The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-05-02

Ao<@A eih&0 PAdoSs
The late reports from ceur d'Alene are
far from reassuring. It is said that hum
dreds of men are living on charity.
There are fifty-seven business houses in op-
Grafton at Belknap, on the Northern Pacific
railroad, forty-two being saloons.
The town board of Hillsboro, Oregon, at
a meeting last week passed an ordinance
raising the license for selling liquors by the
glass to S4O0 per annum.
North Brownsville can boast of one thing
which does not occur elsewhere in Linn
county, and, with this exception, probably
in thisstate. II actually accommodates one
fifth more pupils in its public school than
there are children in the district.
Says the Walla Walla journal: s'Emil
Saunderson returned from Ceur d'Alene.
He reports that the prospects now are that
only three or four claims will pay for work
ing-and the bottem has entirely fallen out
of Beaver creek and the miners are abandon
ing their claims"
Last Saturday man named Martin,
living on Dry creek, met with serious acci-
dent while narrowing. Itappears that the
horses became frightened and unmanageable
and in rhe excitement Martin became en-
tangled in the harness. He was thrown to
the ground and the horses in attempting to
run drew the harrow over Martins body
breaking three of his ribs and otherwise in
juring him.
Potatoes growing seems to be the mania
with Oregon farmers. One man at Buena
Vista proposes to plant fifty acres, while
other parties are planting as high as from Is
to 20 acres. On Howell and French Prair-
les many of the farmers are summer fallow-
ing their fields with crop of potatoes
They will probably be worth Is to 20 cents
per bushel this fall.
A daughter of Mr.. John Stoop, residing
near Goshen, Oregon, in alighting from a
wagon, otepped upon the end of the double
tree and slipping, fell to the ground. She
fell in such way as to break both the low
er bones of one leg. In her attempts to
rise, the end of the fractured bones protrud-
ed through the flesh.
A young man named AL Weir, Is years
of age, was dragged to death four miles
northwest of Hepner on the evening of the
Oath. He had recented arrived from Oregon
City, and was herding horses for Charles
Lind. Appearances went toshow that Weir
had lain down on the bunchgrass, perhaps
to take nap, and tied the end of his saddle
horsa's halter rope to one of his wrists. The
horse probably became scared and ran away.
dragging Weir back and forth among the
band of horses he had been herding, Weir
was about to expire, and only lived few
minutes, the rope being still attached to his
| wrist.
The Pacific Cranberry company, which
owns 5000 acres of bog land, five miles from
Ilwaco, have sixty acres ditched and the
sod removed from twenty acres and coat.
ing of sand placed on the same. Sixty
barrels of cranberry plants were received a
few days since from New Jersey, which
will be planted at once. The company have
little railroad which is used in CARRYING
sand to cover the land, after the turf has
been stripped off. The ground is well
adapted to cranberry culture, and it may
be confidently expected that before long
importing cranberries from the east will be
at an end.
Our readers, says the Salem Statesman,
have no doubt remembrance of the sad
misfortune of Mr.. F. e. Schwatka over a
year ago, by which he lost his right foot.
For some time lack of vitality has troubled
his other foot, turning it black and ifeless
by degrees, until it was destined to consume
his limb and reach his vitals, besides cans
ing unendurable pain. The only remedy
seemed amputation again, and recently the
seriods operation was performed very sue
cessfully. His son, Lieutenant Fred
Schwatka, was in attendance Mr.. +. G..
Schwatka is IA years of age, and we are
sorry that his evening of life is darkened
| by such clouds of misfortune and misery
| His constitution is quite strong now, and
| VIC uOpc uS WILL SOOu see DTlSuIcT udyS.
| We are informed on reliable authority
says the West Side, that parties will b.
here next week from Ohio with view O
establishing bank in our city. We sincere
ly hope they will meet with the necessary
encouragement to remain with us, as thi
is an enterprise that is greatly needed here
not only for the benefit of the town but the
surrounding country as we'll. The many
advantages arising from a bank are toe
potent to everyone to need pointing out
From what we could learn the parties mear
business, and our citizens should leave
nothing undone to induce them to remair
with us. This is without doubt one of the
best points for bank in the valley anc
there is no excuse now for us not havin,
one. By all means let us have a bank.
A gentleman who recently arrived from
California, says the Albany Herald, brings
the information that the people of that state
especially of the state immigration bureau
are very much alarmed at the present ant
prospective exodus from that state, most o