, 1880-03-11
State and Territorial



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rn.ar. during "C.u. w..., tla IHt week
30 March.
A ueighh1rh,5l Irol h.,.u, been t.Srn 90
Court viii cos. tho taxpayers Of Marion
county SlO)l .t E..'
protrac.cd meetings have b,rn hNhl' n
Sr-rrran the past wees, resulting "a the a..
cessQe to the church OF . members.
Kr6nty Bns.'s Goabos milt Salon, tmbl
ou -four at the rate Of 600 barrels per day.
Tuesday they shipped 1jG tons by the CITY Of
.Sal,in. ,,sI ...ys., ,..y r.u. - a,
James II. Milsr. VINO resides one mile FROM
Scio, has sudlehly' Cropped into i3rstue OF
S25, ,OOO by an oRer and thesale of marble
quarry. and iron ore, on flat Of poor land in
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Pcrryda,c wants q shoemaker.
Several row buildings are gong NJ IN Al.
bany. i'
There Go OlG pupil, enrolled in the public
schools OF Albany. g..
Amity will try to vote tax for nine.
months public school. .....
DR.. Simms is telling Corvallis people al,
about their wrinkles" ~
The Mammoth post Office narrowly. cs.
capped destruction bv fire last week. "''
An average of 900 tons of freight passes
through the locks of Oregon City weekly.
John Stok will teach the public school at
Hllsboro and G.. M. Hoopengarner the same
at Forest Grove.
The Corvallis Fruit Company has shipped
ten tons of fruit, preserved by the Pldmmer
process, to London.
The Riverside is in favor Of taxing all
church property except churches actually
dedicated to the worship of God.p ....
An attempt was made last week to burn
the West Union school house, in Washington
county. There is no clue to the perpetrator.
A. Fl. Garrison sold his farm OF 100 acres,
four miles north OF Hillsboro, last week, to
Jessie Fowler, Of Fremont, w. T., tor 5000.
Prof. Boynton, an old experienced teacher,
and late of Skokomish Indian Reservation,
has been engaged as Principal OF the Indian
School at Forest Grove, and will begin the lst
of next month.
The mail route from McMinnviQe to Dallas,
by way of Amitv and Perrydale, is to be dis
continued on the 9th OF next month, as ar
rangements have been made by which the
mail, after that time, will be carried on the
railroad.
East OF the Mountains.
Extremely large sales of fine beef cattle
have lately been made in Yakima.
Tho new Presbyterian church at Dayto
will be opened for service next Sunday
The Dayton News says Affairs in Dayton
haYe reached an extremely critical point. A
reliable citizen was heard to say that in an
experience Of fifteen. years on this coast,
chiefly at mining camps, he never knew of W
parallel case, where everything pertaining to
law and order was set so wholly at defiance,
as has been the condition here foyo the past,
few weeks. ......, -
The homestead of the late Charles Jewell,
Of Umatilla county, was sold by the executor
recently fo. IS, 900, au amount sufficient to,
cover all the indebtedness OF the estate. Mr..
Jewell was one of the victims Of the Indian
war of 1878. "'. D"1E4 II
Reports from Peshastin district say that
the erection of o tiye-stamp quartz mill will
be commenced eafly in the Summer on tho
Shafer claim. In the meantime an effort is
being made to raise means to build wagon
road to the mines. a. l
The citizens Of MiltoH are nearly all in IA
For of dividing Umatilla county. "Divis.
ion OF the county " is the great political ques-
tiOn in Umatilla. ...-.
Owing to the cold weather the Columbia
remains at a very low stage Of water in CON
sequence, boats can only take about one.half
their carrying capacity. +a o.. a' ,.
Immigrants are arriving in Dayton daily for
the new FL Dorado of the North--the Spokan
country. Hundreds are expected to 50, there
this coming Spring and Summer. c.,
On the 22d of February snow was three feet
deep on the parade ground at Camp. Harnev
and still piling up. The order for the aban.,
dOnment OF the post has been received and
will be carried out when travelling permits,
j. L. Edmiston, of Dayton, recently ppr'
chased the machinery and appurtenances Tor
a first.class saw mill, which will be shipped
to Spokan Falls, and the work OF getting out
the material called for in his contract with
the N, p Il. Il. Co. will beimmediately com
mepced, ..., ..,..,, - .tt.. ....rr
/ A PomeroY letter writer says On the 18th
the ColfaX stage, on its way here, being about
three hourS behind time, reached Deadtnan
in the dark, and while crossing the Deadman
rolled off a grade a dstancs of twenty-five
feet, smashing the vehicle aud tapghng things
up in such manner that the driver was com
PEELED to lay out all night
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From the A5torian; p ~ ''-
The Steamer Alex Duncan was Still bar
bound in Bakers bay on Tuesday EVENING
Mr Insnnh Hnnnn own az nf the KnnnDton