The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-12-17
PACIFIC COAST

pound and eggs at 80 cents per doz.
in McNinnville.
A bear killed thirty fatted hogs for
James Stanley, living in the Waldo
Hills last week.
Capt. Wilkinson placed seven
more Indian pupils in the industrial
school at Forest Grove.
Diphtheria still fingers in McMinn
Vile. One new case occurred last
week and two serious relapses were
reported.
A Miss Keyl Of Perrydale, Polk
county, suffered ampntation OF a
thumb recently, necrosis of the bone
rendering the operation necessary.
Cottage Grove now has tele.
graph office, railroad Office, Wells,
Fargo 81 Go. express Office and post.
office. Eight new and handsome
residences were built there the past
season.
Hcward's' packing house, Salem,
has already packed about fifteen
hundred head of hogs, and heavy
receipts continue. Others are en-
gagged in putting up small lots in
that city.
Andrew Berger, pauper, died
last Sunday near Springfield. He
had trusted his children with his
property, and in return was thrust
ont upon the charity Of the cold
| world.
A house on DR.. Bailey's farm on
East Plain. Washington county, was
burned last week while the tenant,
MIR. Tanning, was absent. 1t was a
good frame house, valued at $4,000
and was an entire loss.
S. II. Spencer, who was arrested
for killing a horse belonging to Sam
uel Meek, was arraigned before a
justice in Eugene last Monday,
waived an examination, and was
placed under 5000 bonds to appear
before the next circuit court.
VIM. Bybee of Jackson county has
sent in the past 20 years 10000 fatted
hogs to the California market.
Levi Linkham, a resident of Jack
son county for % years, died on An
telope creek on the End instant, aged
81 years.
The hull of the stranded steamer
Telfair was torn to pieces by the
storm last week. The cabin was
safely towed to Empire city. The
prospect of recovering her machin-
cry is discouraging.
Josephine county has veteran OF
the war OF 1912. His name is Hosea
Brown; he is iii his Goth year, draws
his pension and though bent by the
weight of years is active mentally
and physically and makes bee cul-
| tnre a specially.
Jacksonville Sentinel: The stages
from the south have been little be-
hind time owing to the heavy roads
in the Siskiyous. The storm and
rains last week were much heavier
i'll the mountains than in the valley
making travel difficult. The stage
encountered Is inches Of snow on the
summit.
The Covart arson trial consumed
II days time in the State Circuit
Court that closed its regular session
in Jacksonville last week. The cost
of this trial to Jackson county was
s270o. The jury after a delibera-
tion of 36 hours failed to agree and
were discharged. The case was re-
opened at special session of the
court last Thursday.
Ned Healy, a miner, died in the
Jacksonville Jail on the Sd inst. He
had been drinking heavily and
showed symptoms of delirium ire.
mems. An oplate was prescribed and
he was directed to take a teaspoon
ful every two hours, until sleep was
produced but instead OF following
the direction Healy took at one swal-
low, either inadvertently or with sui
cidaI intent, three-fourths Of the con-
tents of the bottle-a quantity equal
to ten doses--from the effects OF
which he died in one hour.
Work on the branches of the O.
r. & N. Co.'s road will be stopped
for time. The ground is too hard
for scraping or surface work.
Snow attained the depth Of 21
feet at The Dalles last week, 8 feet at
the Cascades, 10 inches at Walla
Walla and Cello and inches at
Blalocks
Mr.. Mozier, who lives about thir
teen miles from The Dallea, had his
feet badly frozen one day last week
while passing between that city and
his home.
Hotels at The Dalles are pressed
to their utmost to accommodate the
travelling public. The Umatilla and
Cosmopolitan are feeding over 500
people every day, and the number is
constantly increasing.
The Puyallup river is bank full
from melting snow and rain, and
much drift wood finds its way into
the bay.
The Indianchurch at Puyallup res
ervation numbers two hundred and
twenty members. Rev. Mr.. Mann
pastor.
Mount Rainier presented mag