The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-07-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

be one of the handsomest girls in
Paris. She is, of course, an Amer
ican, and the daughter of Senator
Mitchell, of Oregon.
Settlers on the unsurveyed land
east Of Britonbush, ON the line of
the Oregon Pacific railroad, are
endeavoring to secure the survey
of township by advancing the
necessary funds.
The bill extending for two years
the time for building the Newport
& Kings Valley railway through
the Siletz Indian reservation, has
been reported tavorably by the
committee on Indian affairs.
The deaf mutes of Portland are
organizing a society for protective
and benelicent purposes, to be
called the Knights of Silence of
Oregon. The membership is to
extend to all deaf mutes in Oregon
who have graduated or left school.
The Tillamook Headlight says:
Tillamook has more life and ener-
gy to the square Inch than any
small town in Oregon. Strangers
arriving here express surprise at
the business done considering the
size of the place and its issolation
from the rest Of the world.
1t is said that the coast defense
vessel, Monterey, will be ready for
launching at San Francisco in
about three months. The cruiser,
San Francisco, it is stated, will
have her trial trip July 4th, if the
dock trial proves satisfactory.
IT is claimed that should the
Z. fighting clubs in San Francisco be
!, closed, Sullivan and Jackson will
!; never meet in the prize ring.
!, This would be terrible, indeed, but
then it should not prevent the
authorities of California from clos
ing up the clubs.
A cedar tree on j. NJ. Hackett's
place, near Kalama, is eighteen
feet through, and $50 feet high.
Whole townships of land in that
section are covered with fir trees
which are from $50 to $50 feet
high. One of the residents in that
locality built house 22x3O, II
stories high, and a barn 25X36 feet
out of the lumber from one tree
and had piles of lumber and fence
posts left.-Astorian.
A new swindling scheme. A.
fellow appears at the house of
farmer several miles from town,
and showing samples of cloth, tells
the farmer what grand bargain
he can obtain in town on certain
day; by buying a suit a nice hat
will be given free. Ten dollars are
: advanced for mem bership ticket
: of this syndicate, and that is the
last seen of the agent, the cloth,
the samples or the $1O.-Observer.
1t is estimated that over 2O,OOO,-
900 cigars are manufactured every
day in the United States alone,
and this enormous number requires
in the neighborhood of 100000
boxes for their keeping. AS
result there are over 200 factories
l in the country turning these boxes
, out. The wood of which these
. boxes are made comes from Mexi-
CO, Central America and the West
+ Indies.
! An exchange says: Information
comes from an absolutely reliable
source that the president and Sec
retary of state have received posi-
I tive assurance from the govern
in ment of Russia that the latter
stands prepared to make good the
representations given at the time
of the Alaskan purchase of Behr-
3 ing's being closed sea, and that
if the United States desires the
cooperation of Russia in enforcing
| this doctrine she can have it. 1t
!, has been impossible to learn what
,, views or purposes are held in the
lmatter by RIaine