his paper VIII be highly III
dependent.
Nul t.lii!bllI tACit-L4t,tN thliLt i''s-SiI'i
with the savings and threats Of that I'M
rni.i@ateI nuisance known IS kearney. Ii
| the people Of ihat state are sensible they
| vii leave him alone, and our Wc1d for It,
Mr. kearrey viii etfcc;Gaily break his ow-n
neck, or have 1t broken by some Of his crazy
followers.
The IdtfoGa, leading democratic paper IN
I,iaho. suggests that, III the future, 1t would
he Just as well for Gema.ogues TO take 4
hack seat IN the management oi the party Ui
tina. territory. The same paper, referring
tn the proposition 10 divide the tcrritoEy,
says that question is dead issue and can
not Ire revived.
According to registrar kapian. tGc market
price for votes IN San Francisco is bat
- III: and kaElln asserts that the rcputli-
can ma iori;y la that city, at the late preSlien-
tai election, w&sSecured through the agency
OF Il, o-and-a-h3if pieces. In Oregon, a few
years ago. drink Of very inferior whisky
WAS considered high pr!ce fnr votes Rnt
then the voters haze improved intellectually
since that t!ne.
iiavts. of Ohio. present incumbent of the
White house, III recent conversation with
Alex Mcclure. of the Philadelphia Ti,arS
EXPRESSED himself as being prDui OF the fact
tia. he had :ritied with congressman. Conk-
li.le IS right in holding no relations whatever
with the white house Ii Mcclure story Is
true, 10 seii-respccting representative cIn
approach maa who haaSts that he listens
only to betray without denlcailng himself.
Sar.eat-s tiraLeI. land hi, as passed h.
AZ fl,.f cprIergi
lands of California, Oregon and Washington
territory, ROT reserved and valuable chiefly
for timber, bns unfit Tor cultivation, ana
which have not been offered for sale, may
be SOLD III Quantities net exceeding lGo acres
to anv enc person or ass"eiatloa- Al q maxi
mum price Of - % per acre, and that lands
chiefly valuable tor stone may De sod On
the same terms.
Congress has passed bill, the provisions
of which compel the Central and Union Pa
ciiic railroads to pay annually INTO tie treas
ury about half a million This will 60 to
the credit of the companies rs 4 part pay
ment of the debt owed by them to the Uni
ted States, al.d which They have steadily re
fused to pay. Senator Thurman, OF ONO,
and prospective candidate for President on
the democratic ticket, is the author OF the
measure
William Grton, late PRECEDENT OF the
Western Union Telegraph company, and
whose sudden death, ie~ days ago, created
such profound regret. Ike most OF oar
nreat men commelced HE printer. 1t Is
not generally known that Bayard Taylor, at
| present United States minister to Germany.
! worked fox years as a ccmpoSlt"r IN one oi
the New York Offices. Simeon Cameron,
Hamhn. of Maine, ey-vice-P president and
senator. Plumb, of Kansas, and his colleague,
senator ingalls,, Blaine, and many Other dis
tina7asI,ed men belong TO the newspaper
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