The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-05-09

A Womans Christian Temperance Union
was organized in Dallas few days ago,
efficiently officered, and they propose to do
SOME real good work. Their meetings take
place every two weeks.
The first exclusively GENTLE grand jury
now in session at Salt Lake, has indicted
one of the famous Clawson family for
bigamy, and his various "wives" were COM
PEELED to testify against him.
Some quartz veins which prospect well,
and have assayed as high as 500 per ton in
gold, silver and copper, have recently been
discovered on the mountain near Woodville,
jackson county. DIR. Stanley and George
w. Colvig are interested in the claims.
The Prineville News says Ike Nicholson
is now given up by his friends as lost and
undoubtedly dead, the last searching party
having discovered no new traces of him.
AS soon as it is practicable another party
will 60 in search of the lost man.
| Chinese laundries are springing up with
wonderful rapidity in all the southern cities,
and the democrats are in alarm. Down
there they call man who wears clean
shirt republican dude. So poor John
Chinaman and his "washee shop" are
mobbed.
Nothing has yet been heard from j. E.
Granger, who disappeared from near Saddle
Butte, Linn county, about three weeks ago.
Several hunting parties have made diligent
searches, but no clues have been found of
his whereabouts.
| A train came over from Kalama the other
night consisting of six passenger coaches,
in which were 227 passengers, says the
Seattle Post. The greater number were for
this city and beyond, the steamer Olympian
bringing 200 of these down the same night.
The travel by rail direct from the East is
immense and would be the means of filling
up this country in short order if everybody
who came stayed.
C. Mayer, of Molalla Greek, Oregon,
writes this: l have in alcohol curiosity in
the shape of fairly developed chicken with
two bodies joined as one, four legs and two
wings. Two necks diverging from either
body and converging and terminating with
one head.
The Walla Walla Journal is reliably in
formed that the agents of the o. r. & N.
Co. are urging persons who contemplate
making shipments east to hold ON until
the o. r. & N. junction with the Short
Line is made, when rates can be obtained
over that route cheaper than those of the
Northern Pacific.
The main line of the Oregon Short Line
has reached the fourth crossing of Snake
river and is within two miles of Hunting
ton, where connection Is to be made with
the Oregon Navigation and Railway Com
panys road. When such connection will
be made is yet unknown. Men are engaged
putting the Snake river bridge in position.
1t will be a very large and fine structure.
A daily stage will soon be put on to run
from Shoshone to the falls on Snake river,
for the accommodation of pleasure seekers
= and the travelling public. A syndicate Of
Eastern men have purchased the property
; 600 hotel, build roads, beautify the grounds
and make all the improvements necessary
to the pleasure of sight seers to the great
, Niagara Of the West.
A. F. Parker, Postmaster of Eagle City,
CGur d'Alene, received his commission,
mailtey, stamps and other paraphernalia
necessary to establish the Eagle City post
Office ON Monday last. The petition for the
establishment of the new office was for
warded to the depar tment October p, 1885,
so that it has only (?) taken five months
during which time that community has beer
subjected to so cent tax for each letter
received.
Wednesday afternoon at Walla Walla
a lad about years of age came near meeting
with serious if not fatal injury. 1t ap
pears that the boy, who was standing by
the side of the track, noticed light con.
struction hand Car coming toward him a,
full speed. The lad waited until the cal
was within few yards, when suddenly he
threw himself between the rails. The men
on the hand car tried to stop the pumps,
but before they could thoroughly realize
the situation the car had passed over the
boy. The little fellow remained immovable
where he had thrown himself until the men,
who had succeeded in stopping the car,
came up to him, when the boy attempted to
stand up but could not do so, having been
struck in the back by the working gear Of
the car. He was carried to his home
; which is close to the depot, and turned
; over to the care of his parents.