The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-09

inc county, III southern Oregon, brougI
back $3.50 worth of gold taken froln place
claim (which he discovered this summer
says an exchange. Scarcity of water neces'
itated the transportation of the dirt Sum
distance to stream. where thres tons
dirt yielded that am ,unt of gold.
Rumors have it that preparations ar
being made to hold in the near future a
open mass meeting in Portland OF all cit
zens, who openly or otherwise deem 1T eS
pedient to take active measures tending tc
ward necessary action on the Chinese queS
ton It. is to be hopel that moderation il
speech and council will guide the delibera
tions of the meeting.
The Oregon City Woelen Mills employ
one hundred and eighty persons; fifty q
which are the hea Is of families, and fifty
more families derive a partial support from
/ the same source. The monthly pay roll j
over six Thousand dollars. over three-fourth
Of which is paid to white labor. 1t will
thus be seen that the mill keeps one hun
dred ftmies at Oregon City. Why cann"
factories If ,l!f.rent kin Is be put in opera
tion at Corvallis.
The In,llln training school at Chemawa,
Marian O., was the scene of confagratior
last Wednesday afternoon. The new sup
erintenleut was there and the cadets were
on parade, when the cry of ''fire" calleC
them ta b Urn and hay shed which were
found to I've i'll fam g. The she'd containing
several tons Of my was tot lily destroyed a:
well as a stable 5h It stno adjoining it.
There were two horses in the stable and
one of them nlrr, ,viy esctpel being burned
to death, receiving several fire wounds.
Th ca,ise of the fire is unknown but it was
supposed to be incendi ,ry.
An organization of Indian war veterans
was formed during the week of the state fair
at Salem with the following officers: T. B.
Wait of Salem, grand commanders Col.
John Kelsay of Benton, senior vice-grand
commanders; Col. B. F. Shaw of Vancouver,
w. r., junior vic .-granl commander; grand
marshal w. j. G ,rrison, Yumhi:l; state adj
jutant, w. J. Norton; chaplain, DIR. L. 2.
V. Emhree; paymaser, John Mimic; sur
geon, DR.. Martin; captain of the guard,
Jacob Rinearson. Steps will be taken i'm
mediately to establish subordinate camps
all over the Pacific northwest.
At Bully creek, near Ontario, Oregon, the
other night Il man named Jackson and his
hired man were murdered by some unknown
person, who split their heads open with an
AK, Mrs. jackson was also cut in the head
with an ak, and when she arose from her
bed the murderer shot her. Her wounds
are not considered serious and she may re-
cover. The hired man and Jackson son,
aged 7, We're sleeping in hay stack abont
fifty feet from the house. The stack was
fired but the boy crawled out and escaped.
The mans body was burned to a crisp. The
other children asleep i'll the house were not
molested. Somebody ought to be hung.
The Hillsboro Independent makes the fol
lowing remarks which contain much truth
''The game law was m lde in the interest of
the rod and gun club, aud it is of benefit to
uo oAiC CloC- IL PiSfCiit> hlCH litill ptt-
viding meat for their families present need
on the frontier 1t increases the number
of wild animals that prey on the farmers
stock y increasing game. 1t causes the
yearly 1ncursion into the country, at the
end of the close season, of villanous pot
hunters who range over the farms in harvest
time, on Sundays and every day, banging at
everything they see. killing or crippling
stock, setting fire to ripe grain, trampling
down grass and grain, and endangering
human life as well as property. The game
INV is an infringement on the rights of the
poor man and the boys, in favor of the high
toned hooters of the r,d an gun club, an
the reckless, Godless, bangwhanging pot
hunters"
Last week while the station agent and
trnckmen at Eugene City were unloading
car of freig ght on the nlatfnrm at the north
east corner of the freight depot two 25tb tin
cans of powder which had been placed about
three feet from the srntheast corner of the
building were exploded, supposed to have
been caused by heavy bar of iron which
Oren Moore threw down striking one of the
cans. Mr.. Moore was from four to five feet
from the cans at the time: his clothing was
badly torn, his hair, beard and eyebrows
burned to a crisp and his body burned and
bruised seriously. He is suffering great
pain hut it is hoped that he is not danger
onsly injured. Mr.. Joseph Eaton. who was
within few feet, was also considerably
burned. Mr.. lward Harrington and Mr..
jesse Gross were also rather violently
shaken up but not seriously injured.
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