The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-08-14
News Summary.

w. >. LadQ 5 Dox faCrOrF AT the IOOt
of L. street, in East Portland, will be
finished, according to contract, by Sep
tember 1st.
The bark Isabel arrived Thursday Of
last week at Tacoma from China and
Japan with 10000 half chests OF tea,
aggregating nearly 100000 pounds
The Brownsville WOODEN mills have
just received and are putting up two
magnificent Crompton looms, from the
mandatory of John Crompton, at
Worcester, Massachusetts,.
The saw mill located on the eastern
edge of Howell prairie, near the farm
OF Mrs. E. Smith, near Salem, was
burned to the ground Thursday morn
ing of last week, loss three to four
thousand dollars
Two sons of Cornealius Vanderbilt
are amateur printers. In their fathers
Fifth avenue dwelling they have a
room devoted to the craft. with presses,
cases, type and other materials used
in printing neat little paper called
the Comet
A Stayton correspondent of the
Albany Democrat says: The wheat
Weld is very fine Whit Crawford has
Just harvested field of seventy acres
that made an average Of SIX bushels
per acre. Thirty acres made an aver
age of Al bushels per acre.
w. B. Keen. of North Yamhill. in
forms the "Reporter" that h=ld mice
destroyed some wheat On his farm.
Several wears ago field mice were very
troublesome in some parts of the VIII
lan1ette valley. One winter they were
drowned out under fall of snow.
Mrs. 7. d. Foultz livin on the
second floor of fiat in Portland on at
tempting to gain an entrance through
a window, because her little girl had
gone away and locked the door fell
distance of forty feet to the ground
dislocating both ankles and her right
shoulder.
\ correspondent at Airlie says: Far
mcrs arc getting along nicely with har-
vestin:s in this neighborhood. Quite
number have finished thrcshing their
fall grain. AMI many others will finish
the coming week. Judging from what
has been threshed we think twenty
five bushels will be An average yield
for fall wheat. Spring grain will fall
considerably below this.
4 few days ago the body of Cad
HAYWOOD was found in his cabin near
the mouth of the Little Salmon about
twenty-five miles up Snake river from
.Asotin. From appearances it was con-
cluieI that Hapwood died from an
attack of bleeding at the lungs. He
was brother of James Haywood of
Woodville, Jackson county, single
man about 4s years of age, and pos
sessed of a good ranch and consider
able live stock.
The Portland Daily News says:
During the week the Oregon State
Dliry Comniss issioner has caused the ar
rest of several dairymen, who have
been feeding brewery wastes (com-
monty called malt). The Commits
sioner proposes to test the question as
to its healthfulness of this food, and
will put some dairymen on trial to
draw out evidence on this important
subject.
William M. Hoag, manager of the
Oregon Pacific Railway, is in New
York, it is understood, on business in
relation to that road, says the Portland
News. He will return about Angus,
15th Mr. Hoag's business is un-
doubtedly to secure more financial
backing for his road and the extension
proposed to Boise City, |. T., to con
meet with the Chicago and North
western, upon which work will probabl,
be begun in the fall.
Prof. Thos Condor, of the Stat.
University, left home last Tuesda,
afternoon for the Coquille and coas
county in Southern Oregon, says th,
Eugene Journal. He will make ge
clogical survey and examination of tn,
coast mountains and country along tn,
coast about as far south as the souther,