The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-09-29

49, Pui unaseu the SeYey corner opposite
the court house and will erect a town
na1t upon the same Immediately. Il VIII
ge large fre proof stone structure.
a. ~ 'ta money mas been accommodating in
the Town treasury for some time ana
this use OF It by the councilmen Is verv
commendable.
a bunch Of wheat secured by Commit
teeman j. S. Morris, of Albany. for tha
LINN county exhibit Is a curiosity II
contains AZ stalks with 92i meshes each
nesh having three to five kernels. nroh-
ABLY averaging four, total Of over 5o,
Grams from one kernel OF wheat. M
watts has collected a large and attrac-
1--WE assortment of cereals in stalks that
wlll compare with anything to be nound
anywhere in the world
L. +. Willits and wife have been super-
eeueu as teachers at the Yainax Indian
agency at klamath county and ratnr,,s.,
10 the. valley last week. Mr.. Willits an
tielpated the Democratic appetite for
once when the present administrator
TOOK charge and rendered his resignation
as superintendent, which, however, was
not accepted at the time but has late,v
Deen sought. He Is the last OF the Re.
publicans in the Indian service Of rSla.
math reservation to drop out under DR.
Petits reign.-Express.
William Hodges. a young man. waa
shot through the back by a rife ball
at Blue Canyon last Sunday. He was
one of a crowd who were out hunting.
lie was standing on hillside above the
rest OF the group One OF them com
menced shooting at some pheasants and
Ia1 10 ~.
was directly in line The result was that
a balm went crashing through his shoulder.
going In below the coilar-bone and shat
tering the shoulder blade The wound
Is an ugly one but the young man VIII
recover.
An interesting document was recorded
In the county clerks office OF Line Nm
county last week. 1t Is transfer OF
the old government land grant in Ore
gon from the Oregon Central Railroad
company to the Oregon and California
company. 1t is a written instr1nenr
and covers forty-two pages of closely
written legal cap. The instrument was
dated in 1870, and its margin holds forty
$40 Internal revenue stamps, all convey
ances at that time being compelled TO
bear a revenue stamp to insure their
validity. The deed has been recorded
In the several counties of the state in
which any Of the land grant lies ana
the formation OF the new county caused
its recording In Lincoln county.
Early this morning thore was a collis-
ton In the yards of the o. r. & NJ IN this
city, which broke up two Hat cars and
damaged a boxcar. No one was injured,
though four men who were in the box
car were roughly shaken. The collision
occurred by the mlsplaclng OF a switch,
which sent the freight train from the
east crashing into several boxcars which
were standing on the warehouse switch.
Freight train No. q the fast through
train bound for Portland, came in ahead
of time, with half dozsn boxcdrs and
dozen flats. 1t should have run in on
the main line track, which would have
brought 1t alongside the depot building
on the south side. There Is q switch
about one hundred yards up the track TO
the east which leads to the track beside
the warehouse. This switch should have
been set so as TO send the train in on the
main limo track but it was open ana
the freight train, still under a good head
Of speed. aud there being no air brakes
excepting those on The engine, ran
against tho boxoars on the switch. The
JsScars were sent by the forcc nf the
,oilslon on past tho s.dtiln wtsr n, par
.iculac ddulsc to them. In the freight
rain, ha;f 4 .lukln cars from The engine,
vas ear Of race horses, and Immediate
y behind were some flats The corner OF
he box car containing the horses was
mashed in and two OF bhe fats were de-
allied and broken into small pieces. A Pc
uliar feature OF the smaslup was that
he cars which were broken were In the
middle OF the train, and persons who
card the crash and saw the collision say
hat the cars were not smashed until
bout ten seconds after the engine hit
he boxcers. At first It sounded only
Ike heavy bump, but a few seconds
tier the cars piled up.--East Oregonian.