The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-02-20
News SUNNI ary.

ORC UlR VI AOosoNO RNOPA'
Cannon. who shot Senator Voorhees, about
two years ago, is again in durance vile tor
an attempt to rob the postoffice at Foress
Grove.
An attempt has been made to raise rice In
Southern Oregon, it being claimed that
some of the land is suitable for that pur-
pose.
California numbers, among her citizens,
ten Irishmen whose aggregate wealth IS
$4lS,OOO, 900. Irish have applied to some
purpose in that State.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for an ad-
ditional building for the State University
has passed the Senate and now only needs
the signature of the Governor to become a
law.
The Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line
railways are to carry the members OF the
Iowa Press Association free Oh excur-
sion to Oregon, next spring, perhaps in
June.
Salem has at last been awarded the Indian
training school, which will soon be relocated
at that place. The new building will be
about four miles north of the city,, and is a
splendid location.
Blasting paper is an Austrian invention.
1t is merely kind of blotting paper coated
with an explosive mixture, cut into strips,
rolled into cartridge form and fired like gum
powder.
According to the new city directory, the
population of Portland proper is $4,000.
This is not including the Chinese who num-
Der 1900, nor does it take into considera-
ton East Portland or Albina, which would
swell the total to $4,000.
Of the 10000, 900 people belonging to the
agricultural classes i'll America nearly s.
600, 900 are active farmers; and there is
probably not in the whole world SO large a
body Of homogeneous people actively en-
ployed and holding property who have SO
little organization or cohesion.
In Des Moines the number of saloons has
increased from 60 to l02 since the so-called
"prohibition" went into effect. As the
sellers have no license to pay they can stand
an occasional oonfscation of stock which
kept low in expectation of such emergeH-
cies.
This week the Enterprise mining compa-
ny struck good paying gu artz and the men,
bers of the company are more confident than
ever that they have found bonanza.
Work on the shaft is being pushed right
along and we hope to see their expectetions
realized. ed.-Jacksonville Sentinel.
The surveyor general has received from
Washington complete copies of the plats
and field notes which were destroyed by fire
when his office was burned year and a
half ago. These plats make sixty large
books, land it has cost an immense amount
of labor and large sum of money to repro
duce them.
The Portland News says M. Volk, form
erly superintendent of construction on the
Oregon and California extension but now
roadmaster, gives it as his opinion that
work on the extension south CT Oakland
will not be resumed in the spring, nor for
some time to come. He says matters in
railroad circles are exceedingly quiet aud
likely to remain SO indefinitely.
The fruit raisers of Los Angeles, Califor-
mia have formed an association to protect
their orchards from the ravages of insects.
more ravenous every year. The pests do
not conine themselves to one variety, but
have diversity of taste, and, of course,
test everything in the orchard from citrus
to lime.
]. M. Mccartney and old resident OF
Linn county, Oregon, died few days age
at his home near Harrisburg. Deceased
came to this state in 1882 and has resided
ever since in Linn county. He was charac.
terized for habits of temperance, honesty,
and upright dealings with his fellow men,
which, coupled with life of industry, made
him highly esteemed and much loved
neighbor On the sth of this month Harvey
Greenwood, another pioneer of Linn county
departed this life at Harrisburg. Mr.
Greenwood was among the earliest settlers
OF the county in which he died.
At a recent meeting of the stockholders
of the Oregon and California Railroad, the
following designations were accepted: Hen
ry Willard, President; R. Koehler, second
Vice President, and George II. Andrews,
Secretary. The following gentlemen were
chosen as successors: George FL. Hopkin
son of London, President; George H. An
drews of Portland, second Vice-President
w. w. Betherton of Portland, Secretary
Mr.. Hopkinson repres ents the foreign stock
holders Of the company.
A precious carpet has been destroyed in
San Francisco. 1t had covered the floor o.
one of the rooms of the mint and had beer
used for five years. The dust of the pre-
eious metals used in the coinage had, dur
ing that period continually fallen upon it
rha euthoriYies had II cut in small Dieces