Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-09
GENERAL NEWS N0rEs.

City Marshal Parker, # Fair
haven, Is missing; 81 is S5TWD of the
city taxes.
The butchers of Spokane are circu-
latlng petition TO have cattle in
spectOr appointed.
S. Rolflson, aged As, was found
dead in his room in Spokane. He
was a miner aud took MOI phine.
w. w. Railey is nominated for
mayor of Walla Walls on on the
uniou ticket, aud A. p. Sharpstein
OH the citizens ticket.
Mrs G. X. JeDner, of Seattle, is
dad. She was we'll known worker
i'll tic Ladies' Relief Society, and
her life was devoted to benevolent
work.
A. f. Partridge, for whose arrest
a warrant was sworn out in Tacoma
by Judge Campbell, Of the superior
court, charged with defamation of
character, has been released On bail.
While A. E. Barrett aud family
were away from home some one en-
tered his residence and stole set of
solid silver spoons, which Mr.. Bar
rett had given his wife for birthday
present.
The state treasury has received
S407 from the estate of Peter SEith,
of Wahklakup, five years having
passed and no one appearing to claim
the money. This is the first instance
Of the kind in this state.
The body of Thomas McCullom,
who was accldently drowned In the
White river at Slaughter, was re-
covered by "a party of Indians The
oody had been carried down the
stream about 800 yards aud was
lodged in the drift.
Logging operations in Cowltz
county have practically been sus-
pended for the past year on account
Of the low price of logs, Good logs
are only worth from 81 to $l.50 per
Thousand feet, and ut this price it
does not pay to get them out.
Matte w. Bethune, wife of Harry
Bethue, the sprinter, formt rlY resi-
lent of Tacoma, who is seeking a
divorce at San Francisco, is a former
81. Paul woman of some notoriety.
The Daily Report, of San Francisco,
says the man whom she wants to
marry is quite rich.
Jesse d. Carr's beef purchases in
Klamath county The past season
have aggregated above $l50,00O, or
little short of half of the entire
sales. The figure paid was fair in
the majority of instances.
Hugh Clawson, one of The bel
hunters in Southern Oregon, whose
prOwess is also well known in Siski-
you county, California, few days
ago killed a Cinnamon bear near
William BY bees stock ranch which
weighed over HOO pounds.
The demand seems to lie increas-
ing for tie horses of this state in the
markets # the east, and the dealers
will likely reach out to the klamath
ranges for stock before another year.
No land under the sun raises bet
Ter class of livestock.
George Butler, who came to Eas-
tern Oregon from California about
three months ago, and was stopping
at the residence of Frank French,
uear Grass Valley, went to The
Dalles, had spree, and on return
ing home was stricken with paral-
ysis, from which he died three
uayS IateT.
Ole SeversOn has this year care
fully conducted experiments relat-
ing to sugar beet culture in Joseph
inc county, and succeeded in pre-
ducing beets Weighing as high as
seven pounds, one Of which at
j. w. Howard's store at Grants
Pass, has attracted much attention
during the past week.
A fire in the auditors Office
San Francisco, December 9Th,
damaged the Office and records,
and the assessment bonds to the ex-
tent of $4,000. The origin of the
fire is unknown.