Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-24
STATE NEWS


in jacksonville Southern Oregon
Monday, aged 81.
The Linn county Sunday school
convention will meet in Albany, next
Friday aud Saturday.
The Willamette river is full of
balm logs, being lloated down from
the Santiam country for the Oregon
City pulp mills.
independence will celebeate the
Third Ct July. Large crowds are ex-
pected, as no other celebration will be
held within miles of there.
John 1 Blair, the great million
kaire, once heavily interested in the
Oregon Pacific, is dying. Mr. Blair
will leaYe about $6O,OO,OOO
A cloudburst Monday ruined the
Harris grade, on the road leading from
Sherman county to the free bridge
on the Dcschutes. Five bridges were
washed out.
James Lee, Jr., of Union county,
who is charged with raping IL
year.old Sarah Hammock was
bound over to the grand jury in
the sum of $500.
In the case Of James Tobin against
Klamath county, an action to recover
So, eco damages on account of Injuries
received in crossing defective bridge,
the jury returned a verdict for the
county.
The garsshoppers are dying off by
the thousands in the Il ight-M lie
country in Morrow county. A small
worm has attacked them, and seems
to be fully as industrious as the hop
per.
A special train of II cars. loaded
with fat hogs from Nebraska, passed
through La Graude last Saturday on
the way to Troutdale. Only few
months ago stock hogs were being
shipped from Oregon to Nebraska to
be fed.
j. b. Long, of Amity, has the last
of the machinery for small steamer
that lie is having built for the Nes-
tucca, bay. The craft is 81 feet long,
slde-wheeler, propelled by Lwo-
horse engine.
The TRIAL of the state US. Bartmess
has begun in Union county. Bartmess
is charged with murder in first degree
tor the killing of Henry Sidell. Ow-
ing to the prominence of the parties
great difficulty was experienced in
getting jury.
Thomas Medley, of Forest Grove,
won the first prize, of $40, in the GA.
G. oratorical contest, subject of ora
tion "Ancient and Modern Oratory."
The second prize of $25 was won by j..
Gilstrap, of junction City. The
judges were: Prof. Lee, of Albany;
Prof. Balkan, of Monmouth, and Rev.
Kantner, of Salem.
The Lost Cabin mine has been
found. This is supposed to be the
fabulously rich mine, which had been
worked 30 years ago by three Ger
mans, who were murdered by Indi-
ans. James Brown was told the story
of the crime and a description OF the
location by an Indian woman on her
deathbed. The mine has been found
as described by the woman.
AS a token of affection, two little
boys of Mr.. Crumb, who is in Jail, at
McMinnville, for shooting Russell.
aged respectively and 9years, came
on horseback from their home, %
miles, Friday last, to bring their
father a mess Of trout that the little
fellows had caught out Of neighbor-
ing stream. They staked the horse
out, staid all night and rode home on
Saturday.
Last Friday, H. G. Dyer, was taken
before Justice Rulison, at Canyon
City, and bound over in the sum of
$3.50 for the theft of horse. Dyer
had been grubstaked and furnished
horse by NJ. NJ. Palmer and one RiY-
ers, to prospect and locate an old mine
between Robinsonville and Cracker
creek, and is charged that he at
tempted to leave the country as soon
as he came into possession of the horse.
Little Lorin Roberts, q years old,
strayed from the home of his father,
A. S. Roberts, who lives on the big
bend of the Deschutes. His mother
did not find him Immediately, and,
calling the neighbors, search was
Instituted. The country being rough
and broken, full of ravines and
bitches, made it doubly hard TO track
the little wanderer. All night the
anxious parents and neighbors
searched, and about sunrise the
Father found him chasing after band
of horses. In his efforts to get home
ba child traUalad ahOuf fiva milac