The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-08-05
The county jail at Baker City is now in
abited by horse thief

aolted by horse thief.
On Monday of last week nine year old
son of w. j. Plymate became seriously IL
not dangerously burned while playing with
powder.
The weekly Register will commence its
regular issue next week at Albany, with
Col. Van Cleave, Editor and Proprietor.
A young man named Cox residing near
Knox Butte in Linn county, had his fore
arm broken between the wrist and elbow
last week .by the falling of a hay fork.
The Albany Register says there will be-
no rust in the Linn county wheat this year.
1t is reported that the mercury showed
lis in the shade at Umatilla on last Sum
day week.
Bert Thomas, breakman on the O. & G.,
R. r. had his foot crushed at Roseburg last
week, and viii be laid up for time.
On Sunday, the 10Th Uncle Billy Curran
killed two cougars that have been killing
sheep in the neighborhood of Cottage Grove.
He killed a large bear short time before
The Union Sunday School Convention Of
Oregon and Washington began session at
Seattle on Thursday last All the principal
transportation lines have agreed to give
half-fare rates.
Another case of smallpox was discovered
at Seattle this week, the victim being la
man named Davis, whose parents live in
Newcastle.
After investigation the o. X. & N. Co.
have made an estimate of the amount OF
wheat they are likely to move this fall FROM
the entire country east of the Cascades.
The footing up is 1000, 600 tons for the en-
tire crop. of which 72, 600 tons viii be ex-
ported This shows 80 or 20 per cent, more
than last year.
The sash and door factory of F. e. Bench
& Co, at Portland was burned last Saturday.
The building belonging to Mrs. Holiday
was almost destroyed, The machinery iT
it was valued at about $1,000 the damage to
it is not precisely known.
Miss Minnie May Is years old, daughter
of J. D. May, Portland, accidentally shot
and killed herself with pistol while hand.
ling it on last Friday.
On Tuesday of last week at Drains fire
caught and totally destroyed Anlauf's ware.
house and hall and Krewson & Cos ware
house and the stock corrall belonging to the
o. & c. railroad. 1900 bushels of wheat,
1000 lbs of wool, 4O00 lbs salt and $40
worth of instruments belonging to the brass
band were slso destroyed.
On the afternoon of the 25th, a thresher
belonging to Mr.. Geiss took fire by friction.
while he was threshing grain on farm Of
Judge Lasatar's on the touehet, but leased
by man named Wood, The power, thresh-
er and quite an amount of grain was con-
sumed; loss about $1,000.
Mr. VIM. Reid, m inager of the narrow
gauge railroad. has received telegraphic
dispatch from Mr.. Willard to proceed with
out delay in securing the ribht of way for
the road from Portland to Junction City.
A Mr.. Add Fisher and Mr.. Dustin Of
Portland were driving young horse on the
sandy road Portland last week. The horse
became frightened upset the buggy ran back
into Portland run into an express wagon and
stampeded. The horse who took a lively
turn around another block, then ran into q
Dr's team but the M. d. held his horse
strange to say after all this running no
particular harm was done.
Klamath Lake is about 81 miles in Length
and Is miles in width, and for steamer ex-
cursionsis one of the loveliest and most pic
turesque. The Klamath Indian Agency,
where some 800 or 900 indians are quartered;
is on Wood River, about four miles further
up this stream is Fort Klamath. The new
steamer has been much needed and is ex-
pected to be kept busy. In the course OF
time, an effort may be made to build canal
with locks at Link River, which joins Big
Klamath with little klamath Lake, the lat
ter being mostly in this county, and when
this is accomplished the boat could also con-
tinue down the Klamath River as far as
Plevina.
One of the span of horses employed to
draw the engine of Willamette Company, 4
No. l was taken sick few days since, and
was removed to Goddard's stable for treat
ment says the Standard. His disease was
brain fever and yesterday he became insane
and destroyed the manger, etc., on the
loose box in which he was kept, and finally
broke down the side Of the stable and es-
capped by the narrow passage at one side to
the street He ran up Morrison street to
Fourth where he fell. BE got up and ran
against the fence in front Of Mr.. Cnas. Brays
residence, at the cornor Of Fourth and Nor
rison streets, breaking it dowa, and then
went up on the front porch and down into a
narrow passage at the side of the house and
over another porch and round to the rear OF
the house, up three steps on the porch and
turning short to the right, went into mar
row woodshed where there was scarcely.
room for him. Here he dashed himself
against the wood and the house to the great
alarm of Mrs Bray, bruising and cutting
himself horribly and entirely demolishing q
stove which had been placed there till needed.
A hostler from the stable and Officer Coakley
arriving, the unfortunate animal was ham-
strung to prevent his infiicting any further
damage, and a pistol being procured he was
shot. The side Of the shed had to be pulled
down to get the carcass ont, which was 1nfs
mediately carted away.