The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-01
NEWS ITEMS.
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Dwelling houses are in demand at
Corvallis.
The municipal election of Oregon City
will take place on the 5th of May.
Wheat is worth 81 25 per bushel at
Prineville; oats and potatoes, 81 per
bushel.
The expense Of the Oregon City gov
ernment for the fiscal year ending with
April was 81, Az 42.
Tramps have tramped into southern
Idaho, To the great annoyance OF the
people of that In-aiiiy.
The new ferry boat to ply between
Vancouver and the Oregon side Oh tile
Columbia will be ready for service about
the middle Of May.
Captain L. 5. Scott took formal pos
session Of the Salem post otnce last
SATURDAY, retaining a. assistants sam.
w. Church and Miss Thatcher.
The largest single cargo ever sent up
the Snake River was carried last week
by the " Harvest Queen" there being
2OlI tons fur landings on that river.
Al. AppersOu, ex-Sherift Of Clacka-
mas county, will build handsome resi-
dence on his farm above Oregon city
this summer, at a cost Of about $500.
SIS. Reed, of New Era committed
suicide on Sunday by shooting himself
with a revolver Various causes are
assigned, i'll health being the most
plausible.
The State Board Of Education is COM
posed Of W. w. Thayer, Governor i.
p. Earhart, Secretary of State, and l..
j. Powell, Superintendent of Public ln-
structiOn.
Miss Clara, eldest daughter Of Hon.
A. b. Meacham, was married at her
mothers home in Salem to DIR. Prather,
rising young dentist Of California, Oh
Tuesday, the 29th ult.
Times depicted in the Hoosier
School master" are returning, the " big
/ boysT at LoOkingglass, Douglas county,
getting up a rebellion against the teach
er. The latter, however, came of vic
toriOus.
A new and expensive dam was re-
Gently carried away by sudden rise In
the Spokane. The damage Is consider
able, as saw and Touring mills must
remain idle until another dam can be
constructed.
Twelve tribes will be located on the
reservation ceded To Moses by the re-
cent treaty. The Walla Wallas, Una
tillas and Cayuses will select their
lands each member of either tribe be-
ing allowed one hundred aud sixty
acres,
The postmaster Of Ashland has been
INSTRUCTED to re-let to responsible par
ties the mail contract between that
place and Lakeview. There have been
btwenty-three failures in the connection
reported by this postmaster, and many
more at the other end Of the line.
"Thirty Years on the Border " is the
title Of a lecture that will be delivered
10 a short time at the Opera House in
Salem by Calvin b. Mcdonald. a choir
of the best voices in the Capital City
will add sweet harmony to the erudi-
tiOn and eloquence Of the speaker.
The late rains, which have so retarded
| the labOrs of the farmers in the William
ette Valley, have been q great boon to
I the farmers and miners of South eTn
/ Oregon, keeping up the supply of water
l for the latter and assuring the heaviest
/ yield of grain ever raised to the former.
Tue inmates of the Marion county
| Jail, four in number, escaped theTefrOm
on Friday. The delivery was effected
/ by means Of mattock, which had
| been passed in By outside sympathiZers.
A description of the ex-prisoners is
given and q reward offered for their re-
capture.
Teachers Iustibgtes will be held by
/ Professor Powell at Linkville, Lake
county, May 9th and 10Th Jackson
willie, Jackson county, May 22d, 23d aud
oath Weston, Umatilla county, June
| 18th, 18th aud 14th; Union, Union cOun-
| ty, June 26th, 9th aud 2Sth State
/ Teachers Association, Portland, August
| 18th, 10Th, 2lst aud 22d.