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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-15

SMALLPOX STATIsTICs.-The National Board Of
Health reports that during the week ending March
4th there were two deaths from smallpox in San
Francisco, and week ending March nth death in
Milwaukee, 2 deaths in Omaha, A cases and 4
deaths in Pittsburg 13 deaths i'll Chicago, death in
FOnd-du-Lac,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-15

THE NATIONAL BANKs-Contro1ler Of Currency
Knox has called upon national banks for report
OF the condition Of their affairs upon close Of bus-
ness on SATURDAY., March 18th,
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ELYs' CREAM BALM COMPANY,

~r PAP THOMAS CLUB. b. IN B., WILL
~ meet st 90I F street. Masonic Temple, THURS
DAY EVENING. 80 sharp Important
BY order COL. MONTHS. 1ts
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Unfor-5unSts Accident.

Mr.. N. P. Briggs when on his way last
Saturday to the Morrison Bros sale, stopped
near the Muddy bridge beyond the Grange
Rall to water his team. Ee unhitched
tAea and drove them down the bank to q
place which appeared like stock had been
fr:qweatly there. The horses had only pro-
ceeded into the water short way when
tkey soon went off steep place into swim
ing water. When Mr.. Bl1ggs tzrned them
around in trying to get them out he found
that the bank where they had went in was
so mudy and steep that he could not get
theta ost without help. Finally after the
horses had took esversl turns around in the
water and become tangled in the harness
SO that it Eeemed like they would drown,
some parties from threShing crowd came
along and assisted him by putting rope
around the horses and hitching q team to
the rspe they succeeded in dragging them
out ca to dry laad/ Oae of the horses is
crippled 60 badly that it may ruin him.
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From Blodget.a $ Valley.

BLoDGET's VALLEY, Sept. 9, 1882.
Ed. GAzETTE:-Thrashing is about done
In this vicinity. Yield of grain IL about
two-thirds what it was last year.
J. M. Cross ia building new house.
We had panorama show at the school
house Thursday evening. w..
Stock buyers have been in our section Of
country buying up beef cattle.
J. G. Yantis is lying very low with in
famatory rheumatism. He has been sick
for six weeks, during that time his parents
and friends have sit up with him nearly
every night. James c. Yantis is respected
by all that know him-he has no enemies
he is a member Of the blue ribbon club and
has ever kept secret the temperance lodge.
Willie Yantis, younger brother of James,
is in . bad condition with gathering in his
side. He has gone to Corvallis to be doc
tored. Thomas and Frank Yantis have
come down from east OF the mountains.
James andiWilliAm srs soas Of Mr.. aud Mrs.
John Yaatis of Tum Tuna.
I have just returned from enear Corvallis
where have been working with Cooper's
thresher. First run of eight days threshed
5000 bushels; run fifteen days and threshed
mostly $4,000 bushels. D. G. SHERwIN.
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MELONS, peaches, pears, tomatoes, apples,
grapes, and a general variety of all other
kinds cf fresh fruits and vegetables in great
abundance to be found cheap at A. J. Lang
worthy's Cash Store.
The Corvallis GAZETTE is one of the, best
advertising mediums in Oregon, because it
goes to large paying List of subscribers
who are able to buy and pay for any article
they see advertised if they want it.
Why will people continue to use plain
envelopes, letter and bill paper, when they
can get them with nice stylish business
card or head printed thereon at the GAZETTE
Office at about what it costs to buy the blank
material at rctoa
Mr.. Wright, the artist, is at present on
the coast, in the vicinity of Newport,
sketching few scenes for his brush this
winter. Mr.. Wright is an artist of rare
talent and will no doubt turn out some fine
paintings before another spring.
Miss Emma and Miss Rosa Stannus who
have been quite i'll at the Belt house, Inde-
pendence, are slowly coavalesing. The
little daughter of Mrs. Leander Stannus is
still very low with typhoid fever. An
sbscess ia forming in the childs neck which
threatens still further to compIicate the
case.
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husbands Counsel with YOUR wives.
As our county assessor, Mr.. E. Skipt
l, Ixoor n

As our county assessor, Mr.. E. Skipton,
has been contemplating going out Of office
soon, he celebrated the event by treating
his threshlng crowd with fve-gallon kee
of beer; and to keep the secret from his
wife, he hid the keg in the well some dis
tance from the house. On the following
Sunday, he found the beer and poured out
half gallon. On Monday his wife also
found the keg and poured out four gallons
more, and said to herself: ''Elijah, thou
art no prophet" She then filed the almost
empty keg with water and took the beer to
the house and treated her lady visitors.
Now for one week the threshers' mouths
had been watering for that beer, and about
dark that evening they found the keg The
first one drank his quart and in the lang
uage of Brick Pemeroy, pronounced it
good Another drank and said, SIT beats
all yet" Another said: ''It is dodsasted
good" The verdict of every drinker was
favorable till the twentieth drink which
was simply termed Bully" The keg was
e1nptied. AS most of them had some re-
igious ineHnations, they were new hands
at the faucet and knew no better; but sup.
posed they were drinking the genuine ar.
ticle.
Moral'-When you get keg of beer, loan
the keys to your wife or she may drink the
beer while you take water straight OF near
ly so.
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PieAas Eops.

Many Of the best women and girls as well
as men and foys in town are in the hop
fields this year picking hops, the State
Journal very well and truly says. This is a
hopeful sign. The greatest drawback to
prosperity u orcgoa heretofore has been the
difficulty OF getting people to work. When
the beet ane most respectable people in the
community, both ladies and gentlemen,
sl.,s and boys. engage in useful and health.
full labor, 81 they are now doing. instead of
idling time away, as has been too much the
rue formerly in this State, the country
must prosper. They not only increase the
wealth aud prosperity of themselves and
the community, but help to popularize labor
and make it respectable, by showing that
they are neither too proud nor too lazy to
work and earn an honest living.
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Lady Run Over by a Horseman.

The following accident of an unprincipled
deed we take from a Portland paper, which
is only one among several; ;of the same kind
which We have noticed in exchanges from
that city during the last several months.
Portland boasts of her superiority, and yet
We have never heard of any of the uncivi-
lized and unprincipled skallawags being
punished in that place for riding and driv-
ing their horses over and cripling the ladies
who may be in that city: ''While crossing
Second street, on Alder, Thursday night,
Mrs. J. A. Moran, of The Dalles, accomp
anied by her sister, Miss Thompson, were
run into by a man on horseback, riding at
furious rate of speed. Both ladies were
knocked down and seriously injured. while
the rascal who had done the damage kept
on up the street at the same pace without
once looking back. Mrs. Moran was injur-
ed by similar accident at the corner of
Third and Alder about three months ago. 4"
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fEREsHING IN OREGON,
The Sachsowers' Essay

| There is class OF men, as poor az q
church member on Missionary Sunday, who
are always ready to hire out. Although
| the farmers have long since condemned
them as financial leeches; yet the threshing
| crowd issmade up of those two classes of
people.
As the State is growing older society is
| making more determinations. The thresh.
ers assume some very peculiar toilet eccen-
tricities. The "power-driver" is usually
the most active man of the crowd and by
far the blackest. The feeders dress in
clothes that fit much like bathing suits and
nowadays to put on the college professor
they wear goggles. The straw buck wears
a Quaker bonnet made of gunny sacks and
his shirt is usually like Chinaman's, out
side of his breeches. The pitchers wear a
blouse cut close bias unless it be an Indian
who always wears his clothes cut sshias
close"
Business begins. Threshers and preach
ers always get the best victuals. If it be a
little cloudy nine out of ten farmers want
their threshing done first; and the machine
commences its buzzing at sun-up and often
keeps up its power late enough to run few
bolts and two or three pitchforks through,
and if there be any pieces of ,logchains
around someone manages to pitch them in
to the cylinder to hear them gingle and to
see if they have the right riddles on. If
the weather be nice they thresh at the
same rate, for fear it will rain; and it is the
same old thing-hurry, hurry. Hired hands
are the only ones who see this, the farmers
and owners of the thresher never can see
the disadvantages of running so late and
early. What if it should rain and spoil
half of the crops, or what would be the re-
suit in case of drouth and no crop to thresh?
In the East the farmers have their corn
crops as a last resort in case of a wheat
failure. We have NO extensive corn crops
In the Willamette. In fact we do not need
them The general atmosphere and climate
are SO invigorating that mon relish the pure
white bread that grows con their thousand
hills, and it never has nor never will fail to
come forth abundantly. No Oregon thresh-
er has yet threshed grasshoppers for busi-
ness.
Jokes are as free in harvest as lies are at
election. These are generally perpetrated
at noon. Uusually there is one fight to
make the episode romantic. After nine or
ten at night all retire to some barn or straw
yard, where they may find one or two feas.
If there be any anecdote unfit for the col.
umns of newspaper it is told then. Here
is where man will forget his politics and
religion. If a man has . weak spot it will
leak ont on him in threshing season. Good
men, even after night, have been known to
find their neighbor's melon patches and
other delicac;es and clean them out to keep
the other vsrmints from getting them.
Some men won't bear running in crowds
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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE

dubbed with other pub ubications with which
we have made arrangements, SO that persons
wishing an Eastern paper can secure the
same, together with the CORVALLIS GAZETTE,
! at a price but little more than one; post-
! age prepaid All new subscribers, and per-
j sons wha have paid all arrearages, can avail
themselves Of this liberal offer Cash in
advance must always accompany the order.
'sThe New York Weekly Times" Repub.
Hcan, Sc column paper, publishers price 81
with the CORVALLIS GAZETTE, payable In
! advance, for one year; $40.
s'The Chicago Weekly News, !" Independ-
| ent 80 column, page paper, publishers 8
price IS cents, with our GAZETTE, payable
in advance, for one year; $500.
ssThe St. Louis Journal OF Agriculture"
a 4S column page paper, publishers price
in in advance. $500.
"Harper's Magazine," illustrated, pub
| fishers price 81, with our GAZETTE, for one
year, payable in advance; $3.50.
ssHarper's Weekly (illustrated) publish
er'a price 81, with our aAzATTH, for ons
year, payable IN advance, $3.50.
"Harper's Bazaar" (illustrated) publishsrs
price 81, with our GAZETTE, for one year,
payable in advance; $3.50
"Harper's Young People," publishers
price 81 80, with our GAzETTF, for one year.
payable in advance; 1910.
Scientific American" publishers price
So, 20, with our GAZETTE, for one year, pay.
able in advance; IS, 10.
Scientific American Supplement" pub
lisher's price 90, with our GAZETTE, foy
one year, payable in advance; $3.50.
Scientific American and Supplement-
publishers price 81, with our GAZETTE. foE
one year, payable in advance; So,
''The American Agriculturist, publishers
price 81 so, with our GAZETTE, for one year.
payable in advance, $3.50.
VIII send the "New York Weekly
Tribune" and the GAZETTE, for one year,
payable in advance, $3.50, or the s'Semi-
Weekly Tribune and GAZETTE ons year
for
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The Local Editor.

Who is there in any town who does more
for the community at large than the local
editor of its local paper? Who is it that
labors harder and does as much unpaid, and
often unthanked for work as hei He re-
joices with you in your prosperity, and sor.
rows with you in your adversity. He chron-
icles your birth, proclaims your marriage
festivities, and when you have paid the last
debt of nature, he vents his grief and fire.
quently perils his chance for heaven in en-
deavoring to give you clear record where
on to begin business in the other world, and
what is his reward There are always
plenty in neighborhood to curse that
blockhead of an editor" Why? Because,
perhaps, after wearying his brains for years
in getting up complimentary notices for
yourself, your family and your business. for
all of which probably, you have never said
''thank you," he has Inadvertently said
something that does not strike you just
right. People should remember that he is
besst by many perplexities, many are the
axes that are brought to him for free turn
of the crank. and taking everything into
consideration, he omits calling attention to
but few events of social, moral or business
Importance that occur in his vicinity and
where anything concerning you is not set
forth in sugar coated words, investigate
before allowing your anger to arise and nine
times out Of ten it will prove An accident. -
Exchange.
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Isallian Tourists.

A couple of italian tourists honored our
| town this week with their presence. From
| their Language and general appearance they
seem to be Of that nationality of whom near
ly all OF them from choice prefer to be pro-
| fessional beggars in preference to engaging
in honest toll for livelihood Their sue
GEES il their calling nc doubt was good as
our citizens rs e general thing prefer to err
On the side of charity rather than to sec
| worthy person remain in want; besides
we saw number of our citizens respond to
their demands. At one place they applied
to ono OF our townsman and the one who
could see informed him that his companion
was bEud; our fellow townsman asked what
YVES the matter with him THAT is the one
who wss not blind), whereupon he respond
ed that his back was crippled. To all ap-
pearsRces however he appeared like man
able to earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow. They passed on to the next who
responded with quarter and SO the bust
Eess went On. They claimed to be from
PortlenG and Astoria. II such is the case
those places are able to take care OF their
poor and they should lave remained there.
Eat it is Likely they are from those places
in the same manner that they will be from
Corvallis when they arrive at the next
town.
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W. P. BUTCHER DROWNED.
Speculations Doubtful.

During the early part of the day last Mon
day report came here by parties from Al
bany to the effect that W. P. Butcher had
drowned in the Willamette river on the
afternoon of the day before. Later report:
| brought the news that on last Saturday
afternoon Mr. Butcher bought at Albany 6
viol of arsenic, and on Sunday afternoon,
down about the lower part of town, small
hand yalise which was recognized to have
belonged to Butcher was found on the bank
of the river together with some articles OF
clothing, the vial of arsenic, tumble1
which appeared like it had contained some
water mixed with a portion of the arsenic.
Along with these articles was found short
note signed by Butcher and stating, in sub
stance that his life had been failure and
he was tired of living and that he had drank
the arsenic from the glass mixed with water
and had afterwards jumped into the river
in order to save his friends the burden Of
paying his funeral expenses.
When these articles were found it created
some considerable excitement with the citi-
zens of Albany. A large crowd soon col
lected ON the banks of the river near by the
newly discovered relics of what was then
supposed by them to be of the late w. P.
Butcher, deceased. They commenced drag
ging the river but all of their trouble was of
no avail. They found not the remains of
the lamented Butcher His shaddowy form
had evaporated into an unseen aerial sub
stance, too transparent to be observed and
had departed from the gaze of the anxious
crowd. The shadow which he left behind
was not "Black" enough to be visible to the
naked eye of his friends, and the inyolun-
tary inquiry which continually fell from the
lips of the crowd was "Where is Butcher?''
But the brilliant and swift gliding waters of
the great Willamette failed to echo back an
answer. On Monday afternoon the stage
driver, to and from Albany, brought to onr
city news to the effect that since the satchel,
viol, cup of poison and the note $50 usual on
such occasions) had been found, that all that
was mortal of the late departed and lament
ed Butcher was found preambulating the
streets of Jefferson.
Since the above was in type information
reaches US that parties from here went to
Albany last Wednesday to investigate the
reports above referred to and upon pretty
examination of the whole matter
they were convinced that MIR. Butcher had
met watery grave. They could not find
that there was any truth in the report that
he had been seen at Jefferson. On Satur-
day before arriving at Albany and while
going there he told several persons that he
thought he would put an end to himself
and he also said the same to . party here
before leaving.
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some three miles beyond Riddle have again
suspended operations and gone to ballastina
up that part ef the road south Of town, how.
ever 80 seon Al = new supply Of iron and
ties can be pushed to the 'front.' the good
work will be renswsd.-Sincs the above
was put in type, the track layers have re-
sumed work.
Two ladies of Looking Glass precinct cir
eulated remonstrancs, against certain
petition to obtain license at the present
term Of court to sell liquor, and beat it two
to one. It would be well for other women
of other communities to make note OF this,
and follow the example, for their efforts
will be crowned with success almost invar-
iably. If the class who are continually
bowling and making so much fuss about
saloons, would put in little of their time
working as those women did, they might
prove blessing instead of a curse. If you
don't work, keep your everlasting racket to
yourself.
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GENERAL.

N. Baum, long resident of Linn county
departed from Albany last Wednesday
where he enters temporarily the wholesale
establishment of Fleischuer, Mayer & Co
at Portland
Messrs. w. G. Tweedale and G. a. Stew
art returned to Albany on Saturday last
from two weeks trip beyond the Cascade
mountains.
One day last week the water wheel of the
Oregon City sawmill was completely de.
stroyed by piece of wood that got into it.
A large black bear was seen a few days
ago inside one of the cemeteries near Van,
couver.
Judge c. Lancaster, who recently sold
his ranch of a thousand acres to Rev. A. L.
Lindsley for SIS, 500 has located in vancou.
yer, having purchased the Isaac Thomas
place, on 9th street.
Some of the rock sent by the Manwells OF
Salatchie to San Francisco went through
the milling process, and yielded $S5 to the
ton, confirming previous assays made of the
same rock.
Last Monday morning, Mr.. L. W. Rob-
ertson of independence, sold his entire stock
of drugs and medicines to Goodman Broth
ers, of Eugene, and will give possession on
Monday next.
There is strong talk of organizing ditch
company at Zena. Polk county. It is pro-
posed to construct ditch for the purpose of
bringing water for household and mechan-
ical purposes.
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County Court sent. Term.

At County Conrt for September term,
1882, among other things the following pro-
ceedings were had:
Gillian and Tracy of Elk City precinct
was granted icence for months to sell
liquors in quantities less than one quart.
Report of viewers on road leading from
corner of G. w. Heucks land and s. E.
corner of McCauley Porters land to opposite
Peoria on Willamette river read first time
and afterwards declared public highway and
ordered opened.
Ferry icence granted to Jacob Holgate
to keep ferry across Alsea bay for period of
one year.
The appointment Of J. N. Goltrs to a
scholarship to the State University was de.
clared Cancelled.
Emma M. Wright, Annie c. Wright and
Alexander Brady were appointed to schol-
arship in the State University.
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= strange. and to our citizens, new dis
ease, 1as tesn causing some sickness among
horses in certain localities says the Prime
vile Ners. Several have died in the neigh.
berhood Of Powell Buttes, and a case or two
have been noticed in other places, though
we have not yet heard of any deaths ex-
cept those above mentioned. An examina-
ton after death revealed an inflammation OF
the iutestines, but no cause has yet been
discovered. The disease is not general at
all, and there is no cause for alarm, the
sickness not being contagious.
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Interesting,

The Semi Weekly East Oregonian, picture.
of Pendleton, Centerville, Weston, Una
tilla City, Echo City, Pilot Rock and Repp-
ner, to any address three months, 81; six
months, Sl.75; twelve months, So. Sample
copy of paper and picture, 25 cents. The
best and truest description of Umatilla
county-the great wheat and sheep country
ever written. Address
EAST OREGoNIAN PUBLISHING Co.,
Pendleton. Umatilla County, Oregon.
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New Material.

We received not long ago new job press
and large lot of new job type of the latest
styles and designs directly from the East
If you want printed in the latest style
nice
Letter heads,
Bill heads,
Envelopes,
Visiting cards,
Business cards,
Programs,
Ball tickets,
Note books,
Order books,
Receipt books,
Posters,
Druggists labels,
Gumnled or
Ungummed,
Legal blanks,
Or fine book or job printing Of any kind,
you ear get them at the GAZETTE office at
q trife more than cost of labor and mater
iaL Call and examine them.
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PRODUCE PRICE CURRENT,
CONSUMPTION CURED

An old physician, retired from active
practice. having had placed in his hands by
an East india Missionary the formula of a
simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and
permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung
affections, also positive and radical cure
for general Debility and all nervous COM
plants, after having thoroughly tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands Of
cases, feels it his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. The recipe with full
use, and all necessary advice and instruc.
tions for successful treatment at your own
home, will be received by you by return
mail, free OF charge by addressing with
stamp or stamped self-addressed envelope to
DR.. M. E. BELL,
l6l n. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md.
l0:2yl
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Accident

Yesterday little boy, son of Mr.. VIM.
Sloper was thrown from the back of a horse
which he was riding and was severely cut
in the head. The wound was dressed by
Dr.. 7. F. Smith and will not prove as
serious as at first anticipated, though per-
haps enough to deter the little fellow from
mounting a horse in hurry again.