The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-04-20
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Genuine pebble spectaelea and eye gl2saes
for sale at P. P. GreHoz.
E. Rhea, at one time lesding citizen of
Lane country died at Alkali, Wssco county
last Saturday from the effects of an overdose
of iaudsnun,. administered by himself,
In 1882, Dean & Cos. mill st Marshfeld
Coos county. ran 39l days. cut up ls,867
logs, and manufactured IS, III, ,235 feet of
lumber, 2, 332, 600 laths, and 23S, 900 broom
handles.
The Lewiston land Office is crowded
and the country for within Is or % miles is
being travelled over extensively in search of
the vacant fractions:
About dozen or fifteen men arrived in
Corvallis last Wednesday night ON their
way over to Yaquina bay whore they in
tend to go to work on the government
works Success to the enterprise.
On the 10th Of the present month the C.
and o.. Stage company ceased to have
charge of the mail from Roseburg south,
the railroad company having extended their
through line to Riddle, where the stage
company takes charge.
There.is much vacant land on Camas
Prairie, also in the delta of the south and
middle fork of Clearwater. and on the east
Of the south fork next the Oro Fino noun
tains and plenty left on the head Of the
Potiatch and on the east of the Potlasci
Wheelan's ranch near Echo, purchased
by William Rector, in February for $3000
mas Oh it 1900 aereB Of beautiful wheat It
is said the crop will amount to 80, 600 bush
els. This viii pay the purchase price and
leave large balance in the hands of the
present owner.
Mr. John Burns Of Union, Oregon, en-
gaged in the stove, tinware and hardware
business at that place, is in town during
the week visiting friends. He was some
fourteen years ago With ". II. n. Farland
in business here, and is we'll known to Our
old citizens of Corvallis.
The Alaska Commercial company has
bought the Western Fur company and now
has no competitor IN the Alaska fur bust
ness. The terms are not known. The
Western Fur company was composed OF
English capitalists, who found the. strug-
gle against the Aiaeka Commercial cou2-
pAny too hard.
If not Why not Use the Great Oregon
RlNc5 Purifier on nr,,.a+;7ar Iivar.-s1n atnr
and sure cure for your impure blood. IT
niakes tie skin snlooth. soft and fresh; the
eyee bright and sparkling; the brain clear;
the cheeks plump and rosy; the breath pure
aud sweet. and good circulation promotes
vigor to the w-hoiessystem. Ask your drug
gist for it. Price, 81. 90.
The Lane coenSy grand jury at the pres
ent term of court there found an indictment
against Abrams fer killing Dr. Brown Lee
at Junction, fer murder in the first degree.
He will probably get off with five years. in
the penitentiary, as Lane county jury was
never known to hang man for murder.
Or instead he may get fined few dollars or
some like severe punishment.
i.Ir. James W. Rrassfeld, of Newport in
forms us that during the last week On the
government works 81 the Bay lot of new
hands were added to the force and last week
the ietty was extended about 100 feet. The
present appropriation If they continue tc
progress all the time as fast as last s'eek
they will build large lot of work. A LOT
Of new hands have also been put on the
rock quiries. The work will be added tc
the jetty this summer will certainly make
quite an improvement in thei:depth of the
water on the bar.
Fred LeBa!lister, young man aged
about 80 years, son of Charles LeBsllister,
of this city, says the Seattle Pod, while
working at the barrel factory recently.
slipped and fell backward into one of the
immense steam yats used in atea,ning the
bolts before being converted into barrels.
Before the young man could be e1tricated
from his perilous position he was fatally
scalded Medical help was summoned but
too late to do any good. The unfortunate
young man suffered terribly for time, unit
death relieved him. He was an industrious
young man. aud had only been working In
the factory q couple of weeks.