Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-20
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest in
Condensed Form

| The vote OF Wallowa county Is be
tween 500 and 900.
Grants Pass has an elevation OF 965
feet above sea level.
A postotiice has been established at
Fern, Curry county.
John H. Mires was killed by fall
from his barn near Oakland.
The salmon run at Astoria is light,
but the fish are larger than usual.
The residence of George Anderton,
near The Dales, was DIES royed by fire
The little daughter of Ben Franklin,
at Bandon, fell and broke her right
arm above the wrist.
A new postt flee, called Crater, with
ID. A. Findley as postmaster, has been
established at Upper Deschutes.
There are 159 licensed saloons in the
city of Portland, II in Albina and II
in East Portland, making total in
the three cities of 1873.
The manager of creamery at St
Paul, Minnesota, who was i'll Portland
recently and stated that the annual
sales there by his establishment foot
up $4,000.
AT Oregon City plant for the man
ufacture of cement is being put in at
II cost OF $4,000 The rock is found
in Douglas county, and is said to he
inexhaustible.
The Indians on the Klamath agency
met in council recently to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY OF taking land in severalty.
The result was that 600 voted in favor
OF the project.
The gross receipts of The Portland
postoiiice for the year ending March
81, amounted to $SS,573 AZ. This is
about $4,000 more than the receipts
Of any previous year.
The Democratic State Convention
at Pendleton nominated J. NJ. Gearin,
of Portland, for Congress. Cleveland
WAS Endorsed for President, and Gov
ernor Pennoyer for Vice-President
Postolfices have been established at
Aurick, Benton county, and at Glove
City, Malheur county. Jas. A. Wood
and John II. Tllson were app onted
postmasters of the respective offices.
Andy Hickson and companion lost
their boat, traps, blankets, stores and
$500 worth Of beaver skins on the
Nehalem river, and were three days in
the rain, with nothing to eat but raw
potatoes.
At Paisley, says q Lakeview paper, a
son of Mrs. Miller was accidentally
shot in the shoulder with shotgun in
the hands of another boy. Physicians
amputated the arm, taking off part OF
the shoulder. The boy died the fol-
lowing day.
The stockyards now being at The
Dalles by the o. r. & N. Co. will be
the best between Portland and st. Paul,
says local paper. They will hold
thirty carloads of cattle, are fixed for
taking care of sheep, will have sheds
for horses and arrangements made for
fine stock. Nearly 100000 feet OF lum-
Der will be used in their construction.
Dick Wells fatally shot himself at
the farm house of NJ. A. Walker, near
Ashland The bullet passed through
the stomach and lungs, and eau, ed
death in few hours. To his mother
and others he said the shooting was
not an accident; he had been wanting
to die for three years. Further tnan
this he gave no reas IN for his rash act.
Deceased was % years of age.
Governor Pennoyer granted full par,
don TO Pearl Page, recently sentenced
to year in the penitentiary for rob
berry, the reason being assigned as fol-
lows; "Whereas, the jury which tried
the said Pearl Page, brought into court
verdict to the effect that what said
Pearl Page did in the matter charged
against her she did under the influ-
ence OF coercion Of another person
and, whereas, as the said jury has
unanimously petitioned for the exer,
else of executive clemency by the
granting of pardon;" which he does,
upon the express condition that she
shall Immediately leave the State and
remain forever therefrom."
Last fall, says the Wallowa Signal a
camp of thirty-four Chinese moved on
one OF the bars on Snake river, Just
above the junction of the Imnaha with
that river, to spend the winter mining
for gold. When they moved there it
was known they had large boat and
II coed supply OF provisions, and, it is
estimated, about $50 900 in gold dust.
The bar ON which they had encamped
is very isolated, and since spring has
opened party OF men passing one day
noticed no one around the camp, and
on investigation found the bodies of
two Cinnamon who had undoubtedly
been killed by shooting in the head,
and the other Cinnamon were nowhere
10 be seen. Their tents were blown
down and after being taken up revealed
large amount OF provisions and min
ing utensils, which had been used but
very little. The boat was missing, and
everything looked rs ii it had been de-
serted for some time. On the bank
near the river were found several small
piles vi cartridge shells, which seem to
have been thrown out together, and
with which the awful deed must have
been committed.
st. Petersburg has only one steam
fire engine, and the same precautions
against fire are tuk IN thpre and Of