, 1880-02-05
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the Corvallis pos. oG,ec has been ,ron,s,j
| FROM fourth 30 . third elias. rl.. o..se. N
i. Barber Is iH ch4rrc a7 =. Il.
Judge Douham and family aayc ,,.c-rol r.
/ Salem after q G1i1Uru %! several ,aoD.l, :,
. EoscL1rr fully restored 90 health.
/ Ill health has again compelled ", B. Car.
/ ter, State printer, 30 repair 70 California
/ Tho Corvallis Gazette dEr.ug hIc absence viii
he under editorial charge OF +. NJ. johnson
and Jas. a. Nantis.
| The road from Corvallis to Alsea valley ia
so completely blocked with fallen timber tbas
! the mail carrier has TO make the journey ON
foot. The same is true IN great degree Of
the road to Yaqulua
The Orphans Home, Salem, has for the
! past six years been under the management Of
! James Thompson and wife, who during that
| time have given entire satisfaction and faith.
fully discharged their trust. All the orphan,
of suitable age have attended the public
schools Of the city.
The Corvallis Gazette says: Grandma
| Wells, while standing in her daughters door,
and seeing the train bearing Messrs. koebler
aud Brandt pass, remarked that il was the
/ HAab NllaS NiAS NaAo lieoHtu SP ~ tuat
| time, for nearly 20 years, she has kept ahead
Of the railroad 1t was the first time she
ever seen n train of cars. The same is true
OF Uncle Jake Grimsey. Grandma Wells
makes her home with her son at rhilomath.
and we firmly believe that ii she lives until
next Fall that she can ride between Corvallis
aud Philomath on the laquina railroad.
Stock in the vicinity OF Camp Watson are
looking well.
The CoQuille was higher last week than at
any time since G2. 81
The weather has moderated and all jackson.
will has carght cold.
The Coos Bay Argus has suspended publ.
cation; cause, lack OF suppOrt.
Southern mails are again running on sched.
ule time. The largest mail that eyer went
over the route passed Gardiner few DAYS
since for Coos City.
l.. H. White, Of Douglas county, claims to
have constructed, put machinery into and re.
paired more mills in the past year than any
other man in the State.
The Plaindealer advocates the building in
Roseburg of school house that will at once
be credit 20 the city and a greatly needed
convenience to the inhabitants.
The Eastern Oregon fever prevails in the
vicinity of ROseburg, and it is thought that
it will carry off quite number OF prominent
and substantial citizens in the Spring.
The Star furnishes the following statistics
of the Roseburg school district Total nun.
Der of children between the ages of four and
twenty years, 1884; males, 1853; females, III.
Total number Of voters, 2lS Besides the
public school there are two private inatitu
tlons OF learning in the city, having together
an average attendance Of 53.
An unknown disease is decimating the Rocks
of w. b. Kincaid, OF Rogue river,
Measles are migrating southward. They
have reached Phoenix, and are nenacing Jack
sonville.
Freight from Roseburg to Ashland is So 80
per hundred. Roads are heavy and teaming
| laborious for both teams and drivers.
The paymaster from California has arrived
at Fort klamath and tho boys in blue are
Happy in the possession of sundry green
backs.
This season promises to be the most favor
able one the miners Of Southern Oregon have
experienced in many wears. The supply of
water is ample and promises to continue 90
for some time to come.
The cold, frosty weather OF some time ago
worked considerable damage to many ditches
especially those built on unfayorable ground,
to say nothing of the delay occasiOned, with
water running to waste.
The Ste ring Company, after being delayed
some time by snow in its ditch, commenced
piping Saturday. Everything is in the best
shape, and the uperintondentfu fully expects to
run nearly the year round, SO great is the
amount Of Enow at the headwaters Of the
ditch.
All that remains of Pocahontas, once
lively mining town in Powder River Valley
is less than half dozen dilapidated buildings
A school, however, is still in progress.
The body of Ami Bogne, the sheepherder
who was frozen to death in Wasco county
was found and inferred by his brothers four
weeks after death.
James F. Nelson, of the law firm Of Dun.
bar & Nelson, Goldendale, died on the 22d
inst. He leaves young wife, having been
married last November.
The number Of hogs killed and packed in
Walla Wall this season is almost 1900
Over 81, 400 has been subscribed to make
wagon road down Steptoe Canyon to Snake
river.
The survey Of the Utah and Northern rail-
road has been completed as far rs John Day
river.
The hen strike is over Mt Walla Walla, hens
resuming business at reduced wages, and
their products falling to 32s cents Dozen
The hills in the Butter Creek region arc
green with growing gsass and farmers o."
busy plowinG for Spring crops.
Improved farms mp in Eastern Oregon, ID
the Grand Ronde Valley, can be bought M
from So per acre upwards, according to tne