Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-28
State EteRsRs.
[dleanings from State Exchanges. !

The Oregqnian of the 23d instant
says:
The receipts of the State Fair foot
up $13, ,925 6s, to which is to be added
about $500 for licenses, making the
total receipts of tAis year some $500
more than the receipts of last year
A Barn belonging to John Ogle near
Eugene City was burned last week. 1t
contained 600 bushels of wheat, two
fine carriages, wagon aud three horses,
all OF which were consumed Rev.
james Nj. Lovett of the Pacific Con-
ference, has been transferred by Bishop
Keener to lake charge of the Corvallis
and Albany stations Of the Columbia An
nual Conference, NJ, f. Church South
A boy named Wilbur Hunt, ten years
OF age, lost leg at the Dalles last
week by trying to climb on the cars
while they were in motion. The leg
was cut off below the knee
From the Bulletin of the 24th inst.
we CLEAN as follows
Thomas Townsend whose barn was
burned during Fair week, near Salem,
sustains loss Of about Sl,200.-
brakes foundry has com lcted the con.
tract for iron work for the pententiary.
The last of the work has been delivered
Ben noIladay, President Of the
Oregon and California Railroad, Vice
President Halsey, Chief Engineer
Thiclsen and assistant, arrived in
Roscburg on the Goth inst, on business
III connection with the road The
dwellin. house Of Mr. j l. Clinerbread
at Wilbur. was destroyed by fire on
Sunday 18th inst =. causing loss Of
g 1000. Thirteen unfortunate fellows
who disrcgarded the precepts of the
|. o. c. T., aud indulge in stimulants
to degree interdicted by Ordinance
No. AIS, were presented to Judge
Denny this morning and required to
pay fine of from s5 To $40 each for
their Saturday and Sunday nights spree
The little steamer Webfoot No 2
will leave to-day for voyage down the
Columbia river 1t is, we understand
the intention Of the owners to stop at all
the farms aud sawmills, for the purpose
of trading with those who seldom come
to the city. The boat will be absent
about ten days-The track on the
West Side Railroad has been laid to
within a mile of Beaverton, aud will
be finished 10 that point very shortly.
In fact the grading is completed TO
!IilIsboro, aud We expect to make a
trip to that place BY rail in about ~
days.
SERIOUS ACC1pENT-This morning
while some men were engaged IN NOV
.ng building along Oak street, near
Second, Portland, man named Frank
David, resident of Washington Terri
tory. attempted to pass bv, but lever
used by the workmen flew from it's po-
sition striking him on the side of the
face, infllcting "a serious wound and
knocking Mr. ID senseless He was
attended to promptly, but it will be
some time before be fully RECEIVERS from
his hurts.
Wheat at Roseburg is selling at one
dollar bushel. \ little singular tha,
buyers can pay thai price there.
The Statesman is congratulating it.
self on the width of Salem's streets.
The town, it thinks, can't burn.
At Salem hay is selling from wagons
at $50 per ton and very scarce oats
80 cents. The price of wheat at pres-
ent is 81 l5.
A Douglas county paper boasts of
field of corn in which the ears are from
ten to twelve inches in length, with "A
rows of corn to the ear.
Apologizing for the tardiness of Eu>
gene in raising fund for Chicago, the
Guard OF that place says: The people
of Eugene aud vicinity have next
thing to Chicago fire on their hands
a railroad subscription nearly due-and
we can hardly look for that generosity
on their part which We otherwise
would
A letter from Baker City. Oct. 10Th.
gives this: ITO day the Virtue Gold
aud Silver Mining Cos steam mill will
start up The mill is in splendid or
der, and the Company have large force
of men taking out rich rock. saw
Yesterday box full ,f the rock that
will certainly go $4,000 to the ton
BY next year you may look for great
results from Baker county"
The Jacksonville Times says: One
day last week, while Mr., N. G. Dean
was engaged in burning stubble, the
fire got beyond his control and consumed
200 panels of fence.-This week fire
got out in Lew Colvcr's field, near Gas
burg, and before it could be arrested,
burnt up three thousand rails. Monday
while some children were playing with
IIon ~ Roali,o rocijanoo