The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

settlers Of Lane county, died at his resi-
dence. in Eugene City, Friday afternoon,
Sept 25, 1885. His death was caused by a
ed him for wears.
The wheat arrivals to Portland for last
week were total of 1852 tons, daily
average of 250 tons from the valley, and
1861 tons from Wala Walla The total
shipment made to San Francisco during the
month of September amounted to II, 533
tons.
Mrs. Vanduyn of Coburg was badly hurt
last week by the falling of shed, which
was being used temporarily as an eating
house, on the north side of the pavilion in
which the Lane county fair was being held.
Mrs. Vanduyn is all elderly lady and was
quite severely hurt.
On Tuesday night Chinese dive at Hal
sey, says the Dissemination, was attacked by
some of the irate citizens of that place with
rocks, and the Mongolians, five in number,
We're driven out of the town. The quarters
of the Chinese under the employ Of the rail-
road was not molested.
Mrs Burt and Mrs Lane were last week
| walking along Sutton creek, about twelve
miles from Baker City, they came across Il
half-grown black bear, which they chased
up tree Mr.. J. C. Washhurn and his
son happened along soon liter, and the bear
after some resistance was captured brought
| IL, IF Rur tIa1 tn
post.
Two wagon loads of Wehfoot apples We're
sold at PrinesvRe for 81. so per bushel re-
Gently. According to the census repu.t the
products of Crook county in 1881 were As
follow: Wheat. 52,O34 bushels; oats,
81, 3Os; barley anil rye, 80, 4S1; corn, 253;
! hay, ii $50 tons; butter AMI cheese, 24. $50;
potatoes, 10 955; apples, Sl4; pruneS, 10;
/ lumber, l,430 COO.
If the apples now going to waste in every
orchard in Oregon were converted into clder
and the ciler into vinegar, at least $780, 900
would be savel. says the News. This may
seem SIN Ill matter to the farmers of this
State, but IL is worthy of consideration.
VIM. Fall and family, of Wisconsin, ar
rived in Dallas, says the Itemizer, this
| week MIR. Fail moved back east last fall,
| dissatisfied with Oregon climate; but on ar
irving east got good dose of ice and snow
and once more seeks our agreeable climate.
George Turpin near Canyonville, stood on
limb of a tree about twelve feet from the
ground, and chopped off the main body
which fell and the top struck the ground
and sprung back, struck him on the leg
about three inches above the ankle break
ing both bones.
DIR. Goucher and Mr.. Meyer, of Molalla,
returned from Portland. where they had
been having some of the gold quarred from
their mine on the Santiam assayed. The
assay of gold was $50 to the ten, but the
ASSAY was not made of the lead with which
the rock abounds.
The new pilot boat being built at Astoria
is to be sixty-four tons register, and will be
the fastest sailor Oh the coast. She will
cost $4,000, the amount appropriated at
the late session of the legislature, and will
be christeneri Governor Moody She is to
be used on the Columbia bar.
The Northern Pacific has established a
special rate of 81. Is per hundred on apples
in boxes ON lots of one hundred boxes or
more to a shipment from Portland to points
in Montana between Missoula and Bozeman.
inclusive, also to Butte, Anaconda, and
Deer Lodge reached via Garrison.
The board of trustees of the Oregon state
insane asylum have renewed the contract
with the territory of Idaho for the care of
that territory's insane. There are now
about twenty patients in the asylum here
from Idaho and they will remain until the
completion of the asylum at Boise City.
New quartz lodges are being discovered
almost every day in S uthern Oregon, says
the "Grant's Pass Argus" Arnett Bros.
have found a gold bearing quartz ledge, ex-
tensive in width and length with gold plain
ly visible to the nakyd eye. G. w. Gibbs
has discovered gold AMI silver quartz
ledge four feet in with, on Jump -OH-Joe,
near Lucky Queen.
Arthur Wilson, of Jacknon county, has
discovered bituminous coal mine ON his
farm near NJ dford. The vein being over
four feet wide is almost inexhaustible. 1t
resembles in every particular the coal of
Toledo. Ohio. He proposes to develop the
mine at once and is confident that it can be
worked to advantage and profit
a band of horse hives, numbering some
forty men, with their families. have estab
lished their head quarters in the Teton
basin, NJ. L. They have regular settle
ment, raising crops, etc, and seldom have
less than 800 or 400 heal of stock on hand,
most of which is stolen property.
S. II. Venator, prominent citizen of
Modoc county, Cal, died at his home in
Alturas, September Goth, from the effects
of dose of carbolic acid given him by mis-
take. He was sick with measles and some
medicine was left by his physician. His