The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-03-17
The public debt wa. reduced during Feb

No deviation In the above rates wiz Do toA0e
favor Of any adrcrtiser.
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The public debt was reduced during Feb
ruary. 9,793,5Il. $
Irish landlords loose 500, ,O0o, 600 1sAr.
the interest on 81, 500. .00o. 900 BY the -.
duction in their rents. .f'
Missouri's taxable property is worth
se0i, ~, 1872, real estate being put down
At s406, l04. .426. .-.f....a
Colin Martin of Marlboro. Mass.. wAs
fined $40 and costs for shutting his dog
out of doors, one o: the cold nights, week
before last. ,tE~'
A Cincinnati boy of sixteen has sued his
employers for $40, O,0O0 damages for the loss
of three of his fingers in their machinery.
which, he alleges. was detective.
Annie Murry courtssan at % YamhiA
street Portland, shot and killed Henry
Prang recently, and then attempted 70
take her own life by shooting herself.
Carry Bradley. Peter sulnvan and Johe
Malone were arrained in tho circuit courf
recently and plead mot guilty" A
motion to quash the indictment was over
ruled.
The act of 1881, providing for eompro:
mise of the bonded debt of Tennessee, was
pronounced unconstitutional and invalid BY
a vote of three out of FIVE Supreme Court
Judges. p: .-...
Il is said that the Utah and Northssp
railroad runs parallel to the Northern Pac't-
ie from Bedford to Helena. M. T., the dis
tance between the two roads averaging
about 200 yards.
Out of !, ,9l4 clerks and employees on ths
rolls of the various departments in wash
instou, Oregon has bit seven. According
to the ratio of population she would Be en-.
titled to about 3S.
The Southern Pacih: Railroad company,
have fixed the through tariff on wheat q
thirty. .nine cents per bushel or $l3 per top
for car load lots from San Francisco p
Galveston and New Orleans.
Tho male population of California y
being increased by the monthly arrival Of
1000 Of the hog.eyed sons of the oo.oOo.ooq
nation beyond the Sos. A discouraginE
fact.-Santa Cruz Sentinel.
I. i. reported that 10000 tickets have
been issued at Hong Kong to be immediately
used after the passage Of the Chinese bill "a
the Senate, by Chinese intending to en-:
,grate to the United States.
Official statistics which have baen publish.
ed of the recen; general election in Ger
many show that in a population of As, 2sA,-
600 while about 9,COOOO0 were entitled te
vote, only $500, 900 exercised this right q
suf frage.
Urville B. Roe, of La Sale, ILL.,. an Idle,
drunken carpenter, shot his wife because
she refused to longer support him, and then
=. killed himself. Five children were founa
clinging to tho woman's body as she lay .p-
= on the foer.
Soteldo, who was recently shot in
t Washington newspaper office, was, In 1872
0 tho col respondent Of the New York Iele
gram at Albany, and was expelled from tAs
:. aoor of the Assembly for attacking the char:
. aeter of members.
Mr.. A. B. Comstock. says the Oregon
, Cstv Enterprise, had his clothing entanglse
:. with the water wheel in the Imperial mill
- recently. On crying for help the wAscl
was shut off and he was released. He We
0. not seriously injured.
u The Jail belonging to ella county, A. 1:
X was lately burned down. Th- conhagre
ton was the result of the carlessness OF tn
TAILOR, who left fire burning in his cabin
which vas communicated to the wall OF lsii
M Four prisoners barely escaped.
w During the month of January 20 vessel
were cleared from Astoria for Europe VIE
lis wheat and -four. Ths value and qnAn
of tity of wheat was 1881 bushels amount
of ing to SSt2, S2S. The -four consisted Q
80 els barrels valued at $685. 1887.
=. The commissioner of the general Land o.
on flee has made decision restoring the raj
=, . road land grant of the G. y o. line to sf
public domain, between Rsdding and Kos
burg. by failure of the companies to bull
% the roads within the times specified.
" J.B Teal, who lives in the mountain
near Harris s Riloy's saw mill. IS prepa'
;ng . pond of about one acre, in which
ch proposes to place lot of carp John .;
The pects to make his fortune in short tin
to .ad ". hope he may.-Polk Co. Itemizer.
Mr.. Dan Patterson shot Edward Lyon
eat recently at Baker city, while the iass
"a, was escorting Patterson's wife home fro
-,n church. On examination into the matt
az by Recorder Reynolds, Patterson Was :
aairsd to give bond in the sum OF $4oo
While the total property valuation OF g
D00 United States is below that OF France
ent Great Britain, the annual accumulation
md wealth in this country is greater than a
not other usodern nation. In Germany 1t
5000. .oOo, 600 in Great Britain is 1926, oo
,nv ooo in France, it is 1875, ,0oo, ,0ooo, in
Ro- United States, ss25, 900, 600. In otf
- words this country is growing at q the :! =
AZ. of 81, 800, 900 day.
The las. census shows that religious Jo'
nal, in the United States are divld
u to among the denominations as follows; d
md, fists 70: Christian, IL; Congrsgatlonai' !,
ee Disciples, l2; Dunkards, 3; Epl'copA' 4
rica ru,na.I;c.l. 26; Friends, 6; jewish,
Lutheran. 81; Meuaonitss, !; Aethodis
5;ed Is. Moravian, 2; Mormon, s; Presby ssri'
40, 40: Primitive Christian.. 2; Refermsd'
,h.. roman CashoIc, 81; Second Advent,
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