The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-21
NEWS ITEMS


500.
Harvest hands ell over the State get
81 80 per day.
A Sunday school has been organized
at Port Discovery.
The potato blight on The Sound has
nearly disappeared.
The o. S. \. Company is rebuilding
its Offices at The Dalles.
Namhill eouHtg's potato crop Will be
large aud of ~l quality.
Tue sI.in yield near Hnisboro is
about the same rs last year.
Peter Muiwine was drowned ia lhe
Spokau River on the ith inst.
Fall wheat i'm the vicinity Of Iude-
pendence yields very largely.
The King County Fair will colnneuee
at Seattle on the 22i of next mouth.
Rust near Monmouth is desc 1ef ss
"awfui." Much Spring wheat VIII uot
be cut.
The ..imers Of Saamish aud Con-
ner are reapiug uuprccedentedly heavy
crops Of grain.
y county bridge will be buii. acra-s
the Willamette River sixteen rifA. be-
low Peudletou.
= The University Of Washiugt Terri
tory, located ia Seattle, Will reopen on
Monday, the Is, prox.
Wheat in Eastern Washiu..rr has
not been affected in the slightest degree
by rust or other blight.
The people of Lopez Island raised $50
at a ball the other evening for the ben
eft of their district school.
The annual reunion Of the pioneers Of
Southern Oregon will be held at Ash
land on thelllh OF September.
4 substantial bridge has been built
across Mill Creek at its intersection
with Sixth street at Waila Walla.
a company will build water works az
Weston If the people Of that town will
subscribe s. 600 Of the original stock.
a lal named Peterson was dragged
some distance by runaway horse at
Lebanon last week, and has since died.
Colonel T r. Cornelius was injured
at hi- warehouse in Cornelius last
week by falling and striking on scant-
ling.
Chief Engineer Talcott is now en-
gagged surveying different routes from
Eagle Rock TO Boise City for the new
railroad.
mence Thursday, Septem ber 4th, at $50
O'clock A. n on the Oregon State Fair
Grounds.
An English gentleman has been look
ing at the country around Waila WaIla.
with a view to selecting lands for an
English colony.
Levy Brothers ware house. at Seattle.
W. T., was burned on the 18Th. Fire
supposed to be incendiary. Loss, =. 500;
insurance, ST. 800.
The individual in jail at WaIIa WaIIa.
who claimed to be Tom Lawton, now
denies that he ever admitted that he
was Tom LawtOn.
While there is plenty Of gold i'm the
hills and along the river at the Skagit
gold fields, the great expense Of saving
10 consumes the profits.
Katie C'sgrove, aged Is. heroicalIv
Jumped into the water on Thursday at
Rentou aud saved Mary Sutton, aged
nine, from certain drowning.
That the citizens Of Seattle have con-
ndence ia the future Of their citv. 3.
evidenced 10y the vast amount of i'm
provements they are making.
While bathing, Miss Flor noe SCR
ton, daughter Of Joseph a. Mofar. H-af
about II years, was drOwue1 lu t..
Malheur River, on the 81 ina
Two NcNiunviHe bows. while -.
bunting last week, were slrr.s
charge Of shot, fred by some ur-r.rr
person. They were not dan-ere. fr
jured.
J.. /. Williams, charged with a..1fr
with smother mans wife, w-ss- f--
Virginia City, denying the s-rtior
he ought TO know whethersls i-r- yrf. f..
him or not.
J. 3. Elliot and Hezefiar T..-
had an encounter at POm-ruv a.
on the llth, resulting i'm .Is Il.ff 3D..
the latter. tits stated that Iatu.a- r..
the aggTessOr.
On the 18th inst, at Forest Grove
Willie, son nf w. D. Hoxter. was
hookei by vicious COW, the horn pass
ing between his ribs on the right side.
lie was resting easy at last accounts.
and Will probably recover
Mr.. John Glow, OF Hul-5oro. has ner-
'ecieh and received letters uf patent ON
a propeller for steamships The great
est point IN his wheel is that 10 carries
no dead water, but the paddles strike
.he water at just the right time and are
locked so as 90 carry none
The wife of Nr. Cass Scott. who lives
Pm the farm of J. J. Williams. near
is the "boss" squirrel exter-
niudlor of the Luckiamute. During
HE present season She has put out five
'ahs OF poison, and hundreds of the
pests have been made % "sun their
Ieels' by her efforts.
While a party were crossing a bridge
near Peoria last Sunday iu "a wagon, one
it tie horses became frightened aud the
-ntire party, numbering six persons,
we're thrown down an embankment,
Killing daughter OF Mr. James Sheriff.,
5 'ho lives near Halsey, and iDiuring
eriously, If not fatally, two other chill
.reH.
The 4st0riqB says: "2fessrs. Is corn.
". and William Hume haVA contracted
or carrying their docks Oh. t1 deep
Fater liue, 800 feet front, sri wor6 win
egin IN about two weeks. Fna VIII
make complete and fauu .r.utsre
{ docks for almost mile. and .a.f
Inc Of warehouses, capable ul STORING
90, 900 tons Of wheat"
ecoud Annual Meeting Of the Illinois
Social Science Association.
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