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

DIR, M. Mellis, rabbi2of the Jewish syna-
gogue in Portland, died on Tuesday morn
ing last. >---
The city election in Salem on the 4th inst.
resulted in the election of a democratic
mayor and recorder.
The Astoria electric light company has
filed articles of incorporation in the Clerk
office of Clatsop county.
The Candy resumed her usual trips yes
terday. The Miles crossed out to Shoal-
water bay Sunday morning.
A portion of the new Seattle school house
| was blown down last sunday killing two
men and injuring the third.
Up country papers say that larger area
of gram has been sown in the valley and
inland empire than ever before known.
The Salem fire department, last week,
received a new steam fire engine costing
four thousand two hundred dollars.
Last Sunday morning four Cinnamon
| were killed, and four others wounded by
the premature discharge of blast near
| Roseburg.
A solid piece of gold weighing l52 ounces
was taken of of a placer claim at Indain
Creek, near Happy Camp, Del Norte Co.,
three days ago.
Actors who have travelled through the
country agree that the most perfect built
and decorative theatre of the United States
is at Denver
Three large sharks were caught off Devils
Head, on the sound, a few days ago, the
longest one measuring 9 feet inches in
lenght.
During the past month more steamer have
crossed in and out over the Columbia river
bar than during any similar period in the
history of this port.
A number of new counterfeit silver dol
Jars are in circulation. The counterfeit is
made of iron and heavily plated, and unless
| cut very deep resist the acid test
During the year 1882 to this date the
| Central Pacific has delivered Is, 900, 600
pounds of freight at Kelton. This amount
of freight is in excess of any former season.
Two females accompanied by young man
| and the Chinaman proprietor were recently
arrested in Albany and fined for smoking
opium in Chinese Den in that town,
A Vancouver justice of the peace married
six couples last week from various parts of
Oregon and Washington. At that rate Van
couver will be the Gretna Green Of the
northwest.
| A large number of Chinese railroad hands
on the Oregon and California road have
| been poisoned by the poison oak and sever
al deaths have taken place, according to a
| Chinese physician.
lying dangerously i'll at Cheney, w. L.,
| with disease called by the attending ply
sicians yellow fever. These gentlemen were
both residents of Lane county at one time
Another shooting affair occurred at Asto-
ria last week in a saloon; wherein Smith
shot Robertson which is supposed will ter
inmate fatal. The use of little more rope
| would likely have Wholesome effect.
A young man named Charles Hudson is
| reported to have LETT Weston with consider
able property not his own, and deserted his
wife and child, the latter mere babe.
Hudson was formerly resident of Boise
city.
Two strange men last week, at about half
past eleven o'clock at night, went into Mr..
| Franks store, at Seattle, where be was a.
| lone and made him open the safe They
| took $500 therefrom and bound and gagged
him and took their departure.
1t is reported that the ship Harvester,
lying at Seattle, is unable to get crew on
| account of the beasty treatment of sailors
by the officers, and that the officers of the
ship Challenger are on trial in Seattle for
| inhuman treatment of sailors.
Perhaps nothing better illustrates the
growth Of Astoria than the fact that on the
steamer which now arrives twice week
from San Francisco, there is nearly as much
freight and mail matter ss formerly when
there was vessel but every five days.
Tiger engine Co. of Salem have taken the
initiating steps to have grand blow out on
Dec 10Th for the purpose of housing their
new Silsby steam fire engine. They intend
to have grand dinner and expect to invite
the different fire departments of other towns
in the state to take part with them.