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

The Colfax academy school has moved
into their new building. Niss West is prin-
cipal, assisted by Miss Lucy Spaulding and
Miss Scott Montgomery.
Mr.. ]. N. T. Miller, who resides near
Jacksonville, has made $4,000 gallons of
wine from forty acre vineyard this year.
The Odd Fellows of Astoria are about to
erect the first brick building in that place.
Dakota expects to apply for admission as
state at the next session of congress.
Washington ought to be admitted too.
A great amount of breaking has been done
around the new town of Cheney, w. T.,
preparatory to next years crop.
The o. R. Il N. Co.'S new wharf, lO0x30,
at Salem is nearly completed.
Silver quartz has been found near the
coast. on the Skies river, that assays over
$40 a ton.
The shipments of butter from the Coquille
this year amounts to Is tons and the export
of fish will amount to $50, 900.
Owing to the confusion arising from SIM
ilarity of names of the steamship State of
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company has
changed the name of the latter to Eureka.
It is reported that the town gf Dayton,
w. T., owing to the prevalence of smallpox
there, has been q.arantined by the suthor-
tiles, no one being allowed to pass into or
out of it except the mail agent.
Some citizens Of Milton, U:natilla county.
lately treated OH Dr. Rlnearson to coat of
tar and feathers for having boasted of Sc
ducing neighbor's wife. Refusing to leave
after this complimentry hint, he was arres.
ted and held for trial.
The county Jail at Roseburg was burned
ON the Sd inst, Chas. Williams the only
occupant was burned to . crisp. 1t is sup
posed he undertook to burn his way out
and the fire got beyond his control.
The Willamette Bridge Co. have removed
the bents placed in the river at Portland last
spring. Drift accumulated around them and
threatened to cut the banks away by forcing
the current against them.
Thos. Brown, keeper of the life.saving
station at Cape Arag6, who was supposed
to have been lost on the bar last week,
came up all right after being at sea three
days in small boat with nothing to eat
but can of oysters and nothing to drink
but such rainwater as he could catch in his
hat
Bro. Dillon sends the following from AL.
bany: Our city of Albany is quite elated
over the assurance publicly made by Col.
L. E. Hogg, President of the Oregon Pacific
railroad company, that the railrord from
Yaquina Bay to Eastern Oregon will posi-
lively be built as fast as money and men
can built it.-Advocate.
Says the Democrat: The Portland press
ought not to be jealous of our new railroad.
Even after the completion of the Oregon Pa
cifc we will still have to go down there onco
in awhile-whenaver we sell liquor to In
dians, or dispose of whisky or tobacco with
out a license. Portland will still have its
Court.
Messrs. Hewett & Co. Wednesday oven
ing received telegram from Astoria stat
ing that the British bark G. Broughton,
Clementshaw, master, consigned to them
from Brisbane with 400 tons of coal on board
went ashore at Leadbetter point, at the
mouth Of Shoalwater bay on Monday last
She is lying easily in sheltered position
and the sands are dry around her at low
tide The crew are safe on board and the
captain is at Astoria A competant man
will be sent down to day to ascertain if it is
possible to get her off the sands. The
Broughton belongs to P. Iredale, of Glas-
cow. and is built of iron. Information was
at the same time received that fhe British
iron bark Lammerlan, TAG tons, Capt. Prin.
gle; ffofn Newcastle, New South Wales.
with cargo of coh for Rodgers Myer s.
Co, sank on Monday six. miles from the
shore, near Shoalwater Bay. The captain,
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