, 1880-02-19

Wheat is 81 0S per bushel at McNjn,c;l.
flour, s. so to So 90 per barrel.
An assessment overlook the Creswell dob,.
ing society and now the society is a thing a
the past.
The State tax Of Marion county for 1870
amounted to over $4,000, all of which bo,
been paid.
Miss Aletha Mooros has been appo;ntoa
preceptress for the remainder of the wear in
Willamette University.
Hon. j. Q. Thornton and his estimable wifi.
celebrated their ruby wedding at the M. n
Church, in Salem, on the 9th inst. Forty
years of welded life certainly entities them f.
the congratulations OF friends.
Father Veatch, of Cottage Grove, AGED %
years, died last week. He was probably the
oldest man in Lane county and had been dur.
ing his long life the husband of seven wives
and the father of % children.
'Poison lake, a swamp in Yamhil county,
where wild parsnps grow abundantly, has
been made accessible to stock by the fences bc.
coming prostrated by the wind. As result
many farmers mourn the loss of valuable
kline.
Lutte Savage well kown il Marion county.
died at his residence, near Salem, on the 10th
inst, OF pneumonia
Namhill county reported to the State
Treasurer on Monday with the sum Of Sl4,.
coo due on State taxes.
Mr.. Geer who resides near Buttovllc eel.
obratcd his SJth birthday on the 9Th inst.
1t has been the custom Of his family fora
number Of years past to return home on this
anniversary, and on this occasion about thntv
Df biQ npyppOI nute r,pf nnl I,1 l..
his roof, The old gentleman has been blind
for somo years, but with that exception is in
possession of all his faculties and enjoys un.
interrupted good health.
East of the sIountatas
Wolla Walla has Chinese cigar factory ip, !,
full blast. N
A militia company is being organized az
Spokane Falls,
Grant county has Happy E..i.y and
Happy Valley has u post office
Tho Ladies' Educational ,l Society Of
Dayton has $500 in the ttesury.
The warehouses built by Hawlcy, Dold &
Co. in the Paiouse country are for sale.
Tho Almota mills are running night and
day, and are paying sixty cents per bushel for
wheat.
Five or six ice houses have been filed with
ice in the vicinity Of Canyon City during the
last week.
Umatila Republicans want the State Re.
publican committee to meet at The Dalles
this year.
The Pendloton Fire Department have al.
ready raised ny subscription, over $500 TO-
ward buying an engine.
Judge Whiteaker, of Baker City, while
4 h., r
his gun in his arm, and rendering the services
OF n doctor necessary.
Work has been commenced on the new
Touchet bridge at Dayton A pile.driyer is
in position .or operation and considerable
timber is on the ground.
The case of James Megginson and J. X.
Tanning against Columbia county tor dam
ages on account of the location of a county
road, cost the county total OF 81, lSS 20.
The last week was very quiet one in Ba
ker City; not q murder, burglary or even
knock. down to enliyen the columns of the To-
cal paper or delight the soul of the reporter
thereof '.
John Snodgrass, who was killed near Waits.
burgDby being thrown from buggy, was
buried with the rites and honors of Odd Eel.
lowship at Walla Wala. The fireadepart-
ment also turned out en- masse, thus paying
their last tribute of respect to their late fell
low member. .af. g.,
Samuel Parrish last Sunday placed in Wells,
Fargo & Co. s office, at PendletOn, two silver
bricks, worth 81 PIT 30 and Sl,304 61. He
reports the mill broken down for the last two
weeks they have had to band all the pulleys
with tire iron, as one and another gave out
almost every day. He says things must quit
breaking before long, and then he will put in 4
an appearance once week with bullion.
Parties from Four Lakes report that all the
land around the lakes, which were offered for
sale either by the government or the railroad
company are settled upon or bought up, and
also that Messrs.t Robinett & Layton, who
have a contract to furnish $4,000 ties, have
large force at work about ten miles west Of
Spokane Falls, and Mr.. Smith, having
contract for 10000 ties, is cutting near Lake
creek.
Southern Oregon.
The mining town at the New Idrian is
named "NOnpariel." 4'..a
The champion hog slaughtered at Roseburg
this season weighed $50 pounds net.
At horse race at Calapooa recently the
driver beat the horse out about twelve feet.
Lake county is but six years old and ha
taxable property to the value of $l,0OO,OOo
Tho loss OF stock in Lake county will not
reach the estimates of amonth ago, by bali.
The Ashland woolen factory is again in full
blast, with james Thornton as Superintend'
ent. Iut
Measles hold updisputed sway in Ashland
From indications there will be enough to go
round" 7'. ~.
The roads between Coquille City and Myr'
tie creek arc almost impossible, even Tor
horscmen.
We sympathize with the citizens of Drains;
the instruments for the brass band will be on