The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-12-25
STATE and TERRITORIAL
Items of Interest Cleaned from
Northwest Exchanges.

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It is estimated that 200 building costing
81 ,OOO, 900, have been erected in Portland
this year.
Some of the business men of Salem are
talking of getting up joint stock company
to purchase dynamo-electric machine for
electric lights.
The Baker City Sage Brush estimates the
population of Baker county at 1850, though
it is impossible, since the burning of the
records, to make anything like correct es-
innate.
In suit against the city of Lewiston, by
VIM. Black, for $40, 600 damages for injur-
es received by falling into washour in one
of the streets of that city, the jury awarded
him damages in the sum of So, 500.
A Washington territory jury has just de-
cided that the killing oi a sewing machine
agent is not murder, says an exchange.
This may be the result of allowing women
chance to get even by being jurors.
Vanderbilt used to plow with oxen on
Staten Island farm. Jay Gould used to be
a book-peddlar. Jim Fiske raised Yankee
pumpkins in Vermont. Most of our million
aires began life outside of what are called
the favored classes.
Hogs laised along the Columbia river
feed on salmon, and the raisers oftentimes
cannot eat their production, owing to the
peculiar half-salmon and half-hog taste.
Anyone eating this sort of meat, cannot tell
whether he is eating fish or flesh.
The ssbeautful snow" has already fallen to
the depth of several inches in Eastern Ore
son and parts of w. T., and the people of
those localities are sleigh;ng, while The gen
tie rain continues to patter down Upon the
heads of the denizens of ''Webfoot."
The citizens of La Camas have organized
a telegraph and telephone company, with a
capital stock of $4,000. to lay telegraph
cable across the Columbia to Troutdale to
connect with the Western Union line at that
place. The length OF the proposed line viii
be three miles and a half.
Murray Sun: A $l53 nugget was picked
up on the claim of Miller, Gallivan. Gordon
and Countz in Placer Gulch, a tributary to
Trail, last week. This is one Of the banner
properties of the south side, and will make
a splendid showing next spring. when he
water becomes plenty.
Sheep raisers near Albany are talking OF
Joining together and offering sufficient re-
ward to induce y score or more of hunters
t., enter into coyote chase with dogs and
inaugurate a wa of determination. The
county has a standing offer of assistance for
such a move OF $40 for each scalp.-Herald.
Dallas Itemizer: Geo. w. Hubbard, who
has been engaged in plowing in the vicinity
of Monmouth, says the fields are fioaded
with mice, but apparently are not doing
much damage. 1t is no uncommon thing
t. turn up twenty or thirty with the plow.
S.me farmers have mixed their fall seed
wheat with strychnine, and by that means
have destroyed large numbers.
1t is estimated that there are 100, ,OOO, Cc(
acres If land on the Pacific Coast that art
especially adapted to wheat culture. U
this California has %, ,OOO. 600, or one fourth
of the whole; Oregon has $4,000, 600 acres
Washington territory has 10000. 600 acres
Colorado and Idaho, 10000, 600 each; Mon
tana, Utah and Wyoming, zoos. 900 each
and the great bulk of all this wheat lant
yet lies untouched.
The bondsmen of w. D. Pettinger, de-
faulting treasurer of Washington county
restili in arrears to the county in the sun
of $4,000. The bondsmen are solid AM
substantial men and the grand jury urge
upon the county court the advisability q
putting the matter in shape for payment
Public sympathy is with bonds'nen und'
such aggravating circumstances, but syn
pathy never pays bills. Telegram.
Hon j. H. D. Henderson, member {
congress from Oregon in lS64.ls66, died 3
his home in Eugene City on the 18th inst
at the age of seventy-tive years. Mr.. Hei
derson had been feeble for some time, re
suit of advanced age and latterly had hee
confined to his bed from serious attack
gastric troubles. He was not talente
man in any large sense, but was man
undoubted integrity and spotless priva
character. He was for many years an acti
minister of the Cumberland Presbyteri'
church, but during his Later years he seldo
preached He will he remembered by mai
old Oregonians whose lives ran in acti
channels beside his own while ''Yet our y
young state was younger yet.
A reliable citizen of Winlock, w.
writes to the Oregonian under the date
the 10Th inst: Amid the great exciteme
caused in this section over the recent d
covery Of gold, it now happens that fuel
to he added to the flames by Mr.. New
who found while dressing goose, seve
particles Of pure gold in it's craw.
goose was one of pair that Mr.. Wal
Neyels, substantial citizen of Lewis col
tv. had recently brought from Oregon {