The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-11-21
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Condensed Telegraphic Re-
ports OF Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

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Happenings Of Interest In tho Towns and
Cities of Oregon, Washington
and idaho.
Puyallup, WASH, has 821 school
children registered.
The city of Seattle was forty -four
years old the 18th inst.
There are sixty.six Z. Of P. lodges
in Oregon. The first was organized
June 26, 1878, in Portland.
The county commissioners of Colfax
county, WASH, are discussing the ques-
tion Of bonding the county debt and
running on a cash basis.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has commenced work on a six
stall roundhouse for the accommoda-
tion of engines at Sprague, Wash.
The rails of Port Townsend's street
car line have been taken up and will
be shipped to some Eastern city.
There are about 200 tons of them.
It cost Douglas county, WASH,
81, 781. SO for four criminal cases, all
of which were misdemeanors, and in
one of which the culprit pleaded guilty.
Governor McGraw has pardoned
from the Walla Walla penitentiary
Peter G.. Burzman, who was sentenced
from Seattle to ten years imprison-
ment.
It is unoffcially announced that
Oscar Huber, civil engineer Of Spo.
kane, has been awarded the contracts
for the surveys of the army posts and
grounds at Spokane.
An agreement has been reached by
which ]. Altman will take the entire
stock of the firm Of M. Cohn g. Co., of
Tacoma, that recently failed, and will
pay off the chattel mortgages in full
and pay 25 cents on the dollar to the
general creditors.
The semi.annual summary statement
of the financial condition of Baker
county, Or, shows that September 80,
1895, there were outstanding and un-
paid warrants amounting to $174,.
| O79. Sc, and that the estimated interest
thereon was ST., ,4O7.95.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany has settled with Mr.. Fleet, the
Douglas county stockman, for cattle
killed in the wreck on the Central
| Washington several weeks ago. The
amount of damages allowed him was
something over $40. 500.
The United States grand jury at
Walla Walla completed its work in
four days Notwithstanding there were
large number of cases to investigate,
and was complimented by Judge Han
ford from the bench for the capable and
expeditions manner in which it per-
| formed its duties.
George F. Hensmer, who is superin-
tending the construction OF the tele-
phone line from Goble to Astoria, Or, +,
saws that the line will reach Astoria In
about two weeks. A wagon road is be-
ing cut alongside of the line, 80 that
when repairs are necessary they can be
made with little difficulty.
Receiver Philip Anderson, of the Ia.
coma National bank, of Tacoma, has
been ordered by the controller OF the
currency to pay depositors dividend
of 10 per cent. Receiver Stuart Rice,
of the Washington National, OF the
same city, has been ordered to pay
per cent. The city will be paid 81, ,20C
as its share.
Cashier w. g. Peters, of the Colum'
bia National bank, of Tacoma, waived
, a preliminary hearing in United States
Commissioner Worden's court in Ia
, coma. and was held for trial at the
kEebruary term of the feder8l court
i He was required to furnish a new bono
} in the sum of $4,000. The charge
against him is making false entry II
9 the books of the bank.
Cattlemen in Grant county, Or, ar
I riding and collecting their herds for thu
winter. Hay is scarce in that count,
] this winter, and the Long Creek Eagl
predicts that many hoof will be turn
: ed heavenward before spring. Severa
stockmen will take their herds to out
side sections. where feed is cheaper ant
more plentiful. Some will drive t.
: Morrow and some to Umatllla county
s. R. Flynn has partially made hi
Examination of the affairs of the Ben
n nett National bank, of New Whatcom
Wash. From such examination, an
:. with view to a probable reopenine
/. he has had himself appointed temper
!. ary receiver. This step accomplishe
{. two things 1t prevents the appoint
ment of a permanent receiver, and en-
"A ables him to make collections.
l. The work of dredging the mars
t. lands around Snohomish, Wash, wi
soon be completed. These lands WEI
settled on early this year by colon
of Hollanders They put in their croI
y and were exceedingly successful. Al
er other colony is expected over from tt
D. old country in the near future, whie
D. will settle near the Snohomish colon.
vi The colony forms little common
IN wealth by itself. They elect differe1
re officers of their own, but abide by Il
re laws and make model citizens.
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as HilI to Go on the Lecture Platform.
Chicago, Nov. 18.-Senator Hill,
No. vorE ia ooin0 on the loCtu