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SPARKS rRon THE WIRES.

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The Whitaker case was rsAuH'eu ''
rep- o'n
The smallpox Is. INCREASING 'SP'u'S N'
New York
Indications point To large srA'n 'i'p
IN California this year.
The Powers have agreed On . policy ior
compromise between Turkey and "feece'
The price If a seat in the New York
Stock Exchange has been advanced to
$50, 900.
The President viii transmit q message
to Congress in regard to the relief of the
Jed,upfte.
John Cornell. an old settler and trapper
ON Lewis river, was recently found dead
in his cabin
AbiIIxas introduced in the n ] .asseMb-
~ proyidins tia. telegraph wireA must be
laid underground.
Prr,,,rson the nigh, of the asth secured
slaO by slowing open the safe IN . roll
inp mill near the CITY.
Tha p,nt;.,. :, Rr,ol,vn intend build
;,a = .hmr,.h wb;cb vii, rival Spurpeon's
s.,no,s ,,b.ru,c,. in Lopdon
D,ri,c the recent Gale on PUGET Sound.
.h.. scbonner S,r,ufu,s;;s. dragged her
an,.bo~ al u,s washed ashore.
| n-:. - A., IT,. ., aoo su,,o.,d
Fsn;sns nr,rautions have been taken
aaa;mst n,pnlar disturbance, at Belfast.
m, -, -. ..,.,,r .,.s. q,
mere .'Is peen ,'I !" - .o,ntr Ia.
~ IT, .am,,ry !. ou.r.n,iped
~, -. y. cL;.,.,, ,,-s., ch,,,
me e'ec'i1h ~, VI ,,' ',o IS ill., "a \
resulted III Tue e.o1''i 800 ~ - I,rr.
ouin'ah' CITY 'u'''' VI ''o '1''''
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COnhling Is opposed u tiio 0oii1inia
, 1881-02-19

We honestly sndorse the Orsgun In
uyuvement company IN it, work Of develop
iny the resumees II our eosntsy, ansl
with its sub.antial t.oaing, elective naa-
a,emen. and assured future bid II hearty
welcome. But there is one thing 1t to
which our people with one aocOrd object
and that is the name Oregon tackled ON to
il Why call it the Oregon Improvement
Company As We are informed. watch
Ing passing events, this 0JryUn Improve
ment Company own. and CONTROLS some
100 thousand acres OF most e1ceiient iand
in Washington territory; the Seattle and
Wslla walla railroad, the great Newcastle
coal mine and other great enterprises no"
well under way, are all in Washington
territory. OF the value Of these wc are
vel. assured. II IS contemplated 10 eni-
plov a line of GOLFERS ci most approved
pattern from Seattle, W. T., to San
Francisco and Portland. which Will soon
furnish us in Eastern Washington With .
ti,ho of the great wealth Of the tide water
front of our rapidly growing territory.
A rose by any other name would smell
as sweet. but in this case with all due re-
spec, for the large financial and executive
ability of the men at the head OF the
Oregon improvement Company there Is
much in name Ever siucs our territory
has been formed Oregon has stolen our
thunder: every sack of wheat, aefu .,
cattle, bale Of hops, bars OF gold anu
silver that have gone ria Portland from
our own and Idaho territory have been
credited 10 oregon like the tentacles "i
a devil fish Oregon endeavon to grasp
everything within its reach, and thcir
papers credit us with nothing. Destined
Is we are in a very fsv years TO outshine
Oregon in wealth and population It II
hardly fair Of the company to advertise
the state at the expense Of the territory
As the name implies It will be naturally III
ferred that the interests OF the company
are confined to Oregon, whereas the exact
opposIte Is the case, and therefore As al
act Of justice to tho territory they arc
doing So much to develop the suggestion
il made that thcy change the name from
Oregon to The Northwestern Improve
ment Company
, 1881-02-19
Not Another County Like It.

Potter County Pennsylvania, Is without
railroads. populsus t''Tns, nIanufactories
or extended industries "r enterprises. No
licenses 10 sell liquor there have been
granted since 1872; fourteen on. 81 ;wcn-
ty-s;x townships levied no poor tax what
ever for the year 1872 The.jail is5c"'pty
the greater part Of ths time The cost Of
barring prisoners for 1872, VAS a-36,
and the commonwealth court clsts Tor tie
sara.. wear were S4is.S7. In 1851. with
les. than half the Population, they pad
Sf;G5. 43 in comm. nwealth costs The
ccunv mad three Jury courts last year:
all aiiourne,l befure The close u rhs first
week. The Grand jury tnr the past year
cost the county 500. AZ. the. same price
per DAY the graad Jury II 1851 cost
1904 ~ s',awine thar with aiyre than
douhl- the Population, the cE'm;n J ex-
,,an<es a. less
, 1881-02-19

The Hon. Frank Clark, of New Taco
ma, called upon US, says the Seattle Intel
ligeacer. He is exceedingly hopeful Of
the terminus, and is as full Of prophssy
a. nut is of meat He says the work
of construction will begin on the Cascade
branch within forty days that before the
first of August, Tacoma, and New Tacoma.
now one mile apart, will be connected by
an unbroken sidewalk that within two
years the places vii. be one continuous
town that within five wears Tacoma Will
be biggest town In the territory; and that
within ten years ii will contain more IN
habitants than all the towns Of WsAhinq-
ton territory, combined There is faith
for you
, 1881-02-19

Baltim ,re has one citizen who is likely
20 demonstrate the truth of the proyerb,
Honesty is the best policy" Although
he paid but fifty cents on the dollar when
he failed for so, 900 in 1879, he astonisA'
ed each Of his creditor with New Years
present Of the remaing half Of his CLAIM,
with interest at six per eenf. Such ~
tesri.y Is sure Of immediate reward, per
hsps in part because Of IL extreme rssIfy
ard the business of this Baltim0rean Will
doubtless increase % fast that it Will NOT
take many days for the bread be ca:
upon the waters to return to hn hano
again
, 1881-02-19
Ho. Simpson. =.

The Tacoma L,Iyer says: The mail
service between Portland and Eastern
Wssair st"a : of II, worst possible char
acter, and Is very little better than none.
Fog many weeks II a tima, subscribers 10
the Le}g,s in Ainsgurth fail to receive
their papers. and H. some instances only
tw" or thre@ copies 81 the paper were re-
cciyed IN six months These facts le..i
to the o'nclgsicn that the l.apers are ex-
trsciei on the rSnte Therefore the pub
iisheTs nj tie L.ig,s hereby. O. Her :. r.
ward OF 50 for information t!:ss wIli
lead 10 the arcs; and conviction q any
person detecred III ahs,r2etine the paper
from shr mai Hereafter. and until
further Notice, Ainsworth subscribers 20
the LS.tgss viii obtain their papers AZ the
Office Of Wells, Farao / Co. .
, 1881-02-19

Alr. Slater. the Oregon Senator. isss in
yredneei a bin providing thar section
If the r R',iSej S,atu;,s shall not be 50
cons;raed as 70 prevent any num,er OF
citizens Of Washin.t.n Territory. from
Incorporating for the purpose of conduct-
IN, general banking busir IS. and de-
daring legal ali Interpretations h,re,cfore
formed uader the laEs ni SAID Territory.
, 1881-02-19
Feshet Glean;nSs.
1ee dsa,er- are ila.spy. = !. over spAi North


lee dsa'crs are iIasPy over soht North
Motto far grocers H1ncst tea : The best
policy tt"
\ boy IN the coahtiy tumbiei n,t1 Vat
~ "a L,.z,rv. ard the local e'lit5r eX-
,.ls,s,,- -'Ears :ae u.ittsr:f
.-yybrVe ars Joa gang 80 tat Mr.. yoaa-
.,n,~ .Hornt, sir, hlme: d'a'- j"tErN me.
J..e ju=t ., rev b.H'..t r. air We,
a,si muSt ,..ii.er IT !--."rs 'he ia~iaon
changes.
\ vhuna ltayer wished { c-Je an "A hog
i;xso.. a case he 'St>S'-.r- -, .u'f'' rDs-n :
al. - ,smsmiler II, A. o..-'Heni @II'Ils
,.,a.sk.-l. Though last :. SO, to-'l. no-y
dear
70. ,,,-.aH u .:ab Jzh -: t-'l=,;a,
L tii>y =rj IL, n tae s',-;.,:
l-t Pr -s--,l bvu ivckes,-
!. :Nao ,h6dtrd '-ols, cracAy .
And carrisd him home Oh shutsa-
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A. O. q. w.

On February 81, the Grand Lodge OF
o; California, 4 .. L. ", were euter-
tained by their brethern Of San francis
co. The cal mas this To say Of the affair
=. Right royalty were the members OF the
Grand Lodge Of California, a q. I. w,
entertained by their brethren II San
Francisco, at Mechanics Pavilion, last
evening. OF all the great gatherings
which have ever been called together re-
,en,ly in that mammoth building, last
evenings vas beyond any cavil the great
est. Every seat ON the main floor and on
the galleries was occupied, and the aisies
hack Of the tiers were inipassai'le. Even
the arena was encroached upon. and seat
ipa accommodations for over thousand
around the grand Grand Stand These
seats we're occupied by the most prorni-
nant members OF the organization and
their LADY, friends. The officers OF the
GrsnI Lodge were stationed on the grind
stand, which was at the lett centre OF the
hall. The programme for the evening 5
endowment was divided into two parts
the first literary, and the second, dane
ing
In response to an eloquent address, the
Grand Master told hos the order origi
mated:
Twelve wears ago this Order began It's
existence in Meadyille, Pa, where adoz-
en- poor mechanics m.t together one ev-
enina and consulted over some meals to
am-fiorate their condition From the
little seed planted by those men has
sprung this great oak that now covers
with its protecting branches more than
- ooe Of CaIifornia's best citizens. |.
will ever be my proudest memory that !
was honored with the exalted position Of
Grand Master Of our noble Order. Du-
ring the yezr tha. h.s passed. l have
signed beneficiary certificates for over
3 800 members, agqegating over 81 go,
900. and have signed benefits ON 1e Ger
titicates. at S2 ,O0O. amounting to slo6,
OO0 r.
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The n-.xsnt i,,d.bted.e.. Of the city Of

The present indebtednes OF the city Oh
Seattle is sl5, ,Gs7. The ccmcl think taey
-an run the municipality from thus flns
1util the end of their term on w.
over and above what n,oaey CONES IN os, y,
ring that period; in which ease toey 40 vm
reduce tI.e city debt during thsyef Wv
no
, 1881-02-19

Love j. = curious
Episode,
When man first .-st- II
He don't know
What u do witA It
And wonders = nat the matter
With him Is.
He knows that hr like
The girl
But be cant drap On
The reason WIN he should
Become coose-he-hesi al
Over when lie pulls the door
Rell of her house on SurdIv evening
When he tunbles
He begins 20 wonder
II she would cry if he should
Die,
And what she would do
IL he would b. carried into
Her house all mangiet-
Then he wants 4 var {"
Occur, 81 that he could
Co.er himself Eith glory,
And winds up his first
Neck with ht Il blye-,
After which. If he has any
Sand he will 90 cut and
See her about II
And
catch
On
,f.-r he l. married be wonders
Why he dad T.
This
Is
Love
----a-----Sos- -.---
PLESrY.-G>l is reported Is belns yer
plenty in rhe vicinity Of Ains~orth
, 1881-02-19

y to- 4 snpsshoes, fE,sn British Co.
lC.nj.s, cas:e "vs~ go the Nords P,r;sc.
eni4signed !" Gen. Sp-asuc, Of Tae5i:lsL
They aTv To be used 10y the Surveyors of
tbs \. p L, K company
, 1881-02-19

In the name Of csinmon decency, we
wonld call upon Ben Simpson, the Postal
aosut. 10 make some effort to improve the
mai service If this upper country
, 1881-02-19

Porrosrp.-The Kingdom Of HsaHen
case wa. again postponed uata Nond'Snesf-
, 1881-02-19

SAN RAFAEL, FEB. liking kalakaua
aud parry arrived here to-day on the 9-31
trip irum san Francisco, and were the
guests III y. T. Coleman, who entertain
ed them royalty AT his country residence
here. Although the sky WAS overcast
and threatening, and the mud unde, foot
from SIX inches - two feet deep, the
Kin. expressed :: desire 10 see the sur
rounding country Mr. Colaman order
ed out tun open harouches With four
horses attatchei 10 each, and the party
were driven over the hills on tour "f
.hsar,-,-f,.,
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rELrLE OF THE >CN-

Al HeIiofoIis, to eonn'':e'l"'ate The reS5ora'
tioo If his sight, after ten y-.r> blmdacss
bv the ajd OF a wash fUrnlshe,. Ina Uuder the
direction Of an oracle by ihe chistr wiie OF 4
workman employed in tie hiag's gardens.
IL IS narrated OF this king that Ee celebrated
the recovery Of MS sight Ly shutting UP IL A
ralace. and hur-iire % death. urge mum
her Of noble Ia.lies. Including his Qlven, who
had failed 70 cure him. lie Afterwards mar
ri.L the successful wife of the slrdeEer-
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NEWS BY MAIL.
Collision n Sea.

LoyDos, Feb, l0.-The North German
Lloyd steamer Kron, Prins Frederick VII.
helm ccllidea with Smother Steamer. of
Cot Haven, anl the ls.tsr sank IN three
minutes. SIX lives lost.
, 1881-02-19
:riirf for ihr .sr.nrisr.

WaSHISGroy, Feb. lin the Senate
,-day, on motion of McPhersnn, the bill
was passed apPropriating $1,000 10
send 4 vessel to the relief Of the Jeane;te,
and othcr vessels fouad needing assist
, 1881-02-19

PEST Game is reported =s bang very
plenty in The vicinity Of Ains~orth
, 1881-02-19

The Tinss says it understands that
Gortschakof viii formally resign IN April,
when he complete. twenty-five years ser.
vice as Ghan-elnr
, 1881-02-19
4 para;J ,cd Warden.

SALT LAxE, Feb Gen John W. But
Ter. Warden of the I tab PenItentiary, Is
unconscious from stroke If paralysis
He came here two years ago with Mar
shal Shau shnes;y. HIS sixty years Of
aye. and MAS a naval officer during the
, 1881-02-19
small PoN in liiin0i =.

CItAGO. Feb IL Small Pox has ap-
peared "a; the County Poor House at JEFF
feI-s0n. Seventeen Cases were quaran-
tined III temporary hospital "n Tuesday
AMI YESTERDAY there were eleven cases
reported there. The inmates number
l 800. rhe lusan, Asylcm adjoins. The
- - ..--. fill. l....I. ke:.t s..,.r.t
, 1881-02-19
taslr Completed.

Nxw loEk. Feb. ll.-rha President
Of the Mexican Telegraph Company has
received telegram announcing tAe com
plet;ou Of the as-Tampico section Of
the Mexican telegraph Company Cable.
The Nera cruz SECTION VIII be laid IN a
f.,. l..yS
, 1881-02-19

r An English steamer, bound from Bill
ban 10 Middlesboro, has foundered AZ sea,
and thirteen persons were drowned
, 1881-02-19

BoSrox. Feb. l0-The Irish National
Land League has issued a proclansation Ia
members and the American people, asking
all aud sympathy for the Irish and dc,
n.,nn..i,,,. EnnIaud
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-21
Shift the Shoe!

Democrats find it in their hearts to
be very jubilant over the frauds in the
mail service and in the office of the Gus
todian of the Treasury Well, these are
bad things, but they have been dug out
by Republican administration, and the
Republican party never tried to steal
eleven States. - Philadelphia Press.
Thomas Ewing remarked in one of his
Characteristic stump speeches that when
a settler wanted to see if his cabin was
weather tight, after plasterlng it as well
as he could on the outside, he walked in
and shut the door, and was very apt to
see a good many chinks
Mr.. Garfield and his associates have
closed that door little way, and have
found some pretty large chinks. Very
good. But we understand that the Hon.
S. w. Dorsey is debating the relative
merits of Europe and South America as
safe region to dwell in, and Mr.. Mac
Veagh is apparently not disturbing his
reflections. Suppose Hancock, with S.
J. Tilden to help him, had gotten inside
and shut the door all the way?
As to stealing eleven States, a man has
right to his own; but, if we mistake
not, a distinguished neighbor of the
Press, Hon. Jere Black, casually re.
marked, among other things. that the
carpetbaggers not only robbed the living,
but succeeded admirably in plundering
posteritY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-21
THnical Statesmen.

The administration Republican jour
nails of New York scout the idea of
Bradley's bribery charges being true.
A Half breed" leader puts 1t this way
to the correspondent of the Commercial
Advertiser:
mo stronger case could be obtained
than the one Sessions was fool enough to
give them, and Sessions will escape.
You can bet we will drive Bradley away
or drown him, and will swear Sessions
| through. When the rest see that Ses-
sions gets off without damage, and that
nearly the whole press-such papers as
ing journal, Troy Times, Utica Herald,
Buffalo Express, and so on-stick to Ses-
sions and abuse Bradley like pickpock
ct, for trapping him. they will take
courage and be ready enough to take
our money.
The paper in question is a Conkling
organ, and the young man at the wire
may have amplified somewhat. It's in
teresting to note, however. how the TTE-
6ane regarded Mr.. Loren B. Sessions,
whose purity it holds up to view, on the
Beth of June, 1879. Under that date the
Tribune editorially remarked:
Legislative bribery can seldom be
proved, and the refined processes of the
striker make it almost impossible to
obtain downright evidence against him.
But men do stand and fall in such mat
tiers by their general regulations The
thieves are as well known in legislative
body as they are in penitentiary. Mr..
Sessions character is pretty we'll under
stood by every member of that Senate,
which burst out into a delighted laugh
when he said, the other day, by an awk-
ward slip, that he could tell steal as
quick as any man gong They know the
character of the measures he fosters,
the character of his associates, and yet it
may be that no member of that body could
absolutely prove corruption against him
There may be persons outside who could,
but the Tribune is not conducting legal
trial of Mr.. Sessions; it is expressing It's
opinion of his character as displayed in his
public acts. Mr.. Sessions has been known
for many years to the people of the State;
he is notorious in Washington and Al
bany; and we have heard many emphatic
opinions expressed about him. We have
never heard an honest Republican speak
of him with confidence.
Mr.. Bradley defines himself when he
remarks, as he swears: II had made up
my mind not to sell my vote. He is not a
good citizen. Sessions is worse one on
the TTt5une's showing, but it would take
some fine figuring to show that either is
below his average associate in moral
calibre. The party is rotten in New
York. Is it sound anywhere?
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-21
Indications of a Compromise.

vi a
The half-breeds at Albany have ap-
pointed managing committee. or rather
trading" committee. This is a sub
stantial confession that they despair of
success under present circumstances,
and are ready to assist the election of
one stalwart IN return for aid to secure
the choice of one half-breed. AT the
commencement of the fight they conf
IDENTIFY predicted the election of two of
their men, but the obstinacy of the
Conkling faction has made the fulfill
ment of the prediction utterly impossi-
BILE They are now anxious to com,
promise on even terms, except that they
stipulate against either Conkling or Platt
being the stalwart selection. Cornell was
their favorite until he refused to aid them
to elect Depew, since which time the
Depew men, who constitute majority
of the half breeds, have ''soured" on
him. But their stipulation, nevertheless,
does not include him. So a compromise
is now possible, provided the stelwarts
are willing to accept the trade" as con-
ditioned. OF this, a reasonable doubt
may be expressed. Unless Mr.. Conkling
means to retire from politics, he cannot
afford to accept. To acquiesce in the
retirement of both Platt and himself,
and to concede one of the Scholarships
to the half-breeds, would be rather a sur
render than a compromise, and very hu-
initiating to the man who claimed to be a
.leader of the party at large and the own
er of the party in the most important
State of the Union.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-21

General Grants temper is in a bad
way, and there is danger of fearful
elimination if he keeps on. The Nation
notices the fact that the Generals indig.
nation seemed to grow deeper as he
came North and West, and would be
really serious by the time he reached the
Atlantic coast. ''He could scarcely con.
tain himself when he got to New Or
leans, but he did. At st. Louis, how
ever, he unburdened himself to a
reporter in some very coarse abuse OF
the administration. and particularly Of
Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Schurz, on the latter
of whom he bestowed volley of vitu.
peration. At Chicago his wrath got the
better of him again, and he unbosomed
himself to another reporter about the
wrongs of Mr.. Conkling." Since the
Nations report closed be has had an,
other fit Of the "jim-jams, as it were.
1t struck him at Pittsburg, where he was
SO mad that he pitched into jeff. Davis as
mortal coward" and made him out
so old in 1866 that he must now have
reached the venerable age of eighty-six.
The latest returns locate the ex General
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York,
where his friends will doubtless see to it
that his head is properly iced.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-21

Agricultural statistics of the Census
Bureau show an unprecedented advance
in productions of all kinds. During the
last decade the average increase in the
production of corn, wheat, oats and
other staple products was one hundred
per cent, while the increase between
1860 and 1870 was only twelve per cent.
and that between 1850 and 1860 was but
forty-three per cent. Between 1860 and
1870 the four years of civil war naturally
reduced the productions of the country;
but, making all due allowance for
that. the increase between 1870 and
1880 is gratifying. Agriculture is the
basis of country's wealth ana pros
perity, and each additional person who
turns hts attention to the cultivation of
The soil contributes 10 the further devel-
opment of the country and to the growth
81 its material wealth. The agricultur
SITS are being steadily increased in num-
Der by immigrants, most of whom come
o this country for the purpose of tlling
he soil. Every succeeding year marks
IN increase of acreage put under cultiva-
ion, and it requires no prophet to fore
ell that the census of 1890 will show a
ouch greater advance in the produc-
ions of this country than iscontained in
be statistics just published by the Gen.
Us Bureau,