The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29
NEWS ITEMS

lEdue DlllhT won tue uiE iaCE hr"t
Union last week
The Canada thistle has appeared in
Grand R0nde Valley
Mrs. Z. Sehetter has been appointed
postmaster at Empire City.
The Seattle public schools will be re-
opened on Monday, Sept. 9Th.
Cpve. UliHu county, uumberJa cheese
factory among its enterprise.
The Congregational church % -a.sm
is undergoing thorough repairs
Professor Marsh has two men as WORK
in Grant county collecting fossils.
The body Of young Daggc-t drowned AZ
Eugene recently, has been recovered.
Extensive forest fires are -acing south
of Seattle in the vicinity Of bite Blrl
The county seat Of Spusau county
w. r., is to be decided by popular ballot.
Il Weston steam fiourir mills ara
shipping about 500 barrel5 oi doui 81
week.
A tax Of $500 has been voted DO
build a public sehOOl-house .n C1laz,
W. T.
The new academy at The Dallas is to
be ready for school purpose, Uy Novem-
Der next.
Many visitors are encamped on rho
banks of Medical Lake, % Eastern
Washington.
The lumber for the brid across tle
South Umpqua, near Causouviiie, hHs
been ordered.
The road over the mouH.aios from
North Yamhill to TiliamooS BE- iu very
bad condition.
Several Mormon fsmilies aye an route
for Walla Walia to join the uavlsites
near that city.
Mr.. y. Dickson is appointed ro7t-
master at Balls,on, Polk county iorm-
eriy Ballsviiie.
Some $1,000 cattle principally from
WaseO county, recently pss lila"sr..
on the way East.
The town Of Gardi ler, 1a Coos Bay,
has been almost dest 1yed by Gre. The
loss will reach SjOONu.
Pierce county (W. - farmer. recently
sold a lot of - 600 IOund- o.. Hc... re-
ceiyiug therefor Sl3,y-0.
Ia the late municipa election at Cole
/ fax, w. T., 50 votes were ca-. E N
Sweet was elected Mayor
The City Assessor reports wi.h.u rna
corporate limits of Seattle tits year
I 81 ipo-f fJAN WI III bl HltI
Alonzo Lockwood, iad II years rr
age, was drowned ia Jrlu Day River "a.
I Canyon City on the 1911 instant.
In 1870 the Chinese tu Jackson county
numbered 634, while tue recent census
enumeration discOverel only &29.
Olympia has gained 81 persons during
the decade just eut ThuHlor
county, however, has zl ned 105L
/ The Colfax Tribune n1-rs lne death
Of little daughter Of Luxe Eau!s, near
| Rock Lake, from ratt'ssuake bite.
/ Wells, Fargo * Cos express office t1
I Vancouver has been discontinued, s
there is no one willing % be the agent.
Wool is now quoted In Roseburg
/ 30 and b cents. The grange iu Llst
city disposed Of 200, 200 pounds iast SAT-
urday.
Weston has contracts given for 20
brick dwelling houses and three brick
stores. A substantial evidence ul pros
perity.
The csmpmeeting near C1lfoE w. u,
was attended 10y 1900 people, the largest
crowd ever assembled I'M the Palouse
country.
In an afIray at Brownsville last SAT-
uriay, horse doctor named Goodman
shot aud fatally wounded Dick Warren,
a painter.
The Ashland wooden mills will be
stopped ON the lst Of August, giving tue
employees a much-ueetei vacation Cf
two weeks
Washington Territory Is ont o. debt,
and has enough money iu her treasury
TO pay her expenses during tie remain
der Of the year.
AT place called Wood Guich. near
Gpldendale, w. T., a band of sheep was
struck by lightning few days ago aud
six were killed.
Black bears are mentioned a. among
the Summer attractions a. Ilwaco =sv-
eral having been seen aud one shoe Il
that vicinity lately.
During the next month tine EFFORT
will be made at the Seattle factory to
manufacture 100 600 complete barrels,
or nearly f. 600 day.
Thirteen houses are being bui'- &
Belltuwn, the northern addition Of Seat
tie, ten Of which are for residences aud
three for business purposes.
Fearnside & Terviigpr have lls.-
ing store on Tillamook Bay. They -sil
around the bay, putting 10 at the seltIe-
ments, and furnishing the people with
groceries.
Salmon are running freely, and there
is excellent prospect that Mr.. taples
will have a chanc. 90 prosecute offend
ers against the law for The protection
Of the fish.
A new two story school house will be
built in Wagner Greek district in time
for school next Fall The upper story
will be used as a hail by the Champion
Of Honor of that section.
Col Jas Fulton o. Wasco county has
demonstrated to his skeptical friends
thae bunch grass laud is good wheat
lsud, and predicts that in time tle
county will be one vast grain field.
+. NJ. Cbeesman, clerS-elect Of Lake
county, being detained at The Dauss 1y
law suit, was unable TO qualify iu the
time prescribed by law, aud il is said
that the Old clerk will hold over iu con-
sequence.
Mr.. NJ s Booth, Of Seattle, who
brought the charges against the man-.
agement of the Territorial Hospital for
the Insane at SteilacoOm, contemplate
the publication, in pamphlet form, OF
the evidence taken and the indiugs of
the recent Committee Of Investigation.
The rain storm on ihe 18th instant
was very disastrous near Lena, Jmatilla
county. The loss iG hay was immense
The hills on either side OF the creek d.
were a sheet Of running water, sweeping
fences, bridges and crops away. J. @.
Franklin says that I. h. Howard G..
B. Harvard, J. Crawford c. F. Hinton
and himself are the principal losers.