, 1878-11-09
News EtcynS.


Seattle from lakiuia.
Helhidger, Who killed Scott at Rose
/ hur.s lasts;,r,ne, has been rardoned by
! Governor Ths5e..
Sheep mea in Jackson county are very
husY shear.ug, AMI The yield is said 10 BE-
unusually lar.
Hpn. II. G. Strive viii irst,tuts a
( Grand Lode Of Odd Fellows IN Wash
ington Territory IL short time.
Squire Ebbc9ts, of Washington couu-
tv. has rais d a potato weighing FIVE
pounds This IS the boss thus far.
The rebuilding of ST. Josephs Hospita!
al Vancouver, which was recently burned
! down, has been commenced
TILpEx viii request the Potter COM
mittee H. examine into his ALLEGED con
nectiou with the cipher dispatches.
"HCG Ne to Death, Darling, is the
title Of new s3n1. It's author say IL Is
intended for duet, and no audience.
The rocks ;hat have so long DISTRACTED
the channel Of the willamette NEAR Rock
Is!ard, aid that Lave Cor years been al
eye sore 10 pilots, have been at last re
! moved.
Mr.. \. L. benjamin, Of san Francisco,
beat Josh Davi .s, the champion billiard
/ player of Oregon, IN Portland, on We'd
nesday evening. The score stood 225 20
800, in favor of Benjamin.
SarsA \ iiorbeIt has been indicted by
the GRAND ;ary oi Marion county for the
! fuj.rder Of her husband, hear Siiverton,
| in connection with John d. Whitney.
against whom an indictment has also been
found
County Ciclk George A. Eies issued All
| execution last wcs!, for tire sum Of SILL
227. o. against Il. Goldsmith and others
of Multnnrah county, in favor Of J. d.
Walker and others.
Roseburs Pia:"acniey:: Joseph Berry
assaulted and severely beat man at En-
pir. last week Bclry eluded purs,i;
and went 10 Coaldeao, u. which place Ii,
GOT into III alteration with the ''wrun.
fclier' and Berry c.,ue out second best Ii
the fight with fatal cut in the abdomen
tbs x t.;ingham Na,) Register fe Il
sorrowfuI Tor is delinquent sHbscri5 7,
who will not pay, and Therefore puts thc
names in his !,ape~ draped in mournin@
3nleY lie n%!.e of . Dead Vegetables
TH. whols business portion of the town
Of West End, 81 ThoHI;lS, is a mass o
ruins, OWING to the insurfection Of re
groes thee. Already some terrible III
humani;ics hare been pra:ticed by th
black iicnds.
# vas recently discovered in Ne,
YoTE that fifty cases Of yellow fever hay
been treated Ia that city. The stu say
i; La, been kept 4 profound secret out Z
consideration for the nerves of the nor
t;n.arnus class Of citizens
! Preparations are progressing in ,jach
son county for more extensive minin
operations thc coming season than hi
been done for many years, with Il larG
outlay of capital already invested and j
the hands OF competent and experience
men.
Kansas and California stand side b
side III the grain crops the present ycap
iro:a the eighth place as 4 wheat state i
1876, Kansas jumps to the first p!ac,
Her crop Of wheat will he ever 30,GHo
600 bushels. and of cora I00, ,0C9, ,0G
bushels.
Miss Florence Davenport, the younges
daughter Of the late T. l. Davenport
and Adine Stevens, niece of Mrs. rIoh
/, Drew, are t. g" on the stage soon i
Philadelphia and May Crody, ''Jenni
June $ Is acting III thai city with Clig
Morris.
The ar Is heavy with rumors of til
illness Of Lord Bcaconsfcld, and the cab
net has been summoned TO consider wha
should be done III case of his death. 4
the last meeting of The cabinet he had
seri"us apnplectie TT and the presence {
his physician VAS necessary.
AGRlcULTUR,L laLorers in Kent an
Sussex, England, threaten 4 General strik
because of an announced intention 10 II
duce wages nae thousand are alread
on = strike, The lab"Irrs declare that tn
course of the farmers Is oppressive, an
threaten an emigration to ,he cal"mies.
I PRiN@E LfB >EoFF, replying 70 ihe not
If the porte IN regard to the Bulgaria
Instruction, assured the latter that til
russians have taken no part in the BuI
@arian uprising IN Macedonia, which /
merely an set of brieandagc by Bulgal
ianS and Turkish dcstrters, and possessin
no poijTical chlIacfar
EE-NAvY PAY INSPECTOR Z. C. Spauid
ny WAS put on trial Oh ihe 26th in Sa
francisc'. i'll the /. = circuit con-
before judge Sawyer. with Judge HcG
man aS associate, on Il charge of maxim
and utterin@ fraudulent navy pay cirtifi
Gates, 4 july WAS impaneIed wi;hou
mnch delay and the taking OF testimon
begun
'EHE La Grande GG.e'ir says: We lear
that the B. NJ & c. Il. L. K. company hay
been Offered $50, 900 for their franchise
The work they have done this samme
would give he company nice little ,narsi,
rs profit, they hayg : expended about so, G0G
We are not informed whether the compan,
accepted the offer or not. but if they have
the line al the road Is to be So changed as t
ran Via Weston to Dayton, ". I.
The New York Bulletin saws 9TH
fleet Of trans Atlantic steamers whicl
sailed from here, September 2Sth, fo
ports III Europe, took ont shipments O
cattle, gram, dairy products and genera
merchandise which, in the aggregate
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