The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-08
NEWS FROM THE STATE.
Brief Summary of the Happen
ings in Our Sister Counties
of Greg IN.

root at $50 ton.
Oregon City Is bu ding mile of
vitrified brick pdvemei /.
C. d. McFarIin lost 100 bushels Of
cranberries by frost on lis Coos county
ranch.
D. W. C,yder, aged 20, and Mrs. NJ.
Thomas, aged 10, .e married at
Gold Hill last Saturda
Senator w. Z. Natl *, of Pendle-
ton, has been appointe commissioner
for the mid winter fair
Hohos robbed n car AIDED with dry
goods ut Pendleton tuesday night,
taking goods to the al ,unt of $50.
Salem has city Indebtedness of
over $l75, 5,000-more nan 10 per cent
of the value of the pl plCparty Of the city.
The railroad brothe hood will give
its Christmas dance rt Grants Pass
this year ard will max it an elaborate
affair."
Oswald A. Wirth, "f Coos county,
advertises that he vii no longer be
responsible for debts Of his f"ther's
contracting
An athletic associat II has been or
ganized at the state III iverslty at Eu-
gene with a charter membership of
twentv-six.
A ''raid" was made IN an Ashland
gambling house last EEK. No gam
blers were present at the time, and
consequently the raid VS. a failure.
The fight going on in Baker City
between the tinhorn gamblers has
given the public a good expose of their
crooked practice in tina, town.
Miners in southern Orcgon are in high
spirits over the bouutif,:i rainfall there,
as it furnishes them plenty Of water
to operate their hydrau &c mines.
Some astute burglar; went through
a lighthouse at BIa ne, taking the
trousers of all the gu. It's, except the
pair they really want' /, which con
tanned 5000.
Jesse Bush, youn: Eugene girl,
has been released from Jail ON condition
that she leave that parl of the country.
She left but what was tl:;ir gam will be
a loss wherever she stops.
The law students in the Dalles will
form a moote court tur the trial of
cases of law and fact. A statement of
the facts will be made out, and on this
the young men will air their eloquence.
John Reiter, the murderer of Victor
.Snelman, was hanged promptly at
noon December lst, al Astoria. He
read in IA firm voice a confession ac-
knowledging the justice of his SEN
tence.
A case was recently tried before a
jury in The Dallcs in the circuit court
IN which only six dolla"s was involved.
After being out twenty four hours the
Jury returned verdict for the plaintiff
for so cents.
There is said to be little doubt in
Athena that the youngest OF the Mil
ton hank robbers WIS a woman.
There were quite numher who recog-
nized her in Athena saloons on the
Saturday before the robbery occurred.
George Belshaw, the veteran wheat
raiser of Lane county who recently re-
ceived five worlds fair premiums, as
well as premiums at the Centennial,
New Orleans and Paris, died at Farm
ington, Wash, November 2Sth, aged
IS years.
Hoodums had been disturbing
religious meetings in Heppner for
some time, and citizen gave them
severe roasting through the columns OF
the local press. The wrodies ascer-
tanned the author, aylaid him and
gave him a severe beating. Seems to
be a wild town that.
A new publication to be deyoted to
the interests of the peoples party will
be issued soon in Portland. 1t will be
backed by capital of $25, 900 and
several parties are out now selling
the shares, which are limited to $40 to
each person. That means $500 per
sons interested The paper will be
weekly at first, but will issue daily
during the coming campaign.
Two Englishmen named Clancy and
Newson, late arrivals from London on
hunting expedition, started out from
Knoxville, Tenn, to float down the
river in search of ducks. A few miles
below that city they landed and went
in search of other game. They soon
started fox which finally ian into
cave. The hunters followed and were
suffocated by deadly gas that had
previously claimed many other victims.
Word has reached Eagle Point, Jack
son county, of the death of L. Reese,
of Butte Creek, from injuries sustained
in an encounter with bull. He died
on the floor of his house alone, and