The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-20
NEWS ITEMS.

Diphtheria is still raging at Tualatin.
There are but five pupils in attend
ance at the blind school this year.
Johnson, one OF the head chiefson the
Yakima reservation, died on the 18th of
last month.
The game law Of Oregon makes it
crime to shoot or trap grouse between
the first of January aud the first of
July.
Judge b. f. Yantis, a resident of
Olympia and "A dweller on the Pacific
Coast since 1872, died recently, aged %
years.
The Internal Revenue officers of san
Francisco seized forty pounds Of opium
ON the steamer "City Of Chester" from
Victoria.
The Indians on the Klamath reserva-
ton have lost about 20 head of cattle
aud horses by breaking through the ice
in the Tules.
The balance Of the State tax, amount
ing in all To So, $50 30, for Clackamas
county, was paid into the State Treas
ury on the 29,h ult.
). w. Hall, Esq, who was conveyed
to Macoupin county, Illinois, a few
weeks ago on a false charge, will soon
return to his home in olympia.
The reading Of the testimony in the
! Holladay- suit, now pending be-
| fore the Supreme Court, will occupy. the
time of the attorneys for ten days.
Over 2,3OOOOO feet Of logs belonging
/ to Allen Robinson * Co., passed Browns
willie in the drive last week. They aim
| to have 500, ,O00,0 600 feet in the boom this
| year.
| a meeting of fishermen of the Co
I Iumbia River has been called for March
| 4th, to declare their opposition to the
| license law, and institute measures for
| relief.
a cigar factory on a large scale VIII
soon be established i'm Victoria White
labor only will he employed, and tele-
grams for wOrkmen have been sent
abroad.
Miss Eva Thatcher has accepted the
lclerkship in the Salem post office, made
vacant by the resignation of f. A.
Thatcher, who will soon start for East
ern Oregon.
On Wednesday, the 18th inst, there
were issued from the Albany post Office
siXty-four registered letters, besides
which twenty-five passed through, en-
Z route for different points.
=
ette University this year is composed
of the following students: John Nc
D Kinney, Hugh Harrison, Sarah Jones,
Z Retta Nocum, Viola Johns and Carrie
Nichols.
Viewers have been appointed for
new county road leading along the
west side OF Lake Union. If they re-
, port favOrably, Seattle will be benefited
by having one Of the most delightful
drives on Puget Sound.
a woman of Junction City was Sc
verely burned recently by igniting cam
I phOr, with which she was bathing her
face, with the candle that she had
thoughtessly placed in her lap Her
: husband was also severely burued in
, attempting TO eXtinguish the flames.
q Captain Norton, one of the pioneer
residents of Oregon, died at his home
in Claekamas county on the 18th inst
Captain Norton was about 20 years OF
age, and died after a long and painful
Illness. He was buried in Lone Fir
cemetery, under the auspices of the Ma
} sonic fraternity.
AstOri0R. Talking about tall trees
5 big saw-logs, etc, a friend tells Us of a
= spruce tree chopped down in this vi
cinity last week, the limbs from which
made 2s cords of wood, which sold in
= Astoria ior 50 so per cord. Nearly SIOt
for the limbs alone; what a crop to the
acre that would be. II beats the wheat
Of the Willamette.
a meeting to consider the matter OF
building narrOw-gauge railroad from
. Oregon City to Mollala was held last
: week at the former place. Several adj
dresses favOring the enterprise were
made, and petition for subscriptions
drawn up. Maj. Thomas Chairman and
= Hon. J. Myers headed the list with the
= handsome sum Of $1,000 each. A num-
ber Of other subscriptions were taken
amounting to nearly 5000.