The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-12-15
TELEGRRMs.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The postoffice COM
mission of the house yesterday agreed to a
favorable report of the bill introduced last
session by Anderson of Kansas to reduce
the rate of letter postage to two cents per
half canoe or fract:on thereof, after Jan. l.,
1884. ~. -
Washington, Dec. 9.-Talks with repub-
Gcan representatives to-day elected many
expressions of approval of the report of the
tariff commission and strengthened the i'm
preston that their recommendation will be
likely to receive the support of most repub-
licans. At the same time the democrats
expressed themselves as favorlng the rec
concentrations in general. There are init,
nations that the representatives of the sr-
gar trade may find it to their interest to
form some kind of alliance with the Ha-
watian commissioner. -
New York, Dec. 9.-The police captains
of Brooklyn have been instructed not to
interfere with BARRIERS next Sunday, unless
they sell cigars, and not to permit Jews to
do business. On the other hand, twelve
Hebrews of New York have secured an in
junction, in the suits against the police, re-
straining the latter from interfering with
their Sunday labor or services.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Dec. lO.-The family
of Lewis Brandenberg well known citizen,
was poisoned a day or two since by eating
trichin@ in sausages. One of the family
died this morning. Mr.. Brandenberg and
wife cannot recover.
Washington, Dec. lott is reported
that the engineers of the Papama canal have
made radical change in their plans of oper-
ations. The intention of the projectors
was to lnake sea-leavel canal from ocean
to ocean without locks of any kind. In
formation now comes out that they find it
impossible for any sum of money which could
be raised, to over come the natural difficult
ties of such an undertaking, and they have
decided to adopt the ordinary plan, that of
locking up and down the grades. The other
schemes involved the operation of digging
the canal for some distance through great
cuts, which would seen. several hundred feet
deep, involving the amount of excavation
the like which was never attempted by hu-
man hands. ---
Washington, Dec. l0.-The regulation
governing mints and assay Office have been
amended SO that on and after the first of
January, 1883, on charge at the assay Office
can be collected from the depositors of gold
for the transportation of their bullion to
the mints for coinage, the cost of which, un-
der the provisions of the existing law, as
construed by the director of the mint, and
secretary of the treasury are required to be
paid from the appropriation for freight on
the bullion and coin between mints and the
assay Offices.
New York Dec. ll.-Ex-Gov. Stanford,
of California, has rented the old residence
of Vanderbilt on Fifth avenue, and will
spend the winter here. His wife is report
ed to have the finest diamonds in the city,
except those of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. She
the opportunity presented by a
fashionable weddingin an uptown church
the other day to show them all on her per-
son at one time. Many ladies present,
thought it strange place to appear quite
SO brilliantly bedecked, but perhaps envy
was quite an element in their criticisms. |
The lady wore magnificent necklace of
diamonds, while below. it, extending from
to shoulder, was row of splendid |
gems four inches deep, and asif these were
not enough to make decided sensation, |
The lady's ears, head, arms and dress were
ablaze with jewels. l
Moneyed men of the Pacific coast are still |
coming here in considerable numbers, many
If them to reside permanently. Like many
others having made their money amidst the
new civilization, they come here to find the
most ways Of spending it..
Chicago, Dec. 1l.-It is not generaHyl
Known that there is a branch of the self
'tyled orthodox reorganized chsrch of latter
lay saints, which violently opposes what it |
'alls the -heterodox~ church,, This body i