The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-12-16
GENERAL NEWS.

The thermometer stood at deg. below
zero at Yakima City w. T. on the I'd inst,
There is snow on thu Thomas and Ruck-
les road across the blue mountains, two feet
deep.
A band of 60 horses sold at auction at.
PrineviIle lately at an average of $62 54
each.
| }. FL. Huffer, school clerk, has finished
| the assessment of Jacksonville district
Taxable property to the amount of $3.50, ,07S
was returned-an increase of $4I. .5l4 over
last year.
| There is now at Blue Mountain station
| I25, GOO sacks of wheat, of which great;
proportion lies out unsheltered, while the
rest is slowed away under every available
| covering, and it is expected that I6 600
| sacks more will be brought to that place..
One firm, McKinzie & Cavanah, have ship
ped 6IS, 200 pounds and have FIVE car loads
ready for shipment.
| Mr.. Armstrong, who was taken to The
Dalles pest house on his arrival at that
place from Raker City recently, died of the,
smallpox on the 9th inst He was 62 years.
old and was in route to Eugene City to.
visit his daughter, Mrs. Rankin. He has
| two brothers in wasco county, one of whom
| took charge Of the remains and had them
inferred in the city cemetrys. at The Dalles,,
John Burns of White river w, T., has
returned from San Fran cisco, where he sold
his years hop crop. On ten acres of land
he picked ten tons of hops for which he
received S5OOO One thousand dollars
was sufficient to pay expenses. thus leaving
him the snug little sum of $1,000 for his
seasons work.
| Is is reported unoficially that no traces
I of poison have been found in the stomach Of
| Mr.. Teller'who died under such suspicious
circumstances at his residence in polk
county few days since. The official report
viii not be made until the 10th inst.
At the request of Senator Grover, Gener>
al Hazen has recommended an appropria-
tion of 81 200 for the purpose Of constructs
ing telegraph line from Astoria to Tilla-
nook Rock, and $4,000 for telegraph
line between Cape F1attery and Port
Townsend.
Monday Of last week some freight cars,
standing on side track Of the narrow gauge
road at Brownsville, were started by a.
| strong wind down grade. Below them stood
baggage car. To prevent a collision o.
S. Nickel, a brakeman, who was standing
by, ran to the moving train for the purpose
of applying the breaks, and climed the
ladder at the end of the car nearest him.
Before he could get on top a collision teok
place and he was caught at the waist be-
tween the projecting roof of the baggage
and the end of the freight car and instantly
killed. Mr.. Nickel was about twentyfour
years old, unmarried and has been in the
company's employ about three months.
The Aurora Colony has finally been dis
solved, says the Statesman and the land
and personal property has all been divided
in manner that is entirely satisfactory to-
every one. Their property has for years
all been in common, the business being
managed by few of the leaders, who had
carefully attended to the interests of the
Colony and succeeded in accumulating
large amount of valuable property. Now
each of the different members has a COM
! Portable home of their own, and as they ara
industrious and thrifty people they will
! no doubt succeed in their new Departure.
Hon. JohnsGeisy, who has been settling up
their affairs, yesterday discharged his
bondsmen, everything having been settlea.
He reports the people contended and happy
in their new homes. ss sT
The Pioneer Press is reliably inforined
that President Willard, of the Northern u
Pacific Railway, has recently completed u
contract with Mr. Edison. ssthe Wizard Of
Menlo Park, for the construction of fifty
miles of railway in Minnesota during tl.,s
next year, upon which Mr.. Edison is =,
test the efficiency of his electrical ersi.s.s 2
as motive power fer railroads. Rniness
states that Mr.. Willard agrees to pay a;r. 3
Edison stipulated sum for the entire roa..
if the new power works satisfactorily, and
the latter will be backed in his novel
enterprise by capitalists abundantly abls
and willing to risk large amounts in making
an experiment of the success of which the
great inventor seems entirely confident s.
and certain. .st. .s,,s.
Placards have been posted around town
Of late stating that bridge builders were s
wanted to work ON the Northern Pacific
railroad. An agent of the company engage,
three men for that purpose a short time
and they went away up to the Pen d'Oreille
division Of that road, only to be informed q
that there was no work for them there. ~,
They then demanded passes for their return
to this city, which were refused. Two Of
them paid their way back here, the third
unfortunately not having enough money to
pay his fare, was obliged to remain. The
two who returned instituted suit against
the company for damages, and employed
Mr.. D. Goodsell to attend to the case,
The matter was compromised by the com,
pany, paying each of the men $50 and
settling the lawyers bill. There is evidently
no more men needed on Ithe n. P. Z. r.
az rresent iuduino from the shabby way