The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-12-15
NEWS FROM THE STATE.
Brief Summary of the Happen
ings in Our Sister Counties
of Oregon.

A movement is on foot at Grants
Pass to buiid a road to the mines
along Jump-Of:Joe creek.
H. N. Northup, Of Portland, has
been appointed judge advocate general
of the Oregon state m 'itia.
Albany is making gr' at preparations
forehe reception of th', convention OF
college Y. NJ. C. A. which meets in
that city January 5, 6 and 7, 1894.
A heroic statute to Gen. James
Shields, once appoints:l governor OF
= Oregon, was unveiled IN the statuary
hall of the United Stats last week.
McMinnville colle.a is preparing
four young men for the foreign mis-
sionary field. Ihey al. Messrs. Will
lams, Witham, Cook and Huguelet.
1t is claimed that 100000 people
saw Oregon's world fair exhibit and
that 250,O00 books, pamphlets and
circulars descriptive of the state were
distributed there.
The Eugene board of trade has APP
pointed a committee t. draft a mem
orial to congress asking for the i'm
provement of the Willamette to Eu-
gene. The first thing to do is to elect
republican congress.
Hon. M. Wilkins, one of Oregon's
United States worlds fair commits
sioners, was stricken With paralysis at
his home in Lane county few days
ago. He is 76 years of age. He
shows no signs of improvement.
Some parties shipped about 5000
head of sheep from PenHleton to Oma-
tiasand realized only 81 IL head for
them. Even at that price they are
worth more than the campaign roosters
the Pendleton people wore IL their
hats last fall
At Canyon City team drawing
wagon loaded, with butter and barb
wire ran away and mixed up the load
so badly that the owner could not sort
it out. The barb wire vas fatally in
iured, but there is hope that the butter
is strong enough to recover.
1t is reported from Josephine county
= that Mr. Drew, owner of the Jump
Office mine, was shot and seriously
wounded by the sheriff Of that county.
The trouble grew out OF Mr.. Drew re-
fusing to let Mr.. Chapman, the newly
appointed receiver for the mine, take
possession.
Six hundred fresh young voices
made concord of sweet sounds last
Monday evening in the armory at
Portland. It was the first festival OF
sacred songs given by. the Portland
Sunday School Choral Union, and
about 200 auditors heartily enjoyed
it.
The expenses connected with the
convicting and hanging of John Reiter,
at Astoria, amounted to $2264. No
wonder the economical people Of the
south wink at lynchings, when a
worthless man runs Il? such bill
against the taxpayers in getting off the
earth legally.
J. L. Cowan, president of the de
funct Linn County National bank at
Albany, was arrested Saturday night
by Deputy United States Marshal
Humphrey in Portland, under the en-
,dictment returned against him several
days ago. His bonds were fixed at
$1,000, which he furnished.
F. E. S. Norris was arrested at Day
ton, December IL, for raping a seven
year-old girl. Norris admitted the
crime and had the matter, all settled
with the father of the child by deciding
over his property to che girl: But the
sheriff got wind of the transaction and
arrested Norris.
Mrs. Geo. HI. Williams, the leading
religious fanatic in Portland, has just
completed a fast of forty days and
many of her followers are now in pro-
cess of dong the same thing. Several
parents havs been arrested for requir-
ing their small children to fast for
many days IN accordance with her
teachings. '- ~
At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning the
conspiracy-to-smuggle- = Chinese case,
with 81 defendants, was called in the
United States district court. The work
of impanelling jury occupied the
morning session, and was not finished
until 1925, at which hour a recess was
taken until 1:30 o'clock, when the
hearing of evidence was commenced.
About six weeks ago one Rev.
Josiah Crouch appeared in Prinevillc,
says the Review, and few weeks ago
he was elected pastor of the First
Baptist church. He being Il minister
and smooth talker it was easy fol
him to gain the confidence of his con-
gregation and borrowed $52 to send tc
his mother. But he used the money
for another purpose-to pay his way
out of the country-without arranging
to settle with his creditors
The way wheat can be turned int
grease and the grease into coin is thu:
told by the Medford Mail: "To fully
substantiate the fact that Rogue rive
farmers are making a good thing thi.
year by growing hogs, let us cite this
Last Monday Jack Anderson drove 81
hogs to Medford, which in weight av-