The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-04-17
News Summary.

The Red Grown mills at Albany are to be
enlarged to capacity of 300 barrels day
The name of the Astoria independent has
been changed to The Gate@ay City Daily
Herald.
There are 5O27 persons of school age in
Umatilla county, of whom only 1923 at
tend school.
The school superintendent of jackson
county reports 1888, persons of school age In
the county.
A carload of fine bred cows from Mis-
souri was received by Linn county stock
breeders last week.
A harpoon of the pattern made over forty
years ago was taken from whale caught
near Coos Bay recently.
Douglas county has u school districts
and 409S persons of school age. 1hs total
value of school houses aad grounds Is
$34,l4O
Fifteen men are employed on the Coquille
breakwater, and probably the remainder OF
the appropriation will be expended by the
end of the month.
The hop crop in the aeighborhood of
Brownsville is thriving finely under the
warm weather. If prices are fair the hop
raisers will have bonanza this season.
Roseburg boasts of a spring chicken with
four fegs, born on Vests farm near there.
The monstrosity lived few days then died,
and they have salted it down III alcohol to
keep up its spirits.
The sal,non-fishing season opened April
LIST. Some of this years pack was offered
for sale i'll Portland by Sealy, Mason Il Co.
on the2nd inst, havingibeen caught, cooked,
canned and shipped the first day.
Baker City Tribune: From eight degrees
below zero in Chicago to eighty y-tive degrees
above in Baker City may seem quite
change in temperature, yet such were the
contrasting temperatures as we found them
On our return trip from tie East.
The farmers of Tennessee are in a bad
way owing to a lack of snow for the pro-
tectidn of winter wheat. Already 25 per
cSuC. 0I GLS wuSdb So"h hdo hS'-i PiO"So
up, and many feds which are left. hoping
for an Improvement, will be put down i'll
oats or planted in corn.
Thos. Healey, bridge foreman, fell into
the Marent chasm west of Missoula la It
week, and was instantly killed. Every
hone in his body broken. The fall is
o2S feet. The Northern Pacific bridge at
that point is the highest wooden structure
known to railroad enghseering.
Herman Walker, the young man who re-
ceived an almost fatal guashot wound in
the face while liunt2ag l. inteI has.al-
most entirely recovered. He was in Albany
Monday and Looks remarkably wei for one
having had 50 narrow al escape. His face
will not be so badly disfgured as WAS at
first feared.-Disseminator
The Tacoma Indf~,s OF Washington Ter
ritory viii soon have the patents for the
lands of their ervation, which were al
lotted to them in severalty. 1t is charged
that they were Withheld for some unexplained
reason by Ex.Seeretary Teller. Senator
Dawes called Secretary Lamar's attention
TO the matter, wh ordered the immediate
issue of the patents.
Seattle Post: April is determined evi.
IDENTITY to do as well March in the matter
of weather. So far not the least exception
could be taken to the weather OH the score
of beauty sure; in fact, the only
grumhlers are gardners, Nho pray for rain.
Owing she long continued drynsss tho
ground begins to pack, seeds do not sprout,
and tender vegetables show signs of suffer-
ing
The cattle Industry of the Northwest is
still in its infancy, not being ten years old
A vast extent of country is yet untenanted
save by wild animals, and the 27,O0O, 900
'acres of Indian reservations in Montana
snust also be deducted from the available
grazing ground, so that the country has
only begun to be settled. Montana has a
a little over 1000, 900 head of beef cattle at
present and is capable of supporting 10, 900,
900 head.
Tuesday afternoon of last week surprise
dinner was given at the residence of w. G.
>Tweedale, in Albany, in honor of the 18th
birthday Of Mrs. srntley, mother of Mrs.
Tweedale. In consideration of the age OF
those who attended, it was an event ofeoe-
siderable interest. There were eleven
present whose united ages were 100 years,
an average of between II and 72 years,
ranging from 80 to S3 years.
On the claim of Charles Felt and George
Gleason, known as the 'fOld Sling" claim,
near Althouse, Josephine county, nugget
of gold was picked up which weighed
seventeen ounces. On the same claim, in
the year 1854, one weighing nearly $4,000
was found. A few weeks ago Cinnamon
on the claim Immediately above found a
nugget weighing fourteen ounces. The
ground in this vicinity is noted for its great
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