The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-09-09
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ed working on II.
Mrs. Grace Bell, of Union county,
was committed to the asylum few
days since. Her insanity resulted
from domestic troubles.
About 1000 pickers will be requlr.
ed TO take care OF the Puyallup hop
crop. Work In the hop fields VIII
commence at once.
The japanese pheasauts let loose
In clatsop county last year have not
been heard from. It Is feared that
they have been killed by eagles.
Geo. Graham OF Beaver Creek,
Clackamas county, threshed Off OF
seven acres OF oats 352 bushels, which
Is more than 80 bushels to the acre
and this too on land that has been
farmed for many years.
Cattle In the Wallowa valley are stIll
dying off and II seems there IL no
remedy for the plague. Opinions
differ rs 10 whether II Is the black
leg or not.
The mill a. Pataha City Ii running
night and day, turning out from so
to 75 barrels OF flour per day. fheIr
large eranary Is being rapidly filed
with eho.ce grain.
Bramlett, Orendorf & Go. have
banked 81 900 railroad ties opposite
to the depot at Dayton, aud are de-
livering them 10 the q. II. Il N. Co.
as flst as men ard teams can handle
them.
Hop picking began Ia Polk county
On the lSt insi. The yield or wheat
In the vicinity OF Buena Vista Is not
80 good as was expected. Fall wheat
light, spring wheat good. An average
crop Is the result.
The oswego Iron Co. intend shut
ting down some time next week for
the purpose OF putting In new hearth
the old one having burned out. This
Is an expensive repair, as the huge
stones have 20 be brought from Ohio,
and cost In the neighborhoOd OF $1,000.
The coal shipment from Seattle for
August aggregated 49, tons. Add
cd to the shipment OF the previous
seven months, the total coal exports
since the first OF last January, reach
the respectable figure Of o., $50 tons,
against 90, l72 tons during the same
period OF 1880.
On Monday night the steamer Mel.
lie landed at Seattle with about 5000
salmon from Mukilteo, and finding no
sale for the iish, anchored out in the
bay and threw them overheard. They
were OF the haddo variety, and the
cannery was using silver salmon and
had no use for them.
Tacoma Ledger: Thirty additional
miners are TO be put 10 work at once
In the Carbon IIIll coal mines and
two new tunnels started. The new
owners are Croker, Stanford and
Huntington. II Is within reason TO
say that rs s0os ~ sufficient trans
portation can be secured the output
Of the mines will be 1000 tons per day.
Last week w. Il. Jolly OF Washing.
ton county harvested seven acres Of
wheat sown on 'slashing" where the
sinmps occupied large part OF the
ground. Two acres Of IL were sown
In Mouh's White Winter wheat,
which yielded 81 bushels to the acre
machine measure and he believes 1t
viii go 40 bushels by weight.
Royal & Rudder haze completed
the bridge across the YamhIll at Laf-
ayelte. The bridge Is 1000 feet long
reaching from bluff to bluh, at an
average hight Of % feet, except the
span across the channel which Is 6s
feet above low water. The main span
Is 125 feet In length, and Is what In
styled an iron combination bridge.
Another span of GO feet clears the
river channel, and II necessary can be
taken out and draw put In. 1t is
thought, however, that boats can pass
under the bridge at any stage Of
water.
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