The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-16
TElEGRAPHlC DISPATCHES,
Of the past week Conaensed.
GENERAL NEWS.

Senator Jones and Representative Breck-
enridge of Arkansas are trying to pave the
way for a river appropriation. They had an
interview with the president and urged him
to incorporate in his annual message to Con-
yress recommendation to improve the nav
ieation of the Mississippi river and its trib-
utaries. They report that the President
showed marked interest iu the subject, and
they consider the interview very satisfac-
tory.
The cattle men interested in land in
Western Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Ter
tit ory and Northwestern Texas, are in con-
ference at Kansas tity. They claim that
they have been damaged in the sum of 800, =
600 by parties who have operated along the
so.calied Texas drive, and will briug suit
against number OF these parties for reim-
bursement Several indictments have al
ready been found in the Kansas District
Court and many more are expected to fol-
low.
Exhaustive reports to the New England
Homestead from seventy correspondents,
indicate that the potato crop of New Eng
Land and New York is fally one third below
the average and trife smaller than last
year.
H. NJ Vanarman, Secretary of ArizonH,
has sent il his resiguition to the President.
The Grsirl jury has bon 5ht i'll another true
bill against Royal Johns"n, SurveYor-Gen-
eral. Ting charge is very serious.
1t is r3.i,rte | that hitch has occurred
in the U.ilon Pacific railroad negotiations,
wherein S3J0. 000 was to be borrowed from
trust c ,,npany in New York, which had
$500, 0U0 Al land graut trust funds ON de
pssis. Uanon Pacific officials however,
deny all xAnwle.igs of any hitch, ald say i'll
ct that :hey had no negotiations with any
trust com ,,Lny in New York, excepting to
endeavor G, induce one company to allow ot
the advance payment of certain claims c'in-
prised in the floating debt 1t is officially
asserted that the Union Pacific company
now has in bulk fully 81, 800. 900, which it
will use with other funds whenever it can
do so TO advantage in making an advance
payment of outstanding claims.
The formal notice OF withdrawal of the
Burlington & Quincy from the transc"nsi-
mental pool was received by President
Oakes, of the transeontinental pool, On the
9th, inst.
Horse breeders in the vicinity of Bush
well, Illinois, are considerably alarmed over
the discovery that glanders exist in J. IL.
Tru'nan's herd of range horses.
Leading clearance house of the United
States report total clearances for the week
endiag October 10. were 1920, 23D, ,653. An
increase of 2. 40 per cent, compared with
the corresponding week last year.
A sensational story is published III New
: York of the matrimonial experience of Mrs
Samantha Good!e, who recently married her
son without knowing it. Upon discovins
their mistake they He'd in opposite dircc
tions. the bridegroom is Harrison Turner,
who amassed a fortune in Calf ,rnia.
The naval board of appraisers, consisting
of Capt. Hewison, Capt. Mathews, Naval
Constructors Webb and Murchand, and
Chief Engineer Baker, has completed
appraisement of the material on hand and
work done at Roach's ship-yard for the
government, and will present the result of
their labor, which is said to be very satis-
factory to the assisnees, to secretary Whit
ney.
Massachusetts, democrats have nominated
tie following ticket: The first ballot for
governor resulted: Whole number of votes,
ll29; necessary to choice, 5S5; Avery l2l,
Griunell 493. Prince 5l3, scattering On
the second ballot Prince was nominated
amid much enthusiasm. The remainder of
the ticket is as follows: Fl. H. Gilmore of
Cambridge. lieutenant governor; Jeremiah
Crowley, of Lowell, secretary of state;
Henry U. Braley, of Fall River, attorney
general; Henry NJ. Cross, of Newbnry port,
treasurer and reciver; Gen. James E. Del
auey, of Holyoke, auditor.
The board of trade official statement OF
the amount of grain in sight in the United
States and Canada on Saturday, October 10,
and the amount of increase or decrease over
the proceeding week, shows: Wheat, 46,
7l7,O0l. an increase of l, ,576. 100; corn, 4,
29l,7lS, decrease of l67,39S; rye, 437,
458 an increase of 1879; barley, 7O4, 253,
an increase OF 297, ,902.