The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-06-13


county, who killed Jared Larkin several
months since, was indicted by the last
Grand Jury for murder in the first degree.
The Eugene public schools closed last
Friday. The average daily attendance for
the whole year was 277; whole number en-
rolled, 526. The scarlet fever has made
telling inroads upon the school children,
compelling many to remain away during its
prevalence,
The expense for the keeping of the worth
less vagabonds and drunkards in the Walla
Walla Jail amounts up to such figure that
Judge Taylor .has taken a new departure
and will hereafter either sentence those con-
victed to hard work on the public thorough
fares or to diet of bread and wafer.
Just as we are anticipating luscious feasts
of strawberries smothered in. cream. comes
| Prof. Greenolgh, of Tennessee, with the
discovery of worm in the very heart of the
fruit; a worm entirely new to chronological
science. 1t is an eighth of an inch in
| length, and it's body is covered with hair.
And yet we must commend its good taste in
selecting the strawberry for its brief refuge.
Writing frcm Airlie to the McMinnville
Reporter, correspondent says: Airl'e is
situated at a convenient point IN good
grain growing district but seems to have
but little vitality. The store, whisky shop
to enliven the scene except the arrival each
evening and departure each morning of the
narrow guaee train.
Writing of the hop outlook the Seattle
Chronicle says: The Snoqualmie hop ranch
from all accounts appears determined to
wipe out the bad record of last year. There
are about 290 acres under cultivation which
experienced hop growers say will go from
1900 to 220O pounds per acre, and will be
ready for harvesting at least a fortnight be-
fore the usual time.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company
have issued orders to the superintendent of
the Carbonate mines, which they own, to
make preparations so as to be able to in
crease the output to 1000 tons per day.
The company now receive from IA, 900 to
| $4,000 tons of coal per month from these
mines, but it seems that even this amount
is insufficient to supply the demand. 1t is
safe to say that inside of two years Tacoma
will ship at least 5000 tons of coal per day
the year around.
The Chico Record says there is dispute
about who shall get the reward of $500 Of
| fered for the arrest and conviction of each of
the Shasta stage robbers, or $1,000 for both.
The Marshal at Red Bluff was instrumental
Colford of Marysville, and the pawn broker
who furnished important information. The
latter individual modestly put in claim
for the entire reward, for the arrest of
| Williams.
| Oswego Oregon, reminds one. of Gold
smiths deserted village. The iron works
that a few weeks ago were teeming with
| life and energy are now almost as still as
the grave, the only thing to relieve the
almost death-like-stillnes being the arrival
of an occasional load of coal from some coal
burner, who has not yet finished his con-
| tract.
Last Sundays heat brought another thuh-
| derstorm, which lasted about two hours,
says the Vancouver Independent. 1t was
| composed mostly of thunder and lightning,
and little rain. As to the cause of such an
| unheard of occurrence The conjectures are
| numerous, and the matter is not settled,
| ayraDt in ba minds of old xvaIfootarS ybo
insist that it is part and parcel of the new
emigration from the East, the newcomers
I bringing thunderstorms ard other new
customs to terrify those who have so long
| possessed this goodly land undisturbed by
! the newer civilization. During the storm a
| thunderbolt struck tree near the Alta
House. Two of u party of ladies on the
porch of the hotel were Frustrated and
partly stunned. A party of boys under a
tree near by were heavily shocked, and felt
it so severely that all had stiff necks for
about an hour.
/ An incident was related the other day
which goes to show that the cattle business
is one of the surest in which man can in
vest, and in which there are lucky strikes
| that equal or excel some of the strikes told
of prospectors finding rich pockets in the
''fush days. of California. The incident is
as follows: About year ago the Cramer
Bros of Horse Lake, made trade with
Jacob McKissick, buying all the cattle
| which said McKissiclz had running on the
Madeline Plains. MIR. McKissick agreed to
let them have all the cattle they could
gather up by the last of August for sixteen
dollars head. The work of gathering ?
commenced and before the last of August
| arrived the Cramer Brothers, had refused
$2S head for what they had found. A
| month later they sold the beef cattle out of
| the McKissick band and realized enough on
| the sale to pay the purchase money, and
had 50, 600 in coin and l 400 head of cattle
left. The price OF beef began to advance
about the time thew made the purchase