The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-16
GENERAL NEWS.

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Ed Geary, son of DIR. Geary of Eugene,
has gone to Philadelphia to finish his Med
| ical education.
A. L. Gray, the absconding forger from
| Albany has been heard of ir San Francisco,
but there all traces of him fail.
James Condra of Linn county near Halsey
has been adjudged insane, and sent to East
Portland.
Secretary Window has decided that there
is no law to receive mutilated silver coin,
and public officials will not receive it.
! Some cavalry stationed at Walla Walla
have been ordered south to take part in the
Apache war.
Insendiary fires are becoming alarmingly
frequent in Portland and paid fire de-
partment is being agitated.
A Chinaman was terribly mangled about
the face by a gunpowder explosion at the
Cascades a few days ago. His eyesight
was entirely destroyed.
MIR. S. Wilhoit, of South Brownsville,
fell out of large plum tree last week, and
broke two of his ribs, by falling on bucket.
Upwards of one million feet of lumber are
cut daily oh Puget Sound, yet the demand
is beyond the supply.
Willard has secured control Of the coal
trade on the Sound, and owns nearly all
the steamships on these waters.
i Lafe Williams, one of Salem,s crack shots,
who is now at Upper Soda, has killed four
teen big fat deer and one bear.
A capitalist from San Francisco is at
present sojourning in Salem, and is looking
around to see what the prospects are for
starting wooden mill at that point.
EXTREMES. heavy snowstorm prevail
ed in the Black Hills on the 7th, and on the
same date the thermometer stood at lO2
degrees in the shade in Wilfield Pa.
The Catholics of Bandon, Coos county,
Greg IN and neighhorhood, are erecting a
nice little church at that place under the
direction of Rev. John Heinrich who at
tends the extensive Missions Of Southwest
ern Oregon.
NJ S. Monteith, has sold his job Office at
Albany to Messrs Watts and Godfrey, OF
Salem, the latter gentlemen will continue
the business at Albany.
Albany now has reading room open to
all from $50 to 9 P. NJ. where the latest
papers and magazines can always be found,
) as well as a fine assortment of books, this
is movement we hope. to see Corvallis
| initiate SOON.
Persons receiving annoying and abusive
postal cards through the mails, may now
direct the postmaster at the points named
to destroy all cards addressed to him OF
cards from any person named.
Last week the Reed brought down some
cavalry and soldiers from Walla Walla. and
the Dixie Thompson, brought them horses
They left. on the next morning train fol
Roseburg. and thence overland to take part
in the war against the Apaches.
A gentleman by the name of Began
lately arrived from Ohio, entered com
LIANT at the police court lately that he had
been robbed during the previous night O.
$40 while sleeping in a room at the: Nortor
7 House at Portland.
A young man by the name of Caples, wht
lives at st. Johns, few days ago was goret
! in the face by an OK, and severely hurt
The horn entered his cheek near the mouth
. going through it, knocking two of his teeti
s out.
One day last week terrible slide occur
: ed ON the line of the O. R. & N. Co.'s road
s hundreds of tons of rock being precipitatet
e from a bluff near Tunnel No. 5, ten mile
! below The Dalles, in drift No. l, killing on
man named Gardner, aged twenty-three, I
native of Illinois, and injuring several other
among them Chinaman, who had his arm
broken.
q A drunken man got into Frank Wood
marble shop in Albany few nights since
and by accident knocked over some marbl
: work which in It's fall displaced others unit
r the shop presented much the appearance o
/. | China shop after the uninvited visit of
buil of course considerable damage wa
done, and Wood now talks of going after th
city for the damage.
: The Grand Encampment of Arabia
Knights met it annual session in Orego
City Sept. 1st and End there being but littl
= business to transact, an election of Gran
. officers was ordered with the followin
o result:
al Grand Commander Sir ]. B. Fithian
:, Dept. Grand Com. Sir Thos. Fields
Grand Capt. Gen. Sir John Schram
= Grand Warden Sir John Mcdonald
Grand Conductor Sir .R II. Bambet,
# Grand Secretary, Sir John NJ. Bacon
|. Grand Treasurer. Sir VIM. Singer
Grand Standard Bearer, Sir j. B. Howel
Z Grand Lecturer, Sir. L. Gomez
d Grand Sentinel, Sir B. II. Barclay
Il The encampment then went into secre
II session for the transaction of importar
business, which will be communicated I
subordinate encampments by means Of th
!" usual cypher.
]. The Grand Encampmsnt adjourned
meet At the call of the Grand Commands