Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-09-24
Highest of all in Leavenns Powell Govt Report Aug 1889
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wears the brilliant editorial writer oi
the East Oregonian, has severed his
connection Herewith and II is said
he will move to some of the Sound
cities.
The shingle mill owned by Good.
ale x Son, of Cohurg, was totally
destroyed by fire sunday night at
twelve O'Clock. The loss is about
$1,000. 1t was uninsured. They
will rebuild ut once.
Chas. Newton Of LaGnnde, re
Gently killed one of his horses in q
ii; of anger. The animal baking 3
little. Newton picked up a large
rick and struck him IN the head,
killing him instantly. There was
considerable Indignation III tne
neighhorhoOd.
4. W. Stevens, the bogus accident
insurance agent who presented 8
.orged check for SIS AT F. H. Kemp
RS and received $3.50 thereon from
he accommodating Fred has beer
aptured at Heppner. A telegram
Was received 10y Sheriff Furnish last
light notifying him of the arrest
stevens was brought back Oh this
fteruoon's fast mail to answer fol
mis- crime. East Oregonian.
WASHINGTON.
The Seattle real estate transfer.
mount to Sl7,3Ss, ,6l6 since January
tirst'
Aberdeen is fearing trouble frnn
he anti.Chinese party, and ha.
called on Coy. Ferry for troops.
A wild cougar was killed in tn,
streets of Seattle the other day. He
was eight feet long, and weighed
l60 pounds. Where he came from
Is mystery. He was shot by Eu
.ene Chaplin with ++-calibre II
tolver.
John Mclean, aged 40, foreman
If street work 1T WhatcOm, wa,
killed by u blast on Saturday. IL,
mad charged hole with four sticks
+ giant powder and was tauuping i
with stick The jar exploded til,
charge, sending the stick into Iii;
head about Two inches.
Capt. Martin, of the Spokan,
Falls police force, had row will
Alderman Notbnhm on Sunday
night. and beat him unmercilull.
with a revolver. The row was wit
messed by two police officers wh'
said they had no right to arrest I
superior officer. Martin was drunk
The First National bank of Snoho
mish has been victimiZed by for2
er, who succeeded in obtaining Sii
Du a check drawn on the order o
g. l.. Miller l. Co., bankers Of Seat
tie. The firm of G. L. Miller x Co
is no longer in existence as a finn
it having been superseded by tin
King county bank.
This evening the Wa!!a Wall:
statesman has Il lengthy article 81
the iuhuman practices Of q man liz
ing near Milton. According TO tsI'
the story the man arrived ther,
from the Enst two years ago will
his family, and the first winter wa:
an object OF charity. Some tini'
since his sister -iu-law, aged Il, con
fcssed to being enceinte by him. A
child was born, but died soon after
while in charge of its father. An
other case mentioned was his OWL
sister, aged l3, who has also con
fe-sed 10 criminal Intimacy Win
him, aud was in Il delicate condi
ton. The mans name If Lawson,
No effort has been mad 10 have him
arrested.-Telegram to OrvgoGian.
By an act OF the legislature passed
last winter, the amount of lare TO be
dedncted from the gross weight oi
each bale of hops grown and hereaf-
ter sold III this state is fixed at five
pounds per bale. Five yards OF
baling cloth il the maximum quan'
tity to be used III making the bale
and the standard weight of each
yard of baling cloth IL fixed at from
twenty-four TO thirty ounces. The
standard weight for bale of hops is
fixed at from one hundred aud sew
enly-fiye to two hundred and ten
pounds. Any vendor of hops using
heavier sacking than that specified
in the law, or using any extraneous
matter in the baling thereof shall
have the same deducted AZ addition
al tare e.-Tacoma Globe.
An unknown man while stealing
a ride d. Seattle, Saturday, fell
from II moving train and met his
death. His head was smashed and