The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-10-21
GENERAL NEWS.
Work has commenced on the new railroa
shops at Sprague, w. T., and they will b
completed in sixty days,

completed in sixty days,
| A large amount of grain in the upper part
of Yamhill county was total loss owing to
rains during the latter part of September
Dayton bridge is to be protected from
| driftwood the coming winter by driving two
clusters Of lumber piles.
The steamer California left Portland last
Friday morning for Alaska with 300 tons OF
| freight.
Gen. Walker the Superintendent Of cen.
sus predicts that the census of 1890 will
475, 600.
| A returned prospector to Walla Walla
says that the bears are so numerous upou
Boise river that he was actually afraid to-
| stay there.
There is said to be not less than 90, 600
| bushels of grain seriously injured by the
| late raids in Lewis and Chehallis counties,
w. T., much of which will prove total
| loss.
The n. P. r. r. Co. has let the contract
for clearing and furnishing ties and timber
| for 100 miles of track from Lake Pen
| d'Oreil.e eastward to Small Bros. of Walla
| Wa.la. The railroad company is about to
| construct another steamboat on Lake Pen
| d'Oreille to assist in the transportation OF
| men and material needed in the construction
of the road eastward.
Tne many frieads Of Lieut.. Fred Schwat-
| ka, the talented Arctic explorer. will be
pleased to learn that he will remain in
Oregon. He yesterday received dis
| patch from head quarters. notifying him
| that he had ben appointed OIL the star of
| BIi. adler General Niles, Commander of the
| Department. of the Columbia, with head
| quarters at Vancouver. Statesman.
General Eli M. Barnum, resident OF
| Oregon between lS5I-6l, died at Salt
LaNe City on the 23d of September. Dur
ing his life i'll this State he resided in Salem,
and was at the time Democratic candidate
| for Governor of State. He organized the
| Odd Fellows as an order in this State, being
| charter member of Chemeketa Lodge
No. l.. He was law partner of the late
Hon. Jos. G. Wilson,
Waitsburg Times: Three members OF Mr.
John McCoy's family. about s miles south
east of town, have died with actual small
pox within the last seven days and more Of
tine family are down with the same disease,
but there has been none in town or nearer
| than that. We hear there are cases in
Dayton but how many is is impossible to
learn as the reports conflict. We also hear
| of cases near Walla Walla.
One of the features of the recent King
| county fair last week was the baby show,
the committe was composed of gentlemen
as might be expected considerable difficulty
in deciding was found, but decided prefer
ence was given to twins. MIR. Rusin in a
| speach delivering the prizes said that pref
| ference was given in all cases to the babies
who nearest resembled the committee men
| so no fault could be found.
| One evening last week Miss Maggie
Walker of LaGrand steped out to the well
| to procure bucket of water and the plank
on the well giving way she soon found her.
| self at the bottom of Is foot well in about
| two feet of water, she was Immediately res
cued, no damage was sustained beyond a
badly spraiuel ankle.
The young fish recently hatched from the
German Carp of Mr.. A. " Davis. who lives
near Wilhoit's Soda Springs, are doiug re-
markably we'll and growing very fast.
needing any can procure them after March
lst. by applying to A. V. Davis Molalla
Clackamas Co.
A party consisting of Messrs. E. j.
Maxwell, Pugh, Fisher and Bedbury, left
lately for the mines on the Canal Fork. of
Santiam They took stock of provisions
and will spend the Winter there. There
has lately been eleven extension taken up
which is said to be very rich deposit of
galena ore-Portland Standard.
Zone hundred and ninty eight arrests were
made by the Portland police during the
mouth of September, as follows: Assault
and battery Is. drunk and disorlely l19.
larceny 7. disordely conduct l3, burglary !,
abusive anil obscene LANGUAGE s. carrying
baskets suspended ON poles ON sidewalk I,
disordely by fighting 5, driving through
streets prohibited by ordinance l, assault
with intent to- commit rape l, intent to
rescue priso ner 2, deserter from the U. s.
army /, contempt of court /, murder 2,
obstructiEg streets q insane !, insane en-
route to asylum 2, escaped convicts recap
tured |, saving wood on sidewalk l, driving
horses ON sidewalk /, obstructing sidewalks
3.
We don't want a 4iehama girl for lung tes-
ter At a singing school mp there, the 9TH
er night, young man was bragging about
the strength of his lungs, and invited girl
in the com pany to hit him in the breast.
She Said she was left handed, had been
washing that day ,and was tired and didn't
feel very active, but at his urgent request
| let 90 at him. When his friends went to
PICK him up, he said he thought he would
! die easier j, ing down. He had lost all rec
ollections of having any lungs, but the
/ Young woman conseIed him by admitting
| that she ,lidns hit him as hard ss she mig ht
have done because she rather liked him.
| Vidette.