The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-02-13
PACIFIC, COAST.
Oregon.

Masonic Lodges are being organized among
the celestials of Oregon.
Roseburg numbers in itspopulation twelve
doctors and twelve lawyers. We have about
twice that number of that kind of profess
sionals, and yet our city is distressedly
healthy, and alarmingly peaceable.
The Baptists of Oregon hold a Sunday
school convention at Oregon City, on Feb
18th and 10Th. To be conducted by Rev. j.
C. Baker of Salem.
Capt. Cleveland Rockwell, of the U. s.
Coast Survey, was in Portland last week.
He and his family are spending the winter
at Kalama, and the survey barge Kincheloa
is in winter quarters near that place. The
work of triangulation, i'll which good pro-
eress was made last season, will not begin
until April or lates.
Three brothers named Fowler, and man
named Gay. had a fight a few days ago, in
which the former were vanquished and the
latter came out as Gay as when he entered
the combat Last Sunday one of the Fowler
boys again met Gay and concluded to try
him single handed. 1t is now conundrum
with three doctors to tell whether or not
Fowler will be able to weather it through,
as Gay, after knocking him down, kicked
several OF his ribs in. -Ex.
Bogus SIS gold pieces are being quite ex-
tensively circulated.
A Mr. Northcut, of Marion county, liv-
ing near Wheatland, was persuaded at the
muzzle of a double-b -barreled. shot gun, in
the hands of masked man, to part with
So, 800 recently.
Judge Gilbert Reynolds, of Canyon City,
was taken to the insane asylum last week
Mr.. Crosby. of Salem, and Mr.. Axthelm,
of Portland, have been holding series of
meetings in the town of Milwaukee during
the last two weeks, which were well attended.
The new NJ E. church at Mount Taber,
that was so badly wrecked by the late storm,
has been repaired at cost of 1925, and is
now in as good, it not better condition,
than before the Storm
The meeting in East Portland church is
progressing with much encouragement Sew
eral have found the Lord and other are ear
nestly seeking. while the church Is greatly
revivel and ouickened. The prospect for a
real awakening is good.
The meeting in Stephens addition, East
Portland, is still in progress. 1t is under
the management of Exon and Burlingame,
who are doing nearly all the work. Thirty
eight persons have Joined the church already
and there will probably be many more.
Inc Eugene DraSS Dd1lu nave TSCelScu uOD-
by new uniforms.
Rev Mr. Anderson, late of San Jose, has
been engaged as pastor OF the Episcopal
church at Eugene
Father Veatch died at Cottage Grove on
the Sd inst. He was SO years of age, had
been married seven times, and was the father
of % children.
Mr. W. Kellow. of Washington county,
= L. L.
by poison. Some one entered the the barn
and administered the dose.
Much building is in progress throughout
the Willamette valley, and almost all local
sawmills are running on extra time. Many
old rail fences thrown down by the storm
will be rebuilt with lumber.
Cattle have Jared well this winter in the
vicinity of Prineville, Waso county.
Burglars held high carnival at The Dalles
on the night of the I'd inst. The first place
visited was Charley Cooper's store. The
thieves effected an entrance through the rear
of the building and carried off all manner of
cutlery. tobacco. cigars and other goods, to
the amount of nearly $500. On the same
night the Ark saloon, corner of third and
Washington streets, was entered by the
light fingered gentry and robbed of cigars
and liquors, as well as a small amount of
money which was in the drawer.
The Oregonian says: The Blalock Flume
and Lumber Company yesterday fled arti-
cles of incorporation in the Office of the sec
retary of state, it's occupation and purpose
being to construct and operate q canal or
hunle from Blalock mountain i'll UmatilI IN
county to the Blue mountain extension of
the Walla Walla and Columbia river rail
road at or near Milton, for the purpose of
Transporting lumber, etc. Capital stock
$50, 900. N. G. Blalock, C. w. Colby and
d. S. Colby. incorporators.
The Oregonian says: Kadeshan, one Of
the Alaska chiefs who is now visiting this
city, was victimized on Friday night last by
some white man, who drugged him aud stole
his money, S57. Kadeshan refused to touch
whisky, but was beguiled into tasting some
thing which he was assured was not liquor.
The vile mixture confused his brain and
made him somewhat violent. The severe
penalty of the law should he meted out to a
wretch who would thus betray and rob an
unsuspecting stranger.
The State Journal has commenced its
seventeeth volume.
Mrs. 7. Howard is lying dangerously i'll
at her residence in Salem
The people of Franklin want an increased
mail service from that place to Eugene City.