Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-02

Advices from Portland.


PORTLAND, November 1st-The Villa
mette river is rising steadily, and is now nine
feet above low-water mark.
A public reception will be rendered Gov
ernor Eaton, United States Commissioner of
Education at the Young Mems Christian As.
seciation Hall tonight.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights Of Pyth-
las for Oregon and Washington will be organ
lied here next Wednesday. In the afternoon
there will be a mounted parade of Knights,
and in the evening there will be reception
and ball. Full delegations will be present from
al parts Of the State and Territory.
Sunday morning Clifton B. Reed, 13 years
old, son of J. f. Reed, of Lebanon, started
on horseback to see friends. A large tree fell
on and killed horse and rider, the latter be-
ing badly mangled. The accident was not
| discovered till yesterday afternoon.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
PORTLAND, November 1st The trial of
| Frank Howard for the murder of James A
Smith, September 18th, is In progress in the
State Circuit Court.
After to-day the steamers which heretofore
| made connections between this city and the
landings of the narrow'gauge lines forty miles
up the Willamette river will be withdrawn,
and all the traffic of the narrow-gauge rail-
road will reach Portland via the east and
west side hroad-gauge railroads.
H. D. Sanborn, yesterday, was appointed
Purchasing Agent for the North Pacific Rail
road, with his headquarters here.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany ere making soundings for dry dock,
and they expect to begin construction in a
week.
Harvey II. Dyer, boy of sixteen, from
Vancouver, w. T., has been sentenced to
four years imprisonment on charges of arson
and burglary, and has still a charge of lar
ceny to answer tor.
The arrests by the police for October were
326--a larger number than was ever made in
similar length Of time before. They were
mostly for minor offenses. The collection of
cash fines was l,500.
THIRD DIsPATCH.l
PORTLAND, November 1st.-The British
ship Kirkwood, with coal from Newcastle, N.
S. W., arrived off the bar Sunday, and with
out pilot. The Captain found his ship
alongside The outer buoy eff Point Adams.
Sighting the next buoy, he concluded to ven
ture in, hoping to make the channel by the
buoys. His ship draws Eineteen feet of
water. He entered the South Channel, with
the waves breaking lightly across the bar. He
had short but rough experience among the
heavy breakers before his ship plowed
through the sands to deep soundings, which
she did after a few thamps on the bottom.
Three times, as she touched, the breakers
rolled over her, snd ore heavier than the
rest stove the cabin, filing it with wster,
lifting the Captain, mate and several men
from their feet and hurling them with
such violence that all were more or
less injured. Either by good luck er good
management, the ship was at length safely
anchored in the channel near the Republics
wreck, and was yesterday morning sefely
towed into the harbor by the tug Columbia.
Captain Sinnots has been laid up with
severe scalp cut and bruised shoulder. The
First Officer received severe Injuries to his
legs. One man had an arm aad another
rib broken All had very narrow escape
under the circumstances. This is Captain
Sinnott's first voyage to the Columbia river.
He passed very near the same spot where the
Fern Glen, drawing only eleven feet, was
wrecked two weeks ago. The South Channel
has not been used for deep-water vessels fer
more than year, and no pilot would have
attempted to bring the Kirkwood in even
with tug. The ships escape from complete
wreck seems little short Of miraculous.
FOURTH DIsPATCH.l
PORTLAND, November 1st.-Frank How.
ard, charged with the murder of James a.
TSmith, was convicted to-day Of manslaughter,
AT Butter Creek, Umatilla county, Sum-
day, Thomas Dicher, young farmer, un-
married, shot at chicken with navy re-
volver, aud hastily put the weapon under his
arm. While STOPPING TO cut the fowls head
off, the pistol fell, Was discharged, and the
ball entered his right side, causing instant
death.
At O'Clock Saturday morning, during an
alteration in Swaggert's saloon at Heppuer,
Or, William Jones shot John Barker, from
the effects of which the latter died In an
hour. Jones claims that the deed was done
| in selfdeferse. Both men were drunk.
Barker, when under the influence CT liquor,
was considered dangerous man.
Captain W. f. Cougill, ex-City Treasurer
| of East Portland, died this morning from
paralysis, which resulted from severe ex-
posure during the rebellion. He served with
some distinction as a scout through Sher-
mans march to the sea.
A large meeting of merchants was held at
| the Board Of Trade rooms this evening, to
hold q conference with Congressman NJ. c.
George concerning the action to be taken TO
secure a Government appropriation fer
dredging the Willamette and Columbia rivers
and improving the bar. Mr.. George made a
speech Of considerable length. promising his
best efforts to present the claims OF Oregon.
The ordinance requiring saloons to close
from midnight to 5 a. NJ. goes into effect to-
night. It Is understood that all the bar-rooras
will disregard. the ordinance. pool has
been raised by the prominent saloons to light
the frat case of arrest and carry 1t to the
Supreme Court.