, 1875-06-03
NEWS ITEMS.


The term of the District Court at
Walla Walla ended last Monday.
It is expected that work will soon be
commenced on capitol building.
Nothing has been heard of Dabney
Jones and St. Martin since their escape
from the Jail in Olympia.
Tho Governor of Oregon has named
Monday, the 25th of October, for the
special election for Congress.
Capt. Ainsworth will erect country
residence on Gravelly Lake, Pierce
county. this summer.
The Congregational Association Of
Oregon and Washington Territory ,nests
in Salem on the 18th Of nsxs month.
A little deaf and dumb boy, By the
name Of Erving, was run over in WaIla
Walla by buggy. mashing his foot.
The citizens of Walla Walla are get
ting up a celebration, to come of on
the fifth of July at their new fair
grounds.
Mr.. George Moultry, of Nootsack.
has just discovered coal about seven
miles above the Station. and about 200
yards to the right of the river bank.
The editor of the Olympia Echo says
the citizens Of that place did not appre.
ciate tho lecture Of Mrs. Gaylord. given
there last Saturday, and that it WAS .
grand blk.
The editor Of the La Grande Ssntine
wants to match Coggan'5 9 Osceola against
Bigham's Fsster for enough to build
the Northern Pacific railroad, and put
up quarter million quartz mill as forfeit.
Notwithstanding the cold weather that
visited the Walla Walla country during
the past winter, the Statesman says:
Wheat sown in the Fall looks splendid
and promises large CROP"
Joseph Manaudas informs the Baker
City Democrat that he has completed
arrangements to bui.d large and COM
modious brick hotel in that city this
season.
Geo. Huntlsy, of Mason county, came
to Olympia on SATURDAY. last with his
arm sprnined. He didn't climb on his
horse as he expected to. but lit rather
suddenly in a neighboring clump Of
brush. His arm is not badly injured.
On the Mckenzie Fork. Lane county,
a married woman intending to leave her
husband, emptied a bottle of chloro-
form on his pillow at night. And then
she and her daughter, . young woman.
abscondsd with couple Of scalawags.
A number of Nisqually Indians, with
their chiefs. passed through Olympia
on Tuesday last en- route to the Skoko-
mish river. where there will be o trial OF
the Indians who murdered one of their
tribe, near that city. few weeks since.
A new store Is wanted at Whatcom,
Mr. Smith, the gentleman who has been
running stole at that place for about
a year, has left the place, and the set
tiers are forced to fall back on the coal
company's store.
From Yakima We hear that things are
about as usual; that the miners on the
Swauk have just had their faith in the
mines revived by the discovery of
nugget worth about 500. Still there
has no good paying mines been discov-
cred yet.
At the May term of the District Court
held at Walla Walla. JohE W. Hand was
sentenced to stop ono year in the Penis
tentiary, on McNeil's Island; and J. W.
George was registered for three years
rations at the Hotel de Island. John
W. Hand will, also. spend two years in
the Thurston county Jail.
A band of the finest beef cattle of
the season arrived at The Dalles on
Thursday evening from Butter Greek.
Umatilla county. They were raised by
Samuel George, and were the property
of John Jackson, who shipped them by
boat on Friday morning en- route for
Victoria, b. G.
Mrs. Clara Stevens had q fine gold
watch stolen from her room at the hotel
in La Grande about three months ago.
Of which no trace could be discovered.
but last week it wss slipped into the
letter box at the post Office in that place.
not being accompanied, however. with
any clue as to who had besn in posses
sion Of it.
E Mr.. d. H. Barrett, an old resi-
dent OF this city, has evidently joined
the Baptist chuI ch, as We saw him i'm
msrsed last week, off the end of Luse' 8
wharf. He came out of the water pray
ing; the burden of the prayer was, for
the Lord to dam Coos Bay. We sup
pose the object Henry had ip view was
to deepen the water on the par.--Coos
Bay Ne,os.
The Walla Walla Union says: "The
cattle-buyers from . distance are now
securing this valley and picking up
hundreds of head of cattle. Tho kind
raost usually sought Is yearlings, and
they pay about SIS per head. There is
ono man here, however. who is buying
up all of the thoroughbred cattle that he
can get, with a view of taking them to
Wyoming Territory. These csttle-buy-
~. ara now scattering good deal of