The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-01-05
General News,

General News.
The city council of Salem SOON to go ou
| of office as their last official act passed an
| ordnance reorganizing the fire department
which has been approved by the mayor. It
is thought that the new council will appeal
it.
The Baker city Tribune relates one among
the worst attemps at murder we remember
hearing of, in which one William CARL who
being'destitute was picked up last fall on the
road by teamster Mr.. P. Brennan who gave
the destitute man shelter and food and soon
furnished him a job. A few days ago Bre-
nan unhitched his horses to pull ont team
ster who had stuck in the mud which made
CARL mad and they fell out and C,rll went
away. At night CARL returned and Brennan
caught him in the act of making way with
one of his horses and blanket, Brennan gave
pursuit and CARL STABBED him twice with a
a knife. Brennan will likely recover.
1t is thought that owning to the recent
storms at sea that the Kate rnd Ann loaded
with -four and other freight for Nestuccs
and Yaquina Bay is lost.
We learn from the Itemizer that Mr.. Free
man Smith of Buena Vista. Or, died re-
Gently at the ripe old age Of S5 years. Mr..
have been the first steam boat ever built.
He constructed some of the first steamboats,
that ran on the Monongahela river He
came to Oregon in 1866 and with his sons
established the Buena Vista pottery.
Cooper Bros. have sold their livery stable
in Independence to A. J. Goodman
Mr.. H. Huschberg of Independence will
open brokers' Office at that place He will
do general broker and banking business.
Mr.. Fredrick Schwatka arctic explorer,
will lecture at Dallas on the IOsh or lIth of
January. He will lecture at Corvallis soon
after.
Mr.. Gaines Fisher of Salem recently sold
his livery stable in that place to Messrs.
Ford and Ellis of Dalles for $4,000.
Nearly every week the Portland papers
announce the fact of some infant being left
at some persons door step and abandoned
by its natural protectors On last Friday
morning another such. incident happened.
During 1882 about l7O 900 tons of coal
was mined from about Seattle, of which
l6l, ,4ls tons were shipped to San Francisco
home.
On Puget Sound during 1882 the sum
Of $500, 900 was spent in building vessels.
The Portland FIGURING Mills Company
with capital stock of 100000, was fully
organized on Dec. 25th in Portland, by the
election of w. s. Ladd, w. S. Sibson, A.
Bush, D. Macleay and James Steel as di-
rectors, of whom w. S. Ladd was chosen
president and James Steel secretary. The
cost of the contemplated mill ware house
and wharf is computed at Sl50,OOO. It will
be roller mill of $50 barrels capacity of the
latest modern devices and calculated to
make successful head against the best -four
of model mills in the world.
Olympia sends away eight tons of oysters
per week.
The feet that lies at Sand Island is fur
ther augmented by the Elizabeth, which
has cleared for Liverpool with $4,000 worth
of wheat at-Astorian.
There are fourteen vessels ready for sea,
says the Historian, but caunot get over the
Columbia river bar. At San Francisco, on
Christmas day, there were twelve vessels
bas bound, so that in this respect honors
were easy.
Mr.. Holland Wand, of Tillamook writes
that the water has been higher there than
ever known before. Nearly all the stock in
Big Nestucca is reported drowned and there
is not 203tb of flour in the valley.
The steamer Shubrick came near being lost
at sea during the recent heavy storms.
When the storm commenced she was about
50 miles from the Columbia, when it ceased
she was off Vancouver Island. She was
badly damaged.
Mr.. Petty3rove offers to give nice block
of land in Port Townsend to any one who
will put up hotel thereon.
A stage line is talked of between Yakima
and Ainsworth.
The New Tacoma land company sold 335
lots in the year 1882.
The shinzle mill at Whatcom make 400,-
900 shingles in December.
A new grist mill to be erected at Al
powa. Garfield county.
H. P Temple of Puyallup is remodeling
his sawmill and will soon cut 10000 fe ct
per day.
The New Tacoma sawmills are running
day and night, saving 40, 900 feet each q
hours.
A large steam Touring mill is nearly COM
pleted at Chehalis and a sawmlll is in pro-
gress of construction.
The Tacoma Manufacturing company will
erect large planning m i'll at that city at
once.
John Bull, resident of Port Madison W.
T., was shot and killed on Tuesday night Of
asst week by an Indian with whom he had
,ome difficulty before.
A company of Seattle capitalists have ta
zen up over 1000 acres of land in Mckee
bottom, Yakima county, and will .constru ct
IN irrlgating ditch to cost S75, 900.
A new cannery building is being erected
n Walla Walla, 90x20, to be used in the