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Year: 1876

Col. Geo. S. Rathbun and Mrs. Wern-
wag are rebuilding the walls in front of
their respective residences on North
street.


We have received several letters of
inquiry this week as to why communi-
cations from county correspondents
were not inserted in our.last issue; and
will answer them all in this paragraph.
We publish no communication which is
sent to us anonymously. We must have
the writer's name. not for publication,
but as a guarantee of good faith, and
that we may protect ourselves against
the dissemination of erroneous inforlma-
ton, or unreliable news. Communica-
tions must be received by US as early as
Wednesday, as Thursday and Friday
are devoted to editorial, general and
political news. We do not consider that
we are accommodating correspondents
to publish their letters. but that they
are accommodating us in writing. We
nave ulc UoSt SoAH "a S~ony SAASs
pondents of any paper in the state, and
we desire that they shall continue to
write for US, but they will pardon US il
we suggest to them that what is read
with most interest is news. and that the
more items there are and the more con.
denssd they are the better. We can
only give up to county correspondence
some two columns and q half. but we
| should like to get into that space. every
week, . letter from every neighborhood
in the county. so that our paper would
contain every news item Of interest
which can be obtained. A great desid
eratum in a corrsspon dent is regularity
and we would especially request ths
our friends will systematize their writ
ing for US, and endeavor to mail thei
letters always on the same day Of th'
| week
Year: 1876

own number to the vacancy in the Mayors


Office. There is no objection to the people
protesting against GOWNS usurpation by


uniting on a candidate and giving him a
unanimous vote. Such proceeding might
possibly shame ColvN into reslgnntion'
though that is doubtful. At MI events, it
would be such an expression Of public op'n~
ion that the new Council would not dare to
ignore it. But, in doing this, it would be
well for the people to designate at the polls
gentleman who will also be elected to the
Council; then the choice in the Council
would be double protest, which neither
CoLyM nor the Courts could longer resist.
But, above all, let there bo choice Of honest
and decent Aldermen who will rescue the
people from the threatening bankruptcy OF
the city and the certain destruction of its
business prosperity. Retrenchment alone
can save Us, and ratrenchment can be made
only through the Council.
Year: 1876

One very self-eyident reasonfor the falling
of in the Chinese demand for trade-dollars,
and the consequent glut in silver, has been
discovered These hare been coined chiefly
at the Branch Mint at Carson, New, and it
appears the trade~dol1ars for some time
turned out therefrom have invariably been
short in weight from one-half to two cents
each The Chinese bankers were not slow to
detect this, and have thrown out the trade
dollar. The Sen Francisco ANa, which has
been investigating the matter, has found that
some Of the trade-dp1lars from the Carson
Mint Of the coinage Of this year are four
grains short Of full weight, and that the only
solution Of it is that systematic and extensive
stealing must have been practiced there, and
that the test scales must have been tampered
with The full weight of silver, Of the
standard 6neness, has in every instance been
turned in to be coined at the Branch Mint,
and what has not been returned in coin of
full weight has been stolen. This is the
frst instance in which such frauds have been
detected in the Mint, and the result has been
to shake confidence in the Carson coinage.
not only abroad but in California, and 60 arch
ing investigation is demanded.
Year: 1876

The statement is made that JOIN RouS-
TREE, the perfunctory attorney who draws a
salary from the county, has advised the
County Commissioners seyerally to deny any
petition the voters may present to submit the
question Of discontinuing the township Or
CARNATIONS in this city. Of course JOIN
RoUN1RE, perfunctory attorney, has no
valid reason for giving any such opinion,
and, if he has not been misrepresented, he
has simply, as an officer Of the county, ad-
vised other officers of the county to violate
the law in the interest of ringsters and
ballotbox suffers But, in this case, if his
position is correctly reported, Mr. RouH1REE
will probably fail to do the scoundrels the
service he hns undertaken The law says:
upon the petition of at1east one-dfth Of the
Legal voters Of any county having adopted
township organization, to be ascertained
by the vote cast at the last preceding
Presidential election, the County Board
a'taU cause to Be submitted to the eoters OF such
county at the next general election the ques-
ton Of the continuance of township oreani-
zation-" No discretion is given to the Coun-
ty Board in the matter. The law is manda-
tory. hfr. RouSTRE is also mistaken if he
thinks sufficient delay can be secured by the
denial Of the petition to extend the life Of
the Town Boards beyond another election. If
the Board refuses to submit the question at
the election next fall, an application can be
made directly to the Supreme Court for q
mandamns compelling it to comply with the
law; and the Supreme Court will not refuse
Buch application Let the Citizens Associa-
lion proceed at ones to the obtaining of the
requisite number Of signatures, and there is
no question but the County Board will either
submit the question voluntarily, or be COM
pelled to do 10,
Year: 1876

The building of the Yaquina Bay Rail-
road would be only the initial OF grand
system of railways connecting us with the
Eastern portion of the continent. giving
us choice of markets and low rates OF
freirhts.
Year: 1876

THE NEW EDrToR-Of the p. C. dGro-
cate, Rev. j. Ii. Acton, assumed his duties
last week. The new editor is from Ohio,
and judging from the first number of the
paper before us, he is just the min needed
to give new life and vigor to this old and
popular Christian weekly. The new editor
is said to be an eloquent and ready speaker
as well as torcible and pointed writer. two
accomplishments very seldom united in
one man. We wish the editor the greatest
success in his new field of labor.
Year: 1876

There is no better time than the present
for goingto work ON the Yaquina Bay
Railroad project. Our farmers are again
afforded an opportunity of feeling as we'll
as seeing how completely they are bound
hand and foot in the tolls OF the river mo-
nopoly. They can see-and they have
been afforded almost similar sight nearly
every season for some years past-the prof
its of their industry entirely eaten up iIl
paying freight OH their products TO
market. They can sec that there Is no
probable end to this extortion-that mora
than likely every coming season will WIT
ness a new scheme put up for robblng
them. 10 completely foil these scllemers
the producers OF the Willamette Valley
have but to unite and build railway 20
salt water at Yaqufra Bay. A road can
be built from this city to Yaquina Bay
which, with proper guarantees, VIII secure
low freights and fares to our people for ah
time to come. 1t will secure us an outlet
that will not be affected by low water-1y
the heat of summer or the storms OF win-
ter-a highway that will be open to al. IS
one price, ut all times. And the compile
ton of such road would increase the
value OF real estate in Linn. Lane, Benton
and other counties adjacent from t~ent-five
to one hundred per cent.


The building of such an Improvements
would be OF benefit to the whole Willam-
ette Valley in every way. Again we re-
peat it, now is the time to inaugursate this
great work.


With railroad to Yaquina Bay does
any one suppose fifty-tive and sixty cents
per bushcl would be the highest obtainable
price for wheat in this market, and that
other cereals would have but nominal
price? No. Wheat, even at the present
low quotations in San Francisco, taking
that for our market. would be worth 50
cents per bnshel here, were such road In
operation. But we need not and would
not depend on San Francisco for market
for cereals We would have much less
trouble getting shipping to Yaquina Bav
than now experienced in getting it to the
mouth of the Columbia. The road built
and we would command all the shipping
needed. Let us go to work now. and the
Yaquina Bay Railroad will soon be an as.
sured fact.
Year: 1876

they will see TO it that their voice. exnressed
at the ballot-box, shall be respected. Re ma
tient and await the retributive Justice that
will surely fall on the heads of the men who
are advising the conspiracy to break up this
Republic.


On the question of fair elections in the
doubtful states the Cincinnati Commercial
says: ''We take it that there is just as little
doubt that the votes of Louisiana and South
Carolina, if cast for Hayes, will be legally
cast for him, as that the votes of Mississippi
and Alabama will be legally cast for Tilden.
There will be disturbance about Louisiana,
but the state government of that state, what
ever else It is, is the legal and only govern
ment: There will be contention over South
Carolina, but there has been fair election in
that state. The United States troops are
there at the call Of the governor, and have
not molested anybody. Whatever may be
charged as to the policy of sending the troops
to that state, their record has been above re-
proach; and it would be a novel ground up
on which to dispute the validity of state
election to allege that the presence of troops
at the call of the governor had prevented
armed mobs from interfering with the exer-
else OF the right of suffrage by peaceable cit
liens.
Year: 1876

The uncertainty which has hung over the
result of the Presidential election for nearly
a week still remains, with little prospect that
it will be removed for several days to come.
The dispatches are as conflicting as ever and
the gamblers are still industriously at work
to relieve their friends who bet on their fav-
orite, Mr.. Tilden. Democratic Associated
Press agents are still sending North pretend.
ed returns from the doubtful states showing
Democratic gains and Republican losses. All
such reports should fail to alarm Republicans
or effect any abatement Of their confidence
as they are doubtless the result of a precon-
ceived plan on the part of the Democrats and
are to be used hereafter as basis for raising
the cry Of fraud. The proper thing to do
now is to wait patiently till the returns are
officially counted and declared, which can
hardly be accomplished for considerable
time yet.


In South Carolina the official board of
canvassers met yesterday, but decided not to
begin counting till Thursday. How much
time will be required to complete the work it
is impossible to tell, but there are several
counties contested by both parties and the
resulting arguments alone will occupy con.
siderable time. The board is composed of
the Secretary of State, Comptroller General,
Attorney General, State Treasurer and chair
man of the Committee on Privileges and
Elections of the House of Representatives.
The latter is not acting on the board at pres
ent. The board claims the right to decide
who is elected and there is no appeal except
to the courts. All tie members are Republic
cans.


The Florida board is under the control of
the Republicans, two of the members, the
Secretary of State an1 tyss-----+EszeAsu.sr, bez
ing of that party, and the third, the Attorney
General, Democrat. The law requires that
the board shall begin to canvass the returns
within thirty-fve days after the election, so
it may be some days yet before the work is
begun even. Judge Bernard, who is one of
the Centennial commissioners from Florida,
says nothing will be definitely known till at
least ten or twelve days from the date of the
election.


The Louisiana board meets Friday. 1t is
composed entirely of Republicans.
Year: 1876

a p r Q Q L A MI A T / 0 N,


In conformity to the proclamation Of the Pres
dent of the United States and by the advice Of the
Executive Council, 1 do hereby appoint


Thursday, the Thirtieth day of November


Instant,


As day of fPUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE to
Almighty God, and l recommend to the people Of
this State the employment of the day thus set apart
in Offering the grateful Acknowledgements due to Him
for the well being Of country our State ana our
homes during the year that has passed, and in pre-
ferrng petitions for the continuance of His low
ing kindness towards us.


The custom Of our fathers endears to US the hold
ing of family festivals upon that day as beautiful
and appropriate feature fits observance. IT, amid
the gadness of happy reunions Of parents and chill
dren and children's children round a common
hearthstone, gratitude for the good that we and
ours enjoy, shall extend our thoughts to the great
family which embraces us all, shall awaken in our
hearts fresh sentiments Of love and goodwill TO-
wards our fellow-men, and strengthen our deter
mination to support the institutions and aid the in
fuences which tend to benefit them, and to lessen
human wretchedness and suffering, then will the day
of our Thanksgiving be most blessed.
Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta, this third
day OF November, in the year of our Lord one
Independence of the United States Of America, the
one hundredth first SELDOM CONNOR.
BY the Governor.


S. j. CHADB0URNE, Secretary Of State.
Year: 1876

The Shoe and Leather Reporter antici-
pates considerable benefit to that branch of
trade from the Philadelphia Exhibition, for
eign exhibitors and purchasers having already
given orders for American cheap goods. 1t
says the foreign purchasers 'were over here
looking through our hide and leather mar
kets, and had not the least idea that the
prices and quality of American made goods
would admit of sales in Europe until their at
tention was called to these lines of boots and
shoes on exhibition at Philadelphia. There
is very little doubt but this trade will in
crease. and we hope the day is net far dis
tant when the million sides or so of leather
which now 60 yearly from here to foreign
countries will be sent in the shape of boots
and shOes',
Year: 1876

THE New York Tribune fairly states the
situation when it says: There is vague sus-
picion in the public mind that this delay in
the verdict is conspiracy to sell newspapers.
In the newspaper offices, ON the contrary,
there is firm conviction that il is a delib-
crate plot to kill off the editors.
Year: 1876

The Boston Traveller contains a quarter
OF column of advice to drinking men, tell
ing them how to save themselves. To start
with they must lay in a supply of cayenne
pepper, concentrated extract of beef,
and bromide of potassium. 1t will be ques-
tion in the minds of manyi if delirium tremens
is not preferable to that diet. The best ad-
vice is the brefest: Don't drink.
Year: 1876

We DO not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nicati0ns that are not used.
Year: 1876

The way to get credit is to be
punctual; the way to preserve it is
not to use it much.


Settle often; have short accounts.


Trust no mans appearance; ap-
pearance is deceitful, perhaps assum-
ed for the purpose of obtaining
credit.


Beware of gaudy exterior; roughs
usually dress well. The rich are
plain; trust him, if any one, who car
ries but little on his back.


Never trust him who flies into a
pas sion on being dunned, but make
him pay quickly, If there is any vir-
tue i'm the law.


Whenever you meet a man who is
profoundly fond Of argument you
will meet one profoundly ignorant of
the operation of the human heart.


Mind your own affairs; let all the
errors you see in others manage
ment suggest correction in your own.
Year: 1876

A western editor receiving an invi-
tation to take tea with lady friend
accepted. While at the table the
lady observed that he had no spoon
for his cup. "It's not possible" said
she, that 1 forgot to give you a
spoon. l could not have made such
mistake" Il have no spoon, mad
am," said the editor, rising from his
chair in an instant to search his
pockets. She saw her blunder and
apologized.
Year: 1876

An old gentleman, who was always
Dragging how folks used to work in
his younger days, one day challenged
his two sons to pitch up load of hay
as fast as he could load it. The
challenge was accepted, the hay
wagon driven round, and the trial
commenced. For some time the old
man held his own very creditably,
calling out, More hay, more hay!"
thicker and faster it came; the oil
man was nearly covered; and still
kept crying, More hay, more hayl"
At length, struggling to keep on the
top of the ill-arranged heap, it began
first to roll, then to slide, and at last
off it went from the wagon, and the
old man with it. what are you
down here for?" at once cried the
boys. Il came down after more hay,
answered the old man.
Year: 1876

Peanut oil, first made in the South
during the war, is now in large de-
mand. 1t supplies the place of al
mond and olive oils for various uses,
and is lower in price, retains its pur-
ity and flavor for "a long time, and is
less susceptible to the effect of light
than olive oil. The oil is extracted
entirely from the meat of the nut by
pressure, the refuse being used as
cattle feed or a fertilizer.-Semt-
TjODicdl.
Year: 1876

am very thankful to the people Of Mar
shall county. for their patronage for the
past zen years. and hope you will all con-
tinue to come and see me at my New Store
wheE you want any Goods in my line
such as
Year: 1876

HEATING CITIES by STEAM.-Short-
Iy since in small circle of gentlemen in
this city the practicability of heating
blocks or whole squares of houses with
steam through pipes, was discussed; and
several Of the company who had had prac-
tical experience in the use of steam boil
ers, spoke very favcrably ofthe feasibility
of supplying heat almost as readily as gas
or water. 1t seems the experiment is
about to be given a trial in Lockport,
New York, by Mr.. Holly. He proposes
10 heat the whole city with steam after
the same nannef as it is lighted with gas.
The city is to be divided into two districts
each heated by separate boiler. Mains
from each boiler are to run to the differ
ent houses and all the occupants will
have to do will be to tnrn on a faucet and
obtain all the heat wanted.


Should it succeed, this method of heat
ing houses will doubtless be generally
adopted, especially in large cities, and
prove most economical as well as salts
factory In its results. One boiler, it is
said can be made to supply the requisite
quantity of heat to whole blocks with a
comparatively Insignificant consumption
of fuel. and families not only secure a
large amount of comfort but be spared
the dirt of handling coal, cleaning stoves
and removing ashes, avoid the labor and
attention required for that purpose, save
fuel so frequently stolen and so constant
ly wasted by careless servants, secure a
more even and comfortable temperature
in their houses, and above all escope the
dread and danger of fire from defective
hues, or improperly guarded fires.


Another advantage might be secured,
l.. e., the preventing to very great extent
The water and gas pipes from freezing, by
aging the steam or hot water pipes along
side of them.
Year: 1876

Give U.s. IN Iruths VIC buoit hruths


and Nothing but the rath."


1t is now conceded that the mere face
of the certificates does not necessarily de-
eide the Presidential election. They are
not to be set aside in any case without
solid reasons, but the progress of discus
sion has brought the public mind To II
pretty general assent to the necessity OF
going behind suspected official declara-
tions and ascertaining their character.
The Senate has agreed to this rs well as
the House by appointing committee
of its own to investigate the vote o'
Louisiana. Such an investigation is idle
if no nse can be made of the evidence
after it is obtained. Why should time be
wasted and money spent in collecting
irrevalevant facts if the action of the
Louisiana Returning Board is conclusive
and there is no authority to 60 behind it?
The appointment of this committee by
the republican Senate is retreat from
the position assumed by so many public
finality of the mere certificates. 1t is
now pretty well agreed that they are not
to be counted whether or not" They
will not be accepted as valid ii they are
proved by good evidence to be false and
fraudulent. This is concession which
the republican Senators were bound to
make on principles of honor and NOR
ais, and because they could not expect
to retain public confidence If they
svinced willingness to shield fraud from
detection.


1t by no means follows because gross
frauds have been charged that they will


be established by incontestable proofs
But when such charges are made with
any color of probability they ought to be
Investigated, for the vindication of inno-
cence and the satisfaction of the public
if they are false, for the redress of injus-
| tice if they are true. Even the Louis
| lana Returning Board itself cannot com
plain that mere certificates are not to be


held conclusive, having itself acted 80


largely on that principle.


BY the certificates they were called to
| examine Mr.. Tlden had a majority of
| about seven thousand in the State, and
| they rejected u sufficient number to give


Hayes majority Of about three thou


sand. On what principle did they throw
| out ten thousand votes certified to have
| been cast for the Tilden electors? 1t was


on the principle that a victory obtained


by dishonest means ought to be subver-
ted. If this be sound rule it is as pro-
per to apply it to them as to the local re-
| turning officers whose certificates they


refused to accept. They cannot consis-


tently object to having their own conduct
subject to the same kind of scrutiny


which they practised respecting the con-
| duct of others.


1t cannot very well be disputed that


there is sufficient ground of suspicion not


merely to justify but to require thorough
| investigation. All the local election Off


GERS in Louisiana were republicans. How


could it have happened that these repub-


lican officers made, against their party


bias, returns which gave Tilden the State


by seven thousand majority, when, in


fact, it was carried by Hayes bya majori-


ty nearly half as large?
Year: 1876

scarcely any one now doubts that Til
den and Hendricks were elected. All
believe the rascally Returning Boards
desired to elect themselves and therefore
threw out Democratic votes enough to
give Hayes a majority.
Year: 1876

The Pail Mall Gazette has the follow
ing Lovers of half raw beefsteak are
perhaps aware that they have excellent
chances of swallowing the taenie inernais
in their favorite food, the teuia being a
parasite of the OK, which knows how to
make itself perfectly at home in the hu-
man stomach. Nor, in spite of its dis
tinguishing epithet, is it by any means
pleasant guest. But DR.. Normand, of
the French naval medical service, has
made the discovery, as he thinks, of a
still more insidious enemy of man, to
which he has given the pleasant name of
anguiltula stercorais. It is about one
quarter of millimeter in length, and


but for its extreme leanness would be
visible to the naked eye. It is absorbed
into the system either in animal or vege-
table food, and is believed to be the
cause of the terrible disease known as
the Cochin China diarrhea, which has
committed fearful ravages among the
French troops stationed in the east, for
80 long as the worm remains in the body
the malady continues, and frequently
ends in death. The best remedy hither-
to discovered is milk, but it is far from


being so efficacious as could be desired.