Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-23
state Items.


Albany is indulging in the luxury of
street lamps.
The water tank at the depot at Sa-
lem holds $4,000 gallons.
Good sleighing is reported in differ
ent parts of the State.
The suit of Clarke u.s. Watkinds, has
been changed from Marion to Linn
County
r. I'll. Sullivan was convicted of for
gerry, aud sent to the Penitentiary from
Douglas County last week.
Grading on the o. & G. Railroad
has reached a point sixty miles south
OF Eugene-so says the Guard.
The surveying party of the West
Side Railroad reached Junction City
the 18th inst.
The Statesman speaks in high terms
of Mr.. William Parrott, of Salem, and
styles him : native artist"
A number of sea gulls have been
rustieating about Salem for a few
days.
The West Side Railroad is to be
permanently located through Polk and
Benton Counties in few days.
II. H Gilfrey, private secretary to
the Governor, has gone East on a
visit
The Willamette Transportation Go
are running boats regularly between
Salem and Portland.
East Portland is reported to be
rapidly increasing in population, and
improving in general appearance.
The West Side Railroad is complct,
ed TO Cornelius, twenty>threc miles
from Portland.
There is eight inches of snow in
Salem, aud stock men are looking very
blue.
The wolves in Ochoco Valley are so
large and savage that they actually kill
grown cattle
William Sherwood has been adjudged
insane by the authorities OF Coos
County.
The Bulletin is complaining that the
reign Of blue beef is again inaugurated
in Portland.
Lively times are reported on the
Willamette between Portland aud Ore
gon CITY, caused by the stcam5oa, op>
position.
DALLAs.--The large and splendid
engine lately put upon the track of the
Oregon Central Railroad is called
Dallas.
The water pipes at Salem are frozen
up. aud many Of the citizens are cou-
PEELED 10 drink whisky, which. is grea,
hardship.
The body Of Robert -lIeuchin. who
was mentioned as having been drowned
some weeks ago in Curry County, has
been found.
\ gravel train on the .. 4 G. Rail
road ran off the track near Harrisburg
one day last week, killing two China
men. and injuring several Others.
Mr.. Woodruff, formerly Of Chicago,
has purchased property in Albany, and
is going to start n large carriage fac
tory there.
We learn from the Pidindca1er that
four of the family of MIR. Canuutt,
living near Oakland, are sick with the
| small pox. Precautions have been
taken to prevent the spread of the
| disease.
A RUSSIAN PAPER R-Somebody has
been kind enough to send US copy OF
the Alaska Herald, paper published
partly in the Russian language. 1t
bangs Banagher the way the cons, :
nants are hustled together There IS
no man on earth but a Russian or
! Welshman that can handle such a
mouthful of consonants, and use them
intclIigently, without dislocating his
Jaws. The letters seem to be English
characters turned upside down, turned
over, back to front, aud back to place,
then crossed with lines to indicate
their individuality. As specimen of
how they write the language of the
Russian bear, we give the following, as
near as we can define the letters
"Pyeckor ghoaiotekr, MOI hmJemJ
haheto. - Herald.
From the Portland dailies we Gull as
follows Miss Eva a. Ford, the young
lady who received the first premium
for penG4anship at the State Fair, has
been Engaged by Taylor Il Smith as an
assistant teacher at the Portland Aca-
demy.--John II. Beck, City Assessor,
has Completed his labors and returned
to .he auditor the assessment rolls.