, 1880-02-26

Willamette ya!I.y.

T.. geIC reports considerable sickness,
4 man lsuguisLes in the Lafayette i..l l.-
larceny Of a sack OF h0ur
Take. come ia slowly from localities vbs-,
the rust made havoc in the Spring grain.
Enthusiastic Salemites Who began p,rl.p.
ing operations during the frs; days ui Febp7,.
ary have again goae into Winter quarters.
W " Parker retires from the JanctioD
Republican, leaving Il in sole charge 81 q. T
Porter, who Is lively and cntcrpriaing news.
paper man.
Namhil county will rutnrn very light De.
linquent tax list sheriff kclty Is a good
collector and the farmers though sometimes
slow are sure pay,
4 sudden rise in the water on Sunday
caused bridge between Salem aud the depot
to report damages. A force Of men at once
set TO work on repairs;
"Uncle Toby" reads tho young men and
maidens OF Lafayette, through the Courier. a
useful and NO doubt needed lesson upon
their behavior in places Of public resort
Joseph Chambers who died suddenly near
Dayton last week was an exemplary citizen
aud is universally lamcntcd. LAFAYETTE
Lodge |. .. o. f., conducted the obscquies.
II is rumored that the county court does
not intend 10 repair the Dayton bridge this
year. II true, this will prove source OF
great 'pccnycneneo to residents oil lamhll
county. ...l... ..s
i:'ato tne 5ForuGaIns,
Cnioa imposes a dog tax.
Bright weather at Baker City.
Work on the bridge across the Touchet is
progressing rapidly.
The city treasurpr OF Umcn rccc!yc3 n sal
ary of S2j per annum.
The Indian scouts who wese ont with
Lieut., Farow last Summer were paid Oft last
week. .i''' .'... a'..
20 a family direct from Sweden, and all un-
able to speak Euglish, have located on Pcon
Prairie.
a party rs being organized at Spokau Falls
to go to the Skagit mines by crossing the
Cascade mountains direct.
The public school at Milton, Ogn.. s,.h
Prof. Palmer as principal md Miss ,,al az
assistant has an, average attenG.nr OF so
scholars.
The Methodists are con,h'~tng revival at
Centcrvlle, Umatilla coun 1t has been in
progress three weeks and ~ conversions are
now reported.
Ainsworth though new town boasts q
handsome Babcock fire eXtinguisher mounted
on a four wheel carriage, and well drilled
fire company. p'l
The grand jurors have expressed themselves
in favor of new court house and Jail in
Walla Walla and the citizens arc talking Of
erecting them of brick. .......
Work will commence on the Mammoth
mine as early as the dissolving SHOWS will
permit. Part of the machinery intended for
che work is now in Baker City.
Ice packing is going on lively at Fort
Cnur d'Alene. Ice on the lake is six inches
thick, notwithstanding the numerous Chi
hooks and thaws that have visited u.s.
The Bedrock Democrat speaks of DR..
Dean Clarke as "a little fellow about four
feet nothing who looks remarkably like the
Punch of free show, and who has infested
Baker City for the past three months"
Five head OF blooded Durham cattle, worth
in aggregate $500, reached Canyon City
Feb 9th, from Reno. They will be taken to
Stevens county, w. T., and placed on the
range Of German, Brooks and Morrison.
Dayton has now o suburban town called
Flumesburg, named in honor of the Dayton
and Touchet water fume, which terminates
at tho "burg" Whether this place is going
to swallow up Dayton or not cannot be told
atpresent.
On Monday last deserter was captured at
Walula who had deserted at Fort Lapwai
some seven or eight years ago. He was
placed under guard, but on Monday night
some of his friends helped him out and he
'slid" He was known as steadY,Quiet and
peacablc man, well liked by all who knew
him. so his friends interfered to save him
from imprisonment
The Walla Walla Statesman gays: The
criminal business of this county exceeds IN
cost all the other expenses. Tho amount IN
the aggregate is SO 03G, The expense OF rum
ming the courts, the grand and petit jures and
talesmen's fees, amounted TO Sl,O3I ~,
while tho criminal business amounted to
81 1913 so. OF all theprosecutions at the late
term Of the court, but one person was sent up,
and that one was only for period OF one
year,
EOutEern Oregon.
) The Marshfeld school numbers about one .
hundred and twenty pupils. .l-
The Emma Utter's cargo Of coal, abous
400 tons, was boughtfor less than one dollar
per ton. She will be taken across tho bay TO
the North Bend for repairs.
A Young man named Albert Sneed, while
working in the saw mill at Parkersburg last
week, got his hand badly mangled by the
edger two fingers have been amputated and
it IS feared that he may lose his entire hand.
Lake county people keep therpromiscs ana
pay their taxes. There have been but two
divorces granted since the county was organ
lied and of all the taxes levied since the or
ganization in 1875 less than $40 remain I'M
collected.
Agriculturaly speaking, Southern Oregon
is far behind and her promise OF harvest is
not good. With regard to her mines she Is
c..,o,, oLool NTH ,,Iapfv nf water and pros