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DULY INTELLIGENCER.BYTHADDEUS HANFORD.tut. ntii.v isrTELMOE^c-r.R i«PnhlUhH every morninir, Sunday* exempt*!.) uni driiv^rM to Hut+rrtr^-r; injwh«-r» in tb« city, at 2-Y eenti p*r week, to theCarrier; sin«le copies IO rent**.Per annum. 810.00 In advance.TI1K WEEKLY l.\TKJJ.IOKX4 EH.This old and oopnlar Journal lt;t Western Wmh-tngton, with 4h* I ardent circulation of any Paper In the Territory. I* published every Hatnriay morning. Tmui Three Hollars per annum. In advarce : otberwiae. 11.00.Olllcial Press of King Connty.Monday, July 29, 1878.ECLIPSE.vury 1TheTo-day there will occur a notable total eclipse of the sun. line of totality extends over the western end of Montana, across the Yellowstone National Park, through Wyom-over Denver, Colorado, downnigthrough Northern and Eastern Texas, entering the Gulf of Mexico between New Orleans and Galveston. The breadth of the totality shadow in this country will be about 116 miles. 'I he partial eclipse will extend all over the United States, Mexico and Britishindicates that the Bannack* and Piutes have separated. The f rmer are fleeing the country, while the latter are supposed to be making for their agency for tbe purpose of surrendering. July 25th Howard’* command was encamped about 10 miles from Malheur agency, from which place they were forwarding supplies, both from the agency and Baker City.Lieut. Ward, with an immense pack and wagon train, left Baker City yesterday morning with supplies for tbe main column, and will probably arrive at Howard's headquarters about noon on the 27th inst. ;The command under Gen. Howard found an old Piute squaw on the even-ing of the 24tb, who had been deserted : by the hostiles and who was nearly starved. Up to the time of the courier leaving tbe command six# was obstinate jin regard to giving any information alxmt the hostiles. Sarah Winnemucca was to have approached the hostile camp last night with a view of tbe Piutes surrendering.Wagner’s company of cavalry will join Col. Green’s command to-day near Eldorado. Egbert's command will probably reach Green on Sunday.Worth, with two companies of the 8th Infantry, passed through this city to-day en route to the overland road beyond Boise, which is threatened by hos-1cNtI11America. A party has gone to Raw-litiH, W;.ominB, to take obwrvation*. tlle B*nlt;“ks returning to Camas prai-consisting of Prof. Henry Draper, of New York; Morton, President ot the HUphenson Institute of Technology at Hoboken; Prof. Barker, Professsor of Physics in the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; and ThomasEdison, electrician and inventor They have witli them about a ton of instru-rie and the Buffalo country. Miles,with several companies of infantry, it on the Daley road and in the vicinity ofthe Blue mountains.uients. A reporter says :Prof. Draper’s sieciality is astronomical philosophy; this will be his work at Rawlins during the eclipse. Prof.r.AfclERM NTATIJ.New Yore, July 26.—A flood of telegrams from the west to-day, representing that the weather was wet and unfavorable to harvesting, caused a raid on granger stocks, and great blocks ofNorthwest, St. Paul and Lake Shore Barker will do the spectroscopic oUer- , , fc d d u d . hvations. Prof. Morton will undertake , fthe polaristic observations, and Mr. ; Edison will have charge of the heat. Mr. Edison, in measuring the heat of the sun during the eclipse, will have but two and a half minutes to do it in. j During an eclipse the best opportunityis afforded for this purpose, and ho cantest the applicability of bis tassirneter upon the corona of the sun. Mr. Edison intends to go through to the Pacific coast after the eclipse and visit several places of interest. Besides testing bis tassimeter, ho also intends to make a test ofUnionand Rawlins. He says it will distinctly transmit a voice 1,000 miles.morning, but tbe market firmed in the afternoou.Twenty-two tons of tine silvar bars valued at $750,000, were shipped from a ft!w weeks longer by the Governor will enable law abiding citizens to establish order und protect themselves.Some of the mules taken from murdered freighters are now in the bands of Indians on the agency, who refuse. t .to give them up. Mr. McCoy, fatherhis carbon telephone over the I . . ,Pacific wires between Oinalm I of °luey M°c °* wbo was murdered,demanded his son’s mules from the commanding officer, also the agent, and he was told that he must have an order from Washington. Comments are unuecceasary on such an answer from a U. S. officer and agent to a demand for stolen property.TELEGRAPHIC.F.xrlusivily to theTHE ONLY, NEWSI’APEllReceiving DispatchesIN WASHINGTON' TERRITORYOREGONA dastardly attempt was made to assassinate the telegraph operator here last night by an unknown person who mistook the offico, and called up a man sleeping iu the building below, and on bis opening tne door struck him a fearful blow on the head with a slung-shot, saying. “ I’ll teach you how to tele-Umatii.La, July 20.—The billowing graph.” The stricken man sank to theis received from Pendleton:Indian matters are quieting down. No Snakes seen since day before yesterday, at which time some six in number were seen near the head of McKay creek. We flt;ol O. K. on Snakes and trust are all right with I matillas, although they are very impudent. Col. Mizner’s command was ordered to Grande Rondo valley, and should Maj.the assay office this morning for the Philadelphia mint, for coinage into standard silver dollars.Chicago, July 26.—The signal service observer here reports the rainfall last night, according to the gauge, was over four inches, the greatest on record here in any one night. Elsewhere in the northwest, except at Quincy, there seems to have been very much less rain.Throckmorton lie ordered away from J The damage in the city on account of tin* agency, I believe the I matillas 1 flooded basements cannot be calculated.would be tempted to do us injury. \\ c Among the heaviest losers are Carson, huve no faith iu their prof eased friend- , j»icrco A 8cott Westaide dry good*ship. If Throckmorton or the tuilitiacan bo kept here for a shoit time everything may settle down. Wo do not allow any Indians in town unless they have a guard with them ami are unarmed. We let out the last Columbia Indian to-day from jail. We had six at one time.A report came from La Grande today that six bucks were captured in Indian valley, below Summerviile, with about twenty head of horses. General Howard was at Granite creek on the night of tho 21st.Maj or Thompson, with a detachment of men belonging to the 20th infantry, arrived here yesterday and leaves for the agency to-morrow, and it is expected that Mnjor Wells and his command, now on the gunboat Spokane, will for tb© present remain iu camp at Umatilla, as the Columbia Indians are in small parties above aud below town, evidently gathering iu all the horses on the range for the purpose of running them across the Columbia.Capt. Wright’s company of Oregon volunteers and volunteers here will be discharged to-morrow, leaving only Capt. Sperry’s command of 26 men atPendleton in the State service, aud they arc absolutely needed, as a hand oflawless men are stealing h Arses and ransacking homes; beside*, there is j»OMi-ble danger to Pendleton from tbe Umatilla*, who arc very troublesome and exasperating when ill town The retention of Sheriff Sperry’s company for floor, and or recovering his senses the assassin had fled. From later information it is supposed that it was one of a band of horsethieves whc expected todrive together a band of Indian andsettlers’ horses and cross them nearWillow creek. The gang were in townlatest night, and evideutly supposedthat disabling the operator aud openingtho line would prevent the frustration of their purpose.Baker City, July 26—The latest by courier from Gen. Howard’s commandbouse Their basement was flooded and goods reported damaged $30,000 to $50,000. The postoflice building, whichis undergoing repairs, suffered to the extent of mauy thousand dollars, the rain coming in from the roof, drenching the floor ami damaging a stock of postal cards, blanks, etc. Tho military headquarters, in the same building suffered considerably. The Tribune's edition was delayed two hours by water in its press room.DAKOTA.DkadwooD, I). T., July 26.—Geo. Sheridan accompanied by three of his staff officers arrived here to-day from tho military camp on tbe Little Missouri. Tbe General, after a careful examination of the ground, expresses the opinion that the permanent Black Hills militaiy post will be located at some point lietween the Spaarfish an l Rapid Creek valleys.Passengers on the coach that arrivedfrom Cheyenne to-night state that E S.Smith, the messenger accompanying the coach, engaged single-handed in a eotnUit with six road agents, and after tbi discharge of about fifty shots on the part of the Mad agants and twenty. tJL - Iby Smith, the road *.:• nt* i**ft without molesting the coach, •Smith * liorse was killed soon after the commencement of the firing. The | witneases were profuse in commends-*tion of Smith § bravery and coolness.Mr. James C Simpson, while berrying on the mountain side to-day twornles from Dead wood, came upon asmall mound from which protruded thefoot of a human body. On investigation he discovered a man * body covered with six inches of dirt. The body w*s in a state of decay and nothing found by which it could be identified or the mystery explained. I4Jlt;flt;11itiIBoca Beer in pints aud quarts, for sale byCitAWvoin A. Harhinoton, Agents. * t
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Mon, Jul 29, 1878
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