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, 1880-11-27
The Tide of Immigration.

The total immigration to this country
durn. the last fiscal year was 457 ,S2G in
1853. This is most astonishing in
crease, and one without parallel in the
history of this or any other country. The
arrivals for the quarter ending June Both
alone were 242 ,641, which is a much larger
number than in any previous entire year
back to 1874. In 1874 the number was
81, ,339. In 1873, 227 ,49S in 1876, it
fell To 10000, and went On declining
until last year. when it rose to III ,826.
There has been but one larger immigrs
than that of 1880; that Was in 1928,
Just as the recent industrial troubles were
r,ady to begin, the number exceeding
1880 by 2,546. The arrivals for the
quarter ending September Goth last, we're
l54 ,S32 against GS, Col 1879 This is a
large falling off from the probably unpre-
cedenitd humber arriving in the previous
quarter, but is only 5000 less than in
the whole year l81S-9 The money
brought in by immigrants was formerly
estimated by the Castle Garden authori-
ties at S6S per head, and has been by
Others estimated as high as 800. If it be
assumed As $50 in order t. he very safe,
the immigrants If IS79-S0 should hare
brought nearly $4,000, ,00O-an amount
exceeding the gross regular imports of the
precious metals in 1883. and alsu exceed.
ing those of fanrteen other fiscal years
since 1859
, 1880-11-27
A Very Mysterious Case.

The man Mcdonald who appear d IN
Boise City with the team of the missing
man George Meyers has been arrested on
the charge of murder. Meyers has not
Yet turned up. The following from the
Boise Republican vii prove Interesting:
The case of Henry Net onaid, who
WIS arrested on a charge nf murder, was
up before Judge Curtis this week The
Judge found the evidence sufficient to
hold him to appear before the Grand Jury.
1t appeared III evidences that Geo. Meyers
the man supposed to be murdered was
last seen near Snake river. At Salmon
Falls, Mcdonald borrov ed horse to hunt
some mules. which ne CLAIMED to have
bought Of Meyers, and MAS gone two days.
Mr.. OConnor, postmaster at Salmon Falls,
testified to tie pust marks on letter re-
oeived by Marlatt, purpor;ins to come.
from Meyers, which letter had the evi
dence Of fraud, not being written in
Meyers handwriting but r.questing Mr.
SIarlatt TO deliver horse belonging to
Meyers IN Mcdonald. 1t was this letter
that he'd M@la,t TO suspect that Meyers
had been dealt foul with. This, together
with the singular disappearanoe "f Meyers
and the fact that the forged Letters we're
IN AeDonald's hand writing, and was
mailed some 13 or "A days since Meye-s
disappearance; the team being found in
McDvnald's possession and he being ur-
able II give any reasonable account of the
whereabouts OF Meyers, and claiming he
had purchased the teams from Meyers
constitutes the principal evidence on
which Mcdonald is held.
, 1880-11-27
No Base Metal in Baker County.

The truth Is that a trade arising from
mines. never once entered the head of
Mr., Willard or any of his associates, az
riculture being the basis Of all their ven
lures i'll this region. But the argentifer-
Gus galena Of Baker COUNTY is destined to
to become an important article of return
freight FOR this company. IL Costs about
si8 per ton to carry it thence To Swansea,
IN Wales, and pay for the reduction Of ore
In Nevada i. costs Sl4 to Sl8 per cord
for wood To hoist the ore from the ground
aud pump the shaft dry, while about
Sparta, in Baker county, wood viii not
cost over 81 per cord for the next twenty
years. Hence with anything ike an
equal richness OF base metal, the Baker
mines will be the better paying property.
-b,Ia,m Ea,Pjts,
Brother Empire if Mr.. Willard, or any
other railroad depends upon Baker cOun-
ty for argeatiferous Salena for freight
they viii be badly off There is not
mine of argentiferoUs galena in that coun-
ty, and none within 30 miles of it. The
only gulcna mine We know of over there
is in Idah" across Snake river on top of
the divide between the WeiSer and Snake
rivers 1t Is not argen;iferous gnicna
either, but auriferous, and bJ numerous
assays carries SIS gold to the ton with no
trace Of silver. Thers is enough # it
there to supply he world. but it is very
bad place for rail-, AL Ii You can tell
us # any galeua mine - Eastern Oregon
We viii be duly grateful. Bake county
is rich enough in gold and silver, but of
''basc metal they have none.
, 1880-11-27
Report OF the Grand Jury.

To tie Hon. S. C: Hmyrri, First Jut,cial
D!si.ici We, the grand jurors, beg leave
to submit the following report We have
examined nine witnesses on the part OF the
United States and found one Indictment; on
the part of the Territory l20 witnesses and
found 27 indictments We have diligently
inquired into all matters properly brought
before us and find from satisfactory evidence
that certain houses OH Main street, tO.wit
The house known aS the Harmony Hall, con.
ducted by Ci,arl-s Rose and wife, and the
house or place known as the Adelphi Thea
tire, conducted by n woman known as May
Summers, are of most damaging character
to the morals OF the youths of this city and
county, owing to the unusual conduc. car
RED on In each of said houses We would
most respectfully call the attention OF the
Hon. county commissioners and city council
to thus, that we see no way to correct this
evil but 70 revoke the license granted to each
OF these houses or any other of such damag-
ing character. We have also visited the
county Jail and find, as many grand juries
have heretofore reported, that the same is
totally unit for the purpose for which 1t Is
intended, and that the room IS Inadequate
for the maay prisoners therein confined, and
We respectfully recommend TO the Hon.
county commissioners that the cells and all
OF the first floor OF the new court house be
pushed to completion rapidly as possible,
II order to afford more comfortable, humane
and safe accommodations for the prisoners
The new court house, We are gra,ified to re-
port, viii lie an ornament TO our county, and
Ne express the hope that at the next term Of
the district conrt your Honor will preside In
more suitable and adequate quarters
We have also Inspected the city jail and
fluid i clean and well ventilated, but it is
not sufficient to fully answer the pilrpns-
We therefore are warranted f. recommend
that the city conner! provide larger quarters
for the confinement OF city prisoners to cor
respond with the increase of population of
the city We have examined the hooks IT
the various county officers and fiai them
well kept, and lind the books of tine county
auditor and treasurer "a agree less $40, which
the treasurer has received for license and the
receipt not yet havin been handed In 10 tie
auditor for entry.
The financial condition of the county is as
follows:
STATEMENT or THE COUNTY FINANCES IN THE
HANDS or TIE TIRE iSUREa
Johr. f. Boyer, TO. Treasurer) DR.. S44,Ol5.s7
Cr.. l., 1854
, 1880-11-27
Because.

Ii there is devoted and determined
organ OF the democracy anywhere, j: is
the Cincinnati Enquiftr. But the half
Column Of head lines OF its news columns,
the morning of the 5:h inst, shows that
It has not vt got down TO Barnum's S
scheme to throw out the electoral votes of
New York, or counting them for Hancock.
We give It's headlines, IN full, as fellows A:
BECAUSE Because We Had John
kelly-Because Kelly Led Ten THOUSAND
Traitors Because There Were Faction
Fights in New York-Bscause Of Sectar
isnism and Religious Frenzy Because
They Raised the Business and Taratf Scare
Because Barnum ..Bit of More'n He
Could Chaw Because of Republican
Colonization and Corruption - Because
Tildcn Was Cheated Out cf the Presiden-
cy Ill 1SI6-BecanSa the People Were
Afraid of ChaDge and the Solid SortIl-
Because We Didn't Have Free Ballot
and Fair Count-Because the Pope's 5
Toe With the Nail On Was Lugged Into
the Figh;-Bccaure There Were Too Many
Bosses Who Were Internal Foois-Be-
cause the Federal Machinery Was In the
Hands "f Desperate Men-Because land
THIS Is the Principal Re...nl All the
Good Things Belong to the Republicans
10y Divine Inheritance, Now, Henceflrth
and Forever.
, 1880-11-27
=a=aA==aza -
Give us q Rest.

After undergoing the protracted asonies
Of the recent campaign and getting not a
dollar Of profit or word~S thanks some
unregenerste son of a gun whom We wish
were entombed in granite mountain 40
fIthoms deep, and sealed with molten
lead, writes us letter and in advance
nominates n democratic candidate for
Washington Territory and a president for
the Nation. This almost amounts to a
breach of peace-to exciting breach of
the peace at least. We have just got up
from severe illness brought On as much
by the recent election as anything else
During that time we felt as ii We had
been living for three months in twenty
stamp quartz mill and the racket had left
our nerves in tension. To Commence
again is apalling. We have had enough
Of politics to last US 4 life time, and until
such traitors or fools As Barnum, Kelly,
Wade Hampton and few others are
uiiNCh ii'iti tiC bCHioSidtiC patty We nave
no wish to take any part in national poll
tics The attempt of the Democrats TO
attain their ambition remind us Of Sisyphus
and We always did pity that poor fellow.
The future will take care of itself and by
the time the next election comes around
We may think another change necessary,
but don't force the agony, please, Srth-
Gent for tie day is the evil thereof.
, 1880-11-27
Suggestion.

4 friend who reads the Unions pro-
gramIae to form new constitution sug-
gested to us tnat johnson must have been
induced by some railroad nan 10 urse
this matter in the hopes OF being able to
induce the making Il new constitution that
would exempt railroads from taxation.
We can hardly su:mse this, but if this be
the matter, the people Will be Very apt to
discover II IN time 10 prevent such JUS
tlce. We knox some railroad men once
were reported to have said that they
would nut invest d,llar in the State If
the people adopted the presen. cons,itu-
ton. This only enlarged the vote on the
constitution and 1t WIS adopted, and ye,
the railroad men have Invested their
morey liberally in view Of It's adootiun,
and the constitution gives them all The
protection and immunity that it gives to
any other class of property, and no more;
and why should it !-Tciicr.
Brother Leland has a pretty long head,
and we would not be surprised if coed
sized cnlored man appeared in the Legis-
latlvc fence at the next session.
, 1880-11-27
An Immense Debt.

Young people who are fond Of puzzl 5.
charades, cnigmas, and other similar men
tai excuses, VIII probably derive satisisc-
tion from roring over the statement Of
Charles p. Me,iutfcy. Of Chattanooga. ru
see if he is right in his calculation as to
the magnitude of the Federal debt at the
close of the civil war. He saws that Il
four men were To sit down To pay the in-
.tsrnst, and count a silver dollar second
and work every second of the year, they
could not keep down the interest on the
Original debt !: and II another should SIT
down at two years Of aye TO count the
principal at the same rate, he would he l07
years old by the time he counted the last
dollar, interest on the principal having
ceased from the FIRST moment The pile
of silver dollars, moreover, which he
would make in counting ,ha. principal
would be four feet square and fifteen
times rs high as Lpok1ut Mountain 1880
feet above Chattanooga; and if the silver
vere conveyed in continuous wagon
train, each WAGON carrying ton and each
wagon and team occupying thirty five
the train would stretch from ChatranU-,-s
IN Columbus
, 1880-11-27
whcai Martst.
g Surveyors General Convsl
They Favsr the Land Crab.

The Salt Lake Trib-ne Contains the
proceedings of the Surveyors general con-
vention recently assembled in that city.
We extract the following with reference
to leasing the public domain, which will
be of especial interest to our people.
"The following suggestion, submitted
by R H. Mason. Ct Montana, was tinani-
niotsly accepted as the sense Of the con-
vention. IL will Re Of especial interest to
the cattle men.
Submitted by Mason, of Montana. ".
Although the matter of the sale and dis
posal of public land has NOT heen present
cd ID this convention, yet as all matters
pertaining TO the public land laws are of
interest to the members thereof, they de-
sire to sabmit the following suggestion
for the consideration OF Congress:
"That pasturase and irrigable lands
should be leased in large bodies for term
of years, and at aproper rental per annum
to parties desiring to use the same for
grazing purposes; that said lease should
contain clause permitting all qualified
parties to make homestead and mineral
land entries and State land selections with.
in the limits of the land embraced in such
leases; and at the expiration Of siich leases
the parties holding the same shall have
the right to purchase all that portion Of
the land upon which no entry or State Sc
lection has been made a. a price tobe fixed
BY law"
, 1880-11-27

At convention of the Surveyors GEL
eral at Salt Lake City many n,stssrs Il
public interest were considered IN an;
other s,lu@s = po+:,on q thais proceed
ins. = rssiahea. 1t viii be seen that
Vie Surveyor General Of our sister Ter
ritory. Montana, introduced . rescac.s.ss..
in favor Of lsa.ins tn. r+5,ic domain
both ps-s-rssse AMI irrisable lands-in
,efse bodies, for term OF years, and the
convention unanimously adopted it Such
A recommendation from such aaHrce, is
likely to have great influence upon e''n;
aress,onal lsgi.latioa npoi this itiost i'm
portant question:
For this reason it is especially to b, re
cretted that the convention has seen pro-
per 70 favor policy which will VIXEN
known meet with such general cond:m-
natIon among the settlers who are englss-
ed in .,.e stock raising business bJfh in
Washington and adj lining territories
The Helena fr,',,yrl'rHs IS already 6ght
ing tbe plan With all its power, an it will
bs well for every newspaper Iubh. .hod in
the country t. combine for its d-f-st- 1t
is true that the resola,i5n permits quail
fed nsrii.-s [" make homestead and min
erai land cutTi-s duEi1; the period Of the
lease.
Bu. tiis pr VISION noults to on: st
,ie. IT,, ii"n,, -'.-sJ .st,v Is li.ni:.-': =.
lj3 acr,s, a..l lea, =. -.:.i.rs w..u.i cure
L. ANAL ;,ieiAs,.ves ii this provision,
Except a a!aek,a',i4 a ,hey would be lie
p.iyed If the privilege Of grazing ths'r
herds upon surrounding rEng.ss une uf
the greatest inductnienl. f,F im:.igratlOn
10 the territories IL unr unlimited ranges.
Tile resolution provides that a, the end
Of the term If wears the lrasees should
have the privil.dge Of purchasing their
lands a. price 10 bo fixed by law, which
Of course would be a mere nominal sum
All competition would he excluded.
But the entire programme is as imprae-
,icable as il is ruincas Suppose man
leased, say. one hundred Thousand acres.
OF what benefit would be his lease nness
he could protect it by an enclosure! Cs.-
tie, horses and sheep would wander into
his domain from surrounding ranges and
no law could be established to impose
penalties for snch trespassing, as long as
no enclosure existed Enclosure of such
vast bodies of land are imprac,icable. If
there WAS sufficient timber on our noun
tains for the purpose, stock raising wopld
cease to be profitable, when burdened
with such expenses as the construction of
enclosures and Keeping them in repair.
paying the government lease, and Terri
torial taxes upon improvements. Stock
raising has hitherto been profitable be-
cause our grazing lands have been public
In the natural order uf things, if the
country developes, the large herds must
60 to the frontier as settlers occupy the
land. General farming will take the place of
stock raising as speciality i'll the settled
portions of the Territory, and large herds
and fiocks viii be divided into smaller
ones. This has been the case in all new
countries, aud should he sn in ours if
events are permitted to take their natur-
al course.
, 1880-11-27

After fairtria .he man Thomas, charg-
ed with the minder Of Brrnfeld, has
been found guilty OF murder in the first
degree, and although sentence has not
yet been pronounced there i. no dosb.
hut that the black cap viii be brought in
TO requi.i,ioa and he lie sentenced to "be
hanged hy tie neck till he is dead. "
In all the ANNALS Of crime, there has
never, in this country a. least, heen 4
case 50 peculiarly atrocious The man
Brumiie.d vas literally ba,cherel in the
most cold blooded and determined ;nsu-
ner |, makes the fesh creep VIXEN We
rad of the trusting confidence 81 the man
whom the eonspirators had already in
their mind doomed TO death for the sake
of his money. There is even Vet some
mystery, aissng link to account fcs Z,
few circumstances. /, Is nntas to whether
he WAS murdered " Thomas, that j.
proven beyond persdyepiure, but il IS
whether the -suman who travelled wi.h
hun as hi. wife and wa. aftsrwsid. ,aas-
dered hy the same haaa 'h,-t kil,vl ae.
para,nogr wss or WAS r,.. = ceiHI-an...-r 20
CRIME. Tnis is the ~ ye. ,.s.lv-;.,- ''y-
Iery. II Is a. l:selg as not thA' lie inust.r
wa. planned between the g4.s;Ies h,cl Ia
Missouri and the old man wns the NIc-i.a
Of more extensive plot than any Ar
aware of and that some are even now at
liberty who were the instigators. This Is
but superstition ON our part, but II hears
Al air Of probability. Thomas was de
Tended by the best legal ta,ent of the Ter
ritory. His lawyers used every iseans in
their power TO prove his innocence but
the evidence, although circumstantial,
was 50 utterly dannening that it was eri-
dent from the first that it c0ald not be
overcome Thomas had better make
full confession, for an open confession is
good for the soul. Had he done this be-
fore the trial there would have been an
opportunity to shield his wife. Now it
looks, 10 say the least, gloomy IL her
case
, 1880-11-27
District Court Summons.

TEKRIToRr OF WAsHISGTos, IS
County of Walla Walla,
In the District Court of The Territory Of Fa,h-
iayton and for tie Eira Judicial Distinct
thereof, holding terms ut Waiia Waiia. Wasd
Waiya County, IN sad Territory.
y. ". ScHEIBEa, Plaintiff, vs.. HAKRIErr
ScHEIBER Defendant.
HyHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
To HARRIET ScHEIBEK, Defendant; You
are hereby required to appear IN An aet,n
brought against you by N W. SCHEIBEi,
Plaintiff, in the District Court of the Term
tory Of Washington and for the First Judicial
District thereof, holling terms at Walls Walla,
Nalla Walla county, in said territory, TO an
swer the complaint of Plaintiff. filed in Walla
Walla county within twenty days after ttn
service of this SUMMONS, exclusive o! the day
of service. if served in said county. II not
served in said county but in said District IN
thirty davs If served in any other Judicial
District in the territory. in forty days. II
served by publication within sixty days after
the date Of this summons, or the said Plaintiff
will take Judgement against you by default,
according to the prayer os the complaint
Said acton is brought by the Plaintiff to
obtain divorce from the Defendant on the
grounds of abandonment of said Plaintiff by
the Defendant tor more than one Year.
Witness the Hon s. &. WIScAgD.
Associate Justice IF the Supreme
SMMws Court of Washington Territory,
SOS and Ju.ls,e of sail Court, and the
:: Seal thereof affixed, this llth
day of November, 4. d., 1880.
A. REEVES AYRES,
sc. HARPER, Clerk.
g Plaintiffs Attorney. 4S6w'
, 1880-11-27
A Natural Railroad Pass.


CESrrsvnIs, Umatiila Co, ogu, Nov fs
EDIrog STArEsnay As there is rumor
afoat that the o. r & y. Company con-
template sending ont sarpey in this
county u make :. final location for the
line of railroad running from the Colum.
bia river into the Grande Ro..ds vA..ey,
and as previous surveys have not hitherto
been succeAs:aiia Aoding good route, l
des;re ,e state in your columns, as the
MEDIUM mnst likely 10 catch the eye Il
the magnates If that eoreorss'--, lie fac.
that there is god ha.url Rad to oe
fonnd -sa ,ae Cold Spring Canyon. This
ruste rims ss follows: Cammenc. n: a,
the mouth OF TIE CANYON few niles above
Umatilla Landing, then running up sad
canyoa distance of twsnt: one (g1l miles
tn tho Hamblcti, place on the North Fork
of Cold Spring, where there Is a low cut
leading into the Greaswooa Prair'e: thence
down Cir, asw1od To the Hrie place where
another low Gu; -r.ivs 1t with Holman
: Guich. or S1ad Ho'loE, rs 1t is P1Pnlarly
!Ss,'-~., sr,.m the Holman Gulch down to
Spring Hollow on Wild Horse Greek
there IS the hest kind Of natural r.al ali
the wav.
II the rUn.s .,allire.i .h5ge should be
.urvei ~ and 'hn Fali stak.s located there
- ,4,.t a.stst. Tpt..-...., fla b-avt ~ Tho
, 1880-11-27

\ few months ago a Democratic paper
the Fra LaAos-was established IN Ne
vada City, and has just suspended pubh-
cation for lack Of patronage Speaking of
this, the Nevada Cit, Transcript remarks:
Its experience with the local Dem, .cracy
does not appear 10 an outsider 70 have
been very satisfactory. That party was
willing the Free Lance should battle in
It's behaf-and right mAnfully il did too
but evidently deemed that the owners
of the paper should foot their own e1-
penses while engaged in the warfare. OF
course, no man apprec;a;es more fully than
Thorough journalist the satisfaction Of
defending the principles of the party un-
der whose hammer he uarches; but a
knowledge q. his own loyai,y won't feed
himself Cr his babies
, 1880-11-27
Country Order Department.

When first organized this department diff
hcues had contend with The people couldn't believe
How could h? We They wanted confidence house
where they could that they would the
there select for themselves
small orders from distant the but such
volume of orders that unmik the public convinced that
orders all
Jealous attention and ra We send full line of samples
charge only simply hen
prices marked If they don't you
ordering goods they exactly reported
We refund the money.
, 1880-11-27
ONE PRICE ONLY

ANY person bc told ONE PRICE, and
having goods marked plain figures the only safeguard that
chaser against overhad No lady need ask
there no every the the price marked
figures there possible anihce under circumstances what
w shall induce the by the smallest fraction
City lady country lady, all the same-onehd em-One Price
people consider these added the fact that Stock
being almost daily by fresh novelties from New York and San
who have already have
speak strangers coming Waa waa would that take
special showing goods all and any
person purchase but leave everything their judgment find
establishment waa wal the cheapest and reliable trade
, 1880-11-27

SOMETHING LIKE RAILRoAD.-Ths Isil-
road between Vera Cruz and the City Of Mex
ico is said to be marvel Of engineering L,
aseends 700 feet, 400 in twenty-five miles.
J. passes from hot to temperate. and from
';l- latter TO ;he cold cean.ry. l, spans ra-
r.Ies, scales Prec,fices and piunsrs into the
i''xels of muuntains below, and then mp in,a
s'e clouds agsia- To construc. this line
TX shirty-six years, f'-rty pr--ii-nts and
- SDeror.
, 1880-11-27
NOTICE 1sA.

L. s. LAND OFFICE,
Walla Walla W. T., Nov. 96, 1880. {
4 SWORN STATEMENT HAS BEEN
n filed in this Office and application made
by John 4. Hanson, under the Act Of Con-
gress approved June Sd, 1873. entitled 4" Ar
act for the sale Of Timber Lands in the State
of California, Oregon, Nevada and in Wash
ington Territory. to purchase NWt Ne and
NEt SE4, SectioI "a, Township No Z, North
of Range No IS East Application will be
heard February 10th, 1880.
a. Z. II. MORRISON, Register
, 1880-11-27
Hanged Himsei--

UalTON, ". / Nov. .
kpiToE Statesman A mar - the ne
OF James Atchinson, living Eve miles bz ov
here on the ToGchst, hanged himself his
a'ter2"cn. E,s boa IN the i.naIic ss,i..-r
inf the iaSt .ar=e YEATS. Was sea- home
so-.'e iHo m.sll.-s go saepc-eJ to &c suiir,iy
restored. The cause Of his sr;c;de ara
thought to be family troubles.