The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-07-22
STATE NEWS,

STATE NEWS.
Harvesting has commenced in Jackso
county.
i The weather has been very warm in Porl
land the last week.
The salmon catch on the Columbia has NJ
been half as abundant as usual this year.
It is reported that in Modoc county, Cali
fornia, and Lake county, Oregon, cricket
are plenty aud very troublesome, destroyin
vegetables and everything else green.
/ On the farm of Major Moor, near Nortl
Yamhin, twig sixteen inches in lengtl
was cut from cherry tree, and contained
4 204 cherries.
East Portland on last Thursday night wa
visited by thief who stole weeks wash
ing from lady who had it tied up in :
bundle. Another party lost half doze'
chickens.
DRoPPED DEAD. : Christian Erickson,
| fisherman employed by Booth 4 Co.
dropped dead in his boat where he was fish
ing Thursday evening. He leaves family
at Upper Astoria Heart disease is sup
posed to be the cause of his death.
Mr.. VIM, Reid, of Portland infornes Q
reporter, says the Standard, that rumors
going through the papers to the effect "that
the 90 years lease of the Oregonian Rail
way company had fallen through with il
| untrue, and that the lease will probably
be signed by both partiesl some day next
week.
The body of an unknown man was found
on the Ocean beach, opposite Nebarts Sand
spit last Monday. The fact was at once
made known to the county Judge at Astora,
and the body buried. There was nothing
ON him by which he could be identified, and
had been dead for several days.
Thomas Bonner claims 20 have been
robbed of $3.50 in the back yard of the Nor
ton House in Portland last Sunday nigh.
He claims that he was struck on the head
and stunned and his money taken. Heswas
drunk at the time of the alleged robbery,
but the landlord says he had that amount of
money on Saturday.
Our fshermen appear to be altogether
out of luck this year. The catch being SO
small it was hoped the price might advance,
but now advices from British Columbia say
the take there is immense, only limited by
the means for catching and canning. This
will probably keep the price down, and SO
canneries in the Columbia must be content
with small profits this year.-Standard.
STABBED. About o'clock last Friday
evening man rushed into the room where
a lot of Cinnamon employed at the oil ilworks
below Astoria were preparing to 60 to bed
and commenced cutting right and left. He
succeeded in cutting one Chinaman severely
in the head and two others about the head
and face. A man has been arrested, but
two other parties say he is not the man.
Articles were fled in the Clerks Office of
A1u1CHOLuuA CCuHby Ou Assot 11AOAxefsy AnSOt PO-
rating the Silver Wave Consolidated Mining
Company, with capital stock Of $l0C. 900.
The principal Office of the company is to be
at Portland. The object is to mine for
gold and silver and to buy and sell quartz
claim lodges, in this State and Idaho. The
inccrporators are Geo. F. Wells, Geo. Wood
ward, G. w. Gardner, r. R. Irwin and Ben
Simpson.
Captain Charles F. Powell, superintend-
ent of construction of the Cascade locks, is
ordered by the United States to have gov
ernment tender constructed, to be in length
i6O feet breadth of beam, 28d feet depth
of hold, 6 feet, with two 20-inch cylinders,
81 foot stroke, and steel boiler capable of
sustaining l75 pounds. She. is to be q
steamer of fine model, with stern wheel and
= neat cabin, and when completed is expect
ed to be the fastest boat on the Columbia
river.
Wife whipping is becoming too common.
Last night fellow named Devin took it
upon himself to assault poor little woman
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