, 1882-11-24
CLIPPINGS.

Martin Maginuis, Democrat, was re-
elected Delegate from Montana for the
sixth time,
President Arthur is six feet two inches
in hight and weighs two huUureu and
twenty five pounds.
The president has accepted another
twenty five miles Of the Northern Pacific
railroad in the western part of Nontana,
Jacob Hoover, Democratic nominee
for Representative in Whitman county,
was ected by $50 majority,
A real live lord" the Duke of New
castle, is in Boston, and will visit por-
tions of the United States, including
California.
Dennis Kearney has again appeared
on the sand lots in San Francisco, and
advocates the nomination Of Ben Butler
for President,
". ii. Smallwood has retired from tn
Sprague Heraid succeeded by j. Il. Arm
strong in the editorial chair Capt.
Smallwood still remains at Sprague.
More than half of the faces in the next
Congress will be new ones. Many pro-
minent Republicans will have disappear
ed, ana there will be a new Speaker.
1t takes long time to get in all the
returns from the different counties. but
so far as heard from, Delegate Breuts has
received majority of about 2,5OO,
Two thousand postmasters will 90 out
Of Office in the United States by limita-
ton between this and the 4th of next
March. The President fills all their
places.
The OregOnidn says: ut is gratifying
to learn that the Whitman monument
scheme is not to be abandoned. The
vene a )ie w. II. Gray continues his
efforts for it with hopeful results.
The first issue of the new Portland
daily paper has been postponed from
Dec. 4th to Jan. lst, 1855 An office on
First street has been secured, but the
material has not yet been moved into it.
The grain crop OF WILDLY Island is all
threshed, and amounts to 1900 bushels.
The average for wheat was 25 bushels
and that of oats 45 bushels to the
acre.--MuH
James G.. Blaine, instead of seizing
the defeat of the Republicans as an OPP
pOrtunity for attacking the admlnlstra-
ton, announces that he is not candi-
date for the Presidency in 1884.
The Utah Commissioners have count
ed in John T. Caine as Delegate to Con-
gress, and tomorrow will leave for the
east. They have sent a voluminous re-
port of their work in Utah to the Pres
ident, the purport Of which is known
only to themselves.
Failing to secure the services of Rev.
Mr. Banheld as Principal of the new
proposed academy ut Steilacoom, the
Congregationalists are looking to Mr.
A. Il. Burnell, the teacher Ct the In
dian school on the Skokomish reserya-
tion.- Post St-Intelh9encer.
Albany Ogn., is credited with an anti
corset society, composed OF young men
who VOW never to marry girl who laces.
Now let the young ladies form an anti
whisky and anti-tobnco society, and the
town will be blessed with two moves
in the right direction"
In Mason county Burke received 11S
and Brents As, majority OF II for the
Dero,ratic nominee, while the vote for
the Democratic militia officers is eleven
less, oxcppting Dubean, whose majority
is 66. McFadden for Prosecuting Attor-
ney received llS and Israel 4S, maio" =
ty of 70 for the former. John McBeavy
received 81 majority over II. @. Kerr. for
Joint Councilman, and j. A. Kuhu 80
majority over l.. Callow, for Joint Re
preventative.
WALLA WALLA Union:-The returns
show that the Republicans on Puget
Sound supported Mr.. Brents as heartily
as they ever did one OF their own num-
ber. DR.. Minor, in telegraphing the re-
suit to Mr. Brents, said: Jefferson
county has been redeemed" We gladly
admit that the returns from King, Pierce,
Kitsap, Jefferson, Whatcom and other
counties have removed all OF our hithei-
to entertained ideas about Puget Sound
going for its own man without regard to
party" And we confess with sorrow
that, had the Puget Sound Republicans
been a. lukewarm as were Mr.. Brents'
neiphbor., tie Walla Walla Republi
cans, his majority would have been ex-
ceedly small. All the honor Of the re-
cent Republican victory, one of the few
victories won by that party in the United
States at the late election, belongs to
Puget Sound.
Indian Commissioner Price is inform
ed by Judge Edmonds, Chairman OF the
Sioux Commission, that 5000 Yankton
Ogallalla Indians at Pine River Agency,
Dakota, have agreed to separate on res
ervations OF limited Proportions. The
Indians at Rosebud had previously
agreed to separate on reservations, and
as the Indians at these two agencies
comprise more than half the Sioux ma
ton, the work is practically accomplish
ed. The object OF the Commission in
having the Indians select separate reser-
vations, is to concentrate all Indians in
about half the present reservation room,
in order that the other half may be
thrown open to the public.