Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-25
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Umatllla county have reduced ex,
penses In the shape OF salaries.
\ There is $500 hung up by the Astoria
people for the fireman's tournament.
Coburg is 20 have new grist mill.
This mill will not enter the millers'
combine.
The light and water has cost the
small city OF McMinnvllle ssl, 900 in
81 years.
Ice is being hanled from Eugene TO
Cottage Grove by team. The supply
Is hauled in the night. 4
George Small has started from Silver
Lake with band of horses and mules,
TO find an eastern market.
The G. A. r. aud Old Pioneers of
Coos county will meet and hold an
Encampment and Reunion at COquille
City.
Geo. Mulkey had a genuine case OF
sun stroke at Blodgett, Benton county.
He fell in a field, and paralysis OF one
side followed.
Big catches OF Salmon are being
made on Rogue river. The boats
have been catching from $50 to 200
fish each night.
II. g. Edwards of Unity, Lane coun-
ty, has the contract for cutting 1,OO0,-
600 feet of saw logs for the Eugene
Lumber Company.
Lacy Bros, OF Heppner, shipped five
cars of sheep on Thursday, to Chicago
and will make out the trainload with
cattle at Arlington.
L. Gutenberg, Of La Grande, last
Monday, shipped carload of cab
bages, potatoes, onions and cauli-
flower TO Butte, Mont.
Howard Miller, lad II years old, OF
McMinnville, was shot in the hand
while playing with gopher gun. One
finger was amputated as the result
Ora Byam, the l5-year-old daughter
OF Mrs. Byam, fell from the back stair
way OF the Commercial hotel a dis
tance of 1S feet,a injured her spine.
Judge T.. Defeatt, of Pendleton, was
found dead in his Office the other day.
He had placed the muzzle Of a revolver
into his mouth and the bullet lodged
In his brain.
The body OF an unknown man was
found in the river near Grants Pass
last Tuesday. 1t had been in the
water so long that 1t was impossible
to identify it.
John Castro, of Astoria, has been
bound over to appear before the Grand
Jury OF Clatsop county on a charge OF
having murdered Chris Blgens. Cas-
tro is half-breed.
The Bandon Block Coal company
shipped its first cargo Of coal on the
Moro last Monday. This lot of one
hundred tons Is said TO be the finest
lot OF coal ever shipped out Of Coos
county.
The barn, granary and blacksmith
shop belonging to c. II. Jones, Il far
mer Of Eight-Mile, In Morrow county,
were totally destroyed by fire We'd
nesday morning, His loss Is about
81, 900. No insurance.
Harvey Allen,of North Yamhill, was
arrested Monday on charge Of house.
breaking, He was arraigned before
Justice Patterson; waived eXamna-
tion, and in default Of bail was com.
mltted to jail.
Mayor Pennoyer Of Portland, has
appointed the following commission
ers; Pollce-S. b. Riggen, II. NJ.
Richardson and Napoleon Davis; fire
r.. ID. Inman, Paul Messenger and
John Montag.
Saturday was the l0lth birthday
OF Hoesa Brown, the survivor OF the
war OF 1912. Quite a party assembled
10 greet the old man at his home near
Wilderville. lie gets pension of S55
month, but may drop of any time. 1"
Mr.. Brown resided in Lane county for
a number OF years.-Grants Pass
Courier.
The editor of the Yamhill Independ-
ent has joined party 20 climb Mt.
Hood. That editor will not be able to
cool of any of the silver ardor that is
sprinkled in his blood by viewing the
situation from so cool on elevation
! and when he gets back we may look for
nothing but solid chunks OF silver
from his pen.
How's This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case OF ofCatarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls CataTrh Cure.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
! We, the undersigned, have known +. ].
Cheney for the last IS years and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
u wEsT 4 TRUAN, Wholesale Druggists,