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BORN.

BUFOKD-A daughter, to the wife of I. J..
Buford, on last Saturday.
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Valley Lodge. No. IL, X. of P, meets every Mon
day evening JAMES BOOTH, Z. Z.
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NE1eHBoR1Na NEWS.
Lane County.
Exchange Items.


| Three wagons loaded with immigrants
from California came to town Friday morn
ing.
Judge r. s. Bean took the oath of office
as Judge of the I'd Judicial district, before
the Secretary of State, at Salem, on last
Monday.
There will be campmeeting held at
Smithfeld in this county by the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches, commencing
Friday, July 18th.
Mr.. Ping, the commissioner for the seiec-
tion and locating of swamp lands for Ore
gon, left this place on last Thursday morn
ing in company with DR.. j. C. Whiteaker.
They have some work in Lane county, but
most of their summers work will be in Coos
county, ..s
The lightning on the morning of the
Fourth of July struck in at least two places
in the corporate limits Of the city. One bolt
struck an apple tree in the orchard of Rev.
A. P. Anderson. against which ladder was
standing, splitting the tree in several places
and demolishing the ladder. scattering the
fragments of the same for many yards
around. The other bolt struck maple
shade tree near the residence of MIR. A.
Lynch, tearing several limbs therefrom.
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daeek1p CORVALLIS Gazette,
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY IA, 1882.

Short announcement of deaths published free
when accompanied by extended notice or reso-
lutions five cents per line will be charged All poetry
pnblished by request will be chargee for at the rate
Of ave cents per line
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Ciatsop County.
Astorian July 7th,

The State of California arrived in yesterz-
day with 423 passengers. .~.
The fines in the police court for the cur
rent month aggregate over S4O0.
Judge Raleigh Stott and family are enjoy
ing this glorious weather in Astoria.
A Silsby steamer, costing $500 has been
ordered for the Salem fire department..
The barker Portland arrived in yes
terday She will load at the Columbia
mills, Knappton. .,e
The next session of the grand lodge of
! I. O. G. T., will be held here in the second
Tuesday in June, 1888. 3D.. .~-
The tug Pioneer cleared from Philadelphia
last Tuesday. She will be due here about
the 18th of September.
Congregational churches of Oregon will
hold their state association this year at The
Dalles, beginning Thursday, July 18th.
The British bark President. Corbett mas.
i ter, l6S days from Liverpool, arrived in
yesterday. She has large consignment of
salt. .-.-''.
! 1t is thought that by the lst of August
the lines of the N. P. r. r. will be COM
pieted and in operation to Rock Island, 526
miles east of Portland.
The British barks Rainbow, Duke of Con
naught, and Corina; and the British ships
Merwamjee Framjee, Ballochmyle and Sc.
lene have arrived out.
The Schooner Trustee. from San Fran
cisco, arrived in yesterday morning, loaded
with 100 tons of hay and some general mer-
chandise. She wall load luu:ber at Oak
Point.
The Grand Lodge of A. @. U. w. will
meet at Olympia on the 2lst inst. J. W.
Welsh is the Astoria delegate.
The Eiwell has llOO tons of freight
aboard; 600 tons of salt, 300 of pig iron, and
300 tons of cement, crockery and general
mdse.
The American ship Elwell, Barstow mas
ter, l49 days from New York, arrived in
yesterday afternoon. She is loaded with
railroad iron and material for the o. r. &
N. Co.
The cannery of the Cutting Packing COM
pany was burned to the ground at an early
hour last Sunday morning. There were
about 4500 cases of salmon in the building.
The loss is about $4,000; insured for
S2S. 600
On the o. r. & N. Co.'S dock are three
large scrapers for use on the bar; they are
cylinders four feet long and about thirteen
feet in circumference, are made of boiler
iron rivited together, and have each six
rows of wrought iron scrapers attached.
The body of an unknown man was picked
up at Woody Island last Sunday and Coro-
ner Franklin buried it yesterday. The re-
mains were of man about 40 years of age,
six feet high; with check shirt, gray vest
and trousers and leather belt about the
middle. Nothing of value was found on
his person. .....
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ser's claim, some distance below Cow fiat,
paying him 5000 for il. This is one of the
best pieces of mining property in Josephine
| county.
The south bound stage that left here last
Sunday met with an accident while going
down the Siskiyou mountains by upsetting
and throwing all the passengers over the
grade. Mr.. and Mrs. Baum were passen-
gers on the stage at the time, and the latter
had an arm broken by the fall. Tbs acci-
dent was caused by wild and fractions
team.
Hanley Bros. have just made cattle sale
out in the Lake country realizing $4,000
for their band. They received about $22 so
per head for the whole band.
L. Leonard passed through town last
Thursday ON his way to Lake county with
band of 500 head of sheep. He will re-
main with them during the summer.
Lightning struck in the Grant Pass tele-
graph Office on the 4th, setting E. Dimick's
store on fire. Plenty of assistance was on
hand at the time and the damage did not
amount to great deal. 4
Marion County.
Statesman.
The floral gardens at the State Fair
grounds under the care of D. D. Prettyman
and Pete Emerson will be quite an attrac
ton to all lovers of the beautiful during
the coming State Fair.
On the evening of the 7th between the
hours. of 6 and 7, an alarm of fire was
sounded on the streets and it was discovered
to be the foundry of w. T. Gray & Co. The
cause of the fire is not known, but is sup
posed that it originated from the cupola, as
they were heating during the day. The
building was entirely destroyed, and most
of the patterns The loss is estimated at
$4,000. Insurance $1,000.
Hon q. F. Moody, Governor elect, came
up on the. evening train yesterday and is
registered at the Chemeketa.
Mr. Vim. ]. Darcy will hereafter act in
the capacity of local editor of the Statesman.
A son of Mr. John Foss, an employe at
Swartz's mill, had one of his arms badly in
jured yesterday afternoon by coming in con.
tact with large circular saw.
Hon. T. F. Moody has rented the palatial
residence of George H. Jones, Esq, on Cal
ETY. Hill, where he will reside during the
term of his office.
Hon. E. B. McElroy, Superintendent of
Public Instruction elect, is registered at the
Chemeketa.
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A few cords OF good ash wood might be
sold in this town. For information inquire
~ this offSces
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r, A. NJ.

Ferguson Chapter, No. 5, R. A. NJ. meets Thurs
day evening or preceding full moon.
WALLACE BALDWIN, II. P.
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SOCIETIES.
A, F, AND A. M

A. F. AND A. M.
Corvallis Lodge, No. IA, A. F. and A. NJ, meets on
Wednesday evening, on or preceding full moon.
JOHN KEESEE, w. IL
Rocky Lodge No. rs, A. F. and A. NJ, meets on
Wednesday evening after full moon.
S. f. BELKNAP, W. N.
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Latest style of ladies', gents, boys.
misses and children's shoes and slippers just
received at A. j: Langworthy's Cash Store,
Corvallis; Oregon.
June 81, 1882. -
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VII OUS 10
Respectfully submitted,
B. w. WILSON,
County Clsrk.
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23
Testifying BY Telephone.

1t became necessary recently for Dr.
Townsend, the physician in charge OF the
Paterson, New Jersey, smallpox hospital,
end his FIVE assistants, to take oath to their
accounts In order that the bills might be
presented to the meeting of the aldermen.
1t was thought imprudent to allow them
to go down through the city to the re-
cotder's otiice, and on the other hand Re-
corder Greaves did not care to go to the
hospital to administer the oath. After
ponderlng over the matter he decided to
send Assistant City Physician Hurd to the
hospital with the bills as his proxy. The
doctor got the hospital physician and his
assistants to sign the affidavIts on the end
of their bills, and then hunted up Bible.
When all had put their hands on the
book, DR.. Hurd went to the telephone in
the hospital office and called up 1898, !"
the number of the instrument in the re-
corder's office twenty miles away.
''Have they all got their hands on the
book 2n asked the recorder.
sYes, all ready" replied DIR. Hurd.
''Very well, then," SAID the Recorder /;
''you, as my deputy, repeat to 'he depo-
nents what | say: You and each OF you
do solemly swear"
EYou and each of you do o0lemnly
swear," repeated DIR. Hurd.
'.That the annexed accounts are just,
trud and unpaid said the recorder
through the telephone.
s'That the annexed accounts are Just,
true and unpaid, repeated the doctor.
$50 lelp you God, said The Recorder
through the telephone.
$50 help you God. repeated DIR. Hurd.
tsN0w kids the boc5x, SAID tue ~teIe-
phone.
''Kiss the book. " repeated the doctor.
The SIX hospital attaches kissed the biblc
in turn.
''They'vc all kissed It," said the doctor
through the telephone.
E'TheY have 2" answered the recorder
in surprise. "Why, | d:dn't hear it. Let
them kiss 1t again loud enough f~r me to
hear it,"
The kisses were repeated with an energy
that sent the reports vibrating over the
wire vigorously enough to be reproduced
on the metallic disk al the receiving end.
II heard those. That's all right; good
bYe," said the recorder, hanging up his
ear piece.
A short time afterwards DR.. Hurd drove
up 10 The station house and laid the affida-
WITS before the recorder, all properly sign
ed, ,and the Recorder affixed his own sigma
ture. certifying that they had been ''sworn
and subscribed before him."
These bills went in with the other
claims against the city, and were duly re-
tered tn the finance committee to be
audited.
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23
Troops In Great Battles.

We suppose most people think when
they read of a great battle that the men
on either side were engaged IN fighting, or
at auy rate were at some time or another
under fire. Why should one side have
been defeated if 1t had not put forth all its
strength But, says the author, "duriug
the great battles of the Franco German
war the numbers were so great that sell
dom more than .two-thlrds of those present
were over under fire ut ALL" At Sadowa.
in 1865, The Prlsslans brought 22l 900
men into the field, but only 1872 600 came
under fire. In the same battle the defeat
cd Austrians brought 2l5. 900 men into
the field, but no less than 80. 600 of these
were never III action. When We consider
the tremendous fighting In 1870 and the
number of battles, it is surprising to learn
that only 1000 men were killed and less
than SO, 900 men wounded In the German
Army during the whole war by rifle bullets
and still more remarkable that only 1000
men were killed and 4440 wounded by ar
tillery fire. II trust" adds Sir Garnet,
'that these figures will put q
stop to the cry for more guns which one
still hears occasionally.
When we compare the losses incurred
at such battles as Gravelotte and Sedan
with those incurred IN the smooth-bore
days OF Borodlno and Waterloo, 1t is plain
that Increased facilities for destroying are
not accompanied by corresponding
amount of destruction. "At Gravelotte,
the Germans lost 160 per cent in killed
and $40 per cent. IN wounded" At Bo.
rodino the Russians lost 10 per cent. In
killed and 30 per cent. IN wounded; the
French. who were the victors. having q
still higher proportion. 1t cannot be SAID
that battles are of much shorter duration
now, Waterloo and Gravelotte were DO h
begun about noon and finished about sever
O'Clock in the evening. Il took six hours
TO fight out Austerlitz, but no less thao
twelve TO settle matters ct Solferino. il
spite of the enormous superioty of th'
Germans at~W orth, that battle lasted TO
seven and half hours.
1t may perhaps be the case that. from
the great use to which intrenchments will
be put In coming wars, 1t will take longe
than ever to find out which is the winrinl
side.
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23
Little Mercuries of e. g Time.

A messenger boy recantly said:
Sometimes fellow gets into trouble.
"HOw?"
stUh, lots Of ways. A couple af weeks
ago man came around to the Office and
sent me with note TO his wife up on st.
Ange avenue. He was pretty full and he
tore up sheet or two OF paper before he
got it down right. Well, when | got out
there rode couple Of squares past The
place and then had to hunt fer it, and the
night was very dark, so that was rather
slow about getting there. When / pulled
the bell it was near 10 o'clock and The lady
herself came to the door and let me into
the hall. She told me to wait while she
read the note. Just as she got through the
door bell rang and the man who gave me
the note staggered in. His wife looked
at him and he looked at me end | knew
right away he was In box. 'What does
this paper mean p SAID she. Now, wait
awhile, my dear, said he, Tll tell you
Don't sit up for me. said the lady. look
ing at the message had brought her; I'll
be detained by business at the office until
very late What does that mean to tell
met Then opened the door and skipped
out. guess that fellow changed his mind
and went home and forgot all about send
ing the message ahead Of him."
Lots Of fun for youE"
II did not see much of the fun. The
door hanged shut. | guess the circus all
happened alter left. Some fellows have
a pile of cneek though A young blood
over here IN an office on Fifth street sent
ME out with q note directed to young
lady at No. Olive street, and, says
he. How much is It. and | want an an
swer? l told him thHty-tive cents, and
he gave me the exact amount and started
off. handed the note in at the door and
soon after an old gentleman came to me.
He looked awful mad. who gave you
this?' said he. said gentleman down
town did. ] saw he wanted to know so bad
that thought wouldnt tell HIM, though
he tIIed very hard TO get me to say where
the man was and what he looked like. At
last the old man said: You expect an an
swer, don't your Yes, said /; he said
there was one.' well. you tell him that
be Is a contemplate puppy and that my
daughter does not want to see him, and
that it he sends any more of his lmpudent
notes here I'll break his heck. Tell him
that | know him very well and that Ill
keep my eye on him. When | got back
to the young fellow he asked. where's
the answer |? I've got it, replied. The
old gentleman SAID you were a puppy
.Oh, d-n1tl' he shouted; did you give
1t to the old man? Why didn't you ask
for The young lady herselfT' | tried to
explain to him how the whole thing hap
pened, but he Was too excited to listen.
He told me that was an idiot aud an ass
and that had no sense and that l had
got him into nice pickle, and he run me
out Of the Office. Now, it wasn't my fault
at all, was lt2
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23
Tragic Ending of a Play.

Miss Annie Won Behren, aged %, a
well-known and popular actress, was in
stsntly killed at matinee at the Coliseum
Cincinnati, Thanksgiving afternoon. The
play was ''S,i Slacum," and in one OF the
acts Frank l. Frayne, who Is the husband
In the play, shoots an apple from the head
of his wife with his back turned toward
her.
In order to make the backward shot a
small mirror, facing the trigger. is fastened
to the stock, and he sights by means OF
this. Just at the critical moment when
the weapon was discharged the pin or
spring latch holding the barrel in place
snapped, allowing the long steel tube to
drop. throwing the breech up and the muz-
zle down. Of course this de hected the
bullet from its proper course, and instead
of hitting the apple, 1t went lower and
buried itself IN the brain of the actress.
While 1t appears to be very difficult feat,
it is in reality one that almost any ordI-
nary marksman could perform, as the ap-
| pie IS placed on the woman's hat, which
| is raised four inches above her head, thus
| allowing the bali to go quito little out OF
| its way without doing serious harm. Be.
meath the hat Is colled the lady's hair,
white above this, for additional proteetion,
is small iron plate at an angle so as TO
throw the ball upward, were 1t by any
mischance to go astray. The spring which
had caused all the mischief was atterward
picked up on the floor of the theatre fully
twenty feet from the stage.
Iii. Ffayne was widower and Miss
Behren was his intended wife. He was
arrested and released on bail. lie tainted
and was for q long time unconscious when
discovering what he had done. His grieI
| Is described as terrible to witness. He
will never go on the stage again, He saiC
to reporter: ''From my childhood / have
| handled d rifle and was always accounted
! an nnerring shot. but from this day on
never expect to take gun in my hands
NV children. boy now travelling with mi
and little girl at home at Chatham, Nor
ris county. N. J., are both excellent shots
but | never mean to allow them to handl'
firearms under any circumstances during
the remainder OF my life"
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23
STORM ON LAKE AsoUAaL

cloud, like that the oid-time Hebrew saw
on Carmel prophesying rain. began
To lift Itself Ger wooded Cardigan,
Growing and blackening. Suddenly, q naw
OF chilli wind menaced; then a wild blast beat
Down the long valleys murmnring pines, and
woke
The noon-dream of the sleeping lake. and broke
Its smooth steel mirror at the mountains feet.
Thunderous and vast, the fre-veined darkness
swept
over the rough e-bearded Asquam range;
wrath of tempest, wonderful and strange,
From peak to peak tke cloudy giant stepped
one moment, as II challenging the storm,
Chocorua's TALL defiant sentinel
Looked from his watch-tower; then the shadows
fell.
And the wild rain drift blotted out his form.
And over all the still unhidden sun,
weaving Its light through slant blown Veiis OF
rain,
Smiled on the trouble, as hope smiles on pain;
And when the tumult and the strife was done,
With one foot on the lake and one on land,
Framing within his crescent's tinted streak
A far-off picture of the Melvin peak,
Spent broken clouds the rainbow's angel spanned.
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23

sDon't you think. Mary, that you
could love me?'
because love you very much in
deedl'
''I don't know" whispered Mary, IL
might try"
And then she blushed charmingiy.
So Colonel Monteagles daughter went
to her lovers home, and astonished
every one there with her thorough
knowledge of housekeeping in all its
details.
And the two old people with the bur
den of insolvency and care lifted oh
their lives, dwelt quietly on i'll the an
cient tower-like house, and talk to
everybody who crosses their path OF
''the excellent marriage which my
daughter Mary has contracted"
''A thorough scholar. says Colonel
Monteagle, with dignity.
''A musician, inguist, thorough
Hebrew student. and a proficient III
Latin and Greek"
SIT is not singular that girl of such
intellectual power should marry well. "
But Colonel Monteagle. honest man,
never dreamed that it was the sewing
machine and the vehement struggle to
get free from debt which conquered Mr..
Crofton's heart.
There are plenty of scholars and poet
esses in the world, but real womanly
woman, is not her price far above ru-
biesP
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23
Opium Cultivated IN Africa.

The first attempt at cultivation OF opium
in intertropical Africa has been made at
Chains, near Mopea, about four miles
from the Zambesl. and on the banks of
the Quaqua. M. Glyot lately visited the
place, and has described the operations to
the Paris Academy. The space occupied
is between the two river Muro and Quaqua.
The fields was first sown in 1879; in 1880
the surface soWn was II hectares; In 1881
about double that quantity IN 1881 there
were 500 workers engaged, 200 OF whom
were blacks and 90 natives of India. The
opium Is gathered Is days after sowing,
whereas in India the harvest does not
commence till about the 18th day. The
product per hectare was, in 1880, 55 to 60
kllogrammes of raw opium, as against so
kiiogrammes on an average In India. The
water required ls taken from two recently
connected lagoons by means of locomo-
tive which raises it B, 30 metres. 1t then
flows into the plantation through pipes.
second machine was to be set up this
year. The plant is not subject to any
parasite, but the wind at harvest time may
seriously compromise operations. The
soil Is worked in primitive style with the
hoe, p.ows drawn by oxen have been
tried, but these animals suffer greatly
under the burning sun. The gathered
opium gives off slight odor SUI generis.
1t Is not supplied to commerce IN It's first
viscous, pasty state, bat is mixed with so
per cent. Of special matter, and formed
into balls Of 90 grammes. These balls are
carefully put in cases that hold 100; at
the bottom is powder formed of the
empty capsules and layer of the poppies
and layer OF cotton. Sent to India che
Zambesi opium fetchss 50t. 10 COZ. the
kllogramme
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23

Tea and Coffee Extracts. aqueous
extract OF tea, coffee, cocoa. or ginger, Is
made by boiling it for fifteen minutes In
water contalnlng suIpbats OF lime In solu-
tion. then cooling to go deg, when So
luton OF tannjc acid, previously boiled till
nearly devoid Of smell, Is added. A pre-
cipitate occurs and is filtered out. 1t ID
lett to stand tor day. and an aqueous
gelatine solution OF three or four grains TO
the ounce of water ls added IN quantity
- "a y.roatntfata II tha fon-
uEdIlF cuulGiCut W DLCGAPAsosO oA VIZ S0A
mic acid. The liquor still containing lit.
tie tannic acid is strained and bottled.
UsEs Of cant: "Cant, : says Emerson.
sis useful to provoke common sense. ;"
1t Is also useful, with an apostrophe.
when doubtful friend asks you to lend
him five dollars.
The Virginia star., 1882-12-23

1T is calculated that in London child
is born every five minutes. This must
be stopped.-Elmira Free Press. A
child that Is bonn every five minutes
must be world OF trouble and expense
to its parents. Rochester Herald.
This is stupidity to which it is not pos
sible to do justice. The Rochester
Herald must be taken up and educated
with shingle.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-25

Last Sunday morning, about three
o'clock, some demoniac human fiends
piled quantity of rubbish against
the barn in rear of Trinity rectory,
with the very evident intention of de-
stroying the houses in that vicinity
by fire. They had chosen the best
possible time, as at that hour Of the
morning hardly any one is awake.
Another thing had happened, and, no
doubt, the diabolical villains knew it,
and that was the accident to the ma
chinery at the water works. Last
Saturday the crown wheel which runs
the fire pumps had become disabled,
and the only pump that could be used
was the one used to supply water for
domestic purposes, and which is not
calculated to give high pressure to
the water. Everything seemed favor.
able for the incendaries and thieves,
who were exulting at what they ex-
pected to accomplish, but their devil
ish schemes were destined to be rem.
dered fruitless. A nurse, at the resi-
dence of w. b. Comstock, near the
barn, happened to be up, and noticing
the light, she called Mr.. Comstock
who hastily dressed, discovered what
was going on, and alarmed the fire
department. Hose Co. No. 2 imme
diately started out with their hose
cart, and hose company No. / came
with one of the steam fire engines
On leaving the engine house, No.
team broke whifletree, which caused
some delay. The fire was soon got
under control, and the damage done
was no. extensive, as it was discovered
before it had gained much Roadway.