The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-11

-viIIe, PoIk county, wants a flour

ing mill.
The WaHa Wdla Union has been
enlarged.
A new lodge Of Odd Fellows has been
organized at Albany.
Jackson county exported 100000
pounds Of wool this year
Albany grain dealers paid 81 per
bushel for wheat last week.
A hog shipped from Eugene To Salem
last week weighed 76J pounds.
The Tellurium Mining Company rs-
elected the old officers last week.
The Albany saw mill was closed down
last week on account of high water
A new depot building is to be erected
for the benefit of the Lafayette people.
A very rich iron mine is said to have
beeu found within ten miles OF Olympia.
The new schOol-house at Milton is
finished and is an ornament to the
town.
The post office at Tlwaco, w. T., will
be i'm the canal and railway company's
Office.
MesIfunville shipped slIs97 . by
Wells, Fargo & Co. during the last
month.
Tue people Of Jacksonville have sub
scribed nearly 3, 400 for Presbyterian
Church.
Dallas sportsmen are making arrange
ments for a grand hound chase on
: Christmas.
King county, W. T., has IS schools,
!, ,9O5 scholars, and appropriates SSioO3 Oh
for their support.
5. J. Comstock proposes to build
large warehouse aud elevator at Rose
J burg next Spring.
/ J. A. Peak has been convicted at Eu-
, gene of forgery, aud sentenced to two
, years in the penitentiary.
: Hon. y. II. Cation has been presented
with handsome gold watch by Tiger
Engine Company, of Walla Wai!a.
A highly-respecled gentleman named
J Lawless, Of Newport, Benton county,
, was killed by a falling tree last week.
, Grant county has a population of
1900, and it is rapidly increasing. There
are 937 school children enrolled in the
. county.
a Jas. Daniels furniture factory at AL
{ bany was burned last Saturday. Loss,
$1,000; Insurance. =, 900. A Chinese
3 store was also destroyed.
Diphthera made its appearance in the
E Womach settlement, Tygh Valley,
u AUOuk LalE AAl5l VI Wv NNAA4tItf tAAiNA N---
e deaths are reported as caused by it.
George Kehfer OF Polk county was
o committed to the insane asylum last
week. His insanity was caused by a
blow on the head while working on the
$ railroad.
g Fred. Page Tustin, as chief editor, has
b stepped down aud out of the Pendleton
q IndeDendeuL II will be run as an iude-
pepdent paper. Sharon * Burroughs,
: editors and publishers.
= Last Friday evening the store Of A.
= II. Spare, at Cottage Grove, Lane
n county, was destroyed 10y fire. A por-
ton Of the stock was removed. There
was $4,000 insurance on the stock.
- 4 party Just arrived at Buena Vista
: report that there is general dissatisfac-
lf tiOn in Southern California, and that
IN the Willamette Valley seems to be
q the objective point Of migration at the
: present.
The Ast0riGn says: We understand
le that the machiney for large and sub
m stautial steamer. to ply between Astoria
K, and Salem, in connection with Oarges OF
=, 500 to 1000 tons capacity, viii be pur-
chased IA San Francisco this week.
ie a surveying party under W. r. Law
81 renee a practical engineer, says the
u Heni-er, will be i'm the field at once to
M survey and make an estimate on the
~ cost of grading the narrow guage road
from Smithdeld 10 Dallas, a distance
y of five miles.
J. 4 new industry has sprung upamOngst
m our British Columbia cousins, which
le promises To be followed to a considerable
- extent. II is gathering, kiln-drying,
and threshing out seed from fir, pinei
d cedar, and all cone-beRring eveTgreens,
y. and shipping to the cold country"
a. where they are planted. The seed is
=, worth four dollars per pound in Victoria,
- and is worth four dollars per ounce when
re offered in the foreign markets.
:, The Walla WaIla WdtcbBldH tells a
J. sad story OF the manner in which a
al father-in-law and brother-in-law left
a destitute young widow at the grave
ie Of her husband, although she begged
s. them not to leave her among strangers.
ld They left her at the new-made mound
l. with the remark, whenever you come
our way, come and see US, and started
for Weston, in this State. Mr.. and
le Mrs Kirkman, of Walla Walla, two
e. Lumanitarians, rendered the the PEN
a niless and grief-stricken woman all
the assistance in their power.