The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-15
NEWS ITEMS.
.rArE AND rERBlroRIAL.

STATE AND TERRITORIAL.
Olympia's population is .252
Walia Walla's population is $50
Houses are needed at Colfax, W.T..
The population Of Seattle is nearly
5000.
Coos county's population is about
Taeoma's popuIalioui sss; New Ia
coma's, 72O.
Linn county is discussing the county
fair question.
The Grant county Nelrs is 10 have
new dress. Il needs it.
Narrow-gauge railroad projects are
thick in klickitat county, w. T.
Coon Brothers' sawmill in Liberty
precinct, Linn county, is burned.
The Yakima Indian Reservation will
yield a splendid harvest this year
The State Of California took on ! $50
cases Of salmon on Monday at Astoria.
Jacksonville's population is SIS; Ash
lands, S5f The county's population is
s. 200.
James McAulin is reelected Mayor
Of Walla Walla, and John G.. Justice,
Marshal.
With one exception. the teachers in
The public schools Of salem bave been
re engaged.
Charles Bascom, a young man Of
WascO county, is. missing, aud 10 is
feared he is drowned.
Including Indians, Yakima has
population Of . S2l. This is a gain Of
50 per cent. since last year.
Cole, who escaped from the Marion
county Jail about a year ago, was re-
captured on the Fair Grounds last week.
The citizens Of Port Townsend re-
ceived DR.. 7. 4. Minor with a salute OF
artillery on his recent return home from
the East.
Mr.. John w. Minto has resigned the
position Of Chief Of Police Of Salem 20
accept the Office Of Deputy SheriTunder
Mr. Ramsby.
a large settlement OF Norwegians has
taken possession Of Wild Horse Creek,
in Umatilla county. Its members are
steady, industrious people.
Salem proposes TO put up $4,000 IN
premiums for races at the State Fair
Ground this Fall, and $500 in two prizes
$3.50 aud $50 for baseball.
The population Of Spokan county, w. I
T., is about 900. aud that OF Whitman
county about 1000. The population of F.
the town OF Spokan Falls is $50.
Population of precincts in Kitsap
county, ". T.: Port Gamble, ass
Port Blakely, 1896 Seabeck, 267; Port
Orchard, 27l and Port Madison, DDS. /
Last Thursday night, six boats drifted
ashore Oh sand Island in disabled con-
NHffnn .n. A.
boat-pulier, were drowned, it is feared. .
Asioria's population, exclusive Of
Chinese > 553; Astoria and Upper As.
.oria, including 2,O9S Chinese, 5,72I. I.
Total population Of Clatsop county, ,4l6.
The plarksmen of the Department Of
The Columbia are hard at work at Van
couver, eudeavoring 10 secure places i'm
the Pacific Coast team. Good scores are
made.
Robert Law, the keeper Of beer sa-
loon at Cottage Grove, vent of last
week, leaving many unpaid debts. He
was overhauled at Oakland, but after
ward escaped.
Linn county crops promise 50 well that
thei)CnlOcrat says "many a Scotch mort
gage will be lifted this Fall" The
farmers will learn thing or two before
they get them lifted
Directors Of the Astoria and Whine
mucca Railroad G. Leinenweber, J.
q. 4. Rowlby, w. d. Hare, Captain
George Fiavel, George W. Hume, Cap
tain J. II. d. Gray, and W. w. Parker.
Capt. Charles Bendire expects soon 10
start out from Walla Walla with his
OF the First Cavalry, TO make
a thorough exploration and survey Of
the country between the Snake and
Spokan Rivers.
10 is proposed to establish a hospital
at Astoria in the building known as the
House. Nearly s., 600 has been
subscribed toward this benevolent Oh
ject by business men OF the city, Geo.
Hume heading the list with $1,000.
The Grant county census: Canyon
City, john Day aud Middle precincts.
] ,3G2; Marysvilie, Union, Olive, Elk
anf Granite, 1887; Beaver, Warner,
Curry, Harney, Duuder and Bitten,
Alvord aud Malheur, 42l; South Fork,
Rock Greek, Hay Stack, North Fork
aud Long Creek, 900; total, 4. l53.
a dead horse, saddled, was found on
Clatsop Beach a few days ago also, a
bundle with some articles of manis
It is probable the rider was
drowned while crossing some swollen
stream emptying into the ocean, and
that the bodies Of the rider aud the
animal were carried out 10 sea.