The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-02
News Summary.

E. H. King, lawyer, had a fight
with a Cougar last week in Asotln
county, w. 7,
The Mammoth mine in Union coun-
ty, has been bonded for $4,000 to
eastern capitalist.
1t is said that upwards of 10000
900 acres of public lands have been
fenced in by cattlemen.
A number of immigrant wagons have
passed through Roseburg, says the
Plaindealer, during the past week on
their way south.
A numbar of men are sluicing a bar
in the Columbia river near Spokane
Falls, and they are cleaning S. in fine
gold to the man per day.
Over 1000 pounds of Tillamook
butter have recently been disposed of
in Salem. 1t is made on Claude
'Thayer's ranch, and is highly recon-
mended. Good for Claude.
The Gaunt liquor case. recently de-
cided by Judge Webster in Klamath
county, will be appealed to the Supreme
Court as test case, and Judge Hanna
has been retained by the defense.
If you want to sell your farm, stock,
goods, or ANYTHING else, quickly and
at reasonable expense, an advertise
ment in the GAZETTE will be read far
aad near and lead to an early sale.
A company is being organized in
Linkville to be known as the Artesian
Well Boring company, whose business
it will be to take contracts for boring
artesian wells anywherSin in the county.
The wheat crop of Oregon, and
Washington and Idaho this year aggre-
gates to $4,000, 900 bushels, as against
100000 bushels for last year.
Who says this is nota wheat country?
1t is said by the Itemiaer that the
Christian Herald, formerly published
at Monmouth. Polk Co., will again
make its accustomed visits to the peo-
pie in the near future, probably next
week.
From conversations recently had
with cattle owners, says the Modoc In
dependent, we find the opinion pre-
vailing that Notwithstanding the fact
that the price of beef is low at present,
not many weeks will elapse, before
there will be perceptible rise in the
price of this article
The Thatcom ReveilIe is Informed
thm no less than 200 Cinnamon have
crossed the boundary line from British
Columbia to this country, at or near
Blaine, during the past two months,
and the number is constantly increas-
ing. 1t is believed that vast quantities
of opium are smu ggled through at the
same time.
The board of state fair managers
have had row with two bands on the
ground who entered to contest for
prizes which the fair offered to give.
The board desired that the bands
should stay and play all the time and
the bands proposed to simply play the
necessary times to decide the contest.
So they failed to agree and the bands
left and the board kept the money.
The proprietors of the various gam
bling houses in Portland were notified
by Chief of Police Parrish to close
their games, which was done The
new ordinance provides for a heavy
fine or Imprisonment in case its provis
aons are violated. This is more thar
the gamblers can stand, and an honest
and impartial enforcement of the law
will keep the houses closed perma
nently. 1t remains to be seen how
long this will be done.
At about $50 O'Clock on Wednes
day morning of last week. fire broke
out in the drug store of r. A. Ross, al
Silverton. MI. Ross had lighted &
lamp and started to go down cellar fol
some wood to start fire with, anc
when on the stairs he made misstep
dropping the lamp, which exploded
setting fire to some straw, and in few
moments the entire building was wrap
ped in flames, and in short time nine
of the best buildings in the town were
laid in ashes, as follows: Ross drus