The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-09
GENERAL NEWS.

tons of coal at Seattle in l3 hours.
Wheat hay is worth SIS to $40 per ton at
Spokane Falls; timothy, SIS to SIT.
The Bank exchange corner in Seattle was
sold few days since for $4,000.
Peter McCaskill died at New Tacoma
l asst week of smallpox.
Six hogs weighing in the aggregate 1000
pounds dressed, were brought into Van
couye1 few days since.
coast during the last year.
There were thirteen marriage licenses
issued in Marion county during November.
Fire occurring few days ago at the
Upper Cascades burned one saloon and FIVE
houses.
Cassius Barlow is engaged in getting out
large number of ties at Max Ramsby's
farm on Molalla.
Persons who crossed the mountains from
Tillamook last week report Is inches of
snow on the route.
Baker Stewart OF Cottage Grove killed a
brown bear near that place recently that
weighed six hundred pounds.
The new dredge has been completed at
Portland and is now at work on st. Hellens
bar in the Columbia,
The Western Union Telegraph company
on last Tuesday finished line into Grange
City and Texas Ferry.
The British ship Beecroft cleared from
Portland last Tuesday for Queenstown with
IO,O9l centals wheat and 22,5 barrels
flour, valued at Sl27, ,I76.
A band of from 1000 to 1000 antelope
has been seen recently between Harvey VAL
ley and Canyon City, Grant county.
Carrier pigeons are to be experimental
with for carrying news from Ellensburg to
San Francisco
During rhe past fiscal year the yield Of
gold and silver for Montana was IS, 500, 900,
of which S., ,OOO, 900 was silver and So, 5OO,-
600 was gold.
A handsome monument has been placed
at the grave of Capt. L. L. Williams in the
Roseburg cemetery. 1t is of italian marble
and cost about $1,000.
The past season three new vessels were
built at Marshfeld and two at North Bend,
(Coos bay) the former about 700 tons and
the latter about 900 tons burden, but of less
measurement.
1t is claimed that Mr.. r. Koehler, man.
ager of the Oregon and California railroad
has said that this road will be extended
to Ashland by the end of next year. The
iron has been bought.
Geo. w, Weidler is building and has
nearly finished an immense barge, $50 feet
long 40 feet wide and feet hold, which
will have a carrying capacity of 1000 tons;
and will be the strongest craft of the kind
on the river.
A revival has been in progress during the
past month at Union and White school
houses in Powelrs valley, under the auspices
of the Methodist church. The converts
number over 100.
Willy Sparks, an old resident of Lane
county. now of Dayton, w. T., was repor-
ted dead from smallpoxa few days since
The report, TURNS out to be untrue, as he
has recovered from the disease.
Bills amounting to $780, 900 have been
sent to the Treasury Department at Wash
ington by different U. S. officials for mourn
ing materials used in draping public
buildings on the occasion of President
Garfield's death.
Linn stands fourth as wheat growing
county. Marion produced LOSS, 488
bushels; Yamhill, 957,sl6: Umatilla, 9l5,-
go; Linn, 9ll,4ll; Polk, Sl5,S96. The
whole product Of the State amounted to
!, ,4sO, ,0lO bushels.
Twenty-one vessels cleared from this
port during November. They took 615, 1893
centals of wheat, A, 639 barrels of -four,
6, lS4 cases of salmon, and LOIS cases of
dried fruit. The value of these twenty
one cargoes is 81, ,223, 754-Astorian.
Miss Dixon, pupil at the State Normal
School, il San Jose, Cal, sued Allen, the
principal, for defamation of character, and
the jury gave her damages to the amount
of $1,000. The trial lasted over a week
and elected great interest in the COM
munity.
The blackleg that has killed SO many
calves in the southern part of Grant county
has about ceased its ravages. Some few
are still dying in the Warner valley, but on
the Malheur and in Harney valley the
disease seems to have spent itself. Fully
one-half of the calves in the latter place
have died.
The o. r, & n, Co. on last Tuesday no.
titled shippers at Portland that they would
not receive powder for shipment by regular
boats, but would run a special steamer
when traffic justified. A meeting of dealers
in powder will be held to confer with the
general freight agent concerning dates on
which special boats will be despatched.
One day last week, an Indian came to the
cabin of A. J. Minar, located sixteen miles
from here, on the Little Spokane, and
offered for sale, teaspoonful of gold scales,
or dust. Mr.. Minar says the Indians in
that vacinity often show him nuggets as
large as white bean. They refuse to tell
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