, 1879-09-11
Oregon Items.

~ ""hoer vi elk nave been shot Oh the road
between the Umpqua and Coos Bay.
All the wheat that has been thrcshed so far
IN Lane county has not turned out well.
A tuG"nc City paper thanks one of its
patrons i"E bucket full of punes.
Not single death occurred in Eugene lur.
lng the month of August. Good opening for
life INSURANCE. company
Last week a son of John Daughcrty, some
seven OF years of age, living near Salem. fell
out OF plan tree and broke his arm.
Capt Parker has abandoned the Ci.v of
dublin and turned her over to her owners
The elemerts proved too much tor him to
| overcome. rs y
| There are eighty.one new spapers in Oreop,
and Washington Territory, and there is .luck
IN odd numbsrs"-consider US "l"--not the
only ''one."
The steamer Satellite Oh her first trim II,
Coos river, after being laid up for repairs.
blew her cylindcr.head out and sustained
damage generally.
Mr.. Ambrose, of Yoncala, reports the rust
as very damaging to grain in that valley. A
great deal OF grain will not pay to cut and ia
left standing in the field.
| Ashland College will open about the 18TH
Those in authority are sparng no pains to
make 1t leading educational institution.
Says the Miner: A man named Cobb and n
boy named John Williams, while CROSSING
Skagit river, near Balls camp on last week
ran against u log and the boy was drowned.
Last Saturday night some one undertook
Mayors, from his barn, near the last Salem
school, but the dog made such noise as to
arouse the doctor, and the robbers left
A correspondent writing from the Coquille,
says rust has appeared upon the late wheat,
OF so long thatsit can do comparatively little
harm.
The Plaindealer says: MIR. s. Abrahams has
concluded to build twO.story brick hotel I'D.
joining and above his new brick store. It will
contain over sixty rooms and will be one of
the finest hotels in Southern Oregon.
Fishing has commenced on the Siuslaw a.
we'll as on tho Coquille and Rogue rivers.
There will, however, be but little effort made
to put up fish in large quantities, as the
market is now overstocked with them.
A wood chopper named Charles Wagner,
says the Tidings, was killed by q stroke Of
lightning in the mountains near the Klamath
week. A companion near him was knocked
down and remained insensible for time but
received no serious injury.
The Coast Mail. Of Coos county, says: Our
Board Of Equalization has decided to allow no
Indebtedness to be deducted by taxpayers
who reside out Of the county, and hold mort.
cages on property in this county, which are
assessed in tho county where party resides
They hold that in such q case the indebted
ness should be deducted from the assessment
OF property in the county where tho taxpayer
resides no
John Allison, the Lafayette Courier says,
won q bet that he could lift two bushels OF
wheat with his teeth, but he lost four teeth
while winning the bet.
A row occurred at Harrisburg on Sunday
evening in which young man from the rural
districts had cash cut across his forehead
with butchers cleaver'
Geo. Carson, who was bit by some poisonous
reptile, the junction Republican says, is still
confined to bed. He has had a very close call
and not out of danger yet. 4Ds
As Mr.. and Mrs Gerber were riding on
hay rack. near Oregon City, the whcelss sstruck
a root catching her finger between the rack
and the wagon cutting it completely on.
Burns, who has exhibited arrangements of
mind for some time, has been found insane
and taken 30 the asylum after a frantic spell.
The Enterprise says The new purifiers in
the Imperial Mills are completed and the mill
running. Sixteen thousand bushels OF wheat
are on haad to commence with and wheat
coming in fast.
On the Saddler Place near Dicscys Prairie,
in Clackamas county, while three little boys
were playing with little dog, large
cougar jumped from the brush in their midst,
seized the dog and carried it off.
Tho contract for bridge across Eagle creek.
Miller, Son & Paquet for the sum of 81, 50&
span and 46 feet above the water. .s.
A most distressing accident occurred in
West Chehalem Jimmy, o little tiye-year.a!d
son Of Mr.. Jos. Bryan. put his mouth over tho
spout OF u tea kettle filled with boiling water
and sucked into his lungs quantity OF the
hot steam and liquid, scalding h;s throat and
lungs in fearful manner. At last accounts
ne was doing as well as could be expected.
The Lafayette Courier speaks Of u head OF
wheat, brought by Mr.. W. Il. Derby from
the farm of r. Pettyjohn- The head
is filed with ell.formed, thoroughly matufed
wheat, while near the end OF it is a perfect
berry of wild oats, naturally ungrafted aud
claiming room for Itself among the wheat, and
refuses to be choked out The people about
there can't understand it. Topsy would say
''spec it Crowd"
Philip Ranft, Of Boise Bas.n. Scar ranch,