Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-15
OREGON NEWS.
Everything Of General Interest In a
Condensed Form.
Albany is infested by burglars.

be reprinted and repaired.
Hon. ]. r. South, on old pioneer
who resided near Halsey, is dead.
RID. Hume is building large
warehouse at Gold Beach, Curry
county.
Cole Brothers, of Oregon City, are
erecting sawmill on Pudding river,
near Aurora.
| A small shark was captured at va
quna bay recently, and shipped to
Prof. Congdon, at the state university.
i w. T. Griswold and Eugene Rick
seeker, of the U. S. geological survey,
have taken the field for the season in
Southern Oregon.
Joshua Nichols, arrested at Sweet
Home for disturbing the public school
and threatening the directors and
others, was fined $40 and costs.
VIM. Bogart accidentally had the
backs of both his hands pressed
against pulley in the Coburg sawmill
in Lane county the other day, lacera-
ting them terribly.
| Louis Nolan, of Crook county, has
been sent to the penitentiary for two
years for forgery committed in signing
another mans ZANE to an order for a
suit OF clothes.
i w. N. Thomas, OF Rock creek, near
Mehama, has received notice from a
vigilance committee to leave the coun-
try within ten days. He says he will
stay where he is.
A man named James Morgan, who
was in the employ OF Hoffman d
Pfeiffer at Albany, decamped, taking
about $50 from the safe. He was ar
rested in Portland.
A. Hammond and Richard Mitchell
were out hunting, and Hammond
killed Mitchell, installing him for a
deer. The accident occurred in the
mountains near Jacksonville.
Frank Trip, of the Coquille river,
accidentally shot himself while out
hunting. The gun was resting with
the stock on the ground when it was
discharged, the ball entering the right
breast.
Frank Mack was accidentally shot
near Albany, while hunting. Placing
, a lighted pipe in side pocket with his
cartridges, one of them was exploded,
injuring one of his fingers as well as
, his body.
Mrs. J. E. Sorbin, OF Gainesville,
Linn county, took an overdose of
morphine, and died from the effects OF
, it. She was confirmed user of NOR
, phine, and obtained the drug by I'M
} derhand means.
Charley, the 15-year-old son of R
Prescott, living on Powder river neal
Auburn, Baker county, was seriously
: injured by having his saddle animal
fall upon him while riding on the
} range.
A little girl of w. B. Wright, post.
master at Shedd, Linn county, was
slightly burned by the explosion of q
coal oil can, from which she was pour.
ing oil into lighted stove. The
mother seeing the girls clothing in 9
blaze, smothered the fire out with hel
apron and skirts, burning her hand in
, doing so.
The residence of B. H. Irvine al
,, Jordan Valley, Linn county, burned
to the ground with all the content is
The origin of the fire is not known
but il is supposed to have originated
from fue. About $3.50 worth O
wool and 500 in greenbacks were al
so consumed. A quantity of silver
also went through the fire, but was re
covered in half melted condition.
, George F. Cooper, resident O
| Baker county, has been adjudged in
, sane and committed to the ASYLUM
The young man, it is said, was highly
respected by those who knew him
and his unfortunate condition is much
regretted No cause can be assigned
save that several years ago, while in
, Southern State, he had severe attach
of yellow fever from the effects O
which he never fully recovered.
5 George w. Clarno of the lower Suis
law, met with serious accident or
his ranch ON Indian creek. With hi,
, brother he was engaged in saving
: down tree. 1t commenced to fall un
expectedly against him, throwing hin
? to the ground, and with his wrist on 4
rail, another rail falling on top of the
first, the tree coming down on the
rail, crushing it completely off above
the fingers, leaving nothing but {
; stump.
An alteration took place few
miles north of Pendleton, between ]
B. Coyle and William Temple. The
quarrel arose over the building O
, some fence. Coyle was at work dig
ging post-holes, when Temple came
up, and after some words they came
, , to blows, in which Coyle got the worst
, OF the encounter, his head beine
! bruised and cut by spade which he
had been using, but which Temple
got away from him. Coyle retaliateC
by shooting at Temple, which did no
take effect.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.