The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-23
NEWS ITEMS.
STATE AND TERRITORIAL.

The total valuation of Eugene City as
assessed is 100000.
There are so orphans in the House of
Providence at Vancouver.
Hon. J. c. Avery, of Corvallis, died
at his residence in that city last week.
The logs RATED along Skagit River,
w. T., this spring, amount to about 3
900, 900 feet.
The steru-wheeler Beaver" from
Portland to Stikine River, left Victoria
on Saturday.
DR.. York will visit Olympia in a few
days, and deliver a series of lectures on
science and religion.
The funeral of Walter Monteith, a
highly esteemed citizen of Albany, took
place on the 18th inst, and was largely
attended.
Mr.. Grubbs, of Salem, has been
elected to take charge of the Umpqua
Academy at Wilbur during the ensu-
ing year.
Professor w. L. Worthington has ac-
cepted the position of Principal of the
Oregon City Seminary, and will soon
remove to that city.
The Tacoma mill has Just sawed a
bill of 10000 feet of lumber, to be used
in the construction of a new steamer
above the Cascades.
! The annual rain fall along the borders
of Puget Sound to the southwark of Sc
attic, is from 20 to 100 inches. At Neah
Bay it often exceeds 12O inches.
From Baker City up to Boise, and
/ toward the railroad, the crickets aver
age from AZ to so bushels to the acre,
and they amt half Matched out yet.
It is stated that Senator Jones will
visit Umatilla county Immediately after
the adjournment of Congress, to view
Granite Greek quartz mines, aud partic-
ularly the ledge being developed by Me-
Donald, Buruham q Co.
Rev. William Roberts, Hon. R. R.
Thompson, and Hon. a. J. Dufur were
elected delegates to the Centennial
Historical Society by the Pioneers of
this State. The body meets IN Philadel-
phia, August Sth, 1876.
The number of logging camps on the
Sound above SteilacOom is upwards of
40, giving employment to over 400 men.
The supply of good timber within con-
venient distance of the Sound is said to
be sufficient to last a score of years.
The snag boat is now at the mouth of
the Long Tom, where there are great
many snags and other Instructions.
The boat is doing good work. 1t will
require about three weeks to clear out
the channel there, and at the "turn
table" below.
The various committees for the 4th of
July celebration for Jackson county,
says the Sentinel, met at the court
house on Saturday to arrange preIimi-
naries for concerted action, but came to
dead lock on the question of grounds
The result was the going to pieces of the
whole affair.
The Washington Water-pipe Manu-
featuring Company, located at Tum-
water, furnishes from 800 to 1000 feet of
finished pipe per day. The pipes are
made from red fir timber, and rendered
impervious to decay by a coat of as
phaltum. The cost of the mandatory
and its belongings has been about
$4,000.
At the annual election of the Oregon
Pioneer Association, the following Off
GERS were chosen: John Mimic, presi-
dent; E. n. Cooke, vice president; J.
Henry Brown, recording secretary; w.
H. Rees, corresponding secretary; J. NJ.
Bacon, treasurer. Board of directors
Joseph Watt, Chris Taylor and w. Her
ron. Chief Marshal-Daniel Clarke.
Examination was made last week for
the level and velocity at the Cascades,
i'm connection with the proposed canal
at that place. The water at the time
was about nine feet below the high
water mark of 1862. The surface veloc-
ity of the current at the Narrows, about
two miles below the upper rapids-the
proposed site of the canal-was ISL
miles per hour.
Report says that the wife of Captain
Sawyer has become demented. 1t will
be remembered the ship "Orpheus,"
which collided with the steamship
Pacific" was commanded by Captain
Sawyer; the narrowing details of the
wreck and the dreadful sufferings of the
''Pacitic's" passengers have so preyed
upon Mrs. Sawyer's mind that she has
become berett of her reason.
On Saturday evening last, (says the
Seattle IRteLLigeRcer of June l3th), Mr.
and Mrs. John Denny were af-
fiicted by the death of their daughter
Edith, aged five years. The funeral
took place on Sunday. This is the
third time they have been visited by
death within the past ten days. We
understand that the two remaining
children are down with the same dis
ease-diptheria.