The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-03-23

S,oI AitstiSsStes AucFtbsSo ScAo<So S>Ap AANss~,
ing prospects for an imr,ense yield Of grain.
California proposes to pardon her chinss-
oonvicts, ON condition that they return sf
China for good.
Much destisution has been esussd by chs
foods in tie Mississippi, and hundreds o.
negroes are hn,ns!oes and without food.
A German BY the name of Kerschbergef,
who ussi to live in the vicinity Of Harris
burg was recently found dead. In Go.
| Crssk canyon With rock fasteasd 20 his
usck. He had been missing aoms tine and
no information of his whereabouts could be
learned until hiz dead body was discovered.
Island No s, situated il the middle oi
the Miasissippi river about 90 n1ilss below
Helena, wss washed entirely away by she
presen. ovsraow in that dissr;cs, end low
10 vesties IL Isft to show where it once stood.
A bill has pasaed ths hosss in the Iiiia"iz
legislature TO punish vile .bsase.s by ~Lip.
ping.
james Elliott. the pugilist, died aud wes
buried in New York City on lsst<wsek.
Surveyor General Tolnsn is engaged Oh
new map of Oregon by counties for the
postoifice department at Washington.
At WaNa Walla, tho frnit crop will be
very short : Peaches, pluns. pears and
cherries are nipped in the bud, some-app.ss
remaining.
TIE following is the business Of the Rose
burg Land Office for the month of February:
7,0o3 acres sold for cash; II homestead en-
tries embracing 1851 acres; 9 final home
stead proofs embracing l4l5 acres; 81 Pre-
anptioa filings aud entries under the
timber land law.
The Common Council Of Portland has IN
der consideration q proposition fo- lighting
the city with electricity The cost will be
$50. $50 year foI five ycars-highe- than
at present. but probably not 50 great IS the
EXPENSE will be in 1885 for g.s and oil, as
the city is growing rapidly.
A gentleman who has resided in she
Okan2gen country for twenty years past
says: The Colyiiie and Moses reservation
comprise vast extent Of fns agricultural
country. with an abundance OF timber, and
running streams which abound in salmon
and mountain front. It is much warmer
there than III Spokane county, and all kinds
of fruit grow remarkably well: 4 fine
country extends up to and iate the British
~ fo,- =
covery Of rich quartz minis. Thera is 8
prospect that strip OF fifteen miles on the
north side, where the best mines exist, will
soon be thrown open to settleInent-Ex.
The school for the blind at Salem viii
open, april 10th.
The Dixie mills ere to be thoroughly
oyerhauled in time to griod tho new crop.
Dick Piebura, residing near Inaspsnd-
ence, was wounded in the left shoulder last
week by sn accidental discharge of q riie
The Astoria Brewery saloon was entered
by thieves Thursday night, who took BIZ
dollars from the TIL and several ANAL ar
ticles that came under thsir notice.
A Aweek!y stage has besn established be-
tween PTiaeville and Harvey.
The placer mines at Mormon Basin are in
operation with good supply Of water.
On Thuraday night 100 immigrants land
ei from the cars in Dayton with the in
tenticn OF se:tling in Columbia and Garfield
counties. On Wednesday nights train
about 80 more came with ths intention oi
taking up government lands in that section.
Columbia and Garfield cnnnties are receis-
ing : very heavy immigration for this ses-
son of the year. We are certain these
strangers viii find Columbia and Garfield
counties far better than the land from,
whence they cane-the middle states.
The increasing freight snd passsnge,
travel ON the San Francisco steamship liz.
is taxing the four now employed to theil
utmost So great is the pressure upon ths
carrying capacity That it is likely snothe,
steamship will be required by the trade.
Meanwhile the O. 4. 4 N. company are
contemplating . change, by which tbs
steamers shall make the round trip in twelve
days. They will make the time between
tbs calling days only three days ct each port
instead Of three and four days, as it now is.
Several packages of -four were shipped
last week by j. oppenheimer, of Fort Col
vile, w. T., to Henry Willard and the
officers Of several scientific institutions in
the east. The -four, it is claimed, ia the
finest made, and is sent as specimen OF
what the Ceiville country can produce.
This region is north of the Northern Pa
ciiic railroad and is described ss a fertile
valley, settled a half century ago by the
Hudson bay company. This shipment Of
-four 30 far east is rather cold, to say the
least. and why it was sent isl a question as
yet unanswered.
Reports from nearly every precinct in
Puyallnp valley Indicate large increase in
the hop average over last year.
Patrick Molly, railroad boss, has died
q. Jacksonville from hemorrhage. He is
said to have laid the first rail in America.
= A party from Montana is buying large
numbers Of sheep in jackson county.
JAS L. Rails, Jackson county pioneer,
died recently st Willow Springs.
A four-year old daughter of Louis Land
was sedrowned in Lost river two weeks ago.
W. F. Courtney has purchased fourteen
yoke Of cattle at Roseburg for shipment to
Seattle: