The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-11
GENERAL NEWS.

A case of smallpox is reported at the
pest house in Salem.
An A. o. U. w. lodge is 10 be instituted
at Spokane Falls.
A womans suffrage association is to meet
at North Yamhill on the 10th.
The total amount of wheat produced in
Oregon this year is 7, ,4sO, ,OlO.
so feet of water front at the foot of Union
in Seattle was lately sold for 5000.
The total assessed valuation of property
in Washington Ter, in 1881 is $25, 7S6, AIS.
The California raisin crop this year
amounts to Isl 900 boxes.
A six and one-half ounce nugget was
found inRed Rock gulch Idaho recently.
The Nevada and Oregon railroad is to be
completed from Reno to Goose Lake some
time in 1882
The Dalles aspires to pork packing notori.
ETY. which may some day equal to Chicago.
Why shouldent it!
During the past month over 5000 bales
of hops were shipped from the Puyallup
yards to San Francisco.
A large three story grist mill is being
built at Dayton w. T., by Messrs Morris,
Sargent 4 Kinney.
Elections took place last Tuesday: in
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massa-
chusetts and Mississippi.
A considerable number of sheep have
died in the neighborhood of Heppner Of
late. Cause not knoxn,
The Colma left Portland the fore part of
the week bound for Hong Kong, taking
$50, Chinese passengers.
$1,000 worth of logs were recently lost
by Sanbert and Noble, by the sudden rise
in the North Umpqua river.
The Yankee Fork Herald comes to hand
this week printed ON brown paper. Cause
alledged, bad roads and delay of material.
A memorial has passed the territorial
legislature asking Congress to unite the
northern counties of Idaho to. Washington.
Mrs. w. M. Hand received $1,000 yester-
day, the amount due on the policy of her
late husband, as member of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen.-W. w. States
men.
Sydney, New South Wales, is to have
the largest electric light in lighthouse in
the world. The merging beam is to have a
luminous intensity exceeding 1900, 600,
candles.
An early ripe sharper recently from Kan.
sas undertook to rope in couple of chaps
at Townsend w. T. few days ago: but
after buying 81, ,OSO worth of experience he
jumped the game.
According to tho Plaindealsr = large
panther was treed near Deer Creek last
week. by q 13 year old boy who stood
guard till help came and captured Mr..
Panther.
By the premature discharge of blast of
giant powder on the railroad works below
Texas Ferry, few days since. two China
men were killed and another seriously
injured.
It is reported that Captain Hatch, owner
| of the river steamer A. A. McCully, will
build dock and warehouse at the foot Of
State street. Salem, during the present
| Winter.
Prof. Bruner, travelling in the interest Of
the Agricultural Department at Washington
decides that the grasshoppers which have
visited w. T., are identical with the hoppers
| of Kansas. Thus il . vexed question
| settled.
After over month of delay in the Jack
Powers case, the motion for . new trial
| is denied and he is sentenced to be hanged
Dec. 23d. Exceptions were filed by counsel
for defendent and will be carried to the
| supreme court.
Hon. A. L. Waldon, of Josephine county,
| died on Saturday, October 30, of consump-
tion, in his 54th year. Deceased was .
prominent citizen Of Southern Oregon,
having been twice elected to the Legislature.
He was also a Mexican war veteran.
A star, called Pilgrim, which was observ
cd IN 945, 1854 and 1856 is expected by
astronomers to appear before long. It is
described in 1872 as brighter than Jupiter,
If it appears it will probably be visible for
several weeks In the constellation of Cassie.
pedia.
The suit long pending between the Ore.
gon central (west side) road and Ben Holli-
day Jun and others, for fourteen blocks of
land lying northwest Of the Clarendon
hotel Portland, has been decided in faver
of the railroad.
Two strange mon entered China wash
house in Goldendale last Friday evening.
and without cause or provocation assaulted
the inmates with pistols, beating one Chi
naman over the head and shooting the
other through the body from the effects Of
which he died soon after. They then made
their escape.
There is to be q grand masquerade ball
given at the pavilion in Portland Thaknsgiv.
| ing night under the auspices of the A. O.
U. w. fraternity of that city, which it il
expected will surpass any thing ever yet
held in Oregon in magnitude and grandeur
1 Rev. s. A. Cruzan long and fovorably
known as pastor of the Congregational
Church in portland, has rendered his resig
nation, to accept Q similar position in Hon
lulu. This he does for tho benefit of hil
wife health.
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