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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04
NEWS ITEMS.
STATE AND rrRR1roR1A-

Tacoma needs a Jail.
Venison is almost drug in the Seat
tie market.
A skating rink has been opened at
Walla Walla.
A 925 pound steer was recently killed
in Boise City.
A rich vein has been struck in The
Tellurium mine.
Oats have advanced to 81 a hundred.
weight at Seattle.
Real estate at Walla Walla has an
upward tendency.
An express Office has at last been
started In Brownsville.
Counterfeit notes are making their
appearance in Dayton, w. t.
In Marion county, III marriage Ii
censes were issued during 1877.
A dozen new mines are being opened
in the Snake River district, 1. L.
A surveying party is engaged laying
out township on Pill Creek, w. I.
Charles Robertson, on Touehet, lost
| three children in ten days with dlphthe-
ria.
Mr. Buchanan, of Benton county, is
| raising some very valuable Pereheron
horses.
B. f. brakes foundry at Salem is
| turning out great deal of mill machin-
/ cry this winter.
The Dallas Hemizer will henceforth
he issued on Fridays instead OF SatuT-
days, as heretofore.
Eighty thousand dollars have been
/ already subscribed TO the Dayton and
/ Grand ROnde Railroad.
The bridge on South Mill Greek, near
/ Salem, which was washed away by the
late freshet, is being replaced.
At Salem the stage of the river is but
/ two feet above low water, and boats
have difficulty crossing the bars above.
The Herald claims that the popula-
/ ton of New Tacoma has Increased dur
ing the year 1877 from so persons to fully
200.
Governor Chadwick has appointed
I Mr.. y. o. Weldeu a Notary Public in
and for Oregon, to reside in Clackamas
county.
Frank Rayburn, of Kings Valley,
I Benton county, disposed of a steer at
Albany recently which weighed 1855
I pounds.
Prof Collier, of the Willamette Uni
versity, will spend the present winter at
Topeka, Kansas, returning to Oregon in
I the spring.
/ w. II. Fife, of Tacoma, has expended
one hundred dollars to bring water to
his house through a pipe, aud allows all
his neighbOrs to use It free.
! 1t is said that Hon. Thomas Char
man, of Oregon City, will submit bis
name to the Republican Convention for
/ the Office of State Treasurer.
Prof. o. B. Johnson, curator of the
/ Oregon Natural History Society, went
/ 10 Corvallis this week to deliver a series
| Of lectures on natural history.
The Seattle Tribune says: Though
I not much is heard nowadays of the
Olympia railroad, we are assured that il
Is neither dead nor sleeping, but that it
Is possessed of more life aud substance
than ever before. Early in 1878, the
Ties, which are now being got out, will
Oe laid, at the same time the iron being
stretched across them, and that by the
4th of July, 1878, the iron horse will be
daily pTaucing from the capital city TO
the point of junction with the Northern
Pacific Railroad. The bonds of the
company are selling readily at 50 per
cent. of their face value. The road is Of
three feet guage, Of about the same char
aeter as that from Seattle to Newcastle.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04
WORK FOR EVERYBODY.

Circulate petitions for a 18th Amend
ment, to enfranchise the women, not Of
one State alone, but of all the States
and Territories. WOman's right to a
voice in the government under which
she lives is a natural right, and must be
guaranteed to her by the Federal Con-
stitution. Now is our time to knock at
the doors Of Congress and plant this
right deep in the fundamental law Of
the land.
Petitions for a Sixteenth Amendment,
for woman's enfranchisement, from
10000 United States citizens, from
twenty-five States, have been presented
in opeu House and Senate by 81 Repre-
sentatives and 29 Senators since January
10, 1877. The friends of Woman Suf-
frage in both houses, who intend to ad-
vocate the Amendment in the new
Congress, desire its friends to sustain
them by mammoth petitions from every
quarter. Circulate this petition through
the autumn and winter up to January
70, 1878. Obtain the names of all who
have signed similar petitions to the
present Congress, aud as many more as
possible. Head the petitions with such
weli-knOwn names as you wish to have
appear in the Congressional Record
Fill the blanks for State, town, and
county, that members may refer to
their own districts in presenting petit
tions. Have all the names signed
plainly with ink on two copies of the
petition, one for the House, aud one for
the Senate. Ask each signer to remit
at least ten cents to the Treasurer of the
National Woman Suffrage Association,
Mrs. Ellen L. Sargent, No. 1,738 De
sales street, Washington, D. c., to
defray expenses of classification for
presentation to the 45th Congress. EUer5r
name received before December I, 1877.
will be classified with its appropriate.
State aud county petitions, and pre-
sented by the appropriate Represents
tive and Senator. Send with the peti-
tious name and post Office address of
each one who obtains signatures, so the
officers may know the workers.
Cut this out and paste it at the head
Of sheet of paper and go to work. Put
the names Of men on the right, and
women on the left Of your petition, and
trace everv name carefully in ink:
PETITION FOR
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
10 the Senate and House Of Represen-
tdtiVes, IN Congress assembled The
undersigned, citizens of the United
States, residents of the State of -
county oil -, town of --, earn
estiy pray your honorable body to
ADOPT measures for so amending the
constitution as to prohibit the several
States from DISTINGUISHING United States
citizens on account of sex.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

The Oregonian Of New Years day, a
magnificent double issue, contains,
among legion Of other good things, an
admirable scientific thesis from the pen
Of DIR. William II. Watkins, upon the
manner Of propagating diseases by
bacteria" aud other parasitic animal
cule in both the animal and vegetable
Kingdoms Now, let the learned doctor
pursue his Investigations yet further,
aud We Opine that he will demonstrate
the theory We have long advocated, thai
drunkenness aud the tobacco mania are
each traceable to the presence of para
sites, the former in the blood and the
latter in the mouth, that cry constantly
for their peculiar food, and thus create
the uHeonquerable appetite for these
stimuli, which is akin to hog measles,
sheep seabies, and human itch.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Mrs. Belle Lynch, of Ukiah, Cali
fOrnia, who has "all the rights she
wants." cannot complain that men treat
her as though she were a man. AL
ready she has been whipped by two in
dignant readers, and the people have
solemnly resolved to drive her out Of
the country. Upon the death Of her
husband she assumed charge of his pa
per, and, it seems, said offensive things
about her readers, under the cloak of
her dependent femininity. We like to
see a woman who "hss her rights' en-
iOy them.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Senator Dawes, from the committee
on public buildings, reported adversely
on the petitions from the friends OF
Woman Suffrage asking to be allowed
the use OF the Senate chamber to present
arguments before the committee on
privileges and elections in favor Of a
Sixteenth Amendment. In submitting
the report, the Senator said the COM
mittee was not adverse to the Amend
ment, but the Senate had invariably de-
cIined to allow the chamber to be used
for any other purpose than the business
Of the Senate.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

We have received from Senator Mitch
ell copy Of his famous speech on ''The
Northern Pacific and Portland, Salt
Lake, aud South Pass Railroads." 1t
is most elaborate and exhaustive ar
gument in favor Of railroad legislation
for the Pacific Northwest, aud we opine
that the Senator will secure the needed
Congressional subsidy if it can be gotten
at all.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04
AGITATION NECESSARY.

Staguation-utter, complete, unmis-
taxable stagnalion among the great
masses Of women-ihis, sisters, is what
hars progress and keeps a sex, the full
half OF humanity, in bonds. True, these
bonds were originally made, and have
since been welded by the sex in power,
but the sex in bondage have so supinely
submitted that they have become ae-
cessory after the fact, 10 this great in
justice. Go where you will over the
country, keep your eyes and ears open,
and, but for a little judicious drawing
out, your tongue quiet.
The same state Of things exists In al
most every rural district. Women are
drudging in farm-houses, surrounded by
broad acres they have helped TO earn,
and worked in seed-time and in harvest
to render remunerative, their bodily
strength gone, their intellects dwarfed
aud starved, their tempers soured, their
raiment scant, their youth departed,
aud for all this labor, privation, and
self-sacriiice, land and stock and money
to their hVsbands. DISCONTINUED they
know not why, paupers in so far as per-
sonal control OF a single dollar OF their
iife's earnings is concerned, human
beings deprived Of all individuality,
what wonder that womanhood is not
exalted by such representatives; thai
Z 4 "a
with rich mentality by such mother
hood? a woman so situated who l.
possessed Of a natural heritage OF indie
pendence and a strong will, finding no
legitimate aud custom sanctioned means
upon which 10 exercise the forces that
were not created TO remain latent, beats
about in-an unaided, uneultivated man
ner toward the light, and, hedged in Oh
every hand by petty restrictions and
tyrannies, develops into a termagant.
Her sisters, less strong intellectually
than she, misunderstood her utterly,
and OF course misrepresent her and
unite with their chuckling lords in pity
ing her husband.
This is not fanciful or isolated case.
Every neighborhood contains its coun-
terpart. such mothers never produce
children Of the stagnation type, but OF
them, warped, dwarfed, misconstrued as
they are, are born the worlds workers.
The greatest need that now exists is the
need Of these workers TO 20 forth into
every hamlet and district, and after set
ting the people, men aud women, to
thinking, give them food for thought.
Thousands whom the unerring instincts
of their nature have told that something
was wrong, have been unable, i'm their
light. The self-evident truth that all
were created free aud equal, with GER
tain inalienable rights which belong not
20 sex or condition, has never teen pre-
sented to them, aud they have never
stumbled upon it.
When these things are understood, in
ertia is at an end, aud an abiding and
lively interest lives and grows where
erewhile for ages injustice has kept
women in bonds, deprived them Of their
earnings, and given to men the absolute
control Of the accumulations OF both.
Agitation is the salvation Of the race,
the pioneer Of progress; inertia Is the
enemy of reform, aud the obstinate foe
to human liberty aud happiness. Let
the worlds workers see 10 II that agita-
tiOn is the watchword, and equal rights
will in due time prevail. C.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Thomas German, of Salem, got drunk
the other day, and whipped his wife
most numerically, after which he drove
her out OF doors, where she nearly per-
ished from exposure. To get even, the
Injured law punished the fellow with
twenty-five days Imprisonment in the
county Jail. The daily papers call for a
public whipping-post. We would sug-
gest an asylum for the inebriate, aud for
his wife, liberty.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Marcus d. Boruck, editor and propri-
etor of the California Spirit Of the Times,
is out with an illustrated December edi-
tlon replete with interest and informa-
tion. The well executed cuts, repre-
senting California scenery, are only
equalled 10y the admirably written arti-
cles OF description with which the pub
lication is filed.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Our young and talented friend J. G..
Stevenson, of the Oregon City High
School, has taken unto himself a wife
OF course we wish him and the fair
girl from Eugene, who has undertaken
to care for him, all imaginable happi-
ness through long and prosperous life.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Mrs. Collin, Of Oakland, California,
died on the 9th of December from q
stab received from her son, a young
man about seventeen years of age. The
trouble arose because his breakfast was
not prepared to suit him.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

what is to be done about tile annual
meeting of the State Woman4Suffrage
association 1t seems to US quite time
the matter was being agitated. Ladies',
do not let the meetings lag, we beg you.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04
NOTICE.

AGENTS will please take notice that il is a
great tax upon as 10 pay express changes upon
small sums. and they Will confer a great favor
0y renting 10 as through money orders or
registered letters
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Two things in this world that should
not be trified with-a woman's opinion
and the business end of a hornet.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

There is little difference between not
possessing and not desiring.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

Moody, The evangelist, has been i'll.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04

estiy pray your honorable body to
ADOPT measures for so amending the
constitution as to prohibit the several
States from DISTINGUISHING United States
citizens on account of sex.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-04
WOMAN SUFFRAGF

To the Senate and House Of Represen-
tattVes, in Congress assembled The
Undersigned, citizens of the United
States, residents of the State of -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09
To Advertisers.

Advertisers are requested to send in their an
nouncements as early In the day as possible, and In
Ill cases before IL O'Clock n. The insertion In the
same days issue of those reaching the once after
that hour cannot be assured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09

The leading publishers of New York and
Philadelphia, with the encouragement and
assent of the Post Office Department., ex-
pressed through its representative, Mr.. A. Fl.
BiSsell, have agreed to series of amendments
to the bill providing for the classification of
mail matter and rates of postage thereon now
pending before Congress. The action of the
Department in sending a representative to
these cities to confer with the publishers
before advising legislation which would vitality
affect their Interests, establishes good prece-
dent. Measures suggested by the Harpers,
Scribners and LippincOtts and approved by
the Post Office Department are likely to make
the dealings between government and pub
fishers satisfactory to both parties. The bill
as amended divides mailable matter into writ
ten matter, printed matter and merchandise.
The first class includes ordinary letters, postal
cards and drop letters, and the rates of postage
remain unchanged. The second class includes
all mailable matter exclusively in print, to-
gether with corrected proof sheets and man.
uScfipt copy accompanying the same. Pub
LEGATIONS regularly issued at stated inter-
walls from known office of publication,
formed of printed paper sheets without
the substantial binding which distin-
guishes the book from the periodical
published for the dissemination of informa-
ton of public character and having legiti-
mate list of subscribers. may, on the payment
of registration fee and under other specified
conditions, be transmitted as registered mat
ter at the rate of two cents Der pound or frac-
tiOn thereof. Other matter of the second class
pays the Ordinary rate of postage or one
cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
In books sent by mail dedication or inscrp-
ton may be written on the blank leaf. The
third class embraces all mailable matter not
included in the other classes. Articles sent
must be in no ways liable to damage the con-
tents of the mail bag or injure any one en-
gagged in the postal service. No one package,
except matter sent by authority of govern
ment, can weigh more than four pounds, and
the rate of postage is one cent per ounce or
traction thereof 1t is from this class that
such curious contributions to the dead letter
office are made. To carry into effect the pro-
visions OF the act it is proposed to empower the
Postmaster General to appoint superinten-
dent of mail classification at salary of two
thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per an
mum. This last item is perhaps the only part
of the bill which, at first sight, will CRATE upon
the feelings of the Congressman of to-day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09
l.. BARRIER & CO.

A l.. BARBER & CO.,
a. Having purchased the entire Stock of
GAS FIXTURES, M4NTELS. RANGES,
LATROBES CRATES e. FURNACES,
Belonging to the late firm of SMITH. BIRGE Co.,
before removing to their new store in Masonic
Temple: offer the same for sale at a LARGE DIS
COUNT, for cash.
Persons desiring any of the above goods will
consult their own Interest by calling at No. 934
street p.w
elegant Salesroom, No. 800 STREET, Masonic
TEMPLE, complete stock of Goods, and be pre-
pared to execute work at short notice. and at Low
EST RATES for ready pay.
PLUMBING. GAS AND STEAM-FITTING,
AND TIN ROOFING.
Promptly done in workmanlike manner
COLDS FURNACES speciality. feb9-7t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09

Despite the reports that Stanley the African
explorer, would be treated with GOODNESS in
England on account of his shooting Africans.
he has received most cordial reception there.
Thursday evening he dined with the Prince of
Wales, and after enjoying the Inequalities of
st. James Palace proceeded to the meeting of
the Royal Geographical Society at ST. James
Hall, where he delivered lecture before an
immense aSsemblage. Over three thousand
persons were present, including the principal
nobility and nearly every distinguished per-
sOnage in London associated with science, art
and literature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09

The English supplementary vote has passed
the house of commons by division of 32S to
IA the English fleet has been sent to Constan-
tinople; Lord Derby, under the changed con-
dition of affairs, approves a move at the pros
pect of which, short time ago, he offered his
resignation: and everything indicates that in
regard to opposition to Russia England would
quickly decide Il will if she were only able
to declare, without an uneasy doubt, II can"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09
To Correspondents.

Letters should be addressed to the Editorial or
Business Manager Of THE STAR, according to their
tenor, and not to any Individual name. Otherwise
provoking delays may occur.
Checks, etc., should In all cases be made payable
70 the order Of THE EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER
CoMPANY,-not to that Of any individual.
AIAnonymous communications not read; 70
1ected manuscripts not returned or preserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09

Average ssroTn Daily Circulation oceS
,60O-beino more Than three times that
of any other daily paper Ia Washington
and more than that of all the others 0dde0
tooefher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09
OF ROUTE
IL On THTTRSnAY

DESUMP TION OF ROUTE
II UN THURSDAY, 14TH INST.
Steamer MATTANO. Capt. VIII. 49,
Byles, will leave 9Th street wharf E.stat4sse=s{
every Monday and Thursday at
O'Clock for Nomini Ferry; returning will leave
NomiDi Ferry every Tuesday and Friday morning,
stopping at intermediate landings going and COM
ing. For further Information. inquire at G. L..
SHER1FF'S Ccal Office, lila Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. or at wharf.
feb9-tr VIM. II. KILLMON, Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09

BUTLER's PUBLICATIoN.-The New York
Post says sharply of the bill introduced by
Gen. Butler in the House providing for the
establishment by the government of a weekly
publication to be known as the Official Adrer-
tiSer OF the United States.
The proposed sheet is absolutely unneces-
sary-a fact of which Gen. Butler is probably
wei aware. The essential characteristic of
any newspaper is that it shall circulate among
the people This proposed publication will not
circulate among the people. Not only is this
true, but every announcement of Importance
whichit may contain viii be printed in all the
newspapers of the country days before it can
appear in the columns of this government
sheet. Why, then, the government should
waste its money in printing document which
nobody will see and which will contain nothing
that the people have not already seen days be-
fore, We cannot imagine, unless Gen. Butler
himself desires to read a SO-called newspaper
in which he will not find himself described
from time to time as he deserves. The general
opinion will be that ii would be better for the
country IL MIR. Butler should support such a
publication out of his own pocket rather than
at the cost of the federal Treasury
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09

1t is very il convenient and embarrassing to
have lamp BY which one is reading or work
ing suddenly scatter itself i'm small fragments
all over the room, not to speak of the contu
sions, the burns, and, sometimes, the general
confiagration which the occurrence Is liable to
occasion The committee on inspections in the
Maryland legislature appreciates this fact and
has reported fayOrably on a bill which, If car
ried. viii largely protect the citizens of Mary
land from the ravages OF explosive Oil Illu-
minating oil made from petroleum and its
products, and offered for sale, must stand the
fire test OF be forfeited to the state and fine
imposed on the manufacturer. Inspectors (not
more than two for each city or town. are to be
appointed to test the oil. A measure similar
to this might be advantageously applied in
this city. The fire department is frequently
called out TO extinguish fires caused by coal-oil
explosions, and there does not seem to be any
good reason why the citizens of Washington
should be blown up any more than the neigh
boring Marylanders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-09
DOUGLASS,
Ninth and r streets, Ninth and r streets.

FOURTH ANNUAL GRAND SALE OF
LADIES UNDERGRADUATES
And HAMBURGS
Will continue until further notice. Every article of.
fered will be the best of its kind made Wheeler
Il Wilson machines, fully warranted, and sold for
less than cost of production and many less
than price of making. Ladies desiring good arti-
Giles, well made, at less prices than ever offered,
are invited to call.
In connection with the above sale shall for the
next 20 days offer extraordinary bargains in all
classes of goods and invite ladies to call and COM
pare prices
DOUGLASS,
9th and r SITS. 9th and SITS.
feb9-tr
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WIN. e. BURFORD.
w Real Estate Broker, No. 7O8 3 street.

PROPERTY FOR RENT,
No. l44S ST., II rs. all mod. imps., (new). $50
No. 415 Missouri ave., IL rs. ,aH mod. mps. (new) AZ
NO. 1871 9Th ST.. 8 rs, gas and water, new .. 20
No. 1901 St.. 8 rs, gas and water. ..... .... Is
Ofler for sale three great bargains in two
story BRICKS. situated northwest with all mod.
imps:, paying 10 per cent. on g, 600 80 800
offer for W, 500, on easy terms, two thoroughly
modern HOUSES, situated northwest and renting
each for S25 per month"; Also new twO-story
BRICK, rooms and mod. imps., for So, OOO Small
cash pay ment ana long time. febS-1y