The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-17
HOME NEWS.

again.
Fifty-one marriages in Jackson county
last year.
Whooping cough is prevalent in Doug
las county.
Wheat commands 70 cents per bushel
in Silyerton.
At McN1innville the price Of wheat is
80 cents per bushel.
The legal fraternity is mum erously
represented in Salem at present.
A crowded house greeted Miss Denim
on last Friday evening, it being the oc-
casion of her benefit
The Guard wants the ladies Of Engene
to take the University subscription in
hand and canvass for it.
Cupid reigned in Polk county during
1872, and lO3 couples bowed their necBs
to the yoke Of matrimOny.
An amateur troup performing at Ore
gon City gives general satisfaction, but
the audiences are rather slim.
The motive power of the grist mill at
Prairie City, Grant county, is water from
hot spring, which prevents any stop
page from a freeze up.
J.H. Vinson will have n benefit this
(Fridayl evening, at the Theater, when
"Uncle Toms Cabin" will be produced
for the first time this season.
The Enterprise learns that as soon as
the Annie Stewart is ready for service
there is to be an excursion to Corvallis,
given by the owners Of the locks.
The Linn county Farmers Club is
fully organized and meets twice month
at Cowan's school house, six miles
southeast Of Albany. The Club begins
with favorable prospects.
A prominent farmer of Benton county
writes that the southern section of that
county has $4,000 bushels of wheat
which it is holding for the price to ad-
vance to one dollar per bushel.
Forty interments were made in the
Jacksonville cemetery during 1872, be-
ing 10 less than in 1S7l. OF the num-
Der only 26 were reckoned among the
actual white residents of the town.
Following is the postal order business
done at Oregon City last year: Total
No. orders issued, s32; amount on the
same, SIS, 13O 81; fees on the same, S1O5.
No. orders paid, 1853; amount paid on
the same, 5000 81.
A company has been organized at
Coos Bay for the purpose Of building a
new steamer. Work will soon be COM
menced upon her. She will be built at
Marshfield, and when completed will be
set upon the river and bay.
An exchange says two men who
thought they could find 4 better home
than Oregon, left Polk county a few
months since to settle in Texas. They
are now on their way back, and write
that there is no place like Oregon.
Surveyor General OdelI gives this no.
tice: I desire to say to whom it may con-
cern, that I have fixed upon Tuesday,
the 2lst inst, as the time to examine
the several lists Of land selected by the
State authorities, rs swamp and over
flowed.
The report Of the Recorder Of Albany
shows that the city received from all
sources, for the fiscal year ending Janu-
ary 14th, 1873, S7,733 40. The disburse-
ments for the same time were 5000 Sc,
leaving a balance in the treasury, in
cash, of S693 Ol.
The Oregon City Manufacturing COM
pany give notice that they accept the
terms on which the subscriptions were
made to aid in rebuilding the factory.
The designs for the factory are nearly
completed, and the company will shortly
advertise for proposals for building the
same.
The following officers of Rebekah De-
gree Lodge at Salem were installed on
last Tuesday evening: G. w. Jordan,
y. c.; Mrs. George Cook, V. G.; Mrs.
Z. Z. Wheeler, Treasurer; c. A. Reed,
Conductor; Mrs. 5. c. Adams, r. 5. Of
\. c.; Mrs. J. D. Jordan, L. S. of y. c.;
Mrs. J. II. Howell, /. 5. of V. G..
The attractions at the Theater during
the past week have consisted Of 'Driven
From Home, or the Wife of Two Hus-
bands" Catherine and Petruchio,"
''The Stranger and tAH Glitters is Not
Gold.n The audiences were not as large
as they should have been, as these are
all splendid pieces and give Miss Denim
good chance to display her wonderful
powers as an actress.
Already, says the Plaidodler q new
line of steam colliers is to be put on for
shipping the coal Of Coos Bay to market
The impetus which will be given tC
trade by the new movement will be o.
great advantage, not only to Coo:
county, but to the whole of Southern
Oregon. We are further informed tha
the present companies-the Newport
Eastport and North Bend-also intenC
to increase their shipping facilities.
The Plaindealer says: "a large por
ton of the Modocs Of the Yainax res
ervation have left, many of whom viii
no doubt join the band Of Captain Jack
The agent, Mr.. Applegate, has applied
TO the settlers of Linkville for assistance
Some persons are disposed to censurs
the troops for their inaction. 1t is diff.