, 1875-06-10

Il Geo. Mealey last week shot four
elks within fifteen minutes, with q
Remington rifle. in the Cascade Noun
taina, near Upper Soda, Oregon.
r. McDonal Simmons and Levi
(TilD Shelton are going to start log
eing camp near Steamboat Island, at the
mouth of Oyster Bay.
n Harvey Neweome. aged about q
years, committed suicide by taking poi
on, near his fathers residence in Ma
rion county Oregon. last week.
n Oats are now selling at As cents
per bushel in Lewis county, delivered
at the rail road stations. About 5000
bushels changed hands at that rate last
week.
r The government will not put in
circulation any of the silver coinage. in
pursuance of the resumption act until
the price of gold has fallen to about
10.
n California estimates its three
leading products for the coming season
IS follows: Wool, $4,000, 900 pounds;
wine, 5000. 900 gallons; wheat, As. .OOO,-
600 bushels.
T Barry's logging camp, on the old
Moxley place,is turning out an immense
Sc amount of logs. The boom they are
now preparing to have towed away is the
lasgsst of any they have yet put in.
U Fifteen families went down into
Chehalis county. last week, there to To-
cate for the future. They descended
the Chehalis river in fs.-boat. They
settled on the Humptulips, Whiskah and
Snoqualm rivers.
T A Carson young man caught his
former sweet heart dancing with anotb-
er fellow in public hall, one evening
recently. and fired pistol at her, and
then blew his own brains out. The
girls corset steels saved her life.
q Some new diggings have been
fonnd at Cariboo. The most experien-
ced and reliable miners are Of opinion
! that the diggings will prove TO be rich.
r. A large number of saw logs are
being taken from the Olympia fair
grounds. which are converted into lum..
be, at the saw mill of Messrs. Ward &
Mitchell, at Tumwater.
T The executive committee of the
State S. S. Convention met at Portland
last week and fixed on the oath, 25lh
26th of August for holding the next an
nual meeting.
H Harris, a colored man held at
Jacksonville to answer to charge of
horse stealing, broke! Jail last week,
stole pair of blankets and some provi-
sion. and left for parts unknown.
II The Tacoma people" we're to
have picnic at Lakeview station on
Saturday. the papers said. Ths Taco
ma people," however, most of them,
didn't co ne, but were preparing to ledre
for Seattle Steiheoom Express.
II Quite a number of buyers are in
Umatilla county purchasing wethers for
the Sound, Portland and Nevada mar
kets. They are paying about two dollars
a head for well conditioned wethers.
Stock sheep are selling ai about 81 so
each. Very few wish to sell.
a A burglar attempted to get into
the sleeping apartment of Mr.. Wagner,
agent for Wells, Fargo & Co.. at Salem,
last Saturday night. Mr.. Wagner heard
him, and gave him a salute with pis-
tol shot, which unfortunately missed
the object for which it was intended.
II Mr.. Louis Whetzel. while at work
last Wednesday. in his logging camp,
about mile from Steilacoom. observed
large fur-seal swimming short dis
tance from the beach. A we'll aimed
bullet from Mr. Whetzel's rifle disabled
the animal, which was caught aud pro-
vedlto be of the largest kind.
SF On Monday, the nth inst, Judge
Wingard and a number of lawyers from
Walla Walla start for Colville, Stevens
County, to hold the annual term of Court
at that place. They will give them
selves full week in which to go, and
intend to hunt, fish and have q good