Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-03
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The Egyptian cottV crop will this
year be the largest ever known.
Chicsg, cabinet makers, to the
number Of about 200J are on strike.
President Harrison believes in
protecting American property
abroad.
A police officer in New York was
killed by a negro woman whom be
was arresting.
Officials OF the Grand Trunk line
are dissatisfied and some Of them
will resign.
Melbourne's system of producing
rain has been highly successful at
Cheyenne.
The new Chilian warship Presi
dente Pinto has sailed from Kiel,
destination unknown.
senator Squire says he does not
want the Chinese mission, as he
prefers Seattle to Pekin 80 a resi-
dence.
United States Commissioner A.
w. Brazee. a prominent prohibi-
tionist, died Tuesday evening in
Denver, aged IS.
The Wisconsin Central is having
trouble in entering Milwaukee with
its trains, and must obtain a new
lease.
The energy of the Burlington
company in extending its rails west
ward is causing alarm among com.
peting lines.
Hawaii is strongly in favor OF
annexation TO the United states and
the sentiment is daily becoming
more universal.
Ninety five acres Of wheat near
walla Walla has just produced
500 bushels, an average of sixty
bushels per acre.
The Alliance will not nominate
Senator Stanford, Of California, for
president, even though they favor
some of his views.
A suit fer $4,000 was begun in
the superior court Of Jefferson county
Wash, Monday, against the Port
Townsend Southern Railway COM
pany by ne board Of county com.
missioners, for destroying four miles
of the county's road between POIt
Townsend aud Port Discovery.
j. IL. Patterson, Of Chebalis coun-
ty, Wash, has an acre of onions
which will yield about 400 bushels.
He would like to dispose of his
onions at home. Last year he
shipped his onions away aud got 2
cents pound for them. Just after
he shipped the price there was 3
cents.
Louis Delco, of Wapinitia, Waseo
county, had the misfortune to lose
about 800 bushels of grain last week
by a fire that started Ia one of the
grain stacks. Through the efforts
of neighbors In covering adjoining
stacks with canvas and blankets and
keeping them wet, his remaining
stacks were saved.
The Astoria council has levied u
10-mill tax on "A $7,000,000 ASSESS
ment. This II collected means
$40, 900, considerable amount of
money. OF this 9 per cent or $4,000,
is for streets; one. half Of one per cent
or $500, for bond interest, and 81
per cent or $22, 800, for general muni-
clpal purposes. The entire levy last
year was $4,000 as against $4,000
this year,
A somewhat novel outfit with q
novel team passed through Prime
Vile this week. A horse and steer
were harnessed together and draw
ing a wagon on which was an ex-
tended bed. Inside was an appar-
emily contented family, some dogs,
a stove, cooking utensils and bed
ding. They had the Western fever,
aud will not stop, OF course, this
side Of the Pacific ocean.
A few days ago Miss Grace, the
2O.year old daughter of q. NJ. Reid,
of Mllers, discovered coon in a
tree. Instead Of sending for u man,
woman style, Mss Grace showed
the right metal by securing shot
gun and faolug his coonship herself
Drawing a bead on the fellow, she
pulled the trigger knocking the
coon's head completely OFF, Ifthere
Is another woman in this county
with the sand for doing that, let's
hear nom her,
Last sunday Mr.. Junkey, a young
man residing at Sweet Home, and
two other men were In bathing 10
the Santlam At the Sanderson bridge.
He swan across the river and about
half way back, when he gave com.
pletely out aud called for help. The
two men swan 20 his rescue and
caught him ailer he had sunk once
or twice. lie olung franticany To-
them and would have pulled them
under but they succeeded Ia break.
Ing away from him, when he sank
the last time aud was drowned.
His body Was recovered aud taken