The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-23


in 25 days.
Crops in YamhiIl county are turning
out a good yield.
Crops in the vicinity Of Corvallis are
lighter than usual.
The corps in Southern Oregon are
turning out poorly.
At Salem, oats are slow at 80 cents,
wheat is quoted at 65.
The Albany Democrat has entered
upon its eighth volume.
The fires in the mountains around
Jacksonville have abated.
a Brick-layers Protective Union has
been organized in this city.
Monmouth College will reopen on the
first Monday in September.
The Statesman says flax seed is worth
three cents a pound in salem.
The public schools will reopen next
Monday morning, August 26th.
Butter is scarcely to be had at any
price in Salem, at times Of late.
A passenger coach runs twice a day
between Roseburg and the railroad.
The depot buildings at St. Joseph,
Yamhill, will be finished this week.
About 400 men are employed in and
around the coal mines of Coos county.
The railroad bridge at North Uupqua
river will be completed in five weeks.
Baker City continues to improve in
building, etc, and trade is looking up.
The Dalles is rapidly crawling out of
the ashes Of the great fire of a year ago.
The Linn county fair will be held at
Albany during the last week in Septem-
ber.
1t is thought that construction trains
viii be rsnning to Roseburg by the first
of October
Corvallis, surrounded by a rich agri-
cultural country, complains that it is
unable to procure any butter.
There are five hundred and twenty
nine post-ofiices in Oregon, nineteen of
which are money order offices.
One of the party of Boston Excursion
lists writes that they have, one and all,
formed favorable opinion of Oregon.
Ben Herrin, resident of Union coun-
ty, disappeared suddenly a few days
ago. He left young wife behind him.
A new mine has been opened on the
Siuslaw, in Lane county, which is said
TO produce coal of an excellent quality.
Oregon City thieves are impudent
fellows. One Of them stole the Record
er's coat before his eyes the other day.
The Insane Asylum has had an addi-
ton built to it, TO be used as a place of
amusement and for religious exercises.
The Salem burglar has recovered from
his recent spell of sickness, and is again
at work. A very industrious chap that.
One Ofthe large plate-glass windows in
the Masonic Hall building was broken
one evening last week. The loss is
S4OO
The Portland Free Discussion Club
have their weekly meetings every sun
day at 8 o'clock P. N. at No. SO First St,
up stairs.
The GOOD Templ0r, published at Al
bany, and organ of that order in this
State, viii cease publication after the
next issue.
photographic surveys Of the channel
and bed of the Willamette river were
being taken Wednesday for the Oregon
Bridge Co.
A report is current in Washington
county that the railroad company de-
signs putting in a side track one milC
east of Hillsboro.
Wheat buyers at Salem complain that
the grain brought into market is damp
and green. AIillers have been compelled
TO refuse some parcels.
\ telegraph line is projected from
Roseburg, Douglas county, to Empir,
City, Coos county, and subscriptions o.
stock are being solicited.
The Plandealer says Jasper johnson
was not much in Oregon, but he loom
large now by contrast with the feeble
minds of the Atlantic side.
On Thursday the Willamette Woolei
Mills shipped over $4,000 worth o
woolen goods, the largest shipment eve
made by the mills in one day.
Two men named Lee and Brady hav
been arrested on suspicion OF having
hand in the Oregon City postoffice rot
berry. Brady is held to answer.
Indians don't want to give up Wa
Iowa valley in Union county, an
threaten to burn white settlers on
No families have yet gone there.
Business is somewhat revivin
through the valley towns, as the farmer
come in to purchase harvest supple
and TO dispose of their summers prot
ucts.
Baker City shows greater signs of Iii
and activity than any town in Easter
Oregon. Itis the center of a large mir
ing country, which is yet scarcely d,
veloped-
The trial of the Canyon CITY ma
robbers is to be commenced MONDAY
Aug. 12th- Several prominent attorney
Of the State are already in this citv pr,
pairing the case.