Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-02-03
STATE NEWS.

From 81 to So is being offered in the
Coquille valley for next seasons
calves.
An original pension has been
granted to e. A. Hart, OF Perrydale,
Polk county.
The star mail service from Port
Bidwell, Cal, to Plush Or, will be
increased February 10 to twice week.
The regular term of court is in ses-
sion in Union county and will last
about two weeks The docket has no
serious cases.
The robber who signaled the train
which was held up at Roseburg the
other day held an umbrella over his
head so he wouldn't get wet.
Engineer Morris says the robbers
at Roseburg, blew the safes open by
putting giant powder upon them and
fastened it down with putty, They
did no drilling.
Charles Fletcher died at his home,
on Ten-Mile creek, in Coos county,
last Wednesday, of dropsy. Deceased
was go years 'of age, and had resided
in Coos county for the past 25 years.
The McMinnville boys were called
out by bugle. The call was promptly
answered and the boys went through
a course of military training such as
real soldiers are subject to. Remain
ing on regular duty all night.
Richard Ayres of Libby, in Coos
county, while at work in the Libby
mine last Wednesday, had an epilep-
tic fit, and rolled down the dump into
the fire. He was pulled out after the
clothing covering his legs was burned
off.
Patents have been issued to James
J. Tinker, of Portland Or; Clifford G.
Cuyler, of Arago, Or, nut lock; David
f. Whiteman, of Oregon City, Or,
washing machine; Seufert Bros. Co.,
of The Dalles, Or, two trademarks
canned salmon.
The general merchandise store of
Roney Bros, at Goshen, has been en-
tered by burglars. About $3.50 worth
of goods were taken, consisting of fur
nishing goods, shoes, etc. The burg
lars entered by breaking open the
front door. The officers have no clue.
This is the fifth time, in as many
years, that this store has been burg
larized.
Stanly Glidden, representative Of
several jewelry firms with head
quarters in San Francisco, lost samples
valued at $4,000 by the burning of the
express cas- at Roseburg, Glidden says
that he usually carried $4,000 worth
when he comes north to sell his GUS
toners, and feels fortunate in having
so small a stock with him on this
occasion.
The Southern Pacific Co., land Wells,
Fargo & Co., jointly will pay reward
or $1,000 for the arrest and oonvic-
tion of each robber engaged in the
hold-up of train No. 15, on January
%, two miles south of Roseburg, Or,
the standing reward of $500, offered
by Wells, Fargo & Co., is withdrawn
and will not apply to this particular
robbery.
News came this week of ricn
strike in the Galice creek district. Ed
Garfield, according to the report, has
found the ledge which has for so long
been the object of his search, and he,
out of one little spot, took, literally,a
hatful of gold. For IL years the lucky
finder has been ground-sluicing, work.
ing off the ground up toward where
the mother lode was supposed to be.
Existence of this lode has long been
an assurance with Mr.. Garfield
through the fact of finding pieces OF
gold with the hard quartz adhering.
No man ever stuck closer to PROPOSE
tion, and his good luck is well de-
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