The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-25
NEWS ITEMS


SIAM AND AEItlll DtlLAL L.
No vacant houses in Colfax, W.T..
Wheat, eighty cents per bushel at
The King county, W. T., fair is in
I progress.
The Beaverton bridge is in an unsafe
condition.
There are some fine mineral springs
near Beaverton.
Westou's Blue Ribbon Club has
started with u names.
y lead af isIm has been discovered
in Squak Valley, W. Il.
NJ. V. Brown, Of the Albany Democrat,
I is recovering his health.
Many invalids are stopping &c tie
Sodaville Mineral springs.
Merchants Of Salem complain Of
scarcity of silver for change.
The Dalles NOUntqiuecr has COM
menced its uineteenth wear.
James Brown viii turn out so gallons
Of sorghum q day at Boise City.
A telegraph Office has tsen established
at Cottage Grove, in Lane COUNTY.
Albany will give the use Of n 500. 600
twine mill TO any one Who WiIl run 30.
/ Al Idaho City the lad have young
trout instead Of gold ish 20 their parlor
globes.
The Capital and the RtiHg Star two
Salem papers, suspended publication
I last week.
Jesse Appiegate's land in Douglas
county, offered for sale under execution,
found no bidders
Work has been commenced on the
/ foundation Of new Presbyterian
church at Uuiou.
/ A Congregational Church has been
organized in Wenas- Valley. ICconsists
I Of twelve members.
Miss Minnie Cunningham has been
elected president of the Aka Society Of
the Salem I University.
Ne MinnvilIe celebrated the compile
tion Of the west side road TO that point
in grand style last week.
Mr.. Daniel Waldo, of Salem, who has
been very low from the inrOads of
cancer Is getting stronger.
a new mailroute has recently been
established via Crab Creek from WalIa
Walla to Camp Osanagau.
The house of Ben Snipas in Yakima
Valley was destroyed by fire recently.
None Of the contents were saved.
The Snake River is so low that ft
will be next 10 impossible to get the
grain out of that country this year.
The Coos Bay life-saviug station has
/ been provided with mortar with which
to throw lines TO vessels in distress.
/ The overland mail to Walla Walla
comes by rail now, the last trip Of the
stage-coach being made-ou the 18th.
Damage to Spring wheat by rust i'm
/ the vicinity OF North Gamhill is much
/ less than was anticipated before harvest.
| w. d. Hare, of Astoria, does not in
| tend TO move on his farm near HillsborO.
He is, however, preparing it Tor other
/ persons.
/ There are probably $50 600 bushels Of
grain on storage in MclIinnviile, and
the hauling season has hardly COM
menced.
/ The case of the Indians charge with
the murder of the Perkins fan I.v in
Eastern Washington will come uu for
trial on tue 9th prOximO.
/ The Sportsmen's Club Of Dayton, W.
! T., have organized to protect fish aud
game, and intend to put into execution
all laws for their protection.
The Eugene Guard gives a list Of the
I heavy taxpayers of Lane county, which
shows that 81 pay between So aud 500.
aud 100 pay between so aud SO.
Philip Ritz, Of Walla Walls has
been appointed by Gov. Ferry to repre-
sent Washington Territory at the worlds
fair to be held in New York in 1889.
DR.. Glove has sold the telegraph Tls
T between Waiia Walla aud Dayton GO 7
J T. McElroy, the o. ). y CO. opera ar.
The line will be repaired and put in tue
best Of order.
The Jacksonville Times says a capital
ist with 100000 would find no trouble
in lOauiug the entire amount on good
real estate security in that city in Jess
than a fortnight.
The Lake View Herald says there has
been an abundant yield Of oats through
out the valley. a number Of new resi-
dences and business houses are being
erected in Lake View.
. The United Brethren in Christ will
hold a camp-meetiug and annual con-
ference on Wild Horse Creek, near
Ceuterville, matilda county, Oregon,
beginning October 10, 1879.
Mr.. f. Cameron, Of Yakima, who had
been for some years a sufferer from
pulmonary disease, was taken with n it
of coughing 81 few days since and died
suddenly. The immediate cause was
rupture Of blood vessel.
A man by the name of Iiehtfoot
walked in the darkness into an uncov-
cred well at Independence last week,
falling 81 feet and striking on his feet.
No bones We're broken. There was
three feet of water in the we'll