The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-23
GENERAL NEWS.

Lane county and southern part of Linn.
Diptheria is reported in Sheridan Yamhill
| county.
Work has been commenced on the New
Presbyterian church at Ilwaco.
About 20 emigrant wagons per day pass
through Boise City bound for Palouse.
The Southern Oregon pioneers have re-
union at Ashland on the 18th inst.
Mrs. Elizabeth Zumwalt, of. Port Oxford,
has been granted patent on coffee pot
mat
. company with capital of SIC, 600, 600
is being formed in London, to reclaim waste
lands in Ireland.
house in Springfield owned by Geo.
Lyons and, occupied by Mr. Mcclure was
burned, a few days ago.
The Puyallup valley, adjacent to Tacoma,
will produce million pounds of hops this
season.
Oregon has the smallest gross debt of any
of the states, $76, 500 Colorado has the
smallest bonded debt, $4,000.
A telegraphic operator at Spokane Falls,
has left for parts unknown taking $500 or
$500 of the company's money. A reward
of $50 is offered. for his arrest.
Burglars effected an entrance into Acker-
mans store in Portland one night last week
and abstracted therefrom jewelry and dress
DO 10 h. &c L
dollars
Thousands of railroad ties are being foated
down the Willamette to boom near Nc
Vey's Point. They are banked at that
place and piled along the track.-state
Journal
The buildings comprising the late military
post at Camp Howdard, on Camas prairie,
Idaho, were lately sold at auction, for the
sum of $65. The post as government
station is to be, abandoned.
Articles were filed last week with the
Secretary of State incorporating the Hood
River Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Capital stock s20o,O0O Incorporators,
John B. David, Herman Kettler and Geo.
A. Ladd. Principal Office, Portland.
Willis and Abraham have conveyed their
interest in the road through the big canyon
to Douglas county, to take effect when all
toll gates shall be removed, and toll shall
cease to be charged in travelling the same:
consideration, 81.
Farmers along the Carson are said to be
troubled with porcupines. They are said to
dig up the potatoes and roll on them until
they can walk off with peck or so of the
tubers on their quills, Melons disappear in
the same way.-lEI1
Says the Stated Journal: number of the
Eastern Oregon Jack rabbits have by. some
means got into Coast Fork bottom. How
they could have made their way SO far from
their native sage brush country is mystery.
The population Of San Francisco is stead.
lily, decreasing. The falling off in the vote
Of ths City from, Nov. 1880, to Sept. 1881,
was s.24s. Probably the actual decline is
not as great as that would indicate, but is
easily noticeable.
James A. Smith was shot and instantly
killed by Frank Howard in saloon on Ross
Island; just above Portland, on the 18th |
inst. The parties were entire strangers and
became involved in dispute while standing
at the bar, resulting as above stated.
The Oregonian Railway Co. marrow
guage) have completed line from Lafayette
to the river bank opposite Rays landing. |
The track on the south end has also been |
extended nine miles from Monmouth to the |
new town of Airlie, near the Benton county |
line.
Mr. Luke McMurren who lives near
w. T., received information a
few days ago that his father, two brothers
and cousin had all been murdered by the
Apache indians, about 60 miles from Tomb
stone, Arizona.
Preparations are being made for extensive
work next spring about Sawtooth, on Wood
river. About twenty miles from Ketchum
On Warm Spring creek, are the Rocks mines
where there are 100000 worth of ore
awaiting shipment.
Some young men out fishing on Bear creek
1t Ashland, just below the Eagle mills,
came upon barrel floating in an eddy |
Upon opening it they found it contained a
skeleton. which proved to be that of
female, Nothing by which it could be iden-
5ified was found except q linen handkerchief |