The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-06-12
News Summary.

Walla Walla tor the Celebration OF the
18th of July.
A car containing young shad is er
route to Portland, and the fish Will be
distributed through the streams Of Ore
gon and Washington.
Eastern Oregon and Washington
are expected to produce 10000 tons
of wheat this year, Of which $4,000
tons will be for export.
Fishermen have great sport cathlng
salmon at the Willamette Falls with
hook and line. Fish weighing from
&c to 80 pounds are frequently taken.
Mr. Thomas Graham, a miner OF
Granite Creek, while working in his
claim last week, picked up a nugget
weighing four and one half pounds.
valued at 5000.
The "Yank" ledge in Douglas coun-
ty bids fair to rival the Comstock lode.
The dazzling prospect turned San
Francisco gold-mining expert crazy,
and he died a few days ago.
According to the census of 1880,
Linn produces more butter than any
county in the state Marion comes
next followed by Multnomah, Lane,
Claekamas, Washington, Yamhii,
Umatilla, Douglas, Urion and then
Polk.
Eugene Guard: About forty China
men left Eugene last Wednesday, for
Blue river where they go to mine dur
ing the coming summer. We under
stand that another drove will leave
here some time next week fer the
same destination.
The Statesman says the Salem Flour
ing Mills company have decided to
adopt the roller mills process. They
will discard all their old machinery,
and have let a contract to Minnesota
man to put in the machinery, at a
cost of about $40, the work to be
completed by SEPTEMBER &c.
1t has often been remarked that the
cherry season this year is somewhat
earlier than usual. A strange coin
cidence is that many Of the trees tia;
have already yielded large crop are
budding anew, and are even white
with blossoms, and bid fair to bear a
larger second crop this season than
the first
Judge Washburne returned from
Lake county yesterday mo ming. He
brought several curiosities among
which was the skull Of a mountain
sheep with an enormous pair Of horns
which we imagine to be as large as
those, the blowing OF which brought
down the walls of Jericho.-Eugene
Register.
Matney, Lawrence and Cooper, who
were charged with inficting bodily in
jury upon Cofey, near Independence
on Sunday, May "a, had a preliminary
examination before justice O'Donald
of Salem, on Monday June Ist, and
were held in bonds for their appear
ance before the grand jury; Matney in
the sum of $1,000 and Lawrence and
Cooper in the sum of $3.50 each.
The OMAHA Bee says foreign cate
men in Nebraska are successfully fool |
iag the government, They have
fenced in 10000 acres of public ianJ |
in Custer county and driven of settlers
by violence, and now that then title is !!
questioned in the courts they have /
in staving off trial long
enough to permit the army Of cowboys !
and others whom they have hired, to
file claims on the lands under the !
presumption and timber
culture acts.
The prospects are brilliant Tor d /
successful State Fair this year. Port
land merchants have taken renewed |
interest in the exhibition, and will send !
a large amount of goods to the fair
Exhibitors are assured Of their premi-
ums, and are not afraid to venture.
The appropriation made hy the last
Legislature has greatly added to restore
in the institution. A Port
land merchant said yesterday that he
thought the coming fair would be the