The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-11-25
GENERAL NEWS.
Goldendals wants a bank.

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Reno ia to be enlightened. There is talk
of candle factory there.
Portland boasts of an imported spiritual
lst who beats the Dayenports.
Messrs ]. K. Gill & Co. will shortly pub
lish new directory of East Portland.
The well known clothing firm of Fishel
& Roberts of Portland have desolved part
nership.
Lewis Spores, formerly resident of
Lane county died from smallpox at Dayton,
w. T., short time since.
A Yamhill county hog, weighing 40
pounds when dressed was sold in Salem
last week, bringing $35, 25.
Simon Lane. youngest brother of Gen.
Joseph Lane, died at his home In Douglas
county on the l4th inst
The health officer at New Tacoma reports
that there have been total of 64 cases Of
smallpox deaths, II cases now in quarantine
80; number of cases recovered 81.
Chas. L. Mosher who edited the Benton
Blade at one time here, is now running the
Arizona Gazette, republican paper pub
lished at Phenix in Arazona. Good for
Charely glad to hear of his reform in
politics.
Bad spelling has let loose two horse
thieves on California society. The intelli-
gent jury spelled t.defendants" ''defend-
ances," and thereupon the thieves appealed
the case, and gained it. Juries ought to
have dictionaries provided.
VIM. Harkleroad of Klickitat county
recently had the misfortune to loose leg.
His friends have organized fifty cent fund
to raise means for the purchase of a cork
leg to supply the place of the lost member.
This will cost $40, $50 of which have already
been subscribed.
The public schools of Oregon are con-
Quoted at less expense than those of any
other state except Indiana California
schools cost five times and those of Nevada
ten times more than ours.
Mrs. Martha King of Walla Walla says
the Standard, has been adjudged insane
and committed to the asylum. She is the
mother of eight children and her malady is
supposed TO have been supcrinduced by the
loss of large property.
Mrs. Calista Trim, long resident of
Lane county, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs, J. r, Ellison, in Eugene
City, on the 18th instant, aged 76 years and
6 months.
The statement publishe ed few days since
that there is daily mail from Spokan Falls
to Colfax, was mistake. It is a tri-weekly
service. Beginning on the lst of December,
the mails will be carried through regularly
on the Northern Pacific railroad to Ventnol
at Pen d'Oreille lake.-Oregonian.
The following from the S. F. Bulletin
of the 14th: A report that the Central and
Southern Pacific Railroads had been block.
AIDED is not confirmed. The officers of the
two transcontinental railroads report that
trains are running on the Central Pacific al
all stations on time, and that overland
trains are arriving at Ogden and Deming on
time.
The cattle traffic of the Union Pacific is
growing to enormous proportions. A news
paper in Nebraska says that in 1876 this
road shipped east $4,000 head of cattle
Last year it shipped 14s, 400 head, and this
year the figures will reach 200, 900. 1t fire.
quently occurs that ten or twelve cattle
trains of so cars each go east from Cheyenne
and other points each day. When the
Northern Pacific il finished it's cattle traffic
will soon become even much larger thar
that of the Union Pacific.
Articles of incorporation of the Cascade
Forest Company were fled in the Office ot
the secretary of State. The incorporators
are r. J. Rodgers, James Weed, c. FL
Haynes, Robert M. Logan, G. F. Backers
and Geo. P. Crowell. Capital stock. S2l,.
600, Principal Office. Hood River, Wasce
county, Oregon, Duration, 80 years.
The Wood River Miner says that party
of surveyors in the employ of Willard are
en- route to seize upon and survey the only
practicable pass through the Saw-tootf
dence over the Union Pacific, who have
been making surveys in that direction.
Is this the only pass that Willard is trying
to gobble?- Statesman.
The ocean steamer building for Capt. q
j. Hatch at Albina, short distance below
Portlrnd, is nearly completed and will be
launched ON the 23d inst, The new steamer
will sail under the name of Yaquina, we
believe, and will have carrying capacity
of about 400 tons and so passengers. She
will run exclusively in the coast trade, and
if business iustifes can easily be changed
from 400 to 60O-tonner. Register.
The new steamboat Salem, built for the
narrow gauge railroad company, has beer
purchased by Capt, U. B. Scott and R. s
Oakley. and it is understood is to be
placed on the upper Willamette.
Greek met Greek in Buena Vista few
nights ago. Some boys charavaried new
married couple who would not come out
So they got upon the house and stopped
the chimney up to smoke them out Ther
! the inmates took the brand from the firs
and threw into the crowd singeing some o
them and they withdrew.
We learn that it is the intention of th,
company owning the Iron Mountain at tn,
head of Mohawk valley in Plumas county
to build rolling mill and foundry on theil
property soon. This will be a s'big thing