The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-07-27
THE NEWS OF OREGON.
Interesting Items Cleaned from
the State Exchanges.

IT. 1he hennery was destroyed, and a
bucket brigade saved the adjoining
buildings. J
Eli Allen, an old pioneer of DOUG
las county and about so years old,
came into Roseburg Thursday to enter
the soldiers home. He served several
years in the navy, and is veteran Of
TIE Indian wars, wei! deserving a good
home in his declining years.
The election held at Dlyton last
week to vote $4,000 bonds FOR a new
brick school building carried by eight
votes. IG is probable that the election
will be contested on the ground Of
illegal voting. Toe school board is
said to be against the bonds and the
Herald favo. them.
Edward Loaf, of Scio, 7o years old,
and pioneer of 1890, has just been
paying visit to Meadows Vanderpool,
of Sodavil!e. aged 81. MIR. L',at is a
pronounced blonde, and his long
golden locks, now twelve years uncut,
are SAID to be quite a rare sight. He
is in full pos es,lon IF all his faculties,
never having needed glasses.
The Portland longshoremen have
found ont to their sorrow that going
on p sympathetic strike is not what 1t
is cracked up to he. While they We're
hnhhlIng over with .,sympnth" for Dehs,
other men came in and took their
places at reduced wages. These are
tines when II ID in hand i; worth a
million Of boycotts. Telegram.
Ms. Harvey Cox, who lives OH
c. cooked Finger creek, Marion county,
in her husbands absence heoiher day
thought she would learn how to use
gun. When she pull .d.tLe trigger the
charge of bird shot. went through the
thigh of her little ive-yra:-o!l girl,
Eima, setting tha clilll's clothes on
fire. With proper c,,re the little one
will live.
Mrs. Simons, living Oh the road be
tween Le1anon and S,daviile. has Just
celebrated her l0ist birthday. A
photograph showing five generations
was taken, the group consisting Of Mrs.
Simons. aged l0l years, Mrs. Joe
Welt, 64 years, Mrs. J. IL. Clelnn,
aged A years, Ms. c. G. Rawlings,
aged 90 years, and Mrs. Rawlings
baby, aged three and Iiaf months.
At the last term of the Union
County court right way was granted
along the public highways to the tcIe-
phone company. Tne routes proposed
to be established radiate from La
Granda and extend to the Walowa
county line on the east and to the Ba-
ker county line on the south. IF the
system is constructed as proposed, it
will not be lcng before the principal
points in the county will be in Instant
communication with each other.
N. A. C2lioun, Of Kansas, has been
out Oh trip to Hepner and Prinevilie,
" here he purchased 200 head OF horses.
He Says he was shown one band Of
horses that tire owner onIv a,ked $3.50
a head for, and that s. head would
have purcha,rd, ii th offer had been
made hacked up hy tie money. Mr..
Calhoun expects to purchase 200 head
more horses, lave rnuulnp near
Baker City. and drive them all 10 Kan
sas, the trip taking him about four
months.
Claule Mansfield drove the mail
wagon to the depot Sunday noon. At
Fourth Street he started to cross the
railway track, but did not notice the
motor backing down, neither did the
engineer notice him and The result was
Il slight collision. The coach Just
barely struck the rear end of the
wagon, knocking it to one side and
throwing Mr.. Mansfield out. Tie
horses started to run, but lie plucki!y
held on to the lines and after being
dragged about thirty feet, stopped
them without damage, and the mail
was delivered on time.-Herald
c. G. Hobart. superintendent of the
Oregon State portage railway, between
The Dalies and Cello OH the Columbia
river, was in this city for a short time
yesterday. He reports to the state
portage hoard that the probable d m
age to chat line by the late rise in the
Columbia will be about 81, 500 instead
of 81 600 as first supposed--and this is
principally due to the loss Of the lower
incline where much trestle work WAS
constructed. He has not vet made his
final report upon the matter The
board has not yet determined whether