The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-23
TELEGRAMS,
Mrs. Lineoln,s Blindness Denied.


who has been her physician ever since he
return from Europe, told Herald re
i porter that her eyes had been CROWN,
considerably weaker for some time and tha
he had determined to call in as consultin,
physicians the oculists DIR. G.. B. Agnev
and Herman Knapp. She had been accus
toned to sitting in a dark room for some
time and having her lie ters written by al
attendant. which has doubtless led to thi
| statement.
Silver Dollar Circulation.
The total amount of standard silver dol
| lars put in circulation during the week end.
ing December 18th was s44S, ,995, as against
| S4lS, 996 for the corresponding week of last
year.
New Nominations.
The president has nominated Thos C. Ac.
ton assistant treasurer of the United States
at New York; Horace Gray of Massachu-
setts, associate Justice of the supreme court
of the United States; VIM. Henry Trescott,
of South Carolina, special envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentary of the
and Bolivia; Geo. M. Duskin, attorney of
the United States for the southern district
of Alabama
BialRe UecAlk GSs
A Washington special says ex-secretary
Blaine has declined to deliver the eulogy on
the late president Garfield before the house.
Railroad Commissioners Report.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l9.-The report of
Joseph K. McCammon, commissioner of
railroads, has been received by the secre-
tary of the interior It says the indications
are that within short time there will be
five different routes to the Pacific Coast,
where less than year ago there was but
one. These railroads will be instrumental
in developing the country rapidly Capital
has been invested in large sums, and still
the tendency is towards increased develop
ments, principally in the west and south
west. 1t is believed that operations in
railroad construction this year will exceed
those of any previous year, and in conse-
quence large tracts of mineral and agricul-
tural lands will be made accessible.
DUBLIN, Dec. lS.-A quantity of arms
and ammunition was discovered early this
morning in house on Brabager street.
Four persons were arrested. The articles
seized comprise eight hand grenades, two
parcels of dynamite, each parcel being in
case resembling box of rifle cartridges, but
larger; 26 Enfield ech-loading rifles, six
revolvers, five thousand rifle cartridges, five
hundred revolver cartridges and % pounds
of gunpowder, with a list of officers be-
longing to some organization. Two broth
ers named Ryan, were arrested. Papers
found at the time implicate number of
persons on both sides of the channel
DUBLIN, Dec l9-Organization against
the payment of rents is becoming still more
formidable. It is regarded as much of
crime to go into the land court as to pay
rent
DUBLIN, Dec. l9-It is stated prison
especially designed for females is in course
of preparation for the reception of members
OF the ladies land league, and that the ar
rest of several prominent members of the
Dublin branch of that organization is ex-
pected.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Proceedings in
the Guiteau trial will very probably come
to standstill for several days in conse-
quence OF the serious illness of the wife of
Juror Hobbs. At late hour tonight the
lady was reported to be very low and not
expected to live through the night.
WAsAINGToN, Dec. 10. Bills were intro
duced as follows: To abolish duties on
salt, wollen blankets and agricultural imple-
ments, and reduce the duty on all other ar
ticles ten per cent, except on diamonds,
gold and silver jewelry, silk or silken goods,
on which duty is increased 20 per cent. also
to make trade dollars legal tenders.
Also allow the purchase and register of
foreign. quilt ships by United States citizens.
Bills were also introduced to provide for
drawback of 10 per cent. on all goods
hereafter imported in American built ships,
owned exclusively by citizens of the Unit
ed States; to regulate customs duty on su-
mac; to regulate duties on sheep and goat
skins imorted for the purpose of making
Morocco; to abolish the export tax on to-
bacco. and for the admission of Dakota New
Mexico and Washington territories into the
union as states.
Washington, Dec O-Representative
George introduced bill appropriatiDg $40,
600 for the construction of military wagon
road from Scottsburg, Oregon to Camp
Stewart, and 3d. 900 for a branch to Fort
Klamath.
Bills of Pacific coast interest were intro
duced for admission of Washington territory
as state into the union: to create two new
land districts; to increase mileage of jurors
and witnesses in territories; to erect GUS
tom house and bonded warehouses at Port
Townsend; to construct wagon road across
the Cascade mountains from Renton to
Ellensburg; validating acts of the Washing
ton legislature concerning school lands; to
repeal the law which prohibits retired army
officers from holding civil Offices in territor-
les; for the appointment of a commission
by the secretary of the navy to select site
on the Pacific coast north of the 42d parallel
for navy yard.
By Pettigrew, for admission of Dakota as
state; to create the territory of Northern
Dakota, north of 46th parallel.
A New Chinese Bill.
Union supplemental call of states for bills
in the house of representatives to-day, Ber-
ry introduced bill to restrict Chinese i'm
migration, the main features of which are
as follows; It wholly suspends and prohib-
its from and after its passage the immlgra-
ton of Chinese laborers of every class or
description and provides that no Chinese
subjects shall be permitted to enter the jur-
isdiction of the United States, other than
such as are residents therein at the time of
the bills passage, and the following,
namely: Diplomatic officers, teachers, stu
dents coming for educational purposes, mer-
chants, physicians, and tourists, with their
body or household servants, all of whom
must be provided with certificates from the
Chinese government in Chinese and English,
fully identifying them and showing that
they have obtained permission of the Chi
nese government and approved also by the
U. s. consul at the point of departure.
New York, Dec. 2O-The Commercial
Advertiser prints the following: A private
dispatch was sent by Frelinghuysen, Sec
retary of state, to the Herald office this
afternoon, announcing the loss of the jean