The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-10
THE NEWS OF OREGON.
Interesting Items Cleaned from
the State Exchanges.

unknown men made a raid on a Chi
nese mining camp and robbed the Ce.
lestials of 1920 in gold dust. Th
robbery occurred at midday while the
Cinnamon were eating their dinner ant
the robbers were not masked. Th,
Cinnamon claim they could ideneif,
the robbers if they should see then
but are afraid to prosecute them a
they were promised death in case they
did.
} Some time ago a seven year old sor
of Joseph Bond, of Irving, was in
jured on the leg and the leg severely
bruised above the knee inflammation
Set in and in time the bone became
diseased. Thursday morning DR.. T.
w. Harris performed an operation and
removed Il piece of the bone, which
constituted about three fourths of the
diameter of the bone, and about five or
six inches long. The bone promises to
heal nicely and will probably come out
all right.-Register.
A young man working on the log
drive up the Mckenzie met with seri-
Gus accident Monday, the result of
which IS not yes known. The report
is that he was working on a bank
about Thirty feet high, short distance
above Hendricks ferry, and was break
ing log jam, when the logs gave
away suddenly and he fell to the bot
tom, striking on log on his back.
Elmer Roach, of Coburg, brother in
law of the young man, went up We'd
nesday to look after him.-Register.
Superintendent Lelong, OF California
state board of horticulture, who prom
ised to send colony of Australian
"black lady-birds" to the Oregon board
of horticulture in June, writes to Sec
retary Sargent, of Portland, that they
were collected. but owing to the stop
page of mail trains they had to be
liberated again. He will endeavor to
have a colony reach here about the
end of August. In the meantime he
has shipped colony OF ''twicn st" bbed"
lady birds, which he directs to be
placed on a tree infested with the San
Jose scale and other pestiferous insects
and they are to be introduced here in
order that they may spread over the
state.-Roseburg Review
Mr.. William Mcclure, of this city,
has received an appointment to the U.
s. naval academy at Annapolis. The
was made about two
weeks ago OH recommendation of Con
gressman Binger Hermann and Mr..
Mcclure is now on his way East to
take the examination for entering the
school. The examination is said to he
very difficult but Mr.. Mcclure is we'll
known here as very bright student
and has already completed more than
half the university course here. Be
sides this he has a good physical con-
stitntion and will no doubt pass the re-
quired examination. He left Eugene
last Monday and will 60 via Seattle
and visit his brothers there before 60
ing East If he successfully passes
the examinations he will enter upon a
six years course-four years in the
and two years on board Il war
ship.-Guard.
Governor Pennoyer and State Treas
urer Metschan left Salem on Wednes-
day mornings northbound overland
for Portland. From there they went
to The D.lles and after conferrlne |
with members of one of the traDspor-
tation companies, visited the state
portage railway at the Cascades for
the purpose of inspecting it. This
line Of railway was considerably dam
aged by the high water on the Colum-
bia river during June and nearly the
whole of the lower incline is still sub
the river standing at twenty
feet above low water mark. These
officials are members of the state port
age railway board and gave the road as
much of an examination as was pos
sible, starting on their return home
They cannot fully estimate
the damage caused by the food owing
to the hight of the water, but con-
cluded to repair the line to the rivers
edge and continue the work little by
little as the water recedes. The length
Of the incline now under water is about
1000 feet and the damage will not be
providing the plling is intact;
should this be washed away it will re-
1uire four or five thousand dollars to
repair it. There is great need of the
road being operated at present as
there are large quantities. of freight 10