The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-15
NEWS ITEMS.
STATE AND rERR1roRIAL.

Over 5000 bushels of wheat arrive at
Salem daily.
The Indebtedness claimed on the Polk
county assessment roll is 100000.
A movement is on foot to construct
bridge across the Willamette at Oregon
City.
There are eighteen students in the
senior class of Willamette University
this year.
New machinery for the Oregon City
WOolen Mauufactory came up on the
last steamer.
Miss Elva Breyman, of Salem, has
charge of the musical department of
the Albany Collegiate Institute.
Mrs. c. S. Woodwork, of Salem, oc-
cupies the reporters desk in the Senate
Chamber for the Daily Standard.
Professor Collier, late of Forest
Grove, has assumed his position in the
Faculty of Willamette University.
Captain Lamson, of Yamhill county,
occupies the chair in Pacific University
lately vacated by Professor Collier.
The State Grange meets at Albany
on Tuesday, September Goth. Half
fare tickets will be allowed to delegates.
Grand Lodge, I. o. G. T., for Wash
! ington Territory and British Columbia,
cOnvenes at Vancouver on the Goth
! inst.
Omnibuses will run every half-hour
! between the Chemeketa Hotel and
the capitol building during the Legisla-
| ture.
On the 26th ult., Bishop Morris, as
sisted by Rev. DIR. Nevius, laid the
cornerstone of st. Thomas Church,
Canyon City.
The wheat and oats crop in Kings
valley, Benton county, is reported ex-
cellent, the former yielding 3d. and the
latter 80 bushels per acre.
Nearly all the principals and agents
in the lotteries at Seattle were indicted
and convicted at the late term of court,
and fined from S25 to $50 each.
The grading of the Seattle & Walla
! Walla Railroad has been completed.
Another month will probably see the
road in running operation, at least to
the head of the bay.
A sharp shock of an earthquake was
! felt at Seattle about 10 o'clock on the
night of the 5th. The shock was also
very marked at Snohomish City, and
other points on the Sound.
William Hand, of The Dalles Noun
tdineer, has gone to visit the Centen-
NAL. Report says he will aid immi-
grafton plans by bringing home with
him an amiable and accomplished lady.
The new schooner "Stella" was
launched at Marshfield on the I'd inst.
She is a most beautiful model, and will
be ready for sea in a short time. She is
the only vessel built on Coos Bay this
season.
Astoria is rapidly improving. The
Historian estimates that at least $780,
900 will have been spent in buildings
this season, besides an immense amount
of street work. This does not include
Upper Astoria.
The fourth annual meeting of the
State Temperance Union will be held
in Salem on Tuesday, September 10Th,
1876. The President, Rev. J. H. Roork
calls upon all temperance people tC
rally, and all bodies entitled to do so tC
send delegates.
H. c. Dayton, a well-known farmer
living near Hubbard Station, COM
mitted suicide on Friday of last week
by shooting himself. The cause is sup
posed to be dependency induced by i'll
health and the loss of his wife last
spring.
The Seventh Day Adventists, who
have been for some weeks holding tent
meetings in Salem, have published
their card of thanks for couTtesies shown
them, folded their tent, and departed fol
Albany. They expect to return and
hold meetings in Salem or vicinity
State Fair week.
The capital stock of the Peoples Pro-
tective transportation Company, o.
4amhill county, has been made pay,
able in installments as follows: Two
per cent. payable August Goth; twenty
per cent. payable September 1lth
thirty per cent. September 18th, anC
forty per cent. October 10th.