The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25


county, is Sl73,2l2, the tax on which for
this year is S3464.24.
Forty four miles of telegraph line from
Ceur d'Alene City to Eagle City has been
completed and the other twenty miles will |
be up in two weeks, says the Walla Walla
Journal.
There were l39 patients at the Territorial |
Hospital for the Insane at Steifacoom, w.
T., on the first of April. One has since
died and one discharged, leaving 1877 there
at the present time.
The Red Men Of Jacksonville have de-
cided to build structure 100 feet in length
and will commence work on the same as
soon as the plans and specifications can be
drawn up. 1t will be built in modern style
and will likely be one of the handsomest
buildings in southern Oregon.
Charles Keaton, the young man arrested
for connection with the stage robbery near
Grants Pass, after hearing before Justice
Huffer, was held to appear before the next
grand jury. His bonds were placed at
FlOOO, etuo HoU dOlC bO ScCuE0 bldG
amount he was locked up in the county
Jail.
The Jacksonville Sentinel says there are
chances there for five tickets in the field for
tho jackson county election next June, as
follows: The court house Democratic tickets
anti-court house Democratic ticket, regular
Repu hlican. the peoples" ticket and the
Prohibitionists. Out of all these the Woman
Suffragists will make ticket of their own.
The art department of the Willamette
University has given signs of remarkable
prosperity during the year in the quality,
quantity and efficiency of the work done, as
well rs the number of pupils in attendance,
says the Salem Statesman. There are at
present thirty-fve workers in this depart
ment, while the number enrolled up to this
date was 49, eleven more than any previous
year.
Mr., Sam Presley who resides above Kitti-
tas vallvy, says the Yakims Signal, has a
girl nearly three years of age that only
weighs fifteen pounds, while her height is
not more than twenty inches. She weigh
ed seven pounds the first week of her birth,
and has therefore increased in weight only
eight pounds in the course of her life. She
is apparently we'll and healthy, and possess.
es a fine head of hair, and talks and acts
like other children.
The fishing season year ago was opened
earlier than this, consequently money was
,,1opf,fpl ASfor Ind
ent There are only small portion of the
canneries running as yet; one year ago
there were nearly 1000 boats out, while
this year only about a hundred are Turning.
The catch has been very light up to the
present time, but has been larger the past
day or two. 1t is expected that nearly all
J the canneries will be running by May lst.
Three gangs of Cinnamon are strung along
: the railr oad between Ceuterville and Pend
Teton, engaged i'll graveling, ripraping and
putting the road in good running order. 1t
is learned that as soon as this work is com.
pleted the track will be extended from the
/ depot into the city, but will probably not
conn oct with Blue Mountain during the
ItdHiS dtC regularly, dutt
. the large piles of wheat that have been
= stacked at Centerville and Adams for such
' a long time are daily growing smaller.
, A few days ago Charles, a son of Dr. D.
S. Stryker. of Drain, while out hunting
e grouse was by accident shot by his brother
e George. The circumstances, as reported
' are that while passing through som'
q brush, Charles being in front of George
Y when the hammer of the gun that George
s was carrying was caught in the brush and
e the gun discharged. The shot took effec
in the lower part of the hip and ranged
r down toward the knee, hdging in the mus
- cles of the leg. 1t is painful but not nee
g cessarily dangerous wound.
:, The town of Victoria was thrown into
4 state of intense excitement recently by tn
n arrival about dark of man named Georg
q Brown with 5000 in gold nuggets, which h
reports he got on a stream about twent
miles north of Victoria. He says he discov
cred great quartz ledge, extremely rich
. and is going back. Parties of men areiform
:, ing to follow him back. Gold has been
known to exist in that vicinity for man
. !. years and many large nuggets have bee
:, picked up in the streams from time to tim
hut this is the largest find yet. The gol
shown has quartz attached, and bears evi
dence of having been broken from ledg
recently.
pl From the annual report of the county su
a perintendent of Polk the following stats
e tics are obtained: Whole number of organ
1t lied districts in the county. As: districts re
3: porting As; persons of school age, 267S; pu
N pills enrolled in the public schools, 1899; av
10 erage daily attendance, ll49; number o.
g children between the ages Of and 20 year
not attending any school, 344; estimated
T. value of school houses and grounds, $29, l2j
m value of school furniture, 1926; amour