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, 1884-04-19
Smiling and sinister.

Once more smiling Portland comes
to us all wreathed in smiles, all ad-
miratiOn forour charms, compliment
ing us on our surprising beauty,
wondering at our growth, and going
into raptures over our superlative
loveliness and moral worth, and tell
ing us we really must let her take
like TO have it, that she just couldn't
lire without our likeness, and she
will charge us but ten cents copy,
and even less five only take a guam
tity. But alas, and alack, having
thus by her perfidious Establishments
gained hut only the more deeply to
wthnd and lacerate our innocent
and trusting hearts, and raised but
only the more cruelty to dash our
trembling timid hopes, she immed-
lately assumes another role; and,
turning on her heel, and thus un-
consciously betraying her evil ami
mus, goes deliberately to work spoil
ing good ink and paper by making
up a lot of botchy caricatures and
shoddy descriptive drivel and COM
bining them into ten cent numbers
Of an alleged "Illustrated journal !'
yclept the West Shore, to he sent out
and for the benefit Of Portland sold
as fair representative Of Spokane
Falls asH isl! 1t may be fun fol
Portland, and much wasted money
in the pockets of the publishers, hui
it is none the less fragrant, gross
and libelOus outrage on the city Ot
Spokane Falls. It's Of course clearly
understood that Portland is not {
little disgruntled over our refusal tt
tax ourselves for the special beneti
Of her merchants, and it is to be ex
pected that whenever opportunity
affords we shall be made to smar
for our temerity, but that our nat
ural scenery, our buildings, and ou
city generally should be misrepre
J sented, caricatured, blurred, belit
tied and held up to public cOntemp
, thus, under the guise Of friendl!
7 presentation of our commanding ad
vantages and enterprise, and tina
, withal our people should be aske'
, to pay for the cowardly, vile an,
contemplate trick, is rather to-
) much to be taken without at least
> gentle protest. But erperientid docej
, and now we know what we shoul
, have known before, that no enviou
a rival beauty may be trusted to tax
5 another "picture," describe he
e charms or do her wooing; and W
q may console ourselves with the rC
{ Election that if the publishers an
z "nrtists' Of the West Shore ca
: stand it, then so can Spokane Fall
4 Certainly we need not play into tn
a hands of these publishers and "ar
s lists" by either buying or circulatin
v their paper, at least until they max
e a more Sdecent showing than the
h current anti-SpOkane issue.
SUBSCRIBER.
, 1884-04-19

lew yards up the creek. The latter
part Of this week the boys expect to
strike this rich ground again, when
the largest part of the gold will con-
sist of nuggets worth from five to
twenty-five dollars. The cleanup
at hight, last fall, used to run from
500 to $500. oyer eighteen thOus-
and dollars was taken out by the
boys, and it all came from a very
small strip of ground which is sup
posed to I've in the channel Of an an
cient river At present, the work
Performed is with a view of prepar-
ing dump for the richer ground
abOve. Many disadvantages are en-
countered now which will be over
come in a few days, yet the clean
ups Of the past week would be con-
adered quite satisfactory in most
1aims. Monday was representing
Ivy up the gulch, and little work
''SEs-slOsss-sA-tlaa. Ayidav that day,
and no cleanup was made. On
Tuesday Sl5S was cleaned up. The
yield of the Saturday previous was
$3.50. Thursday and Fridays run
was $3.50, and Wednesdays $40.
Nine men are interested in the claim,
but only eight are in the mines at
present. The aggregate amount of
gold taken out from wednesday to
Wednesday inclusive, was 81, 100.
Only six days work was really per-
formed, which gives over S24 per
day to the man.
The history of this extraordinary
claim is as follows: The Widow
was originally located for Mrs. NJ.
II. Lane by A. J. Prichard her at
tOmey in fact, March p, 1888, and
was relocated and recorded June II,
1883, on page SO, Book A, records of
CGur dAIene Mining District. In
September Of last year Mr.. Prichard
had n number of men working under
contract to develop the claim for
Mrs. Lane. Each night when
dean-up was made. it is said that
one-fifth was scrupulOusly weighed
cut and set apart as the "WidOw's
mite" and given to Mr.. Prichard as
her agent Mrs. Lane is the widow
Of man who was a COmrade Of
Prichard during the war. She lives
IN Illinois. Mrs. Abe Ellington, who
has been spending the past few
weeks at Fort CGur d'Alenc, has
generally been supposed to be the
widow Of the Widows claim. This,
Mr.. Prichard says, is only an idle
rumor, Mrs. Edgington being an en-
tirely different parsonage. The gen
tlemen who now hold possession Of
the claim, were prospecting in the
gulch last summer, and became sat
isfied that this claipl.eRUldha-b
RrtuueE, riAd The party asserted their
rights by turning the water of. No
resistance was made by those work
ing the claim, but a day and half
was asked and granted in which to
clean up the sluices. The claim was
then abandoned to the jumpers.
There was no force employed, no
threats, not even a harsh word.
"The Orphans" believe they have
Just legal right to the ground on ac-
count Of Irregularities in the title OF
Mrs. Lane. They were strangers to
each other until they met in the
Cpur dAlenc. The claim is situa-
ted in the upper portion of Murray
vile, and is one Of the greatest at
fractions in the district. 1t is close
to the trail, and almost every passer-
by stops and watches with eager in
terest the miners at their work.
From one Of the gentlemen who
worked the claim last summer we
learn that about 5000 was taken
out during the month preceding the
Jumping. Eagle city Nugget.
, 1884-04-19

quire was cheerfully given, and
when at last he became bed-ridden,
the boys got him Il tent and an outfit
costing $l25, and gave him food, fire,
nurse and physicians. Doctors
Firth and FarrOw gave him every
possible attention, but he was too
far gone for human aid. He fell
asleep one night, and awOke in
eternity. Even the nurse did not
know he was dead until next morn
ing. As he lay in the neatly painted
coffin the boys procured, he seemed
to be in a peaceful, happy sleep.
The calmness expressed in the dead
face was 50 remarkable as to excite
much comment. The old pioneer
seemed to have found perfect rest
at last. His funeral was one that
will long be remembered. The cOf-
fin was tenderly borne to the central
portion of the town, and hundreds
Of mep gathered around. The games
all closed, the stores and1 salOons
ceased their business, and even the
busy TrumbO shut up his auctioneer
stand, and forgot to say "D0n'tmen-
tion it. Shake 'em upw Doc San
born brought out a table and placed
it in front of his saloon. From this
table Rev. w. c. Shipper delivered
the first sermon ever preached in the
new mines. 1t was a sermon full of
touching Pathos and tender christ
ianity, a sermon suited to the rough
wild camp, yet full of religious fer
vOr. The boys stood in the hot sun
with uncovered heads, and listened
patiently and attentively to the close.
\ more orderly assemblage never
was seen. When the services were
ended, the pail bearers carried the
coffin up the snowy trail to the grave
dug in the hill side. The clergy
man sang hymn and performed the
concluding rites. The coffin was
lowered, and the boys returned to
their usual avOcations. But the day
was sadder, and voices were less
bOisterous. a spirit Of solemnity
had crept over the camp, and its in
fluence outlived the day. Mr.. Pierce
was a native of Pennsylvania, aged
about 50 years. lie has no living
relative, so far as can be ascertasned.
-CGUr PALene Nugget.
, 1884-04-19
Imno.Inr on I.nmIrranl..

Between two and three hundred
immigrants arrived at Wallula Sum
day night in a thoroughly disgusted
state Of mind. They stated that
they had been packed across the con-
tinent in two cars, and in cOnse-
dhence, they were loud in their COM
plaint Of the treatment received ut
the hands Of the Northern Pacific
company. A colony Of nearly a
hundred Of these immigrants, men,
women and children, were at the
depot, yesterday, and the JoiTRd!
reporter was infOrmed'by several OF
the men Of the party that in pur-
chasing tickets at ST. Paul they
stated TO the agent that their desti.
nation was Dayton, w. T. Instead
Of obtaining tlcketsn5o that point
, 1884-04-19
Timber Culture.

J. A. Sterner, a practical farmer
near Dayton, gives his experience as
follows:
I have a timber culture entry.
Have grown the trees and made
final proof. Perhaps my experience
might be Of some benefit to those
who have such claims or contemplate
making timber culture entries, there
fore l give it for publication. would
always advise the planting Of box
alhnr in S-aallrnt-s IA a.
hard wood, grows rapidly and Is
susceptible Of a fine polish, making
it valuable for furniture making. 1t
is not a shrub but grows tall and
straight if it is close together. Al
ways plant the seed /; by transplant
ing you lose one years growth, there
is no trouble in getting the seed to
grow if properly managed. Procure
the seed in the fall. Never let it get
dry. Do not keep it in the house
keep it an clubhouse. Better still
keep it out of doors all winter. Put
it on a hard packed place, such as Il
path or rUud that has been well
tramped or beaten down and turn
box over it, or put It in the cellar so
that 1t will not get dry and you will
experience no trouble about its grow
ing. Do not seclect the rough, steep
hill-sides, as they are much harder
to cultivate and the ten acres of the
one hundred and Rixty' is scarcely
missed If you tad 5 the best, and
surely the timber will be worth more
twenty years hence, than al the
grain that can be grown on the ten
acres. Plantin drills four feet apart.
Cultivate the ground between the
rows just as soon as the little trees
are up. Cultivate thoroughly the
first years. Do not let any weeds
grow as they sap the land and retard
the growth Of the trees.
BY following the above directions
the trees will be from two to five
feet high when winter comes. The
next spring, cultivate again until
the limbs get some length so as to
shade the ground and you will have
nothing more to do except protect
the trees from the stock.
The advantage of planting the
trees close together. They will grow
straight and much taller. No trim
ming required and only two seasons
of cultivation necessary. The trees
being close together thereby shade
the ground, so that no weeds viii
grow and the leaves drop under thu
trees and remain there and fertiliz'
the soil. Being nat r}s fCr.ilize
for trees.
4 The failure that nearly every on'
, has met with in this country and 81
much complained Of, that the box
= elder seed will not come up, is to b.
wholly attributed to not planting
/, in the spring, but putting off unit
3 all the other crops are put in. Plan
your tree seed first If you wish b
succeed. Nature plants all seed a
soon as it Is ripe enough to fall +
the ground. BY following natur
you need not fail.
have been engaged in growinI
4 boxeIier trees for six years. l eX
It perience no difficulty INJECTING tn
+ seed to grow and no one else nee
to, II they will follow the above d
4 WdLd RjaLJa UaiOn.
, 1884-04-19

WE acknowledge the receipt Of
the first number Of the SehcoIJoDTRat,
published at Dayton, and edited by
F. NJ. McCully. 1t is a neat pu6lica-
ton, devoted exclusively to- educa-
tional matters It Is aquestion, how
ever, n the q I'D is extensive enough
to'support a paper or the kind.
, 1884-04-19
CITY OFFICIALS.


MayOr....... ........................J. n. Glover
President City Council.........J. +. Candy
Councilman. Dr. Is. r. Burch
..........................Pe Peter Dueber
................... NV. c. Gray
....... ......... .........A. NJ. Cannon
.................. Felix Fredenrich
...... ................M. l. trimmer
Marshal Il. Is. Hyde
Clerk and Justice Of Peace.S. G.. Whitman
Regular meetings ofthe city Council are
held on the first Monday Of each month, iR
Wells, Fargo Express office, on RiUersidc
dUenHe, east Of HOWdrd street.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
Geo. A. Davis, DR.. l.. II. Whitehousc,
J. J. Browne.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE OFFICIALS.
(Onice in CentrsiBlock.)
J. NJ Armstrong ......... Register.
JOnn l.. llsOn ItetelNer.
Office hours from . to II A. NJ, and to
4 P. NJ.
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ROSA ON THE wARPATH.
A Big Fund To Be Applied in Knocking Out
the British Empire.

A Big Fund To Be Applied in Knocking Out
the British Empire.
New York Mail and Express.
"Within few days l will have good round
800, 900 in my hands to use in crippling Eng
land and l will place every dollar of the money
where it will do the most good" So said
OlDonovan Rosa this morning as he paused in
his labor of grinding out an editorial on the civil.
izine influences of dynamite. Yes " hecontinued
II will get the money through Dick Bracken,
of Philadelphia, who has fallen heir to for
tune of 81, 900, 900 by the death, in Pernambuco
Brazil, of his Uncle, Richard O'Keeffe." Rosa
was quite jubilant at the prospect thus suddedly
opened for the exercise of his talents He said
in his native tongue:
lea gadh as Sassana."
This language being translated means: IF we
get that $l00, 900 we will knock fall out Of Eng
land"
''In what manner do you propose to operate"
he was asked.
ton"
Twill you sink any irouclads2"
''Our method of warfare is not regarded as
humane, so you must not expect me to commit
myself. l spent term in an English bastilles
and don't want to get caught again.
A friend of Rossas limited that when the
money was received there would be trouble in
Scotland Yard, and that few navy-yards and
backwards would receive lessons in the use OF
giant explosives Richard OKeeffe, who willed
the money, amassed his wealth first as a miner
in the gold districts Of Brazil, and Afterwards
by conducting large sugar plantations. tie
made his escape from Ireland during the
troubles of 1849, when price was set upon his
head.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

SENATORS CUL1DoM and Logan have united in recon-
mendng Postmaster Palmer, of Chicago for re-
appointment.
MRS FRANCES DANA GAGE, the authoress lately
deceased had six sons each six feet tall and each
served in the civil
THE late DR.. Thompson Smith, of Cheboygan.
Mich, owned the whole of Duncan City, a town of
five hundred inhabitants, besides enormous tracts Of
timber land w-mls, lunberyards and fleets of lake
vessels.
GILBERT and Sulivans superstition that Up" is
their lucky letter is quito equaled by Sardou, the
French playrights faith in his "Doras." He has met
with great success in Dora" and Fedora" and has
great hopes of Theodore"
PROF. YouMANs says that the root of the difficulty
in our public schools is 1.-The ncapacity of teachers
and OF those ntrused with the management of schools
to judge integently of the results of their system
upon the varying natures of children"
THERE is soon TO be erected monument over the
grave in Clarendon, Vt. of Theophilus Harrington,
who was from 1903 to 1913 Supreme Court justice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-16
THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION.

The opening Of the universal exposition at
New Orleans to-day may be regarded as the
christening of the "new" South-boIn of the
'old," It'll true, but fathered by patriotism
a wisdom and energy never felt by the South
of bygone years. To the new South, the
Journal, in common with the North in gen
eral, extends the hand of congratulation, of
fraternity, and with the heartiest wish for the
May it mark the dawn of close fellowship be-
tween North and South, and arouse the South
to realization of the fact that the North has
nothing but cordial goodwill for every enter
prise she may undertake. May it not be
hoped that out of the fires of sectional hatred
and race prejudice that have so long con-
sumed the South, may come the new South,
now giving evidence of increasing energy and
strength, and desire to compete with the
world in the worlds greatest laborsf The new
Orleans exposition will equal if not eclipse
anything of the kind ever attempted in the
United States, an achievement that will create
feeling of PRIDE not in the South alone but
in all parts of the Nation. Nearly every
State in the Union has taken a lively and
material interest in the success Of this great
enterprise, and there is not one among them
all but will rejoice when its success shall be
demonstrated, During the next six months
hundreds of thousands of Northern people
will visit the Crescent City and add their aid
to its success Millions of dollars worth of
Northern exhibits are already displayed there,
and more will follow. The occasion, if rightly
employed, will do very much toward redeem
ing the South from the influence of Bourbon
prejudice and toward lifting her to a place
where she can see and appreciate
the immense advantages of political as we'll as
industrial freedom. 1t will be a grand mis-
sionary project in steam and mechanism, art
and industry. A vast object-lesso of wealth
and refinement, it will reveal the better way
of progress, the kinship of interests, the unity
and possibilities of American enterprise The
founders of this great industrial fair may rest
assured that sectional feeling will not keep
away one man from the North, but, rather, in
the desire to reveal the warm sympathy felt
for the growing South, hundreds and thou
sands will make it point to be in attendance
who probably would not otherwise go. Again,
the Journal wishes the undertaking God
speed. May it be all and more than its orig
inatoIs hoped for
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treatment of the South by the men now ridi-
culed for demanding free and fair elections in
all parts Of the Union.
What is to be doneR Shall the taunts of
mugwumps and ex-rebel sympathizers prevail,
and the elections in several States be given
into the control of thugs and assassins with
out protest; or shall we continue to demand
justice until it is accorded Can
the people afford to suffer this
condition of politics to continued Would it
not be better for all concerned-the better ele-
ments of the South as of the North-that the
elections there be made as open and free as in
the North7 There were mugwumps in 1860,
who feared the task of establishing justice.
There were mugwumps after each reverse of
the Unions arms, who imagined the war
failure, and urged that peace congress be
called. There were mugwuns in 1868 who
did not favor the Emancipation Proclamation,
but were anxious to conciliate the South by
keeping hands off its 'sacred institution"
for that reason would now submit to this
palpable wrong against the best people of the
South and of the entire Nation, rather than
cross the perpetrators of these infamies against
free elections or take upon themselves the
trouble of standing by what is eternally right
The question will not down until it is settled
according to justice. The whining of ere
formers anxious to escape the stern du-
ties of the hour will only increase
the difficulty, and postpone the day
of justice, just as their cowardly
utterances during the war prolonged that
awful struggle. The purpose of the Journal
has been to keep this infamy before the pub
lie until it is righted Since it may not be
done by force of arms, it ought to be the aim
Of loyal people everywhere to keep the solid
South out of power until the new" South
outgrows the cold" and overcomes injustice
and fraud by elections the conduct of which
cannot be questioned. The North has done
much for the South, and is ready and willing
to do more. In every honorable ambition the
North will afford all possible aid, just as now
the North expects to lend every energy to as
sist in making the New Orleans exposition
memorable success in every particular. For
the people of the South the men who depend
upon their individual efforts and who do not
propose to thrive on blood stained politics,
the people of the North have the kindliest
sympathy; but for DULLES that shoot legal ma
jorities out of existence and who fatten on
the people, they have nothing but contempt
and disdain we'll founded. 1t is the duty of
every patriotic citizen to help deliver the
South from the despotism of these political
tyrants and national disturbers.
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BARKER, the great ''reformer," has badly
petered out in his proposition to show that
there is vast corruption III the oiiSe of the
First Comptroller Of the Treasury. Barker
started out to make a great sensation, and
came out to Indiana with the idea that
the Democratic managers would put
him on the stump and that he
would convulse the country with his dreadful
revelations. But, somehow or other, the
Democratic committee did not take Barker at
his own estimate, and he suddenly dropped
out Of the public gaze, only TO reappear in the
pitiable exhibition he has made Of himself be.
fore the House investigating committee. As
a ''reformer" Barker is sad and sckening
fsiiu,p
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-16

The following private letter from leading
citizen of the State we feel tempted to make
public. There are so many letters of com
plant and criticism-it being a well-known
fact that anybody can conduct newspaper
better than its managers-that note of this
character is as gratifying as it is rae:
ITO the Editor of the indianapolis JournaE
'It may not be common practice to com
pliment an editor for doing good work-al-
though for mistake he is very freely be-
labored. am daily reader of the Journal,
and desire in this private way to express now
what my heart has been prompting me to do
for some days-that is thank you for the
wholesome, vigorous editorials on subjects to
which the attention of the public should be
frequently called.
GAS an old soldier, I appreciate your square
dealing in politics, your exposure of the great
fraud 7. A. H, and especially do desire to
thank you for defending the right side when
discussing the great moral questions of the
day..
II am in a situation to hear many good
things said about the position of the Journal
on all these subjects.
cit will not do you as much good wasting
your time reading these lines as it does me
good to relieve my mind of long-felt duty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-16
CLEVELAND'S CABINET.
A Boom for James 0. BrOadhead-Ba yard for
Secretary Of the Treasury.

ALBANY, Dec Acknowledgements R.
A Campbell Judge James A. Lindley, Hon.
John G. Prather, member of the Democratic
national committee, John l. Martin. one of the
Cleveland electors, and John G. Priest, of the
national advisory committee, all of Missouri,
called on Governor Cleveland this afternoon.
They came to suggest the name of James o.
Broadhead, of St. Louis for Attorney general
of the United States The gentlemen afterward
made tour of the capital
When Senator Thomas F. Bayard came to
Albany and paid his respects to President-elect
Cleveland, it is understood he left for
home with the assurance that he could
make his choice of any position in
the Cabinet, and he would receive the appoint
ment 1t is said on good authority that, after
having duly deliberated over the matter the
Delaware Senator sent note to the Governor
which was received yesterday, stating his prefer
ence for the portfolio of Secretary of the Treas
ury. 1t is rumored he will be accordingly APP
pointed,