, 1879-07-24
Oregon Items.

store. Ae'us Grc,
The business of the Salem no,. 90
rapidly increasing. '''' Office is
The Odd Fellows cemetery q. S,,
being much improved. ~ 'a'en, is
a party OF tourists from the b,lo,,
country are seeing the sights about SIa Saa,O bean
J, A. Eblberts showed the State Jon..
man couple of rye straws that me,.Uua vUurla!
feet and inches. '''asured
y long line OF emigrant wayons
Though Eugene on Tuesday, bound g, pWvsNd
hill. They came from California. VI am
G. B. Doris, Of Eugene went b,o, !.
office in the evening and found fire s.0. W. DIS
from n smokers pipe that would soon n'Isa Sss
burned him up. wv" nave
AS several young boys Were fooling WI,
pistol on Piety Hill, Salem, it was disebarsaia ama
the ball entering the right arm of r0Ss
Marshal. several inches below the elbow yVunss
The jury failed to agree on the p,r,.
case at Corvallis. He will have the svul ns.,a
of lying in jail another six months 'ISute pr n.as
another opportunity of escape offers itself sDN'
Two women who hailed from Linn cor,..
with gentlemen (?) escorts, gave Epcsn0
visit on the Fourth and conducted themsaI..a
in disgraceful manner. All were in ''sNe' s.,e'
of beastly intoXcation. '''"
A somewhat remarkable phenomenon b,,
pened below Eugene about four miles ON x.
Fourth of July. The snow and hail is,I u.s ~
the depth of two or three inches, and was y,
most as cold as genuine winter snow storm
A Sheridan correspondent says: Wbs,,
crop immense Fruit crop light Hay ems rm
about average, but many Of the old meadow,
were plowed up. 1t is estimated that l51 mn
bushels of wheat will be shipped from Sber'
dan this year.
G. w. Branson, OF McMinnville, give,
painful particulars of the way one Of HI,
neighbors whipped his little boy some TINA
ago. The matter has been much talked Of
but Mr.. B. sustains his charges with state.
ment OF facts.
Mr.. }. w. Kirkland, bridge commissioner
let the contract for building bridge across
Salt creek, Polk county, two miles west oi
Perrydale, to Mr.. 7. G. Dawson, of Portland
The bridge is to be $50 feet long. The con.
tract price was 81, l45.
The Eugene Guard says Miss Mary
Spencer, daughter of Mr.. s. II. Spencer who
lives about eight miles from here, while re.
turning from the Junction celebration, had
the misfortune to have her ankle dislocated
by her saddle turning and precpitatng her to
the ground.
a Sheridan correspondent says: The Sher
idan bridge is now undergoing repairs. II il
very rotten, but can probably be made to las.
five or six years. The new bridge across
Mill creek is completed. 1t is said to be the
finest little bridge in Namhll county. 1t is
40 feet in length
The Astorian says four cases Of son.stvoke
occurred iii Astoria this week. Unless the
weather changes there is no telling wherethb
thing will end,
Tue new trail rom John Day settlement to
Astoria passes through some splendid land
1t is route over which wagon road can ba
readily made.
The violence Of the storm on Friday was
frightful in portions Of the county, but we
have not heard Of any material injury result
ing tromit. On Clatsop plains it was q per
feet typhoon,
The body Of Chas Hendrckson, drowned
in the Columbia river on the lst, was recOv.
cred, identified and given Christian buraln
this city yesterday. The coroners jury re.
turned a verdict in accordance with the fact,
OF accidental death by drowing.
Mr.. Il. jeff. Morrison, of Clatsop. called
yesterday. He says that ditehing and hayins
are at standstill on the plans at present
There Is large amount of hay in the swath
in this country. If it will clear up so as to
allow the hay to dry all at once, littlc'damage
will result, but should it dry partly and then
get wet again the strength will be lost.
Mrs. A. J. Duniway has been lecturing in
Jackson county
An intoxicated one.armed beggar is annoy
ing the ladies of Roseburg.
Ice half an inch thick formed at Fort
klamath on the night of the Fourth.
There were seven fights at Linkville on the
Fourth, bu. no one was seriously hurt
An orange tree raised from the seed is over
seven feet high and has oranges growing onN
at Canyonville.
j. II. Upton, who used to live all around
the Willamette valley and make newspapers
has brought q job office to Marshfeld, Coos
county.
The new proprietors Of the stage line pe
tween Roseburg and Coos bay, have reduced
the fare to So and take passengers through u
one day.
Samuel Hayne, coal miner at Newport,
Coos Bay, had n rock fall on him, and nls
cola. bone was broken and doing him o9nei
damage.
Rainfall in Jackson county has Deea'
January, LAO inches; February, l.Ol; MaIcl'
4.49; April, l.6S; May 3; June, 81. lO''i'
40 inches.
j. I. Layton, mining on Faris sulch, lna'o
another cleanup u few days since al.e,
three weeks run, which yielded lou ouhce'V'
nnld Or nhont Il EhQ