The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-02
GENERAL NEWS.

at auction at Astoria for $l25.
An effort will be made this winter to have
Alaska organized as territory.
Troop G. First Cavalry, Col Bernard
commanding, has been ordered back from
Arizona to McDermitt, Nevada, their former
rendezvous.
The town of Alkali op, the railroad twelve
miles above Blalock's station is rapidly
raising it's head up in the world. It now
has about thirty houses built, one hotel,
one restaurant, blacksmith shop,
butchers shop, two livery stables, and three
stores. Oregenian.
The Northern Pacific Company contem-
plates the sale of large tract Of land SEQ
miles west of Bismark to an English land
company.
The Daily Oregonian will be issued on
Sundays hereafter commencing Dec. 4th.
Says the walla Walla Union: since the
grand jury adjourned several banks have
been opened up by Mr.. Pharo.
A hard freeze is reported in Lake county.
The mountains are covered with snow and
blowing in the valleys has been suspended
The hospital projected by the employees
of the ,. R. d N. Co. in the The Dalles for
the care of patients among their number, is
now ready for use.
Ordnance Sergeant James Bridges, who
| died at Walla Walla garrison last week, had
been in the army Al years, had fought in the
Mexican war and was 60 years old.
| John Gately, arrested for the supposed
murder of Morgan Riley at Portland, as
mentioned in another place, proved an alabi
and was discharged.
DISPATCHES from San Francisco contain
the rumor, that the Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company has obtained possess
sion of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany's northern line, including the Portland
and Puget Sound lines from San Francisco.
The officers of the Edith Lorne have been
exhonerated for all blame for the loss of the
vessel on the Columbia bar as mentioned
last week.
| Prosecuting attorney Caples says that the
fines collected at the last term af court in
C1ackamas county will nearly pay all its
| expenses. so there will be but little cost to
the country.
| The Ashland Tidings says that the woolen
manufacturing company at that place has
just shipped abent 1900 pounds of blankets
and flannels to Roseburg, for the Will.
goods to California.
Col. J. 7. Long of Kentucky has been
engaged as grand lecturer of the Good
Templars of Oregon for six months, and
will lecture in HilIsboro on Thursday,
Dec. lst.
Mechanicss n busily engaged at th'
Dalles car sh', n the manufacture OF :
snow plow to used during the coming
winter.
John Gately been arrested at Port
land, charged with the murder OF Morgan
, Riley. who was found on wharf OF tha
: CITY in dying condition. He was taker
5 to the hospital, where he remained uncon
a sious for several days a1d died.
. A cannery is to be built on Tillamool
, bay next spring, says a. correspondent j
the Reporter
+ Died, at the residence of N. o. Parker
4 near Turner, ON Thursday evening, Nov
24th, Mrs. Elizabeth Cornelius, at the az
!. of 81 years. She came to this country wit
d her husband rn As.
d The committee appointed by the board
t. trade to secure funds to send represents
II tive to Washington to assist in securing a
> appropriation for the improvement of tt
y Columbia and Willamette rivers, have r.
% ceived 2,75O, and expect to raise So, Ooo.-
Standard.
d Died, at her home in Douglas count.
e. Nov. 10th, 1881, Mrs. Mary Gilmore, age
e; Ss. She was born in Lee county. Va, No
Sd, l793-was married to James Gilmore
D. 1914; emigrated in an early day to Missouri
u and to Oregon in 1852 and settled on far
ID on Deer Creek, Douglas county. She w
al the mother of fourteen children, sixty graz
Is. children, fifty great-grand children, and OF
ne great-great grand child.
T. The following articles of incorporate
have been filed in the Office of the Secreta
NC of State: The Umatilla and Wild.hor
Flume and Ditch Company; object. to co
=. struct and maintain fume or ditch
=. carry water for mechanical or other pr
IL poses from the Umatilla river to. at or ne
'm the mouth of Wlld-horse creek; capt.
NC stock, $4,000, incorporators, 7. J. Gallah
ne s. L. Burrills R. E, Stewart, J. N, Gallah
OF and s. C. Craft, with head Office at Cent?
Vile.
of
a. On last Monday Miss Lou. Holman,
~ McMiunyille, met with very painfai &C
ws dent at the residence of Mrs. Cooper.
ed attempting to go down stairs, she lost
,,,t footing and was preciptated to the bott
II she struck the corner Of the stairs in fall
"a and it is thought that one of her ribs
..r fractured, besides receiving several VI
me painful bruises.
er- Grant county News: Some weeks I
the Settlemire 4 Starr discovered another L
It of gold bearing quartz, distant mile
vo- more from the one they have been work
lpy on Dixie creek, above Prairie City. II
nan Immediately set to work on the
at discovery. The rock had to be packed
dis their arastra ON horses, az there was