The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-11-13
NEWS ITEMS


Dayton, W. T, is to have a skating
rink
But one house in Forest Grove is
vacant.
/ The Polk county courthouse has been
| insured for s. 600.
The potato crop is good this year in
( Washington county.
Captain Charles H. Parker died at
Astoria Oh the Sth inst.
Daniel Hopkins, of J Jscdsou county,
| pioneer, died last "eeS.
The Albany city election will occur
on the lst of December.
The schoOl-hOuse at Moscow, l. T., was
burned down last week.
Eleven marriages have occurred at
Prineville in two months.
The young men Of Heppner have
formed a debating society.
Immense quantities Of grain are being
sOwn in Linn county this Fall.
The cinnabar mines, ten miles east Of
| Oakland, are reported llourishiug.
Fourteen residences are in course Of
erection at Weston, Umatilla county.
The west-side road will be completed
to Corvallis by the end OF the month
The people Of Pendleton want a fire
engine aud hook aud ladder apparatus.
The potato crop in the vicinity Of
Hubbard is large and of excellent quail
| ity.
Three Cinnamon were Immersed by
the Baptist pastor at Salem on Sunday
last.
The roads are so bad since the late
rains that wheat hauling has about
/ ceased.
Mrs. Dennis is postmaster at Fern
Hill, the new settlement in Clatsop
county.
The Chiuaman who killed his boss at
Subimity has made his escape TO San
Francisco.
Philip Mulkey fell from a step-ladder
at Eugene, breaking rio aud sustaining
other injuries.
W. L. Thurman is certainly Idaho's
"boss" farmer. He raised 20 600 BUSH
els Of grain this year.
Mrs. Couey, Of Eugene City, had her
house robbed last week, and SO 80
stolen from the premises.
! There are now 1lO students in attend
auce at the Ashland college, and the
number is increasing daily.
/ Several million feet Of logs have been
cut near the CalipOoia, aud will be run
down after the first heavy rains.
/ The people Of HilIsboro want the rail-
/ road company TO put up a 'statiOu
/ house, platform, sidewalks, ETC."
Mrs Samuel Simmons, who came To
/ Oregon with her husband in 1915, died
/ recently near Woodburu, Marion county.
Twenty dwelling houses have been
erected IN Rossburg during the season;
yet there is not a vacant house in the
town.
c. H. Stewart has been chosen by the
Albany City Council to ill the uuex-
pired term Of T. ). Nealy, Treasurer,
resigned.
a society Of physicians has been or
gauized in Washington county. DR.. +.
A Bailey ia President, aud DR.. T. VI.
Brown Secretary.
Samples Of black sand sent to Edison
from the mines OF jackson aud Jose
phine counties yielded gold to the
amount Of SGjj a ton.
r. d. Hume, Of the Fllensburr
Southern Oregon cauuery, has OBJ
tained patent for an invention lately
perfected by him for scanning cans.
Rose burg Star: Notwithstanding the
rust scare, it Is supposed that 1000
bushels more wheat have been stored
'i tiiS "aiCli'i7eS mere Luau lasL year.
y young man named Reddick. whose
parents live at klaskanine, Columbia
county, was killed by a falling tree on
tue 4th instant, near Gardiner, Douglas
county.
a city election was held at Vancouver
on Monday last. l.. Sohus was chosen
Mayor Geo. W. Durgin, Treasurer;
Arthur Haine, Recorder; 10. Smith,
Marshal f. A. Si0cum, Assessor.
The following young ladies Of Albany
have formed musical band, and the
Democrat predicts that they will excel
anything iu the State: Misses Nettie
Piper, Lottie Monteith, Annie Griffin,
Laura Goltra, Eva Paxton, Jennie
Clark, Lula Clark, Matte Foster, Mag
gle Foster, Nellie Paxton, Annie Pow
ell, Libbe Irvine, Mauda Irvine, Mary
Irvine.
y The board Of managers Of the Oregon
State Agricultural Society will hold
their annual meeting at Salem, COM
memcing Tuesday, December >, 1879.
Al this netting the time will he decided
upon for holding the annual fair Of 1850.
and the list of premiums for the same
will he arranged All members aud
/ friends of the society are invited to
attend.