The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-12-06
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DECEMBER 6, 1872.
HOME NEWS.

idly nearing completion.
We acknowledge the receipt of Nc
Cormick's Almanac for 1873.
The next term of the Willamette
University will begin December l6.
The December term of the County
Court for Clackamas commences next
Thursday.
The Good Templars of La Gaande are
making preparations to build temper
ance billiard room.
During the month of November the
Sheriff Of Marion county collected S., ,OOC
In the shape of taxes.
Mr.. Hand has purchased Major NJ. P.
Berry's interest in the Moultdineer, at
the Dalles, and is now sole proprietor.
A valuable team, belonging to a man
named LOvelace, was drowned Thurs
day, the 2Sth inst, at the Stark street
ferry in this city.
S. J. Mccormick, IO5 Front street,
offers for sale very large assortment OF
toys, fancy goods, books, ETC., suitable
for Holiday presents.
The vote upon the question of select
ing the county seat for Union, stood:
ia Grande, 279; Orc Dell, 2; Cove, 90;
Union $40; Forest Cove, 6.
The advertisement of A. /. Bancroft
& Co., San Francisco, for ''The Dis
eOverer Discovered-Dr Livingstone in
Africa" appears in this issue.
The "Oregon Business Directory
published yearly by S. J. Mccormick,
los Front street, will make its appear
ance about the lst of January. See the
al.
VIM. o. Bruen was elected Chief En-
gineer Of the Portland Fire Department
by majority of seventeen last Monday.
A. a. Williams was the opposing candi-
date.
Several Of the merchants and all OF
the saloon-keepers of Douglas county
were indicted at the late term of the
Circuit Court for carrying on business
on Sunday.
The Common Council of jefferson
failed to give proper notice of the city
election in that burg last Monday, and
so it "went by the board,r and the old
officers held over a year longer.
Says the Albany Democrat. ave are
told that one day last week gentleman
purchased at one of our city warehouses
eleven hundred bushels Of wheat, pay
ing 60 cents per bushels and storage be-
sides"
"Diavolo, or Hunted Down." has had
a good run at Orc Fino Theater the past
week, having been played five success
i've evenings. The attendance was very
good, and the piece was certainly de-
serving Of it.
The Grant and Wilson Electors
Messrs. Hare, Meacham and Galley
met in Salem Wednesday, cast their
vote for President and Vice President,
and selected a messenger to carry the
returns to Washington.
The Oregon City Woolen Mills were
destroyed by fire Saturday morning
Nov. 23d. The fire was apparently the
work Of an ineendary. The loss is said
to be about S15O,OOO. The insurance Oh
the property was $4,000. A large mum.
Der Of hands were thrown out Of EN-.
ployment.
Mr.. Chase has been lecturing in Salem
on what he considers the material i'm,
terests Of that town. The Statesman, in
speaking OF the lecture, says: ''His mair
idea was cOrrect-that we need more
public spirit, more individual enterprise
and better concert of action, in order tc
push our city along in the march Of i'm.
proyement with our neighborine
towns"
From the Eugene Guard: 'This Fall
has been an unusually favorable one for
farmers. The first fall rains came
somewhat later than usual, but since
the ground became soft enough to plow
work has been going steadily forward,
the weather being unexceptionable, the
ground at no time frozen hard enough
to offer any resistance to the plow. An
increased acreage will be put in wheat
this season."
The city election Of Albany last Mon
day was the hottest contested Of anv
ever held there, both parties having :
full ticket in the field. The Republi
cans elected the whole ticket except tw,
Councilmen. The following are tn
successful candidates with majOrities O
each: Mayor, Coll Van Cleve, !; Treas
urer, F. Settlemier, 81; Recorder, J. Han
non, 50; Marshal, T. Cartwright, 81; an
Elkins, Mealy, Saltmarsh and Jone
[Republicansl and Harper and Jone
lDemocratsl Councilmen.
The local of the Statesman has discoy
cred that the winter of ls47 was quit
similar to this. In that year the col
and snow began on the 18th and con
tinued till the 2lst, when it turned o.
warm and pleasant, and there was n
more severe weather during the winter
So Ii seems, after all, that i'm weather
as well as in all things else, there is al
solutely "nOthing new under the sun.
If the coming Winter shall follow i'm tb
wake Of its prototype of ls47, we sha
feel really grateful for the recent ''col
snap"
The Herald says: 'The citizens {
Vaouiua Raw have Yaroiaotad N sol,o,.,