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The Salem Register says Senator Phle-
gar says If the Allen amendment is car
ried out an Increase of taxation will re-
suit. Why, of course.
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The celebrated "Staunton House" at
Chattanooga was sold last Friday for
$4,000.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-15

Danville Va. had another fire last
Saturday, and the result was heavy to-
bacco losses, with partial insurance.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-04-15

The Furniture factory or VIM. Cas-
well & Co. at Knoxville, was destroyed
by an incendiary fire last Thursday
morning. Loss $4,000. Insurance for
$4,000.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

of This Country Over the
Eastern states.

To illustrate the advantages of this
country over that of the Eastern States,
we copy the the following from re-
port made 10y the Agricultural De
partment:
The facilities which exist in Oregon
for raising stock have been mentioned
heretofore in connection with the soil
and climate. But in order to illus
trate these facilities more clearly, ref
ercnce is had to the statistics of the
Government contained in the census
reports, and II comparison drawn be
tween the cost of raising stock in Or
egon, on the north west coast, and in
Maine, on the northeast coast of the
United States, both States being stu
ated in about the same latitude Maine
a few years ago produced 975, ZIG tons
of hay, feeding 800, As head OF stock,
embracing horses, cattle and sheep.
Oregon, the same year, produced 26,
AL tons of hay, feeding 267 ,025 head
OF stock. The average consumption of
hay for each animal in Maine was
2,l97 pounds, against l97 pounds con
sumed in Oregon. Estimating the hay
to be worth S6 per ton, the cost of
wintering an animal in Maine was
$3.50; i'll Oregon 80 cents, difference
OF SO per head. The animals in Maine
were worth SD, ,437, ,533, or Sl7.34
each. The stock in Oregon was worth
S6,272, ,S92, or S2349 each, differ
ence of So. ID per head; to which add
the difference of S6 for feed, and the
result is Sl2l5 net value in favor of
each head of stock owned III Oregon
that year, over and above the net value
of each head owned in Maine
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

We often read of the sagacity of
dumb animals, especially of the dog,
how he will drive cattle home, or out
of the door yard, or drive uuarreling
cats out of the neighborhood. We
have heard of a remarkable dog who
would look knowingly when told not
to touch piece of meat, and when
his masters back was turned would
devour it without any compunction
of conscience apparently. But the
story we are about to tell is without
parallel in history. "A dog was locked
in room while the folks were away,
and i'll an unaccountable way quilt
on the bed took fire. The intelligent
brute seemed to realize the condition
of affairs and quickly seized the quilt
with his teeth and ran out doors with
It, Strange as it may seem the dog
brought II small pail of water that
was near, in his teeth, and overturned
it on the burning quilt, thereby ex-
tingushing the flames. After finish
ing this, he wiped his hind feet Wig
orously, growled two or three times,
looked up the road and went back
into the house. We don't believe
this.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

Mr. Redding is quite enthusiastic
on the subject of raising fish for food.
He says every farmer who has a wind
mill on his place can, with little ex-
pensc, arrange to raise all the fish
needed for family and have plenty
to spare. Mr.. Davis, who resides at
Brighton, near Sacramento, has res
ervolr containing 100000 perch, carp
and catfish. Some years ago, he dug
out reservoir of about half an acre,
and when his windmills were not at
work irrigating, the water was diverted
into the fish pond. The depth of
water on the average is three feet.
He stocked the reservoir with fish,
and now has an abundant supply of
for his own use and some for the
market. Mr.. Redding says other
farmers can do the same thing and
save large expense for meat.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

QUEEN OF THE OCEAN.-The steam
ship Oregon is the "Rarus" of the
deep, having on her last trip to San
Francisco made the best time on re-
cord, and won the flag of champion
ship. She made the run to Astoria
in five hours, and thirty-6ve minutes:
from Astoria dock to the open sea in
three hours, and from the bar to her
dock in San Francisco, thirty seven
hours; total from her wharf in Port
land to her dock in San Francisco,
forty-fve hours and thirty-6ve min
utes, unparalleled in the history of
navigation on this coast, being an
average of nearly fifteen miles per
hour.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

Acorrespondent writing from Wood
Mountains in the Northwest Terri
tory, gives an account of the situa-
ton of affairs among the former wards
of our nation, who now consider them
selves subjects of Queen Victoria.
Good effect has followed the mes
sage of the governor general notify
ing Sitting Bulls Indians that in event
of their committing any depredations
ON American soil, they would be
promptly arrested and handed over
to the United States authorities, and
if guilty of attempt at war with the
United States they would be consid-
cred as enemies of the dominion and
treated accordingly. With recipro-
cal good will of this kind between
the two governments the chances of
an Indian war are infinitely lessened.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05
Newspaper Decisions.

l. Any person who takes a paper regularly
from the post-olice, whether directed in his
name or anothers, or whether he has sub
scribed or not--is responsible for payment.
T. If Il person orders his paper discontinued,
he must pay all arrears or the publisher may
continue to send it until payment is made, and
then collect the whole amount, whether the
paper is taken from the Office or not.
3. The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers and periodicals from the post
office, or removing and leaving them uncalled
for, is prma facia evidence OF intentional
fraud.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

1t is said that the extensive ship
owners of California are talking of
having their vessels registered in Wash
ington Territory and paying the taxes
on them there, thus avoiding the oncr-
Gus taxation which ensues upon adop-
tion of the new constitution Of that
State.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

The San Francisco Bulletin saws there
are over two hundred miles of the San
joaquin valley which are as dry as a
dust heap; only here and. there a
green spot may he seen where irrigat-
ing bitches have been carried. 1t is
urged by the Bulletin that il one-third
of the valley were planted in trees, the
other two thirds would soon produce
grain crops every year
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

Winter wheat on the Sound looks
wslL and is from twelve to fifteen
inches high on the upland ground
we'll covered. Spring will be late in a
good many localities, although hope
for late fall crop. Land designed
for spring grain has been too wet in
many places for sowing.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

Russian grain crops are said to be
suffering from the ravages of small
insect which propagates very rapidly.
1t is the same insect for which, two
years ago, reward of ten kopecks
was offered for every quart collected,
and ten million roubles paid out in
accordance with this offer. One third
of the entire wheat crop of Southern
Russia is now threatened. Very lit
tie is yet known of the habits or GUS
toms of the insect.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

RESERVATION TRoUBIEs.-There
is quite degree of i'll feeling exist
ing in and around Pendleton, against
the Indians on the Umatila rcserva-
ton. The i'll feeling is founded upon
the course these Indians pursued last
summer, during the Bannock raid.
The Pendleton people believe that
the Reservation Indians aided and
abetted the Bannoclls. That belief
appears to be warranted by the facts.
Some of the reservation Indians were
hanged for completely in the murder
of Coggan and others, after fair trial.
Since then number of reservation
Indians have silently gone hunting
in the hereafter. Lieut.. Farrow, 2lst
infantry, acting under orders, caused
the arrest of parties for killing In
dads. The Grand Jury before whom
the charge was made failed to find
true bills against the accused, and
they were released. Lieut.. Farrow
says he has received anonymous let
ters threatening his life if he persisted
in trying to punish the Indian killers.
Brig. Gen. Jas. IL. Turner, of the
Oregon Militia, over his signature,
SAYS ''nor was Lieut.. Farrow ever
threatened with being shot" We
believe Lieut.. Farrow. We know
enough about frontier life to feel war
ranted in saying that it would be
easier to drive acoach and four horses
across the Pacific Ocean than to
convict white man before a jury OF
froptiersmen OF the crime of murder
because he had killed an Indian. The
situation of affairs at the Umatilla
Reservation has formed the topic of a
spicy correspondence between Gen.
Howard and Gov. Thaycr, and that
is IVaila IVdla Union
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

When Gen. Howard writes letter
and gives the Indians HI, all our ex-
changes exclaim with one Accord
"Bully for Howard Good man. but
if he sits down and breaks the bread
or smokes the pipe of peace with them,
'then he catches HI all the way from
White Bird canyon clear on to Sarah
Winnemucca. WdHa Wal2a WafchDaan.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05

The hulls Of the steamers John l..
Stephens and Orihamme, lately owned
by the Oregon Steamship Co, and long
known on this coast, were burned at
Kershaw's last week, the persons pur-
chasing them taking this method as
the easiest one OF getting at the metal
used in their construction.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
Her Terrible Revenge.

The little town Of Beaver, which is
one Of the suburbs of Pittsburg, is in
a terrible state Of excitement. One
of the p%rettiest, wealthiest, best
known and really accomplished young
ladies' of the town left her fathers
house and deliberately married a
negro, who is as ugly and ignorant as
he is black. For some time past Miss
Annie Mason has given her parents a
great deal of trouble by her reckless,
hayward conduct, but, being an only
daughter, she was spoiled by indul-
gence. Her father is United States
storekeeper in Indiana county, Pa,
but lives in Beaver, and is wealthy.
Her uncle is ex-Chief Justice Daniel
Agnew, of the Supreme Court,
and the family is really M
Of the best in that part of the State.
Mrs, George Jones, nee Miss Annie
Mason, is twenty years old, is elegant
ly formed, and is a brunette with
large eyes and exceedingly pretty face.
She had a quarrel with her parents on
Wednesday night, and early Thursday
morning she left her home and met
George Jones, a coarse, ~illiterate,
negro coal digger, by an appointment
which she had made by some unknown
means during the night. At FIVE
O'Clock in the morning, Jones and
another negro, accompanied by Miss
Mason, went TO Rochester, which is
about a mile from Beaver, and hurried
to the house of a cOlored clergyman
who married Jones to Miss Mason,
in the presence Of a couple Of
white men, who were called in to
act as witnesses. The couple
then took the next train back to
Beaver, where Jones hired a room
in a small house which has only
three rooms in it. two of which are
already occupied by negro families.
This reckless girl sent home for her
trunk, piano, and some of the orna-
ments from her room, and this was the
first intimation her mother had of the
marriage. Her mother tried to per-
suaGe her daughter to return to he
home, but she refused. Her father
is not at home, and knows nothing as
yet Of the affair. 1t is not known
how Miss Mason became acquainted
with Jones, or where she met him.
Threats are openly made by the young
men of Beaver of tarring and feather
ing Jones, and driving him out of the
town, but up to the present time moth
ing has been done, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones are living in their foul-aired,
tiny room, while the hayward girls
mother is lying at her elegant home
crazy with brain fever brought on by
Armies conduct.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
A Horrible Tragedy in Anne
Arundel COunIY. MARYLAND.

BALTIMORE, May 2.-The particu.
lars of one of the most startling TRACE
dies that ever occurred in Maryland
were received here this evening. JOHN
Stinchcomb, sixty-four years old. a
well-to do farmer, residing about three
miles from Severn Station, in Anne
Arundel county, shot and killed his
brother Louis, aged fifty, on Wednes
day last, and subsequently committed
suicide.
The men had been quarrelinp for
some time over a farm Of l08 acres, to
which they were Joint heirs and John
repeatedly accused the other of a
desire to defraud him Of his right.
On Wednesday, hearing that Louis.
who was the trustee of the property.
had employed a lawyer to sell the
farm, John armed himself with a
large Enfield rife and proceeded to
the place where his brother was work
ing, in Dyson's charcoal pit, about
two miles from their home. What
followed can only be inferred from the
marks on the surrounding ground and
shrubbery.
John is thought to have rested his
gun on a small scrub, aud taking de.
liberate aim at his brother, whose
back was toward him, to have fired.
killing him instantly.
He returned home, and, without
entering the house, called loudly q
his sisters, who ran out to the lawn.
Stlnchcomb who was greatly excited
informed them that he had shot hi,
brother Louis. The terrified ladie,
asked him if he was dead, when he
replied:
"Iexpect he is, and Ill be gone
too, soon"
The ladies started to run to a neigh.
boris TO send assistance TO Louis. wher
JohU called after them Good. byep
Before they had gone far they wer,
startled by the report of a gun. and
Immediately recalling the words and
actions o theif brother, they ran has.
tily back to the house. The unfortu.
nate ladies' were Mortified TO find theil
brother lying dead on the grass in 1
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

pool of blood, which was flowing from
a large wound in his right side. After
they had left him the fratricide aud
suicide had taken eff his right shoe
and stocking. and placing the butt OF
the gun on the ground, with the muz-
zle against his side, pulled the trigger
with his toes.
News Of the terrible tragedy spread
quickly over the country, and a large
crowd soon began to congregate in the
vicinity. Justice Hartman held an
inquest on each Of the bodies. and
verdicts in accordance with the facts
we're rendered. The men were buried
to-day, side by side, under o large tree,
within a few hundred yards of the
spot where John shot himself. The
funeral services were conducted by the
Rev. Ryder Savage, of this city, in the
presence Of a crowd, of several hun
bred neighbors. The three sisters of
the deceased are completely Frustrated
with grief and serious fears for the
life o. the elder one are entertained.
Both men were unmarried, and hav-
ing resided in the country since child
hood, were widely known and greatly
respected.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
fFrom Yesterdays Second Edition.l
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate Amendments to the Ap-
preparation Bill COnCurrsd
in by the House.
The Senate on the Contagious Dis
eases Bill.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-HousE.-
Mr.. Atkins from the committee on APP
preparations reported back to the sen
ate the amendments to the legislative
appropriation bill, and stated that he
was instructed to move concurrence
in all of them. 1t was hardly neces-
sary, he said, to give a reason for
that instruction. There were some Of
the amendments in which the com
mittee would not, under other circum-
stances, concur, for instance increase
of salaries Of senate officials from
twenty to one hundred per cent. more
than the salaries Of some of the cor
responding employees Of the house.
This increase amounted to ever $45,-
900. He stated, in reply to Mr.. Con-
ger, that the senate made no amend
ments in the political features of the
bill. The amendments were concurred
in. The speaker called on the COM
mittee for reports of a private nature.
At the expiration of the morning
hour the house resumed consideration
of the Warner silver bill.
SENATE-The senate took up the
bill making subsidiary coins ex-
changeable for the lawful money of
the United States, and to make
such coins a legal tender in sums
to $40. The committee amend
ment to substitute ten for twenty was
discussed. The bill was supported by
Messrs. Bayard, Booth, Ferry and
and opposed by Messrs. Ed
munds and Thurman. The morning
hour having expired the bill went
over without action, and the senate
took up the contagious disease bill.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24

other side Of the river has the
advantage, being easier to build
over. But the only way to continue
a road beyond the opening of
the gorge should be to bridge the
Arkansas and run over The track of
the Santa Fe. This is the only
escape. In cutting the road-bed in
the gorge the workmen would be high
up ON the mountain wall and blast
down to the level of the road. In
this way masses of rock a hundred
yards wide have been split from the
mountain. In that narrow crevice it
was difficult to dispose of this mate
rial. Some was used for the road bed,
and the rest of necessity was thrown
into the Arkansas. This made the
already too much shut in stream still
more contracted. Fears are now en-
tertained that the vicious crick
will raise cain in case Of a food.
The greatest care has been taken to
prevent this, and the subject is still
one of study to the contractors and
engineers. The bed of the road is
some twelve feet above the river, per
haps more.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
KILLING IN LINCOLN COUNTY.
Just Penalty-A House Burner Shot
in the Act.
Marrow Escape Of Two Men who Went
to Sleep on Watch.


Little Rock Gazette, 22d
A good deal was said yesterday on
the streets in regard to the killing of q
colored man in Lincoln county, last
Monday two weeks ago, aud the facts
were being greatly distorted. We are
fortunately in possession Of the true
story, vOuched for by some of the best
men in the county.
About the last of March and the
first of April three fires, not far apart
in times and places, occurred in Lin
coin county-each fire occurring on
Sunday night, and evidently the work
Of incendiaries. DR.. Duckler's store.
al Warmers station, was burned, then
Mr.. Samples store at Douglas Land
ing. These fires naturally occasioned
a great deal Of uneasiness. A colored
man living back of Smith plantation
was strongly suspected of setting fire
to Smith Clubhouse.
1t was ascertained through a col
Ored man who worked up the affair
that Parks, the suspected party, was
the guilty mar as far as the burning OF
the Clubhouse war concerned. But
the information thus obtained not
being deemed sufficient, a trap was
laid to obtain further proof. Parks
was known to be both a card player
and a drinking man, and while en-
gagged in PLAYING and drinking with
some Of his friends at Auburn, just
above Douglas landing, he was over
heard by a party conveniently placed,
not only to confess the burning Of
Georges Smiths Clubhouse, but to
further state that he intended, the
first time Smith left home, to burn his
stables.
Soon after, Smith gave it out that
he was going to Pine Bluff, and ac-
cOrdingly left. That night the deputy
sheriff with a posse of men watched
Smiths stables but no one came.
The watch was resumed the next
night, when sure enough Parks put in
an appearance on the scene. When
he came into the stable-lot he was
hailed and halted, and breaking out
of the lot and running, he was fired
upon and killed. In his pockets we're
found a bottle of coal oil and a bunch
of matches.
An incident occurred, this second
night Of the watch, that might be
worth relating. Two of the men who
had set up the night before, were sent
early in the evening to the stables, and
being sleepy and tired. they laid them
selves down in the hay and went to
sleep. When the balance Of the guard
came it was a long while before they
could find the sleepers. 1t was but a
few minutes after they found them
before Parks came. Had Parks ar
rived a little sooner than he did he
would inevitably have burnt up the
two men.
The general feeling Just after the
killing was Que not only of relief, but
of satisfaction. The killing was
deemed proper and fortunate by all
good citizens, black and white,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-24
LATEST BY CABLE.
The London Times Of To-Day on
the California Constitution.

LONDON, May 3.-The Times in an
editorial article says The adoption
Of the California constitution is a sur
prise to the world. 1t is the most
astounding instrument ever framed
for the government of a community.
If all the nations reformers who put
forth their panaceas for a regeneration
of the human race during the Paris
commune were embodied in a single
document they would not appear
wilder, more absurd, more menacing
than many of the provisions of the
constitution which now regulates the
existence of dwellers in California.
Everybody is to be punished and re-
stricted in some way. Those persons
only are excepted who have nothing
to lose. The constitution, al a whole,
is such an extraordinary instrument
that the people Of California might
we'll be stupi6ed when they learned
that Kesrney had carried his point,
We do not fancy that his exultation
will last long. The mischief which
has been wrought may produce a reac-
ton, and an effort may be made to
revise a constitution which must pro-
duce widespread ruin Isl