The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-03-17
STATE NEWS.


Moll, IN Josephine county. ha~ been de
MED a new trial.
T. A. Davis, of Portland, writes to
the Baker City Democrat stating that
he is first cousin of Judge Gresham,
and knows that Mrs. Pennoyer is not.
d. c. Ireland, well known news
paper man throughout Oregon, has re-
signed the edtorship Of The Dalles
Chronicle and accepted that of the
Wasco Sun in the same city.
Junction City is now in fair way
to have two banks in her city. A num-
Der Of capitalists viii, in short time,
start , nan r.a ;,nnk, a,r,! Mes,rs. Glow
aud Lee are preparing to- open bank.
The DaIles Times Mountaineer says
that great loss to stock may be expect
ed this month. Cattle have been fed
a considerable length of tint, and in
their weakened condition they will find
very little grass.
Hugh Mitchell, of Langell valley,
was hanging huge door on his ranch
barn, when it fell over, crushing him
to the ground with such force that he
was long unconscious, and did not re-
cover from the blow for several days.
The citizens of Union have lately
been stirred by some sensa tlonal devei
opnlcnts in the matrimonial affairs of
]. w. Shelton OF that place. Mem
bers OF the Union county bar have fled
a n.l agalns. n.m, asking to cave ti,,
decree OF divorce grantc" him IN Multi
nomah county set aside Oh the ground
of fraud.
From all indications the saloon bust.
ness in Portland Is t., from b, ing pres
porous. Fifty reralI I!q""r '."af,,rN have
Close,i th.ir .'.'.tS :.i.7 y.sn- -, o ti.e
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deint,s> 10. f. ,t.,'.,.t -"L:,
has renuri #, " u>.r.>i"n VIII. ,<.,ae TO
office t" Mir. Hughes.
The state alliance l., III sca,l... :.
Oregon City tins week.
Smallpox /, still raging a. 'n- '...
of CIackamas in Clackdmas .."--..
The oldest Mason IN tl.r t..lt q.
States, according to the Evening Tel
gram, died in Portland the otncr day.
He was made a mason in Scotland IN
1916, at 81 years Of age, and wAs 81
years old at the time of his death.
According to the Nehalem Journal
the streams over in the Nehalem coun-
try are having run of sllversides, and
the piscatorial artists of that country
are enjoying some sport capturing
them.
Albert Randall killed gray eagle
on his farm, south of Scio, last Satur-
day that measured nearly seven feet
from tip to tip.
James Morrison, who died recently
at Dallas, aged GA, came to the coast in
1852, and first settled in Oregon in
1882, He leaves a wife, five sons and
daughter.
A large otter was caught by Mr..
James Berry close by John Marsh
fields ranch on the Santiam, in Fox
valley, Linn county, and he says the
hide will bring him $40 or $12.
The Stayton Times says that the San
Francisco Examiners great prize dis
trbutlon has flooded Oregon with
match boxes, thereby crppling the
business of those citizens who deal in
articles.
Marion county has a new post office
of which the name is Klumb, situated
about three miles north of Mehama, on
Fern ridge. 1t is kept by Mrs. A. w.
Pugsley at her residence, and is
quite an accommodation to people of
that vicinity.
The running cars between Coquille
City and Marshfeld leads the Marsh
field Mail to hope that in the near fu-
ture it will not be necessary to pay the
county's representatives mileage to the
state capital by way of San Francisco
or Alaska.
The first man ever hung at Salem
was Kendall, who IN 1852 killed man
in dispute over a claim. Then in
April, 1859, Charley Roe had bis neck
stretched for Staying his wife, who was
ii l.alf-breed, and it was in May, 1865,
tn Bea and Baker met the same fate