The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-06-05

The editor of Washington Terrific
ry paper was recently robbed of $3.Is
the hard earned saving of four years
Universal sympathy is expressed fo1
him by his brother journalists.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the new jury law is unconstitution.
al, hence all juries will have to be
drawn under the old law, which pro
vides for thirty, instead of thirty-six
according to the new law.
The Cove correspondent of the La
Grande Gazette says: Some spots in
the grain fields near here are said to be
pefectly yellow with unmatched grass
hopper eggs. On the ridge the young
hoppers have here and there eaten the
ground bare, though it is supposed not
to damage the grain which soon grows
again more vi igorous than ever
An Ellensburg correspondent says:
@Our town is crowded with discharged
laborers. The orders for suspension
| of work on the Cascade division have
cast gloom over the burg. This will
tend to put stop to all improvements
and building until something more def
mite is learned in regard to construct
ing the road to this place"
Victoria Times: A discovery Of
gold bearing quartz is reported near
the falls on Goldstream, which was
brought to light by cutting on the
Island railway. The attention of Mr..
Hunter, chief engineer of the works,
was called to the quartz. and upon ex-
animation it was found to contain gold
in large quantities, one quarts speci-
men being rich in the metal.
Ashland 'riding: A number of the
maple trees in town are infested with |
an insect which is said to be the red
scale bug, a tree pest which has caused
much trouble in some portions of CAL
ifornia and in other states. Orchard
men should investigate the matter, and
if there be any way to prevent the
pest from gaining foot-hold here, see
that no time is lost in making the eff.
fort.
Salem Statesman: Rev. Jesse Har-
rift, who lives at point over the river
about two miles from Salem, showed
US pear tree in his yard that is full
six feet in circumference about the
body, and is forty seven feet high.
Last year it bore fitty-two bushels of
pears, which is more than it ever bore
before. The amount of fruit that it
yields corresponds to its growth. The
tr&e Is thlrty-ihree years old, is in
healthy condition and bids fair to live
four or five hundred years longer.
John L. Sullivan, the brutal pugilist,
has entered a counter suit to his wife's
suit for divorce, alleging cruel and
abusive treatment and habits of intox-
cation. 1t will be pity to separate
SO congenial couple as this twain
0roclaims themselves to be, though the
dea of any one, still less a woman,
maltreating Sullivan will probably be
secuted by the judge who will be
called uFon to decide the marital diff
erences o. these anxious applicants
or divorce-Ex. lr
Peter Goyette of High valley, Un-
on county, has curiosity, or mon
trosity, whichever it may be called.
1t is lamb now five weeks old, in
perfect health, having five legs, the
odd number projecting from its side,
)ut about an inch shorter than the
regulation legs. The tail also grows
rom the hip, some three inches from
he location of the ordinary protuber-
lnce, while on the right shoulder is a
growth, now about four inches in
ength, which Mr.. Goyette designates
IS ewing" The animal in every 1e-
pect acts, eats and plays as if lamb
If ordinary birth, and is certainly the
esult of an extraordinary freak of ma
ure
The first through train over the Ca
ladian Pacific railway from Montreal
o Winnipeg, bearing troops designed
or operation against Poundmaker and
nc hopI of TpJ;o-. =,