The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-11

HIS Htdu WHICH cuG DOGu Ills dFGeTlGS, dIlu III
came very near bleeding to death.
Skagit News: Of the $4,000 recon
mended to be appropriated for thes foul
principal rivers of Washington, Skagit will
lget $5500-about enough to buy wood fol
the snag-beat for three Notwithstanding
the original recommendation is not cut down
as it is likely to be Oy the secretary Of
war.
A smoke house and granary belonging to
Geo. Turrell living near Harrisburg. filled
with bacon, wheat and oats, was burned to
the ground on Wednesday of last week, de-
lstroying 1000 pounds of bacon and 300 bush
els of grain. 1t probably originated from
the fire used in smoking meat.
Very fattering prospects are reported
from the Southern Oregon mines, by the
Jacksonville Times. There appears to be
an abundance of water, and much work is
being done in all the placers. A new quartz
mil and reduction works are to be con-
structed at Jacksonville or Medford soon.
w. NJ Powers and sons, of Shedd, have
just finished digging a 45-acre field of pota-
toes, portion of which have found their
way into market in Albany, at 25 cents per
bushel They still have about 1900 bushels,
awaiting an advance in price, the prospect
| of which at present is not very promising.
California stands third in the list of petro-
leum-producing states, leading West Vir-
ginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Pennsylvania
is first and New York next The oil pro-
duction is confined te the southern end of
California, and last year the product was
100, 900 barrels-that cf Los Angeles county
crop.
Newt Yocum and young man by the
name of Briggs, son of ex-county surveyor
of Douglas county, were in a saloon in Can
yonville, on the 9th, playing cards, when
a dispute arose, and both made for their
revolvers. Briggs got his first, and fired,
striking Yocum in the neck, the ball lodging
there. Briggs was arraigned, and discharged
on the ground of self-defense. Yocum will
recover.
We hear no more of the extension of the
Oregon Pacific via Albany to eastern Ore
gon. If they want real live part of the
country, not already supplied with rail-
roads, let them come up the west side of
the river via Eugene and go by the McKen-
zie route across the Cascades. 1t is 25 per
cent the best pass on the whole chain, be-
sides the good country almost all along the
lne.-Eugene Register.
Walter Barger, aged l5 years, son of W.
P Barger, who lives in Willamette precinct,
last Wednesday morning left his home to go
to school about half mile distant. taking
shot gun with him, thinking that on the
way he might kill a goose. He did not put
in an appearance at school during the day,
and up to Thursday night had not been
heard from, although the neighbors in that
section have been securing the country in |
search of him. 1t is feared he has accident
ally shot himself. f. Eugene Guard.
A Chinese sheepherder on the north fork
OF the John Day river, had singular en-
counter with bear the other day. Bruin
was hungry and visited the corral for fresh |
such pilfering and attempted to slay his
visitor with an ak. The latter had too
much Sullivan like science for the Mongolian |
and knocked him out with an upper cut. |
Not being fond of Chinese meat he left John
for dead and carried off a sheep.
Yakima Signal: During the past six
months there have been shipped out from
North Yakima over the Northern Pacific, |
four carloads of wheat; two of barley; 200
cars containing over 500 head of cattle, five
cars of hops, which is only quarter of the
amount ready for shipment; six cars of
horses, and three cars of wool Besides
these the shipments of this county include
5000 head of cattle from Topnish station
and 5000 from Kennewick. Considerable
grain has also been shipped from the latter
point and Prosser The total value of the
is over $3.50, ZOO.
Ladd's artesian well is almost gigantic
failure, says a Portland exchange. On
Monday last the drill struck vast strata of
quicksand which raised itself up i'll the well
over forty feet The contractor thought he
had struck the long desired water and that
it was coming to the surface. He set his
pump to work aud was sorely disappointed
in finding that only quicksand came to the
surface. As the sand is in such immense
quantities it will be hardly possible to con-
tinue the work with any assurance of sue
cess In fact the contractor Is very much
cast down, as he has taken the job in such
a way that he loses money unless flow of
water is had, and he says he will give it upi
after this week unless the quicksand shows
some signs of diminishing. The depth at
tanned is row little over l400 feet and
about $4,000 have been spent, including
the cost of the boring machinery.
The second shipment of through freight
to this city from San Francisco via the Ore
gon Pacific was received by S. E. Young
yesterday on o. R. & N. steamer, ''Bonan-