The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-05-05
GENERAL NEWS.

! GEksHAI EsES'
| The Willamette iron works at Portland,
caught fire last Sunday night but was ex-
tinguishsd.
The Oregon Improvement Co. are ship
ping 200 co~ls of wood by rail from Dayton
to South Texas.
| The Jewe'ry store Ct Mr.. William Holl, at
McMinville was Lurg!arized on Monday
night of last week.
| From two to four hundreds immigrants
arrive by each steamer, abont one third go
east of the mountains.
B,r!ey is beginning to head out in some
of the fields of the Salt River Valley, A. T.
The crop is very promising one generally.
| A Mr.. Conrad and associates have pur-
which they will drive via the Mullaa ROAD
to Montana.
Judgment has been rendered in the Q. S.
court at Portland against DAME. II. Smith,
of Baker City, for $4,000, for cutting tim
Der OH government land.
| Says The Da!,es Tines: Almost daily
there is a large number of immigrants pass
ing through the city on their route to diff
serent portions Of Eastern Washington aud
Oregon.
| An employee at the North Pacific saw
mill below Portland, while piling sl,bs. was
| struck on the back of the heal by one shot
| ont Of ths mill and had portion of Lis
| scalp Gifted"
| Over 20 passengers and Go tons of freight
| were carried by the steamer John Gates"
ON her f,st trip to Priest Rapids. 1t is re =
| ported that the boat will make regular
nips hereafter.
Fred w. Spar:ing, of the Vancouver land
office, reports that there is yet in lis land
district about 10000 acres vacant lau>i
sui .ect to homestead, timber culture and
pre-cinption entries.
| Cattle dealers inform us that cattle have
rails ed no less than So per cent the past few
months, and this is not for speculative
purposes, but for beef fer the hens market.
. - ~ aga % Htstl DtcteoH..bH.
VIM, Clarke of NJ. !. tributary of
Althause. says the Jacksonville Times, Las
struck an exceedingly rich pay streak. TAX
ing out 800 il very short time. lie is
sail to be averaging $40 day.
| An exchange says Col. a. L. Stokes,
agent for the Northern Pacific. has sent MIR
B. j. Nockin on to New York to conduct
| a party of 7Go Germans clear through from
New York to Portland, Oregon, seme 1000
miles.
At lea,t 10000 head Of cattle will be
which COCO were purchased in Idaho county.
Walla Walla butchers are also purchasing
beef steers here; 40 head lett this section
last Tuesday.-Ners.
The Yamhill Reporter says that during
the past few days our neighboring farmer
friend Thos Henderson has had dozen or
m,re fine young sheep killed by dogs, de-
spite all the precautions he could take to
shut his stock on. OF reach Of the prowiing
brutes.
The long established firm of 4. T. Stew.
art s Co., of New York, the proprietprs
thereof since Mr.. A. T. Stewards death hav-
ing been Judge Henry Hilton and Mr.
VIM. Libby, recently gave notice that the
firm would dissolve and advertise their en-
tire business and partnership effects fer
sale.
Gu Thursday, April 18th, says the Van
couver Independent, while target practice
was gong on at Fort Boise, Idaho, private
E. S. Harrison, Co. A, 2lst Inf, carlessly
stepped before tins GOO yds. target without
displaying the danger signal. Sergent.
Hire fired at that instant, and Harrison was
shot through the shoulder and neck, ser
:.ously wounded.
One day this week couple of young
children of Walt Browns who lives in
Chewaucan valley were poisoned by eating
wild parsnip, says the Lake county Erani,
iner. They had been out in the field where
their father was plowing and ate the pars
nip, probably thinking it was wild onion.
Antidotes were administered and the chill
drsn are supposed to be out oi danger;
/ Tley were aged 8 and wears.