Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-11-13
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their own beer and strong liquors.
The o. R. d N. CO. are building a
steamer 200 feet long, especially de-
81 gned for wheat aid freight, to carry
300 tons at any stage of water in the
Snake river. 1t will be ready in the
spring, and will run between Lewiston
and Riparia.
BY Strengthening the railroad be.
tween Delta and Roscburg the Central
Pacific people claim they can shorten
the route atout twenty-one miles.
One of the main changes is to run it
over what IS known as Willow Springs
gap, which weuld bring the road much
nearer Jacksonville than it now is
Times.
As one result of the anticoolie agita-
Stion in Portland, the following hotels
and restaurants have discharged their
heather help and hired white assistants
instead: Oregon, st Charles, Interna
tional, Overland, National, New York,
Metropolis, Columbia and Quin,by
hotels, and the Pine street coffee house.
United States, Bench and Morning
Star restaurants Statesman.
Noticing a statement of SCI eral
large yields Of potatoes, Samuel Boylcs
of Warnic, Wasco county, writes to
this paper of his experience of the o!d-
fashioned blue Neshannock. He
planted one which we,ghed about four
ounces on the first day of May. In
October he dug 40 pounds by actual
weight, the yield of the one potato
planted He offcls this as the largest
yield ever known in the state.
The officers of the steamer Coos Bay
say the coal from the Heuryville mine
is far superior for steam purposes TO
any other coal yet used on that vessel,
The round trip from this place and
San Francisco is now made with from
3S to 10 tons of Henryyille coal, where
as froE- 55 to 60 tons of other coal was
formerly consumed. The demand for
Henryvillo coal at San Francisco is
said to greatly exceed the supply.
This should stimulate the opening OF
the mine to its full capacity as speedily
as possible.
Capt. w. W. Sanders, late editor OF
the Benton Leader" published at Coz
wallis, shot and killed young man
named James Campbell near the Court
house in Albany on Wednesday eve
ming of last week. Both parties were
suitors for the hand of Miss Matte AL
lison, a handsome milliner of Albany
and jealousy is supposed to be the cause
Campbell and Miss Allison were on
taking walk when the tragedy oc.
cured and the wounds inflicted wer,
shot from behind. Sanders was az
rested and lodgedin.jail Later report
are that Miss Allison is also in jail
A gentleman who recently visitet
The Harvey country informs us tha
the many rep orts circulated, regardin;
the soil of that section not being pro
ductive, are false He says wheat ant
barley are grown to perfection, an(
many of the hardy vegetables ar
raised there, equal both in size AM
quantity to those produced anywhere
even in some parts Of the valley, corn
tomatoes and melons are raised. A
stock country, he thinks it. has n
superior on the coast, there bein,
abundance of the best quality of rang
and endless natural meadows Ochic
Review.
The Chinese of Portland are deter
mined to stand on the defensive, an
evidently understand the maxim, i
time of peace prepare for war On
gun store in that city has sold ninet
weapons to Chinese during the pas
week. These consisted of double actio
Colts revolvers, and few Winchestt
lifles. Wednesday couple of he;
| thens purchased two splendid revolver
and 800 rounds of ammunition. Whe
asked the reason for such warlike pr
paratjons, they replied that the arm
and munition were to be used to guart
themselves against any possible dem
onstration the whites might make.
4 On the 9th of October Mr.. E. ALE
who had personal charge OF the mi
siopary car" left Louisville for Ne
Orleans. He accompanied the car t
the Crescent city and must have al
rived there some days ago. All th
articles have been taken from the ca
and placed in the exposition building
These various products will be adde
to the articles which were on exhib
ton last year and will constitute til
Oregon display. The New Orlear
, exposition will open next Tuesday an
will continue until March l9, 1856
, The "missionary car" after all the a
. ticles were removed, was sent back
! Omaha and turned over to the railroa
{ company. Telegram.