The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-02
GENERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Theres.are twenty-eight railroad stations
between,th Dalles and Dayton.
Twenty two hundred tons OF freight were
handled at the wharf boatssat the Dalles on
saturday and Sunday in 3S hours.
One hundred car loads of railroad :mater.
ial arrived at the Dalles, Friday evening of
week before last.
Robt. J. Margh, editor of the Dalles
Times, was married last week to Miss Marie
E. Smith. of Salem.
Thayer has appointed Mr.. Emanuel Meyer,
of Salem, Brigadier- General of the Brigade
of Oregon Militia, vice Mart v. Brown, de-
ceased.
Governor Thayer has appointed Mr.. Sol
Ripinsky, of Salem, member of his staff
with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
A Puget Sound Iron company is about to
erect rolling mills, the exact locality being
as yet undetermined, but will be some
where on the Pacific coast.
The New Northwestagives an account of a
hideous monster in the form of man who
brutally beats his wife. His case should be
attended to by some one who can admins
ter to him something of. a like nature.
Mr.. Peter Stenger's house at Harney val
ley was burned to the ground with all its
contents on the 10th inst. Five hundred
dollars Of Uncle Sans promises to pay, and
$4OO in coin were in the house, Loss So, 900.
On Saturday last young man named
William N. Babcock while walking through
the timber near Mount Vernon, w. T., was
struck ON the head by the falling limb of q
tree and was so severely injured that he
died two hours after.
The Burlington Hawkeye thinks there is
no use worrying!about the tendency of Gig
arctic smoking to destroy the boys lives,
because the boy who smokes cigarettes will
generally be improved by killing.
The walls of the new insane asylum, says
the Statesman, are rapidlys assuming shape
and proportion. The entire structure will
be under roof by the first of January if no
untoward Observation-Disclosures.
The O. R. & N. Co. estimate that they are
making preparations to move about $4,000
bushels of wheat from this section of the
| country this season. This IS an increase of
35 per cent. over last st--year.-Dayton Chron-
icle.
It is reported that the o, R. l. N. Co.
will take up the foreign made iron on their
track along the Columbia river, replace it
with American iron, and then transfer the
road to the N. P. R. R., in order to obtain
the land grant to be earned by the latter.
-Dalles Times.
The Salem Mills company propose building
new mill this Summer on the bank of the
Willamette at Salem, with capacity to
grind 600 barrels of fonr per day. Mr.
Hurst of the company, formerly of this city
win go East to purchase. the most improved
machinery.
On his last trip George Washington, mail
carrier between Dallas and lAlsea, was stop.
| ped on the mountains this side of Alsea by a
rufian, who jumped in front of his horse
| with club. George jerked ont his revolver
and the would be robber suddenly disappear
ed. There was considerable valuable mail
matter in his charge.
| We learn from passengers On the down
train last week that little boy was acci
dentally killed at Latham station, neal
Cottage Grove, Lane county, on Monday
| afternoon. It seems that the little fellow
was standing on the platform, and, with q
stick in his hand, was striking the cars Of
passing freight train, Through inatten.
tion, he struck with the stick between two
cars, and, meeting with no resistance to his
stick, he lost his balance, and fell across the
track. The wheels of the remaining carr
passed over his breast, nearly severing his
body in two. His name was Martln, and he
was about nine years of Statesman.
Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Tupper, ot
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Hon. Dr.. Parker,
of halifax, N. s.; Collingwood Schreibe,
Esq, Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway and Manager of Government
railways; Mr.. L. v. Jones, secretary and
Mr.. A. Robertson, of Montreal, arrived ir
Portland last week by the steamship Ore
Igon. The party are en- route for British
Columbia Sir Charles is Minister Of Rail
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