Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-05-23
STATE NEWS,
NJ. s. Barker Of Eugene, has red
bat on exhibition in his store.

/ tiODs To Celebrate IN granu style Tue
4th OF July
G. G. Br0wnell Of Oregon City, is TO
deliver the Oration on July 4, at
Grants Pass.
The ALBANY base ball nine, will play
with the VancOuvers on the l4th and
18th OF June.
Professor Tyree has been reelected
principal Of the Albany public schools
at $1,000 salary.
Dan Howe caught seventeen fine
salmon, last Sunday, at the falls of
the Willamette.
There is to be bLilt a new MethO-
dist church, near Monroe, in Benton
county. The building is to cost 5000
The U. Of O.'s annual field day, will
be next Saturday, and will determine
the team to represent them in Salem
June 6.
The Lane county court has given
800 toward the construction of the
wagon road. between Eugene and
Florence.
Last year there were 30 Sunday
schools and 1900 pupils In Douglas
county. Now there are "a schools
and over 2OO0 pupils.
The new hotel in Astoria Is to cost
s23, 900 and an Astoria firm has the
contract. IL Is TO be three stories
high with basement.
Mrs. G. N. Gordon, the Populist
candidate for county school superin-
tendent, has withdrawn owing to
the recent court decision.
Drs. G.. w. Beggars and j. p. At
wood, Of Baker City, were arrested
the other day for failure to report
alleged scarlet fever cases.
Two gentlemen from Minnesota are
at Bandon beach, with newly pat
ented machine for separating the
gold from the black sand.
Up to Tuesday night, Sheriff John
son had received In payment Of taxes
for Lane county, S9j,S26.3S. This
leaves about s32, 900 delinquent.
IL has been decided to postpone the
bicycle race from Pendleton TO the In
dian agency and back Until one of the
days OF the iiremen's tournament.
Ice formed on the still water at
Moro, in Sherman county, Monday
morning. IL Is feared the cold did
considerable damage to fruit In that
section.
Anam Strang, Of Canemah, "A work
man In the Willamette Pulp and Pa
per mills, was drowned in the canal
at the mills. The body has been re.
covered.
A train of fifteen ears OF Eastern
Oregon cattle was shipped from Ar
llngton Monday, and one Of % cars
Tuesday. They go over the Union
Pacific TO Montana.
Clarence Craw, OF Albany, had his
arm broken In collision with two
men. A barking dog was to blame, as
he made so much noise that neither
the rider nor the men could hear his
bell
The Republican county central COM
mittee of Linn county has filled
vacancies on the ticket as follows:
For surveyor, w. II. Webber, of New
port; for coroner, II. N, Coombs, Of
Ona.
Down In Linn county, the pOlitlc-
ians In yentilating the sherlif's office
discovered the emoluments of that
ofilce rounds up TO $1,000 for twenty
one months.
Out OF thirty-three applicants for
teachers certificates In Umatilla coun-
ty only sixteen were granted, four for
first grade, four for second, and
eight for third grade.
Some gentlemen In the east are
about 10 put In potsto starch facto-
ry at Woodburn, The ground has
been donated. They expect TO have
the buildings up for the present crop,
II nothing prevents.
William Abraham, Of near Albany,
was attacked by Il vicious bull. lie
was iambed up against barn In
brutal manner lie had three ribs
broken, and was otherwise badly
bruised. The bull was a dehorned one.
Mrs. James Jack died In Linn coun.
~ on Tuesday, OF Ia grippe and rheu-
matism. She has been a widow 2l
years. During these years she brought
up her live children, the youngest OF
whom came 20 his majority last Jan
uary.
A petition 10 congress is being
signed In FOSSIL. IL asks that law
be passed allowing wife TO lille on a
homestead OF 100 acres OF land for her
own use, the land not 10 he subject To
the indebtedness OF her husband.