, 1880-04-22
State and Territorial.
Willamette valley.

III connection with willamette Unlver-
sity.
G. Snowden has been appointed guard
at the penten tiary, vice H. NJ. Brunk,
resigned.
Wash Simpson, of Salem, who has
been confined to his house for two
months with sprained ankle, is able to
be out on crutches.
DR.. L. L. Rowland, of Salem, who
has been seriously i'll in London, has
recovered HIS health sufficiently to pro-
ceed with his travels. ,'' 'hiHF
Junietta~ Veatch, aged l6 years,
daughter of S. P. Veatch, of Salem,
died at her fathers residence in that
city on the llth inst, after an illness of
eight weeks. This is the second daugh-
ter buried by Mr.. and Mrs. Veatch with
in few weeks.
A force of twenty men are engaged in
constructing a telegraph from Indepen-
dence to Corvallis, q distance of twenty
one miles. Since the completion of the
West Side railroad between these two
places telegraph line is an indispensa-
BILE necessity. '.~t. 0rlA
.. East of the Mountains.
Baker City has been attacked by the
measles. Ha' '1Hlse -iaAur1a tfs ~,s
Gardening and bad colds are the or
der of the day in Dayton. W
Odd Fellows of Baker City will give
grand ball on the 26th. W
The Dayton Woolen Mills will be
started up when the Spring clip comes
into market. ..,. .,..... .........
John Hatley and others are building
grist mill on Touchet, two miles above
Dayton, with two run Of burrs nj
Captain German was tried under the
new gambling law, before Justice Hun,
of Dayton, and find $25, for renting Il
room in the Northwestern Hotel to a
woman Of the town. .. ...
Total amount offered in premiums at
the Baker county fair in September is
$2,250 Running and trotting matches
will excite the greatest interest. g
James Cooper fell undera wagon with
load of $500 pounds in it, the wheels
passing over his body, inficting internal
injuries which it was feared would
prove fatal; he is now, however, in q
fair way Of recovery. t.ea.#
Capt. Bauehman found another unex-
plored rock in Umatilla rapids last :
week and planted the d. S. Baker on it
and began to take soundings. At last
accounts the rock was not damaged and
the damage to the steamer had not been
computed. .......
The Baker City Democrat says: A
large number of cattle buyers are scat
tered throughout this section of country
buying up all the cattle it is possible for
them to obtain. Large numbers have
already been purchased and will shortly
be driven to Eastern markets Z.
A Dayton correspondent says: IL
some Of our religionists would give our
one lone "soiled dove" little rest,
and devote their weaknesses toward re
forming some of the parents whom we
are credibly informed are in the habit Of
cruelty beating their children, they
would be doing something for humanity
instead of encouraging perjury. A gen
tleman the other day, at distance Of
forty rods, counted thirteen blows that
nine year old boy received from
large stick in the hands of a brutal
father. ''' mrI ......t1...I.....
The first discoverer Of gold in Eastern
Oregon is now saving wood in Baker
City. Hr. .. s,i ..o.s,fL, ~
'...u Southern Oregon.
1t is not likely that any more stock
will be lost in Lake County unless it is
from mlring in the bogs,
The wood piles Of Southern Oregon
have been completely "burned out" dur
ing the sway of the long Winter.
Business is improving in Canyonville,
and farmers in the surrounding. country
are sanguine of prosperous year.
Mrs. Dorcas Fredenburg died last week
at Rock Point, jackson county, aged ol
years. A husband, nine children, OF
grand children and 20 great grand chill
dren survive her. nl ro r.,..
. Astoria.
Fromlt the Astorian
I A new school house viii be built in
Clatsop district.
Fresh vegetables were in the markets
Yesterday from the Chinese gardens on