The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-12
PACIFIC COAST.
Oregon,

Ex-senator Mitchell has gone to SanFran-
cisco.
The State University at Eugene City will
open on the 18th inst.
J. Henry Brown of Salem, has unearthed
a skeleton of an Indian.
Lake Labash, Marion county is supposed
to contain the bones of many wild animals
The house and barn of Mr.. Jno. Daily, of
Nehalem, were consumed by fire last week.
Loss, about 500.
The railroad company has put up a real
nice depot building at Shedd's station, the
size being 26x40.
| Independence will have grand jolli6ca-
tion upon the completion of the west side
road to that place.
| John F. Miller will remove his large house
at Salem to his farm three miles from the
city. A big job.
| Mr.. Gould's house, at Forest Grove, with
it's contents, was burned last week. Loss,
$4,000 insurance, $500.
| 1t is said that the Indians on Nez Percos
reservation have harvested 40, 900 bushels of
grain.
| Harvey Henderson and his party threshed
| over 600 bushels in six hours with 24-inch
| machine, in South Yamhin last week.
| A man whose name is not reported fierce
| ly assaulted boy named Grant Mcclure in
Yamhin county, last week, with pitchfork
terribly lacerating his scalp.
The number of children in Whitman conn
| ty between four and twenty -one years of age,
reported by the district clerk, is l,437
The excess over the enumeration 1878 is
1877.
The Umatilla House at the Dalles is pro-
crossing rapidly. The first coat of plaster
has been given to the third story walls The
| Empire Hotel is receiving the roof, and the
| building is getting along very we'll 1t is ex-
| pected to be finished by the 18th of next
| month.
Lebanon, Linn county, has improved great
| iy during the year. New buildings have
sprung up, new streets laid out, sidewalks
| extended, and general appearance of thrift
and activity prevades the handsome little
city.
k On Friday last Mrs. Alice Hoover became
suddenly sick while conversing with COM
| pany of friends, aud died in few minutes.
A post mortem examination developed the
fact that death was caused by the rupture of
blood vessel.
B. Catching, living near Forest Grove has
invented saw which turns out from 1000 to
1900 slaves per day. Referring to this the
Hillsboro Independent boats that Washington
| county has invented and patented more
| useful articles than any other county in the
state.
| From Yamhill Farmers have been anx-
ious about their wheat, but prospects are
very favorable for harvesting all the grain in
good order. The yield of fall grain is aver
age spring grain is not injured with rust so
much as farther up the valley. The yield
| of oats will be larger per acre than usual.
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| ans ranch on the Columbia. informs the
house on last Sunday evening and took pos
session. After the family had recovered
! from the fright he was captured.
From McMinnville All is activity at the
| warehouses. Wheat is beginning to pour in
! lively. Newly 8 cleaning machine wasstart-
ed yesterday and worked nicely. Stout and
| Martin also have put in q cleaner which
will be run by horse power.
We learn from the Roseburg Independant
| of the 9th inst, that o disgraceful riot oc-
cured at Myrtle Creek on the previous Sab
| bath, in which one Smith, saloon keeper,
| was the principal actor, defied law and OUT
ragged decency. He has been arrested, how
ever.
| MIR. Grimes, the contractor on the mail
route from Astoria to Tillmook, authorizes
| the dSCO7eoN 20 say bnaL any postmaster on
| that route has authority to dismiss any car
rier he may employ If found drunk, and em-
ploy another one in his place. Tt would be
| well for other contractors to follow this ex-
ample.
! Amity correspondence : People are begin
ming to think that if the o. C.. R. R. can car
lry wheat from McMinnville for So per ton
| they can carry from Amity for less than
| 81 40, and are now asking what the narrow
gauge will charge, and rumor is that the lat
ter will take it for So 25 and pick it up on
any mans farm slong the track.
Albany Democrat: According to Treasur-
er Mealey's report rendered in July there
should be about 500 in the city treasury,
and consequently considerable excitement
was caused when it was discovered that city
orders could not be paid. The facts Of the
case are simply these The treasurer has
and either his bondsmen or his friends will
have to make the city good in the sum of
$682 SO.
Eugene Guard: On last Monday night,
about 10 o'clock, as Mr.. David Blanton, who
lives south of town, was returning home on
horseback, he was robbed of coin amounting
to about $500. He had hardly left the city
limits when two meu rose up from under a
bridge, and as one grabbed the reins the 9TH
er threw a quantity of sand in his face almost
binding him. They then struck him on the
head with billet of wood and pulled him
from his horse to the ground and accomplish
ed the robbery. No clue has as yet been OBJ
tanned as the perpetrators of the deed.
The Eugene City Guard of the 9Th instant
gives the following report of the harvest in
Lane county: The harvesting has progressed
to such an extent that some conclusions as
regards the yield of grain can be drawn.
From the best information at hand we be-
lieve two-third crop has been harvested.
The fall wheat is up to the average as to
yield, but we hear some complaint about
some of it being shriveled. Spring wheat
has produced over one third YIELD but
very little is merchantable. A number of
fields of spring wheat will not be cut, the
farmers having turned their stock into them;
while others have cut only because they own
ed the machinery and could cut it at very
little expense, making cheap feed.
Last Tuesday evening End inst the annual
election of Linn Engine Co. No 2, of Albany
occurred, and following is list of the new
officers: Foreman, Eugene Buchanan; lst as
sistant, George Hochstedtler; foreman of
the hose, William II. Huston president, P.
FL. Raymond; secretary, George E. Cham
berlain treasurer, George W. Sill. Nearly
all the old officers were reelected, and all
would have been if they had not declined to
serve. The retiring secretary reports the
membership of the company at the present
time to be 81; expelled during the year, IA;
resigned, Z; died, l. members taken in, Is;
members married during the year, 8.
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