, 1875-07-08

oleffa yalley thes6 iate Iaius "iiA P1"O
ably insure good crops of grain. but ov-
ing to fears Of o drouth prevented the
usual breath Of seeding. The rain
comes too late to do the mines any
good. 1t is. however, good for stock
ranges, insuring plenty Of feed. and
stock will fatten rapidly.
T Saturday. says the Sacramento
Herald, girl. thirteen years of age.
filed her petition for divorce a vincunum
matrinonii. This is somewhat unpar-
alleled in the history of divorces. The
pair. owing to the tender years of the
girl and the consequent objection OF her
parents, went to Tennessee, where
there are no restrictions. to procure the
tying of the Gordian Knot. They were
married in April, 1874. the bride conse-
quently' being only twelve years of age.
In one month after their marriage the
husband abandoned his child wife and
went to Tennessee. and abandonment
of one years duration was the cause of
divorce. 1i
q The Vallejo Independent says:
Two gentlemen from Kansas paid Wis
it to Vallejo, whose object is to estab
lish somewhere in this State woolen
factory. They have visited Naps and
Suisun. but they spoke of Vallejo as
being the most favorably located for
their business. While here they called
upon some of the landowners. and
also upon Mr.. Heald of the Vallejo
Foundry, and made inquiries as to the
cost of machinery. ETC., and it is not a.
all improbable that they will decide
upon Vallejo as the place in which to
locate their factory.
OREGON AND WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Pleasure seekers are vending their
way towards 1illamook.
The vessel With the machinery for
the new sawmill has arrived at Fort
Oxford.
Mr. Beaumont. formerly of Port Or
ford, will take Mr.. Gales place on the
Coos Bay News.
The Patrons of Husbandry of Harris
burg and vicinity intend having pic
mic on the Gath OF July.
Geo. S. Johns. of Forest Grove, has
sent 139 kinds of insects to Washington
by order Of the bureau of bugology.
The Albany Democrat reports that
two men named Frum and Clum be-
came engaged in cutting affray at Leb-
anon last Thursday. with such serious
results that neither of the participants
are expected to liye.
Ba~ The Independent says the
mail is now carried between Cor
nelius and Roseburg for S5 cents
a day in green backs.
sw The Olympians are again
agitating the question Of a wharf
out to deep water, as the only
salvation Of their town.
B@ 1t isn't safe to whip a
scholar in Texas school. Teach
er Smith whipped Budd Powell,
and the latter went home for his
little revolver and returned and
shot the offending dominic.
e9 A bar has formed in the
channel of the Nisqually river,
at the ferry on the Steilacoom
road, which very seriously inter
feres with crossing, except at
high tide.
s9 Mr.. James E. Williamson,
of this city, is now busily engag-
ed in Puyallup Valley in the
manufacture of bricks, of which
many thousand will be used by
the hop-growers.
m- The stockholders of the
State Manufacturing Company
of Salem-Gen. S. Coffin, Presi-
dent-which was burned out at
the fire which destroyed the old
penitentiary building, suffering
great losses, have passed reso-
luton to wind up the affairs Of
the corporation and disband.
@ The Record of the LIST
inst. says: "One of the hands
logging on the Santiam for the
Capital Lumber Company was
brought down this morning,
charged with stealing sawlogs,
probably being some compiiea-
ton arising from their logs being
mixed with other peoples. He
was bailed by the company and
went about his business. Steal
ing sawlogs is equal, almost, to
stealing hot cook stove"
sa- The Steilacoom Express
says: "Our logging-camps have
during the week sent off immense
amounts of lumber to the mills
below: On Tuesday night the
steamer Colfax took from Mr..
George Clark's camp a raft of
300, 900 feet, for Seabeck. Yes
terday morning the steamer Cy
rus Walker took a large raft
down to Port Gamble, and yes
terday evening the steamer Black
Diamond took 10000 feet down