The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-09-26
PACIFIC COAST /.
Oregon.


A telegraph Office has been established at
Cottage Grove. In Lane county.
Mr.. Bunday of Lane county, has raised a
corn stalk that is IL feet inches in length.
Roseburg grows so that they have had to
survey more land for the town to spread
upon.
A fellow named Henry Ecker is in the
Polk county Jail for talking indecently to
little daughter of Mr.. Graves.
Immigrants from California in almost des-
titute circumstances have reached Roseburg
and been assisted by the citizens.
Layton Smith, the Riverside says, left
valuable horse hitched in the street at Inde-
penpence, and when ready to go home could
not find it.
Christian College, Monmouth, was opened
on the 18th under favorable circumstances, a
large number of scholars being present from
this State and Washington Territory.
The Linn county court has granted free
scholarship in the State University to the
following persons; w. I. Vawter, E. M. HUI
lin, Chas. M. Elkins, Jennie Bardwell and
Minnie F. Porter.
The gross value of Yamhill county proper
ty is 81, 0S7, ST.; indebtedness, 81, 1863, sos );
exemptions, 1852. 624; and total taxable pro-
perty, $2,465, 26S; number of poll taxes,
$l,504.
The tax levy for Yan1hill county for the
year 1879 has been fixed as follows; State
tax, mills; county tax, 81 mills; school tax,
3 mills making total of III mills-2aa mills
less than last year.
Rev. Mr.. Cornwall has resigned the pas
torship of the g. P. church at Eugene, and
Rev. Wooley has been appointed to fill the
vacancy. Mr.. Cornwall has accepted call
from Walla Walla.
The Junction City dog law, recently or
dained, puts tax of So yearly upon each an
;mal, and allows the city marshal 81 for each
one he kills. At this rate he can make mon
ey by raising dogs for slaughter.
A farmer living near Sublimity had a field
of wheat which he thought was entirely
ruined by rust, but which upon being thresh-
ed yielded twenty-five bushels to the acre
Of marketable grain.
Following is a statement of the population
of Independence, Polk Co.: Men, l53 ; wo-
men, 1872: boys l48 girls, l6O total popu-
lation, 643. In North Independence there
are 262, and in South Independence 39l !;
total, 643.
| The Roseburg Plaindealer of last week
contains an account of the fight of Dr. J. L.
Cozad, a physician who has had large prac-
tice in various parts of Douglas county for
the last few years. 1t is said that he COM
mitted a murder in Missouri several years
ago: that officers were on his track, and he
| fled to escape them.
Mr.. Lightfoot walked in the darkness
into an uncovered well at Independence last
week, falling 80 feet and striking on his feet.
Strange to say no bones were broken, but
MIR. Lghtfoot received very severe shak-
ing up. There was about three feet of wa
ter in the well.
| A man named Williams working on the
railroad bridge at the Luckiamute became
dizzy and fell to the ground distance of Is
! feet, breaking one or two ribs on the right
| side, breaking one of the bones and dislo-
eating the other of the left wrist, and dislo-
| eating the left elbow. He was also severely
injured internally.
| The Albany Democrat says: The famous
mineral springs at Sodaville are fast increas-
| ing in popularity, and invalids are hocking
there from all quarters. Nearly all receive
| great benefit from drinking of it's health
giving waters, and the spring needs no other
recommendation.
It is rumored on our streets, says the
Pendleton Independent, that the o. s. N.
| Co. have removed their wharf boat from
Umatilla landing, and hereafter intend to
| ship freight for points over the Blue Noun
few miles north of Weston.
On and after the 18th day of September a
passenger coach will be attached to the
| regular train on the w. v. r. r., the said
train to leave Dayton at 4:30 o'clock return
| ing, will arrive at 8:l5 clock. From five to
six car loads are arriving daily: and it is ex-
pected when harvest is completed, to receive
| from Is to 20 car loads per day.
The men who were swindled out of money
honestly earned while working for the de-
| faulting contractor Ward on the west side ex-
tension, met at Independence few days ago
to dertermine upon what course to pursue.
Among other resolutions. the following were
passed
Resolped, That we deem it the duty of the
Western Oregon r. r. Co. to settle with MS
| in some way without and further delay.
ResoEred, That inasmuch as there is $3.50
due M. T. Ward as per statement of Mr. r.
Kehler, we are willing to divide said amount
equally between the white laborers and the
Cinnamon, to wit $2575 to the Cinnamon
and $2575 to the whites.
Correspondence from South Tualatin,
Sept 4th The rain has proved blessing to
ALL Il purified the air it stopped the rust
and washed it off of the straw it gave moist
ure toeur late potatoes and turnips fields, and
started new grass for fall feed in our mead
ows and it raised the water in our low