, 1879-10-02
Oregon Items.

Layton Smith, the Riverside says, left val.
liable horse hitched in the street at lndepend.
encc, and when ready to so home could not
find it.
DIR. Woterhouse, Of Monmouth has in his
nursery small plum tree only two inches in
diameter, which bore this season 25l pounds
ofnice plums
Mr.. A. Berthod, of Washington county,
fell off the water box Wednesday evening and
sustained severe injuries, which will lay him
up for some time.
Christian College, Monmouth, was opened
on the l4th under favorable circumstances, a
large number OF scholars being present from
this State and Washington Territory. ..s
Chas. Irvine, Of Independence fell from a
scattold, l6 feet. and got ugly cuts and
bruises, and little son Of VIM. Ireland, of
Monmouth, was thrown from q horse and had
his arm broken.
Hollanders of the Black settlement, Wash.
nyton county, together with the neighbors
living near the unfortunate Mr.. Haugg
turned out en- masse and threshed and put un.
der cover his entire crop. .... T..r'
The Eugene Guard says; Most of the har.
vesting will be through this week, and from
what we can learn, the cropis great deal
better than was at first expected. Very little
wheat will be burned in the fields.
Miss Ellen Eggleston, young lady who
has lived almost uninterruptedly at McMinn.
vile since her birth, was the first lady pass
enger who made the through trip from that
town to Portland and back, upon the occa.
sion OF the completion Of the extension of the
road othat point.
The Walla Walla Union says: Last Mon
day evening two well.known citizens had q
dsgraceful fight on Main street. What made
the aifray particularly noticeable, was the
tact that one peace officer watched the fight
from across the street, while another stood by
as though to see fair play, and after citizens
had parted the fighters, this peace officer
went across the street and took drink with
one of the belligerents. -iv. -'''. .''.
1t isa grand sight to see the enormous
amount OF wheat continually being unloaded
at the depot. Never before in our history
has there been so much brought to town as
this year. Last week it came in so fast that
the railroad company could not carry it al
away by 300 tons, says the Walla Walla
Statesman. They ship AL tons te Wallula
every day. They are doing all ini i;heir pow
er to get rid of il, and we have but little
doubt that they will be able to send it away
in good time.
Quite lively town isl springing up near
the Monumental mine. IL. ....
The citizens of Yakima Valley are gong to
organize Pioneer society.
The settlers don't like the idea of removing
the soldier boys from Kittitas Valley. u.
An outfit of beats calling themselves show.
men are bilking the Baker county people
Chief Moses visited Ellensburg last week
and invested some coin in Winter supplies.
Mr.. Creighton, of Union, who broke a limb
in Grant county, has recovered and gone
GraSshoppers are so plenty that Walla
Walla trout won't take ordinary bait and the
fishermen are out of luck
A dwelling house on the upper ranch OF
Ben Snipes. in Yakima Valley, was in the
early part Of last week destroyed by fire.
In trying to stop runaway team in Kitti-
tass Valley recently. Mr.. Canaday received
injuries which soon after ended in death.
| An Indian in prison at Dayton, w. T.,
tried to commit suicide and was restored with
difficulty. The next day the citizens went
his bail and turned him out, to fresh air.
| Anew mail route has recently been estab-
lshed via Crab Creek from Walla Walla to
Camp Okanagan. Spokan Jimmy has the
contract at tho modest sum Of $3.50 per
month. ,.. ,....,... ...... -.,,ll..f. .r...
A few days since shooting scrape occurred
at Elensburg, in which well.known lady
and gentleman figured as principals, the
former as the shooter and the latter is the
''shootee. Medical attendance for shot in
the arm was shortly afterward absolutely nee
essary.