The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-14
In eight or ten days about thirty more
can find work at those mines.

In eight or ten days about thirty more
can find work at those mines.
The store of S. Ackerman, at Oregon
City, was burglariZed Wednesday night,
ana among other articles 4 valuable
gold watch and chain were abstracted.
The safe was very badly beaten and
hacked up, though they failed to open
it.
Marshal Mossman, Of, Olympia, has
discovered a deposit of gravel that gives
evidence of being richly laden with
some kind Of metal. Some specimens
appear to contain gold, and one is very
hue piece Of copper ore.
Three prisoners confined in the Linn
county Jail made an unsuccessful at
tempt to escape last Friday by cutting
through the brick wall. They, how
ever, were caught while waiting for the
''shades Of night 10 fall, !" and locked up
in their cells.
A fire broke out upon Mr. Halls
rancho, near Wilhoit's Soda Springs,
Clackamas county, last Friday evening,
doing considerable damage. About TO-
600 rails were burned. The fire was
any Of the buildings upon the place.
A call has been made on all citizens of
Clarke county, w. T., male and female,
who settled on the Pacific Slope previ-
Gus to January l, 1856, to meet in the
City Hall at Vancouver, on the first
Saturday in October, 1874, at IL o'clock
A. NJ, for the purpose of organizing a
Clarke County Pioneer Society.
Professor Condor refused the invita-
tion to accept the pastorate of the Con-
gregational Church at Forest Grove.
They offered him a salary of 81, 200 q
year. The Willamette University at
Salem has offered the Professor $500 a
year to deliver a course of geological
lectures at that institution.
There arrived on the bark Melancthon
burglar and fire-proof safe for Clacka-
mas county, from the Hall Safe and
Lock Company. The weight of this
magnificent safe is 5000 lbs, and the cost
$500. The company had twenty-one
safes in the late Chicago fire, every one
of which, it is said, preserved their con-
tents in perfect condition.
There is to be beet sugar manufac-
tory located near Aurora, in Marion
county. Articles Of incorporation have
been filed, with Geo. l. Curry, John
A. Bradley, Frederick Hitler, Henry
ToOmy and L. L. Bullock as incorpora-
tors. The capital stock of the company
has been placed at 500, 600, divided into
two thousand shares, of $50 each. The
necessary machinery will be purchased
in Germany.
There is to be an enterprise started in
Salem, under the name of the Alden
Fruit Preserving Company, with the
following named gentlemen as incorpo-
rators: 4. A. McCully, L. McCully,
Rev. p. S. knight, Rev. o. Dickinson,
o. j. Carr and Mr.. Mcfarland. They
have telegraphed to New York for the
apparatus necessary to carry on the
work, and hope to be i'm operation in
time for the late fall fruit. Success to
the enterprise.
Mrs. c. G.. Glass is making earnest eff
fort TO secure the pardon of her hus-
band, who was last November sentenced
to the Penitentiary for a term of five
years, on conviction of manslaughter in
the case of Mary +. Hardman. Eight
of the twelve jurymen who rendered the
verdict in his case have signed the petit
ton for pardon, together with a large
number OF the best citizens of Portland.
The petition will be presented to the
Governor within two weeks.
The Good Templars' organization is in
q very prosperous condition in this
State at the present time. w. r. Dun
bar, the popular and efficient G.. w. c.
T., has recently made the following ad-
ditional appointments of State and Dis
trict Deputies: DIR. L. w. Spencer, Me-
Tilmon Ford, Salem; w. b.
Carter, Corvallis; ID. NJ. c. Gault, Hills
boro; J. A. Smith, Portland, State
c. c. Grimes, Dalles; G. c.
North Yamhill; ]. II. Skid
more, Ashland; L. 2. Chandler, Corval-
lis; and Mrs. NJ. Z. Hoxter, Forest
Grove, District Deputies.