The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-12
STATE NEWS,


Notwithstanding all the molern improve
ments of husbandry, the matrimonial har-
vest is still gathered with the cradle and
thrashed by hand.-Bedrock Democrat
The Bedrock Democrat says r. Brownlee,
of Weiser City, was recently kicked in the
pit of the stomach by a vicious horse and
died of his injuries within thirty hours.
Coos Bay news:--A number of horses
have been stolen in Goose lake valley re-
Gently, and the residents of that section
believe there is well organized banl of
horse thieves operating about the Oregon
and Nevada line.
J. P. True of Jackson county, has ten
acres of grain that will compare favorably
with the best anywhere. He estimates
that it will yield at least 60 bushels per acre.
From one head of wheat alone he got 98
kernals.
A disease supposed. to be the scarlet rash,
is becoming epidemic among the children of
Jacksonville.
Criekets and grasshoppers continue abund-
ant in Lake county and are doing some dam
age to growing crops.
The tug Escort made trip to Yaquina
Bay last week. Several Marshfelders
avaied themselves of the opportunity to
visit that place.
Rock-cod, halibut and founders are re-
ported to be plentiful at Port Oxford by a
| correspondent.
Half Byron had his sluiccs robbed on
Canyon creek on the night of the 22nd.
Jacksonville Sentinel-A large natural
| cave has been discovered at the head Of
| Williams creek, in Josephine county, Or.
| It consists of a series of subterranean cav
| erns or chambers, through which a person
can walk for some 400 or 500 yards from
| the entrance, and there are still other
chambers beyond, the entrances to which
are too small to admit person, but could
be enlarged sufficiently, it is thought, by
little labor with pick and hammer
| J. A. Howard received telegraphic in.
structions from Portland last week to 60
ahead with the railroad survey through
Rogue River valley.
Fifteen hundred dollars belonging to the
estate of j. P. Baker, deceased, was shipped
to the State Treasurer this week by the
administrator, John Ashpole, no heirs hav.
ing been found. =
A telegraph line now building north
from Reno, Nevada, inspires our Goose
lake brethren with the hope that the wires
| will soon connect them with the outside
world.
a heavy water spout or cloudDurst passed
over the country near Lakeview on the 29th
ultimo. Apparently large volume Of
water poured from the clouds in an unbroken
stream for nearly thirty minutes after being
discovered, Times.
The Eugene Guard says Richard Rush
| while hunting with party from here last
week, in the Calipooia Mountains, discover.
ed two deer standing together, and killed
both dead at one discharge of his shotgun.
While coming down the Columbia above
the Cascades, on last Monday, 8 miles below
the Dalles, the little steamer Gold Dust oi
| the Scott independant line, met with an ac-
cident. which resulted in the death of the
engineer, Theodore Potts. As far as can be
learned, she was coming along under full
head of steam with eight passengers on
board, and when opposite Craig's Point a
stay-bolt blew out, and in the excitement
/ r a Jora pn+f roc,dorf
of Portland, frightened by escaping steam,
plunged out of the window and fell over
board, and before help could reach him. was
drowned.
Dr. A. N. Belt is lying dangerously i'll at
his residence in Independence.
On last Sunday night at Portland Peter
Clarke who had been boss section hand on
the O. & c. R. r., dropped suddenly dead on
the street. 1t is said that he had heart
disease caused by excessive drinking.
BY the sudden caving in of bank rs
feet high in the hydraulic placer claims of
Carpenter & Jones, near Baker City, three
men were buried under large pile of debris.
Two Of them, Jones and Carpenter, were
rescued, being hurt very little. OF a sud-
den, a second and larger slide occurred,
burying the third man, Parker. under many
feet of earth and rocks. A large force Of
men were ten hours digging him out. Mr..
Parker was an old resident and highly
respected citizen Of Baker county.