The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-03-08

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cause of education throughout Polk
county this season. Districts are refit-
ting old school houses, building new
ones, and endeavoring to secure the ser
vices of competent teachers for the sum-
mer term.
At the Republican primaries, held in
Salem Saturday last, the following res
olution was adopted at several of tba
precinct meetings: ''That our DELEGATES
be authorized and instructed, to vote for
the nomination of true and tried tenn
peranee men in the County Conven-
ton"
The New York World is compliment
tary to Senator Kelly. That paper saws
it is pity such a man should be sent to
the Senate while "forests are to be felled,
railroads to be built and canals to no
dug" Why will men persist in getting
out of "their sphere ?"
Those who want to enjoy themselves
should remember that Orc Fino Theater
at present is the place of amusement in
Portland. Quite variety of plays has
been presented this week, among which
have been "King Lear" "Othello.u
sThe Robbers of Bohemia" and ''The
Pearl of Savoy"
The Walla Walla Statesman saws:
Never since the settlement of the coun-
try has there been so much snow in the
mountains as at present. The conse-
quence of the immense snow fall will be
very high water when the spring fresh
cts set in, and for this the settlers along
the line of the Columbia river should be
prepared.
The Oregon and California Railroad
Company have every man at work that
they can employ in grading the road
north of Red Bluff, and have broken
ground to the distance of about eight
miles above the town. 1t is expected
that the road will be ready, the above
mentioned distance, for rails in about
eight weeks.
Senator Corbett has introduced a bill
in the Senate appropriating fifty thous-
and dollars for the improvement of the |
Columbia river above Cello, and also I
the same sum for the improvement of
the Willamette river below Portland. |
The same gentleman has introduced a
bill providing for the payment of Ore /
gOn war claims.
At WoOdward's Garden, san Fran
cisco, there is on exhibition a four-year
Did colt. 1t is Il sOrrel animal, standing
iourteen hands high, weighs 500 pounds,
has the ears of horse, and tail nearly
that of mule, while in the
contour of its head it is more like ze-
bra than either a horse or a mule. There
IS no name at all, and the entire body is
covered with n fine, silky, close-curling
wool. Ii is a veritable woolly horse,
and no humbug. 1t was born of a fe-
male mule, on the farm of a Mr.. Dough-
erty, of Curry county, Oregon.
The counsel for the prosecution in the
case of the People VS.. Laura a. Fair, APP
piled for rehearing of the arguments
on the points lately decided by the Su-
preme Court, by which the prisoner was
granted new trial-on the ground that
evidence of character was enormously /
admitted on the trial, and that counsel /
for the defense were entitled to alternate /
with the prosecution in addressing the /
jury. The Supreme Court rendered a
decision, denying the motion for a re-
hearing, so the case now goes back TO I
the Court in which il was tried.
a private telegram received at Olym- /
pia recently from Hon. S. Garfielde,
states that the bill making the day for |
electing Congressman uniform through |
out the Union, had passed the House
and would undoubtedly become law
In anticipation of the passage of this /
law, the Territorial Legislature at its
last session amended the election law so
as to make the election of Legislative, I
county and precinct officers come off at |
the same time with the election for dele |
gate. If the bill passes the Senate there |
there will be no election of any kind in /
Washington Territory until November |
A late number of the California Agri- |
eultsarist, an excellent periodical, con- I
tains the following communication from |
J. NJ. Pennoyer in reference to the Big
Goose Wheat. What follows explains |
itself: 81 have just received from Mr.
Rainwater, Albany, Oregon, a small I
package Of wheat, many grains of which /
about half an inch in length, |
each. He states that two grains were
taken from the craw of a wild goose, |
killed on Puget Sound, and from which .
it would seem 10 have got its start /
1t must be sown in the spring of the
year and on good soil, and will yield
from fifty TO seventy-five bushels per
acre, fiourlshing where corn cannot .
be grown successfully, and furnish
ing better meal than can be made from
corn, but does not make very nice -four.
See California Agriculturist of Novem-
Der last, for further particulars of this
cereal. A sample of it is
now on exhibition at the Office of the
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