Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-06-22
State Items.

Rain seems to be the great need all
over the State.
Judge Wilson's majority in the State
is over 900
A new schooner is being built at
North Bend.
The Albany papers deny that there
is any smallpox in that City.
A telegraph line is soon to be built
from Roseburg to Coos Bay.
There is an unusual amount OF sick
ness in the vicinity of Salem.
A regular system Of house robbiug
has been inaugurated in Oregon City.
An act to punish vagrancy has been
passed by the Council of Oregon City.
The entire vote of Linn county this
year IL Ill less than that Of two years
ago.
Work on the Railroad has been sus-
pended for the present. south of Oak
land.
The Pkeiadsaier learns that the Coos
Bay Wagon Road viii be completed in
about two weeks.
Geo Petty had his arm broken eue.
day last week by a runaway team near
Eugcne City.
There are said to be falls on the Me-
Kensie. near the Salt Springs, 300 feet
in height.
The Salemites are short of butter, and
Capt Crandall wants somebody to go
into the dairy business.
The legal fraternity Of Salem are az,
itating the qaestion Of changing the
time of holding Circuit Court.
A man named Simpson was killed on
Monday evening. at Portland. by man
named Grant Cause. Whiskey.
\ party of ladies and ger tlemen STAR
ted from Salem on Friday last for the
coast via the Salmon river route.
Mr.. Sackett has completed his con-
tract on the Oregon and California
Railroad between Oakland and Will
bur,
Mr. Il. Fuulk of DougIas county,
has discovered very fair quality oi
coal about twenty miles East of kose-
burg.
Norman Parrish who recently fract-
ured his leg at Sa!rm, while playing
patl is suffering sevenals from his IN
jury.
A son Of |. VI. Ilerren fell from n
gate on which he was swinging. on Sat
urday last. and sustained fracture oI
the leg.
John Emerice charged with the mur'
der Of John Mount was tried in Was
| co county last week ah1 @eulared moi
guilty.
The Roseburg Eepublicans. en- Nsn-
| day exeaiug of last week. got out the
anvil, aal fred one hundred guns in
honor oil the victory in the State.
IT. Royse. who is teaching school
some twelve miles frona Salem, took his
pupils to Salem on Saturday, aud gave
/ them sight of the capital schools. {
| The steamer Albany run, aground
about a mile above Baena Vista, last
Thursday, aud at Last accounts had not
been got Oft
Washington Eedge Good Temrlnrs.
was organized at the Lepox Baptist
Church, Washington County, with fif-
teen charter members.
c. =. Rurkhart, Of Lima county, has
sold to Pennsylvania farmer, con
siderable lot of his Mammoth White
Wheat, for S3 per bushel.
Sixty men are now employed in dig
ging the Oswego Tualatin Canal, and it
is expected it will be completed by the
first of September.
Mr. Burbank, proprietor of the Soda
Springs, Clackamas. county. is making
extensive preparations fon fourth of
July celebration at that place
There was fire Saturday morning
in Capt. Ankeny's building in Portland
occupied by Janion Il Rhodes, and Will
lams & Myers. doing damage to the
amount of 0,O0O-mostly insured.
Incendiary work.
The State Convention of Spiritualists
of Oregon will be held at Woodburn,
commencing Monday, 18th. The Rail
road, as usual, carries delegates and
others, attending the Convention at re
duced rates.
The Bedrock Democrat says that Mr.
Shaw, living with his SON ID. Ii. Shaw,
on the road from Auburn to Baker
City, is now rs years cid, and blind, but
otherwise enjoys quite good health,
He is probably the Oldest man in the
county.
From Eugene papers We c'ip the fol-
lowing Two saloons have recently
closed out, and it is said two more will
follow suit shortly, which will reduce
the number to eight.-Eugene is sup
piled with hams from st, Louis and
Chicago, and with "congealed protoxide
of hydrogen" from Portland. The 'fat
boy" of the Guard Office went hunting
L.. .tromharr;aa ono dav This weak