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Year: 1879

An old dodge was played within few days
on one OF our prominent dry goods firms, which
explains the wariness they have since displayed
in delivering goods payable %. q. D." On Il
certain day man of genteel Appearance called
at tho store, and after purchasing some tritles
was asked the usual question by the polite
clerk Anything else to- day. Some hesita.
tion and The customer wanted % SEQ some fine
black silks. In due course Of tra 70 he had
selected d piece Of magnificent stuff. which no
ordered sent to his hotel with the bill. At tho
appointed hour the messenger wfs nj tho hotel
and so was the purchaser. who bade hi wait
until he went into the ladies' paror to show his
purchase to his wife. The messenger Is still
waiting for the return Of the man OF "genteel
oT
Year: 1879

A Davenport gentleman stood on the steps
of hotel In Atchison. Kan. yesterday morn
ing and witnessed tragedy. policeman
approached negro who was howiing in the
street to arrest him. The negro pulled re-
volver and shot the policeman, who dropped
upon the walk. Then, as he was In recum-
bent position, the policeman rested the barrel
Of his revolver across his left arm, took aim
and fired at the negro, who had turned to run,
and the negro dropped on the sidewalk and
was corpse In three minutes. The police
man was carried into an adjacent drug store,
where he was examined by q surgeon, who
said he was shot In the bowels and must die.
The scene drove away the Davenporter's ap-
petite, and wnen he settled his hotel bill he
paid for breakfast he hadn't eaten.
Year: 1879

=IU1HCInHatl UO'HWsTe!HI, hep.I


This country has had enough Of civil war.
1t does not want any more, and will not have
1t. 1t Is folly to talk of resorting to arms in
case Congress should, under the forms Of law,
decide that the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency had been elected. It is hoped
that the majority of one or the other Of the
candidates will be SO large that no question
as to the legality Of his election can arise
But II it should be questioned, Congress will
have to decide the matter, as the laws now
stand, AMI it Is Wild and wicked to talk Of q
resort to war to upset the decision. IT the
decision shall be wrong, it can be peacefully
righted IN four years.
Year: 1879

Cetewayo says there were only ten OF his
men present when the Prince Imperial was
killed. bold stand would have save his life,
IL the Zulu King is to be believed, and the fate
OF an empire might have been changed
Year: 1879

In the survey of the Northern Pa
cifc railroad, under charge of Mr.. d.
Clark, the line runs through one OF
the canyons of the Nisqually river in
which nature has formed curiosity
of more than ordinary interest which
has never been brought into notice
Perhaps briefdescription oft might
be acceptable to your readers.


The Nisqually river rises in the
glaciers of Mt. Rainier and empties
into the sound near Steilacoom. Its
total length is about a hundred miles,
and the volume of water flowing
through its channel is much greater
than would be supposed by one un-
familiar with the swift mountain
streams Of this country. lmproba-
BILE as it may seem, however, several
OF the men of Mr.. Clark's party have
accomplished the feat of bestriding
the river at this point, which is forty
miles from it's mouth. The whole
river runs through the chnanel OF
but a few feet in width, but of un-
known depth, which it has cut in the
solid rock, and at one point the walls
or banks approach within three feet
two inches of each other at distance
of about ten feet above the water
at its present stage. Here the ambi-
tious surveyors (emulating the famil-
lar straddle-bug in evolution, but
surprising him in romantic sentemint)
each in turn bestrode the river, like
the Colossus of Rhodes.


The rocky walls do not overhang
the water and form an arch over it,
as may be supposed, but maintain
their proximity below the surface OF
the water; the average width of the
river bed is perhaps less than six feet
for several yards on either side OF
this point, above and below.


The canyon has many other fea-
lures of interest, and presents scenery
not unworthy of comparison with
the famous canyons OF Colorado, but
this one point is SO peculiar and curl
Gus that it is worthy of note, and
should railroad ever be built here
will undoubtedly become a familiar
and perhaps celebrated natural curl
osity. Yours. w.
Year: 1879

The most significant event of resump-
ton day at New York was the closing
of the famous and infamous old "Gold
Room" where fortunes have been lost
and won during the last seventeen
years without contributing II penny to
the development Of trade or the nation S
prosperity The announcement of the
register, rs he closed his desk, that
"You've seen the end of it, was the
gladdest tidings that this country has
had since the news of Lees surrender.
The closing OF the gold room was more
properly the ending of the war than
was the event at Appomattox, for it
signifed the final recovery from the fl
nancial distress which the war brought
upon the nation. American money
and American credit are once more
upon level with the money and credit
of the most prosperous nation on earth.
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the Eugene
City Journal writing under date of
the 31st ult. says.


"While visiting the Coyote hills, l
called on DR.. Canaday; he and his
brother John has just returned from
a six hours hunt, and for their pains
they brought with them thorough
bred lion, such as was never seen in
this country before. 1t is huge
male beast-16 feet from the end of
its tail to the tip of its nose, and
stands 32l inches high, and its name
is inches long. 1t has tuit or
bunch of hair on the end of its tail
very much resembling that OF the
African tribe. Allow me to inform
you and your readers that it was no
child's play to capture this king of
the hills. The doctor and John had
hunted three hours for deer where
there should have been plenty, but
could find nothing but tracks run
ming in every direction; finally they
came to a Jungle and John stepped
upon large log to survey the country,
when all of sudden the hon made a
tremendous bound of about 80 feet
barely missing him, passed on to the
doctor, taking away the entire rear
part of his pants and about one half
of his coat.


assure you for five minutes the
battle was fierce and wild, and had it
not been for the timely arrival of
Charlie Moore and his three dogs,
would have been decidedly in the
lions favor. Immediately on his ar
rival the doctors favorite blood hound
caught the lion by the throat, while
the other dogs caught him by the legs,
sides, back, tai! or any other place
that was convenient. While tho
beasts were thus engaged, Charlie
Moore, as quick as thought, thrust
a bowie knife through its heart, thus
ending one of the ierciest battles
ever fought by man and lion in Ore
gon.
Year: 1879

Member of the Congress OF the United States.
He was elected to The Fortieth Congress from
the Second Congressional district Of the Stnte
Of Louisiana. He defended his right to his
seat on the floor Of the House, where for the
first time an American citizen of African
descent lifted mp his voice in vndication of
his race and his rights as citizen. Mr.
Menard is not only statesman, but courtier
Of tho Muses., as this little volume shows by
its contents, which are made up in part by
moro than sixty poetic effusions Of very
respectable rank. |..
Year: 1879

THE Importance of having a level head
and honest heart to fill the craftsmanship of
the National Committee cannot be too
highly appreciated, little as some may
think of its consequence.
Year: 1879

DEMOCRATS found that they had been
in session for four days without doing any
thing or making serious blunder and they
adjourned over the remaining two days for
fear that something of the sort might hap
Year: 1879

THE President is justly indignant be-
cause polygamy is practiced in Utah.
Should he not be equally indignant be-
cause the Constitution and laws relating to
the rights of citizenship are constantly vio-
lated in the Southern States?
Year: 1879

THE finance issue may attract attention
for while but before the next National
election the question will berevived whether
the North or the South shall be vindicated
for the parts they took respectively in the
civil war.
Year: 1879

THE Democratic organ has Topped again.
Now it counsels silence and quiet on the
part of the majority in Congress 1t might
as well issue its bull against the efferyescng
powers of fresh-made cask of beer These
brigadiers must have vent or burst They
may not begin to slew and fizzle until
after the holidays, but then they will make
up for lost time and every seam in their
casks will gush with froth.
Year: 1879

DEMOCRATIC success next year will mean
that the country reposes confidence in the
craftsmanship and professions of renewed


loyalty of the Southern Bourbon leaders.
And it should be understood that the quail
ity of their craftsmanship is illustrated in
the fact that their States, one and ALL are
now Democratic because of corruption,
fraud and assassination, while their loyalty
is fully exempliied by their repeated and
persistent endeavors to assert the supremacy
of the States over the National Government.
Year: 1879

or tobacco. The result of this peculiar sit
uation is that Southern Congressman, gen
orally, devote more time and closer atten-
ton to the consideration and advancement
of their more purely political interests than
anything else. The few exceptions to this
rule only serve to prove it's general appli-
cation, and past as well as coming events
win show how well these free lances in
finances succeed in the broader and more
important field Of interstate politics
broader and more important we say, be-
cause the ultimate success of amy financial
policy depends absolutely and unqualifedly
upon the quieting effects of good govern
ment and loyal administration of the
laws relating TO the rights of citizenship.
Year: 1879

CLOCK WORK IS NOT more regular than the
liver, the stomach and the bowels when they
are put in order with De. Morris VEGETABLE
LIVER PILLS, a supremely effective and safe
alternative, cathartc and blood depurent
which promotes thorough bilious secretion, "a
regular habit of body sound digestion and
nervous tranquility. 1t is the best possible
substitute for that terrible drug, mercury. For
sale by all Druggists.


Oxygenated Bitters cure Dyspepsia.


nOv3 dlW
Year: 1879

The Boston morning papers of yesterday re-
port that the steamer Star Of the East, of the
Bath line, sighted off Cape Elizabeth at a. m
Tuesday, on her trip to Boston, the Leesburg s
house. AS she nearcd the wreck three men
were discovered ON the cabin top. They were
rescued, and on the house with them was the
body of that one Of the crew who had attempt
ed to swim ashore with line and was drowned
The rescued men and the corpse were brought
to Boston, the latter being sent to the morgue.
The men are believed to be residents of Bos-
tOr,
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the advance on all kinds OF
Boots Shoes and Rubber Goods, am enabled by
this recent purchase of large stock bought at 90
cents the dollar to give the consumer some lines
of goods at prices far below anything heretofore Of
fered.


Read carefully the list below, and obtain if need
ed some of the kind mentioned before they are all
disposed of.
Year: 1879

Mike Fitzgerald, an Irish laborer
was found dead in his bed Sunday
morning. He lived in North Knox.
vile, near Park street. He was an
old man perhaps so, not married, and
lived with his brother, also single. He
was corporation employe, and had to
stop work on the streets Saturday on
account of sickness, but nothing was
thought of 1t till his brother found
him dead. It is supposed to have been
q sunstroke. one side turned very
black. He was buried Sunday even.
ing In Calvary Cemetery.
Year: 1879

Tom Buiord, who recently assassi-
mated Judge Elliott, in the streets of
Frankfort, Is one OF the mOgt reckless
and daring men IN Kentucky. Hs does
not care for anybody or anything, nor is
he afraid Of anything. Ons of his late
desperate acts wa to draw 6 double
barreled shot gun on the sheriff and g
posse who came to levy on some OF his
property. Wheu the men arrived at the
gate he walked to ths door and pointed
the gun at the first man, and told them
that he would kill the first man that
entered the gate. He then invited sew
ersl Of them into dinner, saying that IS
friends he was glad to see them, but ss
officers they could not come on his place.
When dinner vas finished he told them
they must leave now he had extended
the hospitalities of his farm, and he was
done with them. Not one of those
twenty-six men had the pluck to disObey
or disregard what Ton Buford ssid, thus
showing that he was regarded as dam
gerous nan By his neighbors- They did
not levy on the land or offer to do 20


after his threat, but retired gracefully


sDd IN order.
Year: 1879

IN the early winter a singular phe>
nomenon was reported to have occurred
in the port off Smyrna. The salt water
in the harbor froze, while the fresh Wa
ter in the city showed ne trace of ice
The fact was the more extraordinary,
because the former requires a much
greater degree of cold to CONCEAL it than
the later. A similar event recently hap
pene,l at Havre. There had been white
frost in the morning, but the thermom-
eter had fallen so little that the pools of
rain water about the streets had barely
trace of ice on their edges. BY an ab>
solutely inexplicable contradiction, the
sea-water in the commercial basin was
entirely covered with thick layer OF
ice, a circumstance which has not &C.
CURED even during the severest cold oi
The past season.
Year: 1879

OF Elihu BHrTitt- an acquaintance and
old pupil ssys that he never questioned
bis ability to understand almost any
thing, and what he could not on did not
understand he honestly thought was not
worth knowing. HIS cardinal doctrine
was that gsnius Is q creature Of thewill
and not an accident Of birth.
Year: 1879

A LITTLE girl visiting a neighbor with
her mother was gazing euriously at her
hostess new bonnet, when the owner
queried: Do you like it, Laura?" The
innocent replied: Why, mother said it
was perfect fright, but it don't scare
me" Laura's mother didn't stay long
after that
Year: 1879

The present issue of the DEMOCRAT starts us in our fifth year. For four years we have stood up at the rack, fodder or no fodder, and ba.tled for the right as God granted it to us to see the right. If, in that time, we have done any good, we are glad of it; if We have done any harm, we regret it, as an error of the head anl not of the heart.

 We have during the time, attempt ed, as best we knew, to do otr duty to our constituency, by ady,cating that side of every question winch we thought was best calculated to pro- mote the good of the State ana of the masses. In doing this, we have diff cred with some of our ablest .ontem- poraries on measures of greatest i'm portance. We have had the satisfac- tion in large majority of Instances of seeing our position sustain,d; and if there IS any truth in the axiom that truth is mighty and willprevail, we have for the greater part,at least, been on the side of right ant truth.

 For those with whom we have diff. fered we have no unkind 6eling-- we differed from principle, md we never allow that to interrupt our friendly relations with thUe with whom we may differ.

 For the past support we have re- ceived, we thank our patrtns and friends; and we respectful. solicit the continued encouragemant and support of all who believe thst free press is worth supporting.

 As we have always dune, fe shall in the future endeavor to mke the DEMOCRAT the champion of daly the Truth and the Eight.
Year: 1879

In the Senate the only business of any importance transacted was the presenting of resolution by Sena. tor Pennington, that the Judiciary Committee be instructed to examine into the Constitution of the State with a view to making needed changes in defective parts. The resolution was debated at considera- ble length and finally lost,

 Senator Watson offered a resolu- tion requesting our members of Con, gross to vote for the abolition of national banks and the coinage of silver.

 The resolution was read second time and went over for q third reading.

 The committee on printing report ed that the Daily Gazette would be furnished members at $l
Year: 1879

Do the citizens of our town realize the importance of the school interests of our little city? Judging from the lukewarm support given to schools here, and the slight interest manifested we fear they do not. One of our prom inent citizens few days ago remarked to us that from thirty five hundred to four thousand dollars per year was being sent from our town to pay tui- tion and board for pupils sent from here to other schools.

 Now why should we not all put our mites and our efforts together and make determined effort to establish and sustain school here as good as there is in the State?

 There is not better location in Ar kansas for school. The accessibility of our location. the health of this sec ton, the cheapness of everything ADVANTAGEOUS together to make it very desirable place for an educational institution.

 We understand that there is some talk, since the burning of the fine building at Harrison, under the aus pices of the NJ. k. Church North, of changing the location of it before again rebuilding. Why not Russellville offer them some encouragement to bring it here?

 We urge our people TO DO SOME THING to revive our school interests. We invite expressions of public senti- ment on this subject through the col- umns of the DEMOCRAT, and hope to hear from some of our influential citizens.
Year: 1879

THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE. The message of Gov. Miller was read before joint session of the two houses last Wednesday a week ago.) The message is very lengthy paper taking in wide scope.

 The people of the State are con graduated upon their prosperous condition and urged to push on and malntaln aposition among the States of the Union which will secure us the position which our great natural ad- vantages render certain for us in the ultimate future. The reports of the different heads of the departments of State are referred to at length, their recommendation received and con cured in or dissented from as the case may be The report of the State Board of Finance is incorporatd in the message and its recommendation to abstain from a return to State Scrip to run the State Government fully concurred in oy the Governor.

 The fact is mention thar owing to an error, antedating the last admin istration, the amount of the out standing State Scrip has been over stated to the amount of $631,1 So that only about $477,72 of this class of indebtedness is now out standing.

 The landed interest of the State receive considerable notice, and nu- merous amendments to existing Stat utes touching this subject are rec commended.

 Considerable space is devoted to Immigration and Education. The importance of doing something to secure steady, general immigra- tion to our State is forclbly impress ed upon the Legislature.

 Much space is occupied under the head of Militia-much more than need have been.

 The remarks under tEe head of Railroads are pertinent, pointed and sensible. The Governor says:

 renew the recommendation of my predecessor that the General As sembly adopt q uniform and defin- ite system for the taxation of rail roads. The present law in regard to the valuation of railroad property is vague and uncertain, no two officers, whose duty it is to value such pro- perty, agree as to the rules to be adopted. A law should be enacted that could be easily understood and enforced and that would be just alike to the railroads and to the State.

 This species of property should not be exempted from it's proper share of the burdens of Government, nor is such exemptions desired by the companies. Tine roads should be treated in spirit of fairness and liberality that will encourage the building of more, and the improve ments of those already built Such as are now completed have already been of incalculable benefit to the State; they have brought immigra- tion; they have enhanced the value of property; and have in maly ways assisted in building up and improve ing the country. There are at pre- sent some half dozen or more pro jected lines of railroad within our limits, which if structed, would add immensely to the growth and prosperity of the country, and which would be constructed If an enlght ened and liberal policy should be pursued towards them.

 Iwould suggest the enactment of a law similar to that introduced into the Senate at the last session, to tax the net earnings of the roads, for d limited time.

 --Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Year: 1879

That there is to be Grant organ at
Washington seems to be a settled fact
The new paper viii make It's appearance
about the first OF September. Its name
has not yet been decided on. but in view
of the circumstance that Seeor Robson
mas put $50, 900 into the concern, saved
out Of his salary as secretary OF the navy,
and that VIM J. Murtagh is to be the
business manager, and that it is to be the
central official bulletin of the bummers
brigade, We would respectfully suggest
that II be called the 81 National Ring
Shorter"
Year: 1879

Cascades. Another will be at once erected
by the well known and respected Madame
Francois she Is bound 10 keep up with the
spirit of enterprise, and viii build o! brick.
1t will be furnished in the best style; Mad
ame has imported 5000 worth OF the finest
furniture for that purpose. The people of
Lewiston are


EREE AND EASY


In thei. manner, and in fact are hard TO best
for good nature and hospitality. combined
with shrewdness The only city We know
that can in any degree compare with them Is
our other love, Boise City. The business
men are very liberal and accommodating
and a man must show terrible amount of
meanness and rascaity before they press
him. Any ,corking man need never leave
the country for want of supplies so long as
Grostein & Co., Loweuberg Bros and J. c.
Baldwin keep goods for sale. They are old
timers. and can tell good from a bad man
by his back The Teller is the paper Of the
country; it is owned By the We'll known A.
Leland,


VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN


Who has done more in his single person TO
bring the country he represents iuto notice
IMAM all luc TcSt nave, VI cNci Sdh vi
There is some talk of a new paper being
started there Unless it is conducted by a
lire, well known, go-ahead man with more
than the usual quantity of brains, We pre-
diet for it either a miserable failure or a star
walton existence Every blacksmith printer
thinks now a days that he can run paper /;
the country is full of them. and the people
are sick and tired 1T the thought of even
glancing over them in the vain hope that
something original viii meet their weary
eyes. We generally find a notice OF some
gentlemanly clerk or gay and festive"
barkeepeF who has given the poor devil a five
cent cigar and wishes pull on his ''elegant" ="
bar, or else some


AMBITIOUS MELON RAISER


Who is desirons of seeing his name in print
to be humbly thanked in the old stereotyped
stvle. This, with lots of other matter would
not hurt, but when the people get dosed
every week with the nauseating stuff they
generally bnck. "A little ounce improves
an apple PIE, but it viii never do to make an
apple pie solely of ounces" While we have
by no means exhausted our knowledge OF
this fine rising country, We must ''let up >
for the present, and give 1t more extended
and worthy notice IN succeeding issues OF
the Walla Walla STATESMAN.
Year: 1879

Situated at the junction of the Clearwater
with Snake river, was our early home as far
back as G6. At that time there was hardly
a ranch in the country Hour and other com
mon necessaries os hte had to be imported at
a great expense from the lower country the
land, hike 1t was in our valley here, was con-
sidered worthless for agricultural purposes.
To larger extent than is generally consld-
cred, this state of affairs may be attributed
to the fact that mining and its results was
the only thing considered worth looking af
ter Few people came here to stay; they
wanted to