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BIOGRAPHICAL PROBLEMS SOLVED
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L6ndoM 7fy1tS.
Within the present generation, and mainly
during tho present decade, nearly al tie great
geographical problems left III by our adventur-
ous ancestors have bcen solved; all tue great
ltncs of exploration have been taken up and
worked out With success tint leaves to tho
future only tho details to fill In. Tho North.
west Passage WAS completed more than quar-
Ter OF CENTURY ago; The Australian interior has
been crossed nnI tecrohscd within the past
lew years; several bright lines now break up
tho once mysterious darkness of the "Dark
Contfncnt"; tile sources vi the Nile hare been
traced, aud the course Of the Congo ali but laid
down: the Ruasians have filled 10 many i'm
portant blanks ia Central Asia; there is
now no mystery to speak OF for Neogra-
pliers on the North American Continent, and
p0no OF any magnitude on the gouth; even
the great outlines OF the oeca,,-bed hnvo been
chartered. ard nov at Inst, after = struggle
begun more than 400 years atuec, tile Northeast
Passago has been made With IN casc that makes
ono wonder why 1t was not done long ago. A
matter-of-faet Swedish Professor hss shown
that with q suitable ship ii tle proper season
this ]oncaouglt-for passage to 'sFar Cathayn
is question OF only few weeks. or Arctic
feats there now remains oulY the "dash ut tho
Polc," and thut the North Polo wtll be reached
sooner Or later there can be no doubt. :
, 1879-06-21

forsveir. fei 0''' " ''"' ''&~ S''''''
On Rejecting the cditozship Of tho Washing
ton Administration organ, Greeley wrote:
called up to ths nR ,ouse aftsr some Cabinet ns; M +
N a, s. assK TeR .St sa' ny .
TO blasphen,s. which now atudionsly avoid.
Nearly every onc Of 0sccley's letters contains
something that Is quotable. Dana's letters
deal more With "details Of tl,e business relations
are well worth recalling, particularly by thoso
who care to know how big newspaper ia suu.
On ono OCCASION Dana wrote;
have discovered that am uocossary 10 ron.
Without me who would take The der.l out of your
lutters and add Renteel alt Of moderation 10 iAsir
cun,enss. Nobody. You would b. donu.up man.
ruined by your own exuboraut gtcatncss,
10y aud tbirty.sovsn from Dana In .h!a volume.
There aro also seventeen from William Fitt
FesAenden, fourteen frotn Salmon T. Chase, and
q lcsa number from Dr, DALEY. editor Of tlls
o9en Io7oiay Chass: saner nud F.s oery
Warren. Tie Hon. Z. d. Waahbur.,o will lDs-
sibly be surprised to find here a pravatc tettar
in which he waa "tMe big, big D, !" Ceatlna data
exptoesctt In another letter, dated May q, which
bcVan thus; ~ hardly dare write YOU for fear
shall see. my letter III tue papers: Never put
q ! letter" Tho following letter from Geor!o
Ripley, still tho literary edltor of the 7rltuAd, ia
amusing enough to ne quoted In full:
TMauNE osnez. July ?. ls?3.-Mr DsAn
abs 10 Fat ~ bid IA snoueh sIoye ws,ss 70 az.
when tho impending Fourth gives oasine.s lull.
success Is astoSs - u tas .phsfs % Of
polttes aaa ihso!ogy. wleso, inased. you show ln-
ThlA maDU1Cf3nt 0ftkluctiGu. which haF& 4
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24

TORNADO IN SOUTH CAROLINA.-Ihe
FARMER AND MECHANIC has severai
subscribers at WATERFORD. ;. G, OF
whom two were sufferers in the fearful
tornado which we'll nigh destroyed that
town on Wednesday last
The village was struck by the tornado
from the southeast, which swept across
it's centre. completely demoilshlng
about one half of the dwellings and
every church. The appearance of the
eastern portion Of the town is simply
Undesirable, trees and ruined houses
being massed together in every direc-
ton, and all the streets and landmarks
are totally obliterated. The following
is a full list of the casualties in the town
and vicinity The killed are Mrs.
DR.. George NJ. Rivers, Philemon San
ders, Benjamin Reynolds white. a boy
aged fourteen, named Scott, the wife
of jackson Grant, Lydia Ford, colored.
The Injured Miss Eliza Young
blood, arm broken, Miss Annie Rivers
severely hurt, Mr.. Charles Farmer,
the wife of George Washington Color
ed MORALLY, Julia Perry .(colored,)
MORALLY.
A number of others are cut and bruis-
ed more or less severely.
Four colored men, who were on IA
turpentine plantation in the track of
the storm, are missing.
1t is reported that the bodies of two
colored children are lying at a camp
ground eight miles above here.
About thirty houses and churches
were totally destroyed and nearly as
many rendered u~ntenantable. The
seven churches Of the town-Episcopal,
Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Metho-
dist, and Baptist and Methodist colored
ARE heaps of rubbish, and the Acade-
my in the same condition. The peo-
pie are crowded in the few remaining
dwelling houses, and provisions are
short. Much distress is inevitable and
assistance is greatly needed. The loss
of property must he very large. The
work of destruction was accomplished
i'm less than two minutes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24
LARGE STOCK OF
ChiIdrenS Carriages
WOODEN Factory

Encouraged by the rapid increase OF
our wool business, and in reply to nn>
merous letters of inquiry from various
parts of the State, we take this method
of informing sheep ~raisers n Others
having wool they wish to have manu-
featured, that we are
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24

pic RE FRAME MuULDING> OF A.
! acc i,ilo 5 The la gest stock son
p pl o l l lore flso. LOnkI~1-GLA-S
Eo OF all sizes DO h Ger mn an
-, VII les e All e. ii WOuld q n
at en- Ion OF The AIDE tn the 70. lowiug .i1e
- 10y %, - by a: =, by A. p by 80. AND smtiIa
>izSs Mlii ~. licate talIimoI. prize
r. luxe FRA rs of al .esc,in ions
m"de al tweniy II inu es no ice. Tbs
M
l43S Main s,ree.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24
ERUSALEM ART. CHOKEs FOX s.IE

can lp'nish the 'e usalem Ar fe hokes a,
fo M no ousneI, or s'pe baIIe'. wiI.iH
ouslel 20 'he acre. c sh wi h or, er ~
o,,., MATT TkINSOV
ASheNiEa n q
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24

ID pages. Very instructive. FIRE. TO All.
applicants. Address PURDY Of Palmyra. N. Y.

applicants Address PURDY Of Palmyra, n. Y.
nj ATlONAL HOTEL,
CORTLAND Street. NJ ar Broadway,
NEW YORK.
Hutchkiss & Proud, Props.
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
The restaurant, CAFE and lunch room
attached, are un, nrpassed hr CHI. ap-
ness and excellence of S r,ice. X OmS
so cents to - per day, S3 o $40 per
week. G. nvtnient to all ferries and
city railrO DIS.
NEW FURNITURE. NEW MANAGEMENT.
apl II ~.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24

Tables that the Farmers Should Carefully Study.
The following usefula arc instructive tables Oh the Il tsifcation of ing redients
in the crops therein named are invalual to every farme who wishes 20 know
what chemialsa are consumed by various field crops Here is a lesson re- um-
ing a years study
CLASSIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS OF CROPS.
GROUP A-The dominant element re quirtd in the Fertilizer is Nireen.
ext PhosphOic Acid and Potash.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24
Well PreDared

for working it either into rolls. yam OF
clotf at surprisingly low prices:
For picking and cardil 6 into rolls,
cents per pound.
For picking. carding and spinning.
12t cents per pound.
For picking. carding. spinning az d
weaving into jams, 30 cents per yard.
including everything but the Woo: or
We will
GIVE IN
one yard of go d, heavy color. d Jeans
for II pounds white or Ii pounds COL
ored wool.
Those living at a d stance can for
ward their wool at small cost by rail-
road to Hickory. where We will gee it.
work it. and return with As little DELAY
ps possible. and as an extr, Undue neIt
will pay lailr' ad freight one way.
Prisons send ng wool will please
mark their name and ours plainly on
each sack, and W tie to us by mail
what disposition to make Of 1t. For
fun Their particulars address
GWYN, HARPER & Co.
apr24-tf Patters on. n. G..
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
OR EG an.

At Siuslaw four men with two nets caught
and sailed in tanks 1000 salmon in ten days.
Mr.. A. Herren, of Salem Prairie, has
several eight-foot cucumbers in his garden,
and they are still growing.
Albany complains because their delega-
ton to the Grant reception at Portland had
no carriages furnished in the procession.
A party of coal men have started for
Lewis and Clarke river TO explore the coal
veins found there on the line of the railroad
survey
The sentence Of II. c. Dale, dcfaultine
sheriff of Namhill, is five years in the peni-
Tertiary and a fine of $4,000. The latter, of
course, he can never pay.
When Portlanders 90 east of the noun
talns shooting sage hens the sarcastic rustics
speak of them as ''the fcllers what come up
to serenade the chickens
Snow has fallen on the Rogue river road
to the Inconvenience of transfers, who find
considerable difficulty in getting through to
Fort klamath, as the thoroughfare is becom-
ing rough.
The warehouses along the river between
Portland and Salem are full of grain and
boats are unable to carry it off as fast as il
is brought in. Farmers are disposing oil
their crops as fast as possible fearing fall
in the market.
Since the arrival of the iron rails the
work of extending the West Side Railroad
is progressing at rapid rate. On Sunday
last LaCreol station was reached and passed,
and by next Saturday night the iron horse
will have entered Independence.
Col. Thorp, the man who swindled a
good many people OF Oregon and Washington
Territory with his artificial stone scheme,
several years ago, has at last come to grief
He undertook to play his swindling game at
Milwaukee, Wis, and was apprehended for
fraud, convicted, and sentenced to five ears
in the penitentiary.
W. Folsom who lives on the Clackamas,
20 miles from Oregon City, was lesurely
riding alone, when suddenly large panther
leaped on the back of his Eorse, which being
terrified by the sudden advent of so strange
rider, whirled and threw Folsom off. The
horse then put off in a run with Mr.. Panther
still on. However he managed to escape
his clutches as he got home some time after
badly frightened and terribly scratched,
but otherwise all right.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
NEWS ITEMS.

1t is reported that Esquimalt, B. c., will
be made the principal British naval station
on the Pacific Coast. ,
Won Rulow, German secretary of state
and foreign affairs, died on the Goth at
Frankfort. on the Main
The schooner AIerander has arrived from
Behring Strait, with a full cargo OF very
rich furs for san Francisco house at
Victoria.
On the evening Of Saturday, the 18th inst.
a grand farewell banquet will be given to
Gen. Grant at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco
A band OF men numbering probably ten
or twelve, after committing murder and
arson, openly defy arrest and continue their
work near Miilegeville, Ga.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

a letter from John Corless in camp
on Indian Lodge Creek, Salmon river
Mountains, Idaho, October LIST, 1879
gives the news OF II. Farrow's Indian
capture, as follows:
Well we have got them. The SAL
mon River Mountain renegadeS COM
monty called sheep eaters, are no more.
1t. i. :. FarrOw, 21st Inf, 1t. Brown,
Of Co. l., lst Cavalry, four enlisted
men of the DIST Inf, seventeen Una
tilla Indian scouts, and four citizens
including myself, twenty-seven in all
compose our party in the field, and
ever since we found the renegades
on Big creek, in these mountains
which was on the 18th of last August.
we have never lost sight of them in a
manner. for whenever they thought
themselves safe and out of our reach we
were sure to drop down on them until
they became completely demoralized,
and forty-three q them surrendered
to 1t. +. 5. Farrow, Dist Inf, yester-
day 3th day of September. 1t. Far
row deserves great credit for the man
ner in which he has conducted the
whole affair from the beginning, as il
Is owing to the perseverance and the
confidence which We all placed in him
that gave US this success. We expect
two more lodges in tomorrow, when
we will start for Walla Walla. will
write you the particulars when + get
into Warrens.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

The potato crop on WILDLY Island will
aggregate about 250, 600 bushels.
Hops are nearly all gone from Puyallup.
They were sold for 20 and 2l cents a pound.
The citizens of Boise City have presented
Col. Orlando Robbins with an elegant gold
watch, says the Boise Statesman, i'll honor of
his services.
North Of the Snake river, snow fell to
the depth of several inches the other day
drifting good deal and rendering travel
Ing very disagrceable.
The steamer 1lmotd was nearly four DAYS
in getting down from Lewiston to Wallula
on her last trip. In high water the same
trip usually occupies eleven hours
Latest advices give wheat buying at
Walls Walla at 625 cents per bushel.
Buyers pay 80 cents per bushel delivered at
Snake river, and 40 cents in Dayton.
Two or three saw mills viii be erected in
kittitas valley soon One OF these will be
put up by Stone & Co., who have a contract
Tor getting out railroad ties and timber.
SALMON is booming and during the pas.
few weeks has advanced - Per case. The
cannerymen are jubilant. and though the
season was poor, they will realize hand
somely
4 young man named Fred Woolery, a
resident Of Seattle, and employed rs deck
hand on the steamer JoSephias, fell over
board from that steamer into the Skagit
river and WAS drowned.
The Boise Statssai tells Of The robbery
of Schwabacker & Co. S store. the breaking
OF the safe and robbery of 50, 500 There
was $50, coo i'll the safe, but the rolIsIs ~.
scared and left in haste.
Work on the Point Wilson Lighthouse.
says the Port Townsend Aryps, is progress
ing finely and Will be finished in about n
month. All other buildings are comple,ed
and work is being done a substantial
manner.
From the latest accounts received from
the Saagit gold mines, it seems that the
miners, after long and tedious toll have
found some good paying digsinss. How
extensive they are cannot be fully deter
mined before another summer.
The Seattle Pof says: The first cranber.
RES received this year came up on the Che
halls from the Nootsack. The berries are
as fine specimens as have ever been offered
in this market The yield OF cranberries
this yeari far short OF previous years.
The Tacoma HraH says: A company is
engaged in gold mining on a small scale,
about two miles from Centerville, in Lewis
county. They have run a tunnel into the
hillside about 80 feet, and have also sunk
several shafts on the face OF the hill, one of
them about 30 feet in depth.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

Advices from Washington say that
there is much gloom and dependency
among southern democrats there
They admit fully the depressing effect
VI recent elections on democratic pros
poets next year. They now see the
folly of the extra session, a. it has
made tens of thousands of votes
against their party. What they
ought to have foreseen they are now
compelled to acknowledge, namely,
that a solid south has produced n
solid north.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

And now comes the Territorial Uni
versity, the virtual High School of
Seattle, and asks for $4,000 a year
from the Territorial treasury, and to
become a ward and part and parcel of
the aforesaid treasury. There would
be the same justice in awarding the
same amount OF money to NancOu-
Yer public school, or Il Walla Walla
school, or a Skamokawa school, on
like conditions. 1t is simply selfish
scheme of Seattle to get the Territory
to pay the expenses of its big school,
and should be frowned down in the
name OF economy and justice A.
sure as the legislature yields to thi,
begging appeal year after year, so sure
will the Territorial University" be-
come our white elephant.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
Territory Of Washington, 6
County of Cowltz.
In Justice Court, ;. w. Real, Justice.

10 Charles Rogers:
You are hereby notified that II. c. Comegys
and Isaac Newton have filed Il Complaint
against you in said Court, which will come
on to hc heard at my Office in Kalama, Cow
litz County, ". T., on the I'D day of Novem-
ber, 1879, at the hour of one o'clock p. NJ, and
unless you appear and then and there an
swer, the same will be taken as confessed and
the demand of the Plaintiff granted. The
object and demand Of said complaint is to
recover the sum Of 1920, twenty two dollars
and twenty cents.
Complaint filed October 18th, 1879
5. W. BEAL,
"a Justice of the Peace.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

The Olympia Ntdnddrd in various
ways insinuates that the members Of
the legislature felt sold by their visit
to Vancouver attend the reception Of
ex-president Grant. If it is true they
have no one but themselves to blame,
for between what they did do and
what Cook didn't do nobody could
keep track of them orpay them much
attention.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

No further fighting is reported this
week from the Ute Indian country.
Capt. Payne's command was duly re-
heved by General MerrittS command,
which marched 10 miles in IS hours
On reachi ny the White river agency
all the men were found murdered,
but the women and children were
gone without trace beingleft of their
fate.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

Recently rains have wet the ground suffi .
GENTLY To be in good plo~ipg order, and
Farmers Of Willamette valley, as well as
those of Umpqua, are blowing, not by the
acre, but by the hundreds of acres Some
OF the land is being sown, and no doubt a
greater proportion than was ever sown before
IN the fall will he put in, as rust never in
jures fall sown grain.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

On Monday. while Geo Beatty, head
miller in kenney Bros Towering mill at
Salem. was working in the second story OF
the mill he was caught in rapidly revolv-
ing shaft and whirled three times over; his
clothes were entirely stripped from his body,
and he was scratched and bruised from head
to foot but escaped permanent injury.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
Notice To w hOna ii may concern.

Whereas my wife Ellen Sweeney has with
out cause left my bed and board and gone to
the State of Oregon | herewith give notice
that l will not be responsible for any debts
contracted by her.
Dated October Doth, 1879.
JOHN SWEENEY,
OF Clarke County, Washington Territory
23oct
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

In 1877 there was a great riot in
Pittsburg, Penn, and millions of dol
lars worth of property destroyed, dur
ing which the citizens of Pittsburg
who were not actively engaged in the
work of destruction looked on and
smiled because it was a railroad COM
pany's property that was going up.
The railroad company sued the county
for damages, and the supreme court
has just decided that the county must
pay all these losses, amounting to five
million dollars. The universal verdict
is, serves them right for encouraging
mob violence.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
VANCOUVER INDEPENDENT.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER %, 1879.

1t is announced that the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company
20. :. y. Coz, have purchased five
thousand tons of steel rails in Europe,
to be delivered at Portland within a
short time. 1t is supposed that these
rails will be laid on branch roads in
the upper country.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23


At Salem, Oregon, on Tuesday
Judge Harding called in the grand
Jury and read to them the governors
appointment of Thompson to prose-
cute the cases against the late state
officials, including the portion citing
Prosecuting Attorney Whitney's
refusal to act. He then appointed
George II. Burnett, prosecuting attor
ney, to investigate the charges, and if
necessary to prepare an Indictment
against Whitney for violation of his
oath of office. \ sensation was
created in judicial circles, and much
excitement among the Grover crowd,
as it is evident they are to be brought
up sharp for their reported stealings
and other misdeeds. With such pro-
ceedingS being instituted it is not to
be wondered at that Senator Grover
will not spend his vacations at home
in Oregon. His health is visibly
affected.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

TT Is THE RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY
l in commercial and financial circles, and
the best family journal on the Pacific coast.
II i, the only san Francisco newspaper
which publishes all the Supreme Court de
cisions.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

Inspector w. J. Pollock telegraphs
to the commissioner of Indian affairs
from Denver, Colorado, as follows:
1.-THE governor and leading citizens
here unanimously affirm that the
Indians must be removed from the
slate or exterminated by the state if
not by federal forces. Confidence,
they say, can never be restored, and
it is only a question of whether result
be attained at once or hy slow and
tedious warfare"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23

Last week we made bold to mention
the fact that the northwest was not
solid for Grant for third term, as EN-
senator Mitchell had declared, and as
if in proof our statement two days
afterward the Portland Oregonidn,
the most influential republican paper
on the Coast, comes out very forcibly
on the same subject, re-afiirming
every thing we claimed on that point.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
TIL Il " Il T. X l. y
y ULL Il TIN

Is a mammoth twolye-pagc journal, and in
proportion to its size is the cheapest in the
i. -.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-10-23
CloakS,
Cashmere,
AiraCas,

And Dress Goods in general, Waterproof
Wooden Goods, Double width Cloakiug, very
cheap, Canton Flanncl> Mus,in~, SAirtings,
also an unusual quantity Of Chiidren's and
Ladies cheap substantial Hose ana Gloves.
The usual variety OF Notions always kept
on hand, and sold at very small profit
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-09
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
PARADISE VALLEY MINING COMPANY.

PARADISE VALLEY MINING COMPANY.
Location Of principal place Of business, San
Francisco, California.
Location of works, Humboldt county, Nevada
Notice Is hereby given, that at meeting o.
the Board Of Directors, he'll IN the 18th dav OK
July, 1879 an assessment No. j Of Twenty five
(25) Cents per share, Vas levied upon the CAPT
tai stock Of the corporation, payable iInIne
diately, in United States gold coin, to the Sec
rotary, at the office Of the Company, Room -
Safe Deposit Binding, San Francisco, California
ANY stock upon which this assessment shah
remain unpaid on the EIGHTEENTH Q5th)
day OF AUGUST, 1879, viii be delinquent, and
advertised fcr sale at public auction, and unless
payment is made before, viii he sold on Monday
the Eighth (eth) day Of September, 1879, 70 pay
the deainquent assessment together with costs
Of advertising and expenses of sale. by order
OF the Board Of Directors.
WI. LETS OLIVER, Secretary.
OFFICE Montgomery street, Room - san
Francisco, California. iy1z
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-09

Ter an znyigOrafo- and Re-
SGor..tiyc. Dami;sEa Gitters
IN. Levy, Agent. Winnie.
Innccas jy-2c.2,n