The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-05-18
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

| A large ShlpmenG Will De Inaue- iIoni IA
lard this season.
The new bank building at Roseburg Ii
about completed.
w. Winnett of Dayton has sold Is;
horses for $500.
The work at the head of Tillamook bay
is progressing finely.
Some heavy real estate transactions arr
reported i'll Washington.
Oliver Mills was drowned at Ellis camp
near Olympia, the 10th inst.
The new grist mill of the City of Salem
company will start up in few days.
large number of brick will be made a
the State penitentiary this season.
Thos Maltook sold band of 22G0 sheeI
to Mr.. Mosier, of Pendleton for S4950.
w. N. Smith has been. elected mayor. q
Waitsburg, only Sc votes being cast.
The fruit crop on Applegate was greatly
injured by the frosts two weeks ago.
Avery's band of cattle, 900 head, were
started over the mountains Thursday.
|
The special election in Whitman county
for representative will be held July 10th
The corner stone for the new bank build
ing at Spokane Falls was laid the 4th inst
| Della, a three year-old daughter of w
C. johnson, was drowned at Spokane Falls
the 5th inst.
The school directors of Spokane Falls are
preparing plans for school building to cost
$1,000.
/ VIM. Broshears, an employe of the Win
| lock mills, w. T., was drowned the 4tf
inst.
| Two Indians INDUCED in fight near Steil.
accom- last Saturday, each receiving severe
cuts.
| The bunch grass in Eastern Oregon has
| never been better for twenty years than
| now.
The boys at Fort Candy had'a bear hunt
| last week and captured fine fat one at the
lighthouse.
Thos. Rowe, a Walla Walla Hackman,
was suddenly taken insane at the race track
Wednesday.
Young David Harrer, son of Squire Harrer
had both his legs broken by horse falling
on him.
As soon as the Dayton wooden mills can
get wool, work will commence with new
vigor.
We are informed that some of the sur
veylng party belonging to the Short Line
company are now on their way to Yakima
country.
There are now eleven patients in the hos
pital at Tacoma, all of whom are recover
ing. -
California capitalists have purchased
thirty-six sections of railroad land north
west of Sprague.
The works at Ainsworth are shut down.
J. Fl. Stone, the manager, has gone to the
Pacific division.
Farmers on the prairies of the Willamette
valley have their spring wheat nearly all in.
J. w. Redington has become part propri-
etor of the Heppner Gazette
Albany proposes to build $4,000 school
house, besides purchasing the number of
lots required.
DIR. Minthron will soon start out to hunt
up some more Indians for his school, at
Forest Grove.
The stove foundry at the Oregon penlten.
tiary is turning out some fine work, and lots
of it.
Last Wednesday, Fink & Waters started
with $50 head of cattle for their range at
Sprague river, Lake county.
The Oregon Pioneers Association may
meet in Marion Square this year instead of
ct the Fair grounds on the 18th of June.
Linn and Marion counties are considering
the subject Of building bridge across the
Santiam, at Mehama.
1t is estimated that 200, 600 sheep will
be driven to Utah and Colorado from North
ern California this summer
A band of from 10000 to 1900 sheep
will be driven from Douglas county to the
California markets this spring. .,-.-.
Henry Anscheck was drowned at the
Fort Jones claim in Klamath river recently.
His body was not recovered.
Trains began yesterday to make regular
trips to the big tunnel, which is sixty five
miles south of fseseburg.
The Salem Fire Department are improv-
ing every hour'they can drilling They pro.
pose to make,interesting for all who may
come.
Two of the oldest buildings at Seattle are
being torn down to make room for new
The Eugene Guard learns that the county
court has appropriated $25OO for the COM
pletion of the Lower Siuslaw wagon road. |
A man named Virgins employed in
stretching telegraph wire at Seattle tell |
from the roof of house Tuesday, receiving
severe injuries.
The Washington packing company is
building cannery on the Chehalis opposite
The Cosmopolis mill, and will, begin opera
tion about the lst prox.
From fifty to a hundred persons joined.
,he church at Hillsboro at a late revival
leld>at that place.
Two boys on Little Butter creek, sons of
Kit Hayes, were handling, revolver last
Tuesday, when the weapon was. discharged, I
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