The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-10-06

October meeting, being on Saturday Oct.
IA, is to be a grand rally and harvest feast.
Mr.. VIM. Talley has sold out his saloon
in Harrisburg to Mr.. G.. H. Butler. Mr..
Talley will turn his whole attention to his
| farm in Benton county.
The barn ard carpenter shop of Mr.. VIM.
Simmons, Of Springfield, was burned last
Monday. The shop contained a valuable
lot of tools which were also destroyed.
Joe Clark of Albany, and Miss Flora
Cowan, of Lebanon, were married at the
latter place on Monday last.
Rev. T. B. White has undertaken the
charge of the NJ E. Mission at the Siletz
reservation.
| Mr.. G. w. Nelson of Linn county is buy
ing up small band Of mares which he is
going to take through to Nevada with him,
his father having written him to buy the
mares and bring them to him.
On last Saturday it is supposed that
sparks from passing train started fire in
Dr. Davis field near Harrisburg; at all
events the fire was there and destroyed a
valuable stack of barley straw that had
been put up for feed
On last Monday MIR. Munson- was engaged
in hauling gravel for Mr.. Churchill, with
Mr.. Churchill's team and met some boys
near Mr. John McCartney's place, in Linn
county, driving a bull The noise and
buster of their whips frightened the team
and they started to run. Mr.. Munson,
who is over seventy years of age, could not
hold them, and they ran into the fence
throwing him off and the load on top of him.
1 When picked up Mr. Munson was uncon-
scious and supposed to be dead, but he re-
vived and was brought home that evening.
School opened in the University Of Wash
ington Wednesday, Sept. 20. Prof. L. J.
Powell of Albany is President, and o. P.
Lee, formerly of Eugene, occupies the chair
of Prof of the Belle Letters. There are
l25 students in attendance.
His Honor Judge R. S. Bean came up on
Saturdays train from Drain to Roseburg,
being on his way home from Empire city
where he held court last week.
| George Smith and Mr.. Ayers of Douglas
county have formed copartnership, with
an unlimited capital tor the purpose of man.
ufacturing butter and cheese, and will be-
gin operations Immediately.
| E. G. Hursch District attorney returned
| from Coos county with his family Saturday.
He reports things in that county very
peaceable. The grand jury being unable
find any true bills.
Mrs. Geo. Kincaid of Eugene City, last
week while camped in the Cascade noun
tains in company with her husband shot
and killed two deer, while her husband
was out hunting for game.
The turn table that has been used at
Myrtle creek was taken up last Sunday,
moved up to Riddle, put in Monday at that
place, and is now used by passenger and
freight engines The passenger and freight
trains moved up to Riddle last Sunday and
the first trains from that place left on time
Monday morning.
The terminus of the o. & c. R. r. was
changed last Sunday from Myrtle Creek to
Riddle, on Cow Creek. The regular pas
senger and freight trains now run to the
latter place. All freights both from and to
Jackson county and other places In South
ern Oregon will now be carried to,the new
terminus. At which place a forwarding
and commission agency has been established.
VIM. Massey has bought 100 head of beef
cattle, for the Portland market, of Bud
Thompson and Frank Prime of Primevlie.
Gar. Maupin and F. Benton of Wasco Co.
have made match race between two young
horses, for $lO0a side, to be run ON the 2Sth
of next month, one-fourth of mile, and
carry $50 pounds weight.
Sunday afternoon while the members of
her household were away from home, Mrs.
Levi Leland, living six miles east of Oregon
City, committed suicide by inhaling ether.
She left note to her husband, confessing
that she intended taking her life. Financial
troubles which came upon Mr.. Leland. weigh
ed heavily on her mind and tn e deed was ev-
identity committed while she was much de-
pressed. She was 40 years old and had no
children.
The Walla Walla Statesman reports 8, 900
tons of wheat lying at Blue Mountain station.
Nearly 1000 acres of land were taken up
in Watcom county, W.T., last week. Gov
ernment land will soon be aipremium in that
section.
AVirginia physician says he has never
known an habitual consumer of tobacco to
have the typhoid fever
Capt Powell has ordered work commenc-
ed at once on the Yaquina bay improvement.
Capt. J. s. Polhemus will have charge.
Snowfall in Goldendale, W.T., last Thurs
day.
Coal is Sl3 so a ton in Walla Walla, and is |
taken with a CRATE thankfulness at that |
figure.
It is estimated thati the late strike among
the iron workers of Pittsburg cost the COM
munity So, ZOO, 900 in wages, the number of
men idle being about 10000.
Landowners are offering So per acre for /
breaking land in Umatilla county, aud car
find no teams at that figure Everything that
can work is employed on the railroad.
The star route trials have already cost
$500, 600 in legal fees; and now a new trial
is ordered.