Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-04
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

hibition at San Diego, Cal.
The new stale Of Wasbington.has
population Of $40, $3.50, and an
assessed valuation Of property Of
S22I ,44s, 1876.
A Shawnee county. Kan, girl was
30 anxious to marry that she eloped
with st. Louis mau, aud took her
grandmother with her.
a Topeka child drank half a pint
OF kerosene the other day and ex-
perienced no inconvenience what
ever as the result Of the accident.
Paybawmekezhukwayshing is an
Indian patroDymic which figures
on the books in the office Of the
Emmett county, Mich, register Of
deeds.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan
miaes at Wardner haye shut down
and will not resume operations until
next March.
The extensive hop warehouse of
A. Menke, at Sacramento, was de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday. The
loss Is estimated at $4,000.
Konrad Kohler, aged 10, WedDes-
day night shot and killed Charlotte
Bremen, at Buffalo, with revolver
hich be said he did not know was
loaded.
A little son Of s. a. Ogden, of
Eugene, lost the sight Of both eyes
by the explosion Of a cartridge Of
giant powder, with which he was
playing.
During a reunion of the Grand
Army ut Grand Island, Neb., a bolt
Of lightning struck the camp. Nine
men were severely shocked, but
none fatally.
w. McFadden. yardmaster of the
Seattle, Lake Shore Il Eastern rail
road, was run over and killed by a
locomotive at Seattle Wednesday.
He had been married but four
months.
The largest schooner ever built on
Puget sound has been successfully
launched at Blakely. The new
vessel Is a four-master, and will
carry ], 100000 feet of lumber.
John l.. Cohoon, who disappeared
so mysteriously from Tacoma week
ago, has been found locked in a room
IN the Hotel Fife, where he has
been kept by a private detective
firm who thought he knew some
thing Of the missing cashier of the
Fidelity company.
Fifty wagon loads Of immigrants
have passed through PriDeville the
past week. They are on their way
to the Willamette valley from Kan
sas and the Dakotas.
Mrs. Cyrus Jones, Of Marquam,
while assisting her husband in burn
ing some slashing last week was
very seriously burned. Her cloth
ing caught fire and was burned of
her person before it could be extin-
guished.
East Oregonlan: Homer Rambo
and family and J. B. Cox are back
from two months outing and hunt
In the Stein mountain country.
They had fine time and were sue
cessful, killing twenty-three ante
lope, two deer, and catching hand
some trout without number in the
pretty streams Of that region. An
telope were found to be quite MINER
Gus.
The splendid fruit crop In Douglas
county this year shows the great
necessity for preparation to be made
TO take care of this rapidly growing
industry in the future. II is low
estimate TO place the prune crop
alone at $40, 600, which will be
doubled next year with new or
chards that come into bearing.
evaporators and box fac
.bries would keep and bring thous-
lnds of dollars into the Umpqua
valley.
A serious cutting atiray, which
may result In the death Of William
Doyle, occurred at Puyallup Thurs
lay evening. Doyle, who is en-
nloyed In the packing house, made
Ioine remark to fellow workman
named Otto, which enraged the
after. lie attacked Doyle with a
Snife inillcting painful scalp wounds.
otto, who is u large man, then seized
Doyle, who is slight, aud threw him
N tile cement pavement, breaking
ais leg. Otto then fled. The feel
ny against him Is very strong, and
he will probably be lyncbed ifl
aught.
Albany Herald; Shortly before .
''olock Monday evening pistol shot
ang out from room 32 In the Russ
rouse, and n woman giving the
lame of Miss Pearl Roberts was
ound with bullet holeln her right |
ide. The woman, who Is demi-
monde, says that she was trying to
Dad a revolver, aud the cartridges
'eing too large, she placed II against
Ter side 10 force them In, when In
ome manner the weapon was dis.
harged. The bullet entered the