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

a New town to be called Fillmore is be-
ing started ON the narrow gauge, five miles
| west of Silverton.
STILL INsANE,-Dr. Tanner has made
| proposition to the medical fraternity of
| New York, to fast three months and to
accomplish the feat with the aid of electric
ity.
VIM. Collins, an old and respected citizen,
died suddenly on Monday at his residence
at Collins landing on the Columbia. He
is one of the oldest Masons in the State and
has been member of the Willamette Lodge
No. for many years. His remains will be
brought to Portland for interment at the
hands of his brethren.
A Chinanan employed on a gravel train
on the West side road between Indepen-
dence and McMinnville lost an arm On Sat-
urday last, by being knocked down and a
car passing oyer it. The bones of the arm
was pulverised between the elbow and the
wrist and but few shreds remained to
hold it together. He refused to have an
amputation performed and was sent to Port
land to be treated by a Chinese physician.
A Cinnamon bearing the musical name of
HUG Gung was arrested in Portland, on
Sunday morning while ON his knees going
through some of his heathenish devotional
exercises. His countrymen stated that he
was suffering from an overdose of the Chi
nese religion He is disciple of DR.. TAM
ner and utterly refuses to eat anything.
He was examined hy Judge Rice aud COM
nlitted to the insane asylum.
Jack Powers having sufficiently recovered
from the severe wounds received in the fatal
affray at Portland on the Fourth, to enable
him to make his appearance in court will
come up before Justice Petrain for preIimi-
nary examination to-day. Messrs Bellinger
& Gearin and Williams, Hill, Durham,
Thompson & Mays, will appear for the de-
fence Messrs Caples and Mulky will con-
duct the prosecution.
In response to fire alarm recently in
Portland, No Ones placed their engine over
| the cstern at the intersection of Third and
Morrison. When the cover was removed
some fire from the engine falling down a
slight explosion took place and a column of
! fame several feet in height burst out and
burned for some minutes. 1t seems that
gass pipe passing the cistern was leaking
and had filed it with the infamable mater
ial. No damage was done.
| A bold robbery was committed in East
| Portland on Sunday last by three urchins,
the Oldest of whom was but IA years of age.
A grocery store belonging to Mr.. Bright
haupt, situated in Stevens addition, was en-
tered by the little rascals about noon, where
one of them was discovered by Is pssser by,
helping himself to various things The
| alarm was given and the remaining two
were captured during the afternoon. They
were found to have stolen about twelve dol
lars in money, two freshly filled jars of can
. dy, several pounds of shot, cigarettes, etc.
They were taken to Jail but were bailed out
by their parents.
Two men who own a sheep camp in the
mountains near Pendleton report the rot
berry of the cabin some days ago by bear.
He went through the pots and kettles clean
ing them of whatever they contained, ate
several cakes of tallow, took out box OF
provisions, dragged the bed out of the house
and carried the blankets out and piled them
up on a log. The herder came in on him
and caught him in the act but had no gun.