The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-06-20

Without mounting by degrees, maa
cannot attain to high things; and the break
ang of the ladder still casteth man bacl
and maketh the thing wearisome which wa
easy.
The supreme court has affirmed the de
cisioa of the jackson county circuit court il
the case OF the State of Oregon vs.. Johl
Justus, who was convicted of murder in tn
second degree for killing his father.
The o. & G. R. R. Co.'s large freigh
warehouse. 40xlOO feet in size, has been re
moved from Glendale to Ashland and i
being put up. at the latter place to be uset
as storehouse and depot for their owl
freight.
The following is the business of the Rose
burg land office for the month of May: 2!
homestead entries, covering $685. acres;
final homesteads, embracing 1873 acres; II
pre-emption filings and cash entries O
| SOP acres.
A matrimonial association has beer
started in Harlem. Young men pay monthly
dues of S. and agree to remain single one
year. At the end of that time any one, by
| giving three months notice. will receive on
his wedding 5000.
| Every farmer who has an eye to the
wealth of future generations should plant q
large number of walnuts in fence corners
and Like waste places. 1t is estimated that
| five acres of walnut trees, ten feet apart,
will be worth $1,000 twenty years hence.
Heppner, Oregon, Gazette: Why are
sheep the most unfortunate of animals, and,
at the same time the most wicked? Be
cause they spend all their youth on the
turf; they gamboled when they are young;
the best of them are blacklegs, and they
are invariably feeced before they die.
A Pennsylvania man has made perfect
locomotive, which, from the point of the
cow-catcher to the end of the tank, mea-
sures six and quarter inches and weighs
two pounds. 1t will be in operation at the
New Orleans exhibition.
The Grand Ledge A. O. U. w. of Utah,
reconsidered the action allowing Mormons
to become members, bgt decided to exclude
all members of the Mormon Church from
membership. Mormons are now excluded
from all the secret organizations in Utah.
The Scott Valley News of last Saturday
has the following: Teamsters are now
making summer time over the Scott
Mountain route, fourteen days for the
round trip between this place and Redding,
Cal The roads along the line are said to
be in fair condition.
At Greenville, Oregon, the rapidly de-
veloping grain promises an early harvest.
The orchards indicate plentiful supply of
fruit the coming autumn. There seems to
exist, for some kinds Of apples, a damaging
blight, which causes the green fruit to pre-:
maturely fall from the tree.
Between Centerville and Adams, for six
miles along Wild Horse creek, are visible
the ravages of the late waterspout, which
caused the creek to raise nine feet, making
huge excavations on both sides and washing
out considerable of the newly constructed
embankment of the railroad.
The grand jury of Klamath county, at
their recent session, found an indictment
against Thomas Weeden for the murder of
old man Larkin. The coroner's jury at the
time of the occurrence exhonerated Weeden:
but the people were not satisfied, and now
propose to sift the matter to the bottom.
Mark Conger of Eden precinct, says the
Ashland Tidings, informs us that he has
just sheared 294 lbs. of wool from the full
blood merino buck which attracted attention
last year by its heavy yield: This 29a-tb
clip is less than twelve months growth,
with moderate keeping and feed.
A man living in Yakima valley was bitten
On the end of his finger by a rattlesnake
few days ago. He instantly opened the
wound with his knife so that it would bleed.
freely and then sucked the blood away.
He is all right and felt no effect of the
poison.
Tacoma Ledger: An offer of Is cents a
pound for $4,000 pounds of hops was re-
,eived at Puyallup yesterday. Several
sales have recently been made at Is cents
Hop buyers do not seem to have much faith
IN the prophecy lately made that hops would
be selling at 10 cents per pound before next
January.
The light showers which have visited
Goose Lake valley during the past week |
rave had a very beneficial effect upon grain
md crops of all kinds, says the Lakeview,
Oregon, Examiner. 1t is safe to say more
srain will be threshed next fall than ever
before in the history of this valley, and as |
the farmers are beginning to
'ut on airs and wear smiles all over their
aces.
The Mexicans are beginning to kick
gainst the influx of the Chinese. By a
aw recently enacted by the Mexican con.
ress, every steamer or sailing vessel land |