Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-05
STATE NEWS

master At snow klamath county, Or.
Jerry WISH. . jewelry man at
lRoseburg Is developing into 40 expert
violin maker.
Victor Koski. Of Astoria, was
drowned = few days ago. He was %
I years Of age.
I Eugene has bicycle club with 40
members. IL Is known as the "hu-
gene cycle club
The postorBce butcher shop and drug
I store and candy factory burued at La
Fayette THURSDAY evening.
I r. A. Graham. manager Of the Zoos
I Bay railroad says the road VIII oe
bdilt 70 Rosepurg this fall.
Grasshoppers have made their ap-
pearance in Iargs numbers 90 Five
! Mile aDd EightiMiie creeks, Wascc
county.
David D. Girls Of Roseburg 4-year-
old was drowded iu the slough on the
west side Of the river on Monday eve
ming.
The National saloon Of Astoria
was enterea by thieves and cigars and
some money amounting to sl6S
stolen.
WI, Hallernbach, the rape fend
who escaped from the Hillsboro jail
has not been taken yet but is being
pursued.
A fishing boat and contents, valued
at 800, was stolen at AstOr "a on Sun
day The boat contained two guus
and and a net.
In the match game Of baseball be-
tween Albany aud Eugene clubs the
game was won by Albany. The score
was 20 to IS.
The intercollegiate Northwest ora
toricaI contest will be held in the
Taylor street ". E church at Port
and May Is.
The Lane county, tax roll will be
kept open till May 18th for tax col
lection and will lot become delin-
Quent until then.
McMinnville has a new paper, the
the Pacific Progress. An eight page
monthly. 1t is the organ Of the Ore
gon Fire Relief ASSOCIATION.
W.D Case, Of Pittsburg, Columbia
county, aud J. W. Duncan, OF Una
tilla, Umatilla county, were ap-
pointed fourth class post-masters.
Business for the month Of April at
the Astoria custOm-hOuse footed up
$4,000, being the largest months re-
ceipts in the history Of the office.
Mrs. Thompson, wife of DR.. E. j.
Thompson, for ten years pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church, OF Corvai-
lie, died on Sunday, aged 56 years.
Clarence Newman of Eugene, wa;
arrested for stealing $40 from Jap
anese and plead guilty to the charge
and will be sent to the reform school
An extra force of men is digging
about 100 feet day on the HOOd-riyel
irrlgating fiume, and it is expected
work on the ditch will be finished
early in May.
The J. l. Jones sawmill of Lane
county, one day last week received ar
order for 100, 900 feet of lumber Of the
Denver and Rio Grande R. r. in
Utah.
At a meeting of the stockholders OF
the Brownsyill bank last Tuesday
j. H, Glass was elected cashier, tc
fl the vacancy caused by the resig'
nation Of L. L. Say.
The Astoria Budget laments the
fact that business men do not part VI
liberally some say they viii not put
up a dollar for the regatta. Never
the less Astoria has never failed todC
herself proud.
Mrs. Mary Ann Dunn died on the
old homestead, six miles southwest Of
Corvallis, last Saturday. She was q
native OF Ohio, crossed the plain:
with the immigration of 1S5l,an was
72 years old. A paralytic stroke was
the cause of her death.
Henry McKendrick, of Rosebuurg
Douglas county: Hiram w. Dickey
of Portland; Isac Higgins, of rextel
Lane.county: and Ezra F. Barnes, OF
McEwen, Baker county, Reissue: Jas
Fish Of Central Point, Jackson county
all were granted original pensions.
A party representing Portland cap
ital, has secured options on all min
ing ground on what is called the
Coarse Gold Gulch, in the Olalla min
ing district, containing several hun
dred acres, besides the Brisbin farm
for dumping ground.
III. S. JONES, representative from
Gilmore county, Idaho, TO the recent
Legislature. and who was one OF thG
principals in the Heitfeld bribery