The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-02-02
GENERAL NEWS.

| GENERAL NEWS.
James Low, who has been reported lost
in the mountains of Cottage Grove, has turn
ed up all right.
Track laying on the Baker City branch is
progressing rapidly on account of mild
weather.
E. A. Estes, of Drain station, broke his
| right arm last week while attempting to
jump off the freight train.
During the year 1882 there were $50 real
| estate transactions in Linn county, amount
| ing to about $3.50, 600.
Aman by the name of Carl was supposed
to have been killed few weeks ago on Blue
mountains, in Umatilla County.
Wheat is worth 81 per bushel at Pataha
City, W. T.,
The railroad company is preparing to build
another large wharf at Seattle.
Brick on the Sound are worth $ls per
thousand.
Wool is worth from So to sl2 at Colfax,
w. T.,
The Germans at Seattle have taken steps
the food.
Mrs. Fl. G. Brown, of Dayton, is said to
have fallen heir to $50, 900 by the death of a
| relation.
| All the towns of the Sound are booming
and property is advancing.
The receipts of the Seattle post office for
1882 were 50, l52 80, leavinga net increase
to the government of $6,47l O4.
| Owing to scarcity of water at Seattle,
several establishments have been compelled
to suspend and 200 persons are thrown out
of employment.
A man in Dayton, w. T., received Ill
pounds of California butter one day last
week and sold it all before closing the store
that evening.
| Col. Gardner, U. s. Indian inspector, has
been looking at the reservations under
charge of Agent Eels, and finds the whole
recommended that the large reservation two
years ago set apart for Chief Moses, be
| thrown open to settlement, and that in lieu
thereof the Indians be paid SIC, 900 in anuu-
| al installments.
Something near 300 tons of ice were put
up in Oregon City during the late cold spell.
The Oregon MIST is the name of st. Helens
new paper. Its first issue is dated Friday,
Jan. 26,
Two Touring mills are in operation at
Elma, Chehalis county, W. T.
! A new weekly paper will be issued from
Montesano, W. T., in few days.
The saw mill at Cosopolis, Chehalis Co.,
is saving cedar for the Portland market.
The Puyallup stave factory is running
again and will not close down again until
fall.
Fay & Alden have contract for 7, 900, 600
brick to be delivered to Stellacoom parties
as soon as possible.
Work on the railroad bridge over the
PuyaElup river is proceeding slowly and it
will be some time before it is done.
The Hequiam mills on Gray's Harbor are
cutting from 50, 900 to GO, 900 feet of lumber
per day.
There were Sc marriage licenses issued by
the county clerk of Yamhill county in 1882
Of these the greatest number, Is, was
issued in October and the smallest, 2, in
August.
Arrangements are being made for holding
a county Sunday School Convention at
McMinnville at near date-about the
second Tuesday in March, and to continue
for several days.
The wind storm of Thursday at Astoria
took water tank at Booths cannery, which
was standing on platform about fifteen
feet high, aud carried it up on the roof
These tanks are built of three-inch plank
and will hold about 5000 gallons.
All available teams in St. Helens are en-.
gagged in hauling brush to the new jetty to
be constructed there. About 10000 cords
of fir brush will be needed for the work, and
Deer Island.
The Tacoma railroad shops continue to
manufacture on an average, one car per
day, and as fast as manufactured they are
sent to the divisions east of the mountains.
where they find immediate use. An unusu-
ally fine express car is now being finished at
the shops.
Henry Rupp, a little child of about four
years, was killed in Stellacoom on Saturday
last. He had climbed over the wheel at the
old brewery, and stepping on the wheel
caused it to move arounds crushing the child
a. he fell between il and tho wall.