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, 1884-02-02
IengfeIl0w's Grave.

Lon mellow HIS no tombstone. no mound,
no memoris'. We found his grave by the
number o. ts lot. Tn, whcls place is
smoothly sodded ard surrounded by stone
coy ing. 1t is on terrace. One side OF the
lot runs almost perpendi,ularly down to a
lower real. The place seems fitted natural y
for vault, but only bank Of green met
the eye on the steep hillside. Unmarked as
it was. it MIS- surrcuaded by vsitors-yoIng
and old, nome people sad strangers. No
need to ask, no need to tell who uss Long
fellow. There were people there from be-
yond the Rockies, and they gathered the
g5ass blades to take back with them; a
school toy treasured a sorrel blossom tia,
grew by the way; and the very dust Of the
carriage road, believe, would have been
priced because it hal been near u him, to
the body thas hal dwelt with ''that beauti-
ful spirit, whose frame his friend Emerson,
in his feebleness, had forgotten, but whose
beautV even death sia lows could not dim.
On our way home We pissed in front Of the
queer yellow hous., rather Weather-beaten
and dIIapi dated. TIA. hsd so long been Long
fellows home. The grea. trees. the shrub
thIckets, were JUS, as he had described them.
| eouli fancy the Old clock ticking, never,
forever!" on the mansion stair, the chestnut
char empty, and by il the isweled pen that
''HsIel" gave him; the books Of manuscript;
the souvenir OF friends looking down from
the wills Of tn, ancient dwelling. We did
not ask to enter the hoIse. Tha master hal
too lately Departed to have j. -eem Ike ais
home without him.
, 1884-02-02
Celebrated Its Anniversary.

Enterprise lodge. No. >, l. o. o. +. Gel
ebrated its 2lss anniversary last evening
with social entertainment and dance. Inc
hall was more than comfortably filed and
the gursti enjoyed the pleasures rrov'dei
with due apprec alton. There was vocal
and instrumental music rendered IN Sach
excellent style that encnres wre treqGeat'
For renditions OF popalar music on the piano
Miss Emily Bauer aad Miss Anna Ralmels-
ter were loudly applsuded. Mr.. jos. Bieur
sang selo, Waiting IN excellent style;
Allen Skinner performed on the mouth hlr-
monica with such effect as to e'icit round
of applause; intsrspersed in the programme
were recitatIons, duets, et:. etct., whi;h
were well executed AID did not iai! to give
satisfaction. The piece de rssiStanes Was the
"three Whistlers" who frought down the
house by the suberb style N which they rem
dered the following populsr airs, specially
composed for the occasion by the authors
whose names are attlched:
Piece !, 'Majorica Anna" by j. q; ) JTstiGe'
2, "Log Cabin IN the Lane d; b ie'
{" 3 "DevII's Dream Thomas I erney.
"Oppen it" from Patsey Connor.
Arkansaw Travele:,
"a : .Uu:on Ws,ty," or buy broom
Bye. Bees rer
6 Highland Fliag. lien Lee.
A. the con .lusicn Of the tIercises the aC-
dience was IN excellent lumOr and prepared
for the dancs with a zest tia: knew no di
mlnufion un.iI the party disperset n the
wi,ca.ng hours Of the early morning.
, 1884-02-02
IL AMERICA.

"Your father WAS nothing but simple
stone mason.
al know here you got that information.
Quietly remarked tie other.
"From whom did get it,
"From your father"
"How do you know that"
"Because y, u father WAS my fathers he'd
carrier"
IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Miss 7. Ripe, Of Shlnbone Alley, Slaugh-
ter's Row, traces her pedigree back to soap
boiler, but from that poiat the pedigree was
too greasy to be tia2ei and appears to have
slipped ont or up. Speaking OF ped g'ees,
our wealthy fri,ni, Medallion, has the
honor Of being The hrs. I.ish sm'grant ever
assisted" to the United 5 ates by tie
British Government He left Ii, country
for his eeuatry's good
The prevailing toadyism 20 We 9Th srgg =sts
the propriety OF atrogating that OLD t'sy
clause of the constitution which fOrb;ds the
enisyment Of titles OF mobility by American
nsbots. There is no country IN the world
wnere money is sluandered oa balls and
banluets on scale OF such royal msgniti-
chance As in America. The papers r.ve! m
minute descriptions of tis palaces OF the
rich. The whole jenkins tribe IS devoted to
the wo.k OF conveying t. the publ; the
wonderful prodiga!itY OF our great national
bloodsuckers. Oar EobiiIty Is based up n
wealth acquired during the pist thirty years
mostly through the sw .nalias game OF stock
gambling, the sale to lambs, by Wolves, OF
stocks which, after S ,ie, are made worthless
or worth le S, and bought back again by the
welye, to be ag.in infi.ted and again sid.
These clever tricAs make our miilionaires.
The farmers, who give all thfiy products for
their transportation to ma. ket and mortgage
their farms each year for money to live on
while they raise another crop for the rail-
roads, would surely feel pride in voting to
have the railway magnates male dukes and
earls. Power should have pomp as its at
t,ndant. Oar mast,rs should lie decorated
with titles Indicative Of Their superiority.
By all ne,rs let Us have orders cf n,bi lty-
, 1884-02-02
The Dailes Fire.

Osiny to the la,e hour 1t which our dis-
pstchs. arrived yesterday, We were unable
to do more than publish the bare fact OF the
FIRE The FIRE started 3; mianight OF We'd
nesday night, in the frame building on the
north side OF second street, between wash
;uqton and Court streets, and the entire
bloos va, speedily threatened The IRE
WAS controlled Icng before moraing. by ehse-
,igs work on the part Of the lire department
and c,tizsns generally. but not before eight
bindings were destroyed. The following
h,s;,es, men were burned out: DicSerson
E Neitz, butchers; Garrison, le~eier
Milan book store; Waitnsn, boots ana
sbo.s. ). a. Baden, geaeTal merchandise
Gbolsop, variety store; TaidrOn & Co..
druggists; Dandy Bros, barriers; r. "yek'
NAN boots and shoes. and the Wise2 SirA-
Total loss estimated at s5o.e0o' Insurance
s25, eco.
, 1884-02-02
The Baker Ci'y sraneh-

There are only 80 mile. Of grading TO be
done on The Baker City branch OF the U. II
IN and IS the company has eaoo men IN
its employ, the road viii be re-oy ,Oi .-e
iron IN June. The Chinese are ce'eofA Ank
their New Year at this d.'e, but alter 'ne
holiday they will resume work, the rsda'-
10, Oi wage. to so cents per d.! otins
agreed to. The weather has been dehsnIai
and beyond Orc Dell there is re .n0. E TO
80 of While ct Me.cham there s only
TO feet. Trains we're to commence to run
- w,i.er on the Oregon Short Line yssser-
s.v The sr.de i. completed from there 70
-. s,.k. river, and ths tzack viii be ia'o
. !, -der 10 enable the company to send
.lous the ..teri.ls for the bridge 'e1'~ 80.
Snsks.
, 1884-02-02
The Modern Crctnn Green.

1t is always cuatoTaTy for young people
who are under age and desire to be rad :
one, t. "ag" to Lewiston, waere accommo'
dating justices can be found at all hours d
the day and night to tie the nup.ia! knot
The preference shown for Lewiston BY these
runaway couEl-s is based on bus,ness, and cen
lists in the fact that und-r the laws OF Idaho
license is unn, cessa'y to enter into tie mar.
riage contract Scarcely a week elapses that
one or more couple from Assotin. Garfield.
Columbia, Wala Walls AID Whitman coun-
ties do not visit LOWS on to be married. and
the hospitality Of the city is such that 1t
always gratife, these seekers after uiatrino-
rial bIi,s. Even the preachers are not averse
to regarding the marriage ceremony as a
civil contract, and when runaway couples
present Themselves they proceed on the
principle to "ask 10 questions and yoa
will be told no hes" and III, ceremony Is
promptly performed. About twenty months
ago young couple from A-to.in fed TO this
lovers paradise, the girl eyed fourteen and
th, boy fifteen years of age. Some time
elapsed before they could fiud justice who
would marry them, bat one was at length
found accommodating enough to perform the
cerem5ny for the usual fee, and they were
made cne. Tne biush;ny couple were con-
Quoted up stairs into the parior Of the Ray
mond House and there they sas until nearly
midnight, when the clerk passed the word to
some Of the boys, until enough were got
together to escort tie young couple to the
bridal chamber where thty we're undressed
and put to bed. This is only one instance
of the.e hamoross escal laGe., but is is saffi-
sient to show that the liberty Of the hws
a.s frequently abused, and if il does not
prove hot bed for divorce cases We miss our
Ruess.
, 1884-02-02
General Ba.eoek = Opinion.

ST. Louis. Jan. 23.-Gen. Hanc1ck, on
his return from California and the sJu,h-
west, says: Il have had = delightful tour
among the soldiers Of the southwest. and l
lind the army in splendid condition. DO
l think the next president will be Demo
c,a, l certainly do, unlss, the arty CON-
mits greater tIunders than can p IDLY be
anticipated. The tariff question i. naturally
coming up again, and ia d d-sign to cut a
broad figure In the political campaign. j
think Carlisle is going {, make him eli the
greatest SPEAKER Of the house. and his tarifi
views will undoubtedly become the Demo
craft, party platform. Yes. there ia every
reason to believe tha. We vlil win this time"
, 1884-02-02

EDrrvR SrArEsMAS:-Ia consequence OF
the communication from the pres,dent Of tie
Ladies Relief Society. a great many OF cur
memssas may th,nk h,t ni,represen,ed
thing to them when asking their help 10
fam q s'r.ctly nen-ssctAriAn benevolent
soci t.. and i, jus ice to myself allow me
70 stats thst he preside It Is misin!ormed
concerning the Il ut workings Of said society,
This Is quite naturA, she has to pend
entirely ap.n hearsay foa Anything she
wishes to state ahou, it's fret efforts. She
never attended any meet tings until 'hs be-
came prssi lent. Wnen ws were mostly
in need of co op. ra.ors to form an inshtotion
entirely new to the town, when we probably
often infrlnged upon the p, ri au:en'ary rule,
having to depend al on verT few OF Us 10
organize the society, doing the est We could
under tie diffc lit circumstances. When
all the labor sss tarowD upon th. few VINO
took interest the IN n'erpiise. our present
president never came near us. We struggled
and worked until Mr.. Kellogg tecsme pres
rdent Of prosperous charitable Institution.
satisfactory to all our active msmle.s, who
by that time had bacome quite humerous'
She was mi.inbrmed whea she was lett
upd r the impression tia. it was "foreg ne
co,cius;on" that tho society was Protestant
Among the 100 members who signed their
names t. my petition to start benevolent
s,c;ety, Q great many remember having
Ayr. ed that this should be bOiy where the
nent ers Of ali creeds should unite 10 ass st
the re4dy Of all creeds, land / hope they
will ioin US At cur next m,eting u testify
to the correctness Of this statenen,l. Among
one hundred, not one raised an objection to
its beirg q non -sectariAn society; net one
said she would work with Us on the condi !
tion of its becoming Protsstan institution.
Ms. Alex Re.d. Mr.. Gillian and Mrs.
Wipgard were appointed to draw up con-
s.i,usion: Ms. Wingard proposed to send
to Portland to get the bylaws Of its relief
society. without ever mentioning the word
Protestant in connection with it, nor was
t ere anything Indicative of it in the consti-
tuition. Tie very first time the word Protes
tant was used in connection with our work,
was at our last meeting and met with most
energetic opposrtion. Mrs. Kellogg stats
tha. there is Ge.I,ns in our society because
IL Is not prote.tant- In this Gaze. 1t is GER
tslnly wrong time to make arrangements
for q home. II there is decline it is bes ause
the da,s from las. yea. are not all collected
vet; there ere 500 standing out. Ladies
ali over town complain that they had been
members and were willing u continue being
30, but have not been called on to pay their
dues. The sgi:ators are ipjuriug the instr
tuition very much This movement will
leaye wound which it will take years OF
hard work TO heal Still, kll this is said to
be done for charity's sake.
MIS- J. II. BAUER.
, 1884-02-02
The lrsq.sss and nia~ asha.

Two hundeed years before .ne,white men
landed On Manhattan Island the i've Indian
aioes living near Cayaea and Seneca Lakes
had formed themselves into alesgue. Their
laws and customs, based as they were on
freedom and personal right, excited the ad.
hhra'ion OF the early Jesuit missionaries.
Inc implements usei by this people were
those OF the Stone Age, but their civilization
was not TAR behind that of the nineteenth
century They were proficient in many,of
the household arts. They cultivated corn
and planted orchards Peaches and apples
we're plenty. Their houses were large, and
many OF them painted. The Ircquois,
though comparatively few in numbers, by
their superior intelligence and organization
made their power felt from the ocean t. the
Mississippi. They were the virtull rulers
OF the central part of Nor:h America.
lhe principal agent in forming this lie ,gne,
and thus Promoting the IrOquois power, was
the chic, Hiswatha. He Is no myth, as
the reader OF Loag!ellox's poem might sup
pose. Hiiwatha was a real personags.
Panied as he was by the ssrifes existing be-
tween the neighboriag tribes, he made i: his
iiie work to briag them int1 4 conie ieration
Tor the purpose OF peace. He lived 70 conf
plete the work upon which his heart va, set
He formed a nation SO strong tina, in after
years both England and France made every
effort to secure al alliance; and this alliance
once formed was An import,n. fac.cr in de-
termining the Erglishsupremacy in Amer;cl.
The wo.k OF Hiawatha sounds hks a ro-
nance, but tbs published researches OF Lew
Is II. Morgan aud Hora;io Hale show that
We have no. formed al exs yger.ted coro.p-
ton OF the man or of the people whom he
served.-Wi!liam p Tay'or. in the Ncmhat-
tan for february
, 1884-02-02

Mrs. Calliper Jones has issued cards for
musieael fandasgo at her residence on Jua-
ipsr street for 81. Valentines day.

Mrs Calliper Jones has issued cards for
musieael faadasgo at her residence on Jun-
ipsr street for 81. Valentines day.
The Astor's ball in New York has elieited
much attention On the part Of cur elite, some
Of whom announce their intention of giving
shindig tha. viii knock the spots offea the
gilded 'risrocrats OF the effete eastern centers
of fash;oa-
The lates. jsnboree was held .. the Eal-
.tial residence OF Mr. and Mrs, Hautton On
Friday night. The guests enjoyed item
selves immensely and were conducted home
by attendant ccnssables.
1t Il society secret that the guests oi
Sheriff Thompson are making elaoorate
preparations for leap year "Wsr paace
on February %; the affair VII be exclusively
exclusive and limitations will only be issued
to the youth, beauty. wealth and fashion oil
the city. When We state tina. the accom-
plished Patsey Conner, E-q., wall aes IS
master of ceremonies; and that the Hon.
Richard Hazlett, the well known pilgrim
Print" is closely identified with the affair. it
will be readily seen why the crsnie dc Ia
creme Of cur ham ton are no1iously awaiting
this event which promises to be the most
recherche and brilliant social saccess Of the
season.
The ham toniest Of our hGut ton are casting
about for meas to prevent the indisef'min-
ate mixture If wealth ard shs ddy which has
hitherto prevailed. Hereafter, Therefore.
the ''bts." society of Orr city will combine
wealth and culchaw-more chaw than cei
, 1884-02-02
EHCST E;AS

r...-..- ..-s-. IN the Pacific Northwest to
O.. ara az >;n.s N the Eastsrn and
!. .,.r.-, -...,s. !, Is the only line running
p..'.-Ts.. Fa..e S.s-pirg Cars between ST.
n','T '.r-l CHi-.g1. - Milwaukee.
g. Il. .b,. only ilr. E4der one management
i.-,,.s.., s.. F.ul :E5 Chicago, and o~Es three
-.-.-, .aI listi1gt i:nes hetUeen those
......- thus giving Passengers choice Of three
-.-... rs ,-ss through tie most fertile, poPu-
,-..,-4 r.s.sfsaga- sections Of Minnesota,
-. Wisconsin ald il,aoi- 1t IL also the
-, T..- between O'aahG ani Chicago in
.-.---....a v.-h the Union Poetic Raii~Gy,
..-.. .sa--,. c.a u5w have choice Of two
-. .sI IN either Csc tFavei over the
..-..-.. Eff.s-sGs-e aud s.. Psni Short Line.
:. -r-. ,as -la-t Giaing cars IN the world, and
~ o. -ua-g.. - So sgue the comfort ot its
-. y. Cn.a-5 @: ca7s u anT class be
-, = F.uI a,I Cnic.-o, and Omaha and
-. crta.- fs.m Portland, which Is made
20 I'm ...g..s iu both -. Paul snd Omaha.
.,-. VIZ til,.ats r-li Viz Chicago, Mil
-. 4 S.. Pui Railway. and se-uEe the
.f-......, ul.v ,I.l5t d. tits gres:
, 1884-02-02
wi,h "a. on. Li.a,s Pee.

The Heuse Committee on Public Lands
has made short work Of Of the Texas Pa
ci6c land grant Mr.. Huntington made
q feeble effort to save it, and Mr.. Roger
A. Pryor Was called in to make ssns'-
mental speech, but the committee seems
to have be. n in no temper for tr'hin&,
for it agreed unanimously. upon report
declaring the lands forfeited. Undoubt-
edly the House will confirm the report
BY passing the bill. and the Senate will
hardly dare to hang the matter up
And this is one result of the Hunting
ton lsttera With his own little pen the
railway chisftain wrote his own undoing.
In the face of the revelations contained
in that correspondence and rather AFRO
ssn,ly rcafirmed by Mr.. Huntington
himself when the letters were made p1b-
lie, Congress was in no mood to pariey
With him or any Of his heutenants. 1t
took the very 6rs, opportunity that Of
fered to snub him violently. But by
doing this Congress will work no inlus-
tice to Mr.. Huntington or his associates.
The latter never had acy more right or
title TO the Texas L Pacific land grant
than to any other Of the grants not made
to themselyesI CONGRESS- made that
grant with the express intention to aid
a competing road to the Pacu coast.
The monopoly Of the one line then con-
structed had already become burdensome
and it was to check its aggressions that
Congress saw fit to aid the new company.
That the latter did not build the line was
due to Influences that congress could net
contr1l. The other people--the Hunt
ington party-were strong enough to
build it with their ora resources, and
did so, thus Eerpetuating their own mo
nopoly .nd destroying the very object of
the land gran. made to the other com.
pany. Now to claim the grant because
it WAS assigned to them BY q company
which had never earned it was, to say
the least, bold and daring act, and one
which they could only hope to succeed
in by Juggling in the departments, or BY
those other methods Of persuasion 80
freely limited at in some Of the Cotton
letters.
The Southern Pacific Railway Com
pany will not suffer by the forfeiture OF
the grant 1t never was theirs-indeed,
they knew that its very existence was
intended as menace to their aggressive
policy. They choked the real grantees
out of the field. and are now in possess
ION, and, to that extent they have trium-
phsd over the objects Of Congress when
the grant was made. Let them be con-
tent with their victory, and let the un-
earned grant be restored to the people.
, 1884-02-02

Many persons do not know ths amount OF
xater meant when . miners inch ID named.
In the early placer mining days Of California
when water was scarce and difficult 10 get.
. miners inch was the quantity that voald
pass through an ori6ce IN inch square. with
. four inch pressure-or dow Of about 5ss3
gallons ger honr. Later On, the quantity
vas changed ts whs. would Gov through the
same oriioe, but With . nix inch pssssus-
q How Of sboat 80 gailons per hoar.
, 1884-02-02
County BKiAges.

From J. C. Csswfosd, who vss in tovs
Sunday. se learn that he has fourteen men
and eight hoess working on the county
bridges and roads. He is nov esg,esd IN
bui;d.nza . bridge at Hst's crossing Of the
Touehe., which viii be loo feet long. When
this is finished be VII span the Tcachet
With acotb9 bridge oa the Pertijoh. road
which win hare span Of 80 feet whsn
this beidss is soap:essd tie road to Eareks
Fiat win b fai.bsd nd sPsssd.
, 1884-02-02

New YORK, Jan. 26.-John MAR. saPer-
intendent of the Northern Pacific. has re-
signed, 10 take III. general manazrrsh p Of
the Oregon Improvement Company for 3
term or years. he Will reside IN Portland.
and will have entire G n.rol OF the Pacih
Coast int. rests Of the comp,ny. incindn
the railroad and steamship iines and coal
intereste.
Inquiry at railroad hsadqasrier' develop
the fact that Mr.. N1ir's resignation vAs
quite unexpected and created - much SUI
prise in railroad circles q, j. dii to the gen
er.l public. Mr.. MuH's acquaintance vita
the details Of traffic management in tie
northwest has made him essentially the nigh;
man in the right place. and the tact ct his
resignation viii hardly Be credited until
officially confirmed. Hsus it is greatly 70
be regretted.
, 1884-02-02
In the Saddle.

The n. Y. Tribune sounds q note of
alarm At the top of its voics 1t shouts
from the lofty tower the startling words:
"Tks South is in full control of the house
and its committees, 1t has the speaker,
it has a numerical majority in tho party
caucus, it has clear majority of all the
chAirmanships and 1t has most Of the
good committees. The South is iE the
.addle. Where will it pull up"
The speaker is Southern" man il
the sense that ne lives at the Kentucky
end of the bridge which connects Cipcin-
natl with Covington, and was strongly
for the Union during the war.
The most important committees of
congress are the house committees on
ways and means and appropriations.
These committees oyershadov all others
Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, Union
soldier and northern man, in the mean
Ing of the Tribune is chairman of
the Committee on ways and means.
Out Of the thirteen members Of the com
mittee the north has eight and the
south five. The men in the sad oull
up there with three minority.
Mr.. Randall, Of Pennsylvania, . north
ern man, Is chairman of the committee
on appropriations. Out of its fifteen
members the north has eleven and the
sonth four. The men in the seddle
again halt with minority of seven
Other important committees are
those on Judiciary, banks, foreign affairs,
military affairs, manufactures, public
lands, railways, and labor.
Mr. Randolph Tucker, Of Virginia,
is chairman Of the Judiciary committee.
He Is a southern man and the ablest
constitutional jurist IN the house. Bot
Of the thirteen members of his committee
nine are northern and fsur southern
men. So Mr.. Tucker il unhorssd bys
majority Of five against his section.
Mr.. Buckner, of Missouri, il chairman
Of the banking committee But his
southern force numbers only five, while
there are eight northern members to set
Of against them
At the head Of the committee on for
eign affairs is Ex-Governor Curtin, Of
Pennsylvania a northern man and .
war governor. On his committee are
nine members from the north and four
from the south.
The chairman Of military aHAin Is
General Rosecrans, . northern man snd
a Union general, and of its fourteen
members ten are from the north and
only four from the south, . majority OF
nix for the mounted brigadierA
The committee On naval afAirs il
headed by the patriotic s. s. Coz, and
he Is backed BY seven northsrnsrs
against four booted southsrness.
The committees on manufactures, pub
Lie lands and labor arc al headed by
northern men, and tbs committee or
railroads BY . southernsr. But m no
committee are tho southern represents
tives in majority.
The Eve select committees on CIVIL ssf-
vice reform, the liquor trade, Anef''sn
shipbuilding, the election OF Pfsaoe
and penaions, al have northern 'o'1
men
Even the coumittess on the lssee:
and imprOvsmsnts Of the Ass.pr
river h.. on il seven northern and f00
T1 Ts. r-;5..s i sridsstly I'm ns
AL But il rids ss vsv s@e -
.osvmsd hobby snd cannot pan ~
, 1884-02-02

The Manitoba people are not without
reason in being wroth tn tn ir rulers.
A deputation of farmer. rsceIt'y called
on Aitornsy-General Miller to explain
their grievances and he tnrne1 his back
on them and ordered Q servant to show
them out We do not know how great a
maa Attorney General Miller is in his
Own country, bat in the & lited States
We have no stAs-smsn big enou n to ven
ture to have q delegation Of farmers
turned out Of doors by servant.