Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-02-15
STATE NEWS.

Ihe bowling fever has struck Mill
ton, and that town will soon have
fine alley.
The February term of the circuit
court for Wasco county will begin in
The Dalles, Monday.
j. w. Wiley shipped two double
decked carloads of hogs from Ashland
to Portland last week.
In Jackson county warrants to the
amount of $500. ii, including interest,
were redeemed during January.
In Oregon City the tramp nuisance
has abated since the public rock pile
has been used to employ them on.
There are 1881 patents in the Ore
gOn City land office, which have
never been called for by the owners.
The Leader is to be the name of a
Republican sound money paper that
will soon be started in Moro, Sherman
county.
Jasper Rhodes recently paid t. NJ.
Silver $500 for 800 acres of the II. Da-
wilson donation land claim, south Of
Independence.
The l4-year-old son of Gus MONTE,
living near Maple Lane, Clackamas
county, while wrestling Saturday eve.
elbow.
Another company has been organ
lied at Bandon to build steamer for
80 feet over all, Is feet beam and g
feet hold.
W. j. Gilstrap, of Junction City f,
will represent the Oregon Agricul-
tural college in the intercollegiate
m IN ~ N /
bany next month.
S. r. Banchie Of Coquille, rancher,
while on his way to Beaver Hill, was
held up by two negroes who used a
shot gun and asked to hold up his
hands while they robbed him of $4S.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ritchey, aged IA,
wife Of S. q. Ritchey, deceased, died
at her home, in HlllSboro, at 1890
O'Clock Sunday morning, after an i'll
ness Of only few days.
Last Friday in Huntington. the
little child of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ, A.
Adams fell into tub of boiling water
and was so badly scalded that the lit
tie one is not expected to recover.
Saturday evening, Mrs. Nelson fell
off the East Side railway platform at
Gladstone, and broke her left thigh.
She had just got off car, and in the
darkness stepped off the platform, fall
ing about five feet.
Micetfl Bros, of Roseburg, have Sc
cured the contract TO furnish 100000
brick for the new Coos county court
house at Coquille City, the contractor
being II. Shook, of Salem.
Herbert S. Murch, class of '9S. won
the sixth annual oratOTlcal contest in
in Willard hall Eugene. Mr.. Murch
will represent the university of Ore
gon in the state oratOrical contest,
which will be held at Albany
March II. His subject was "Savon-
arola."
Harry, the 3 year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. l. g. Wilkstrom, drowned
last Monday in McNulty creek, near
st. Helen's. 1t is supposed that the
little fellow attempted to cross the
creek on footplank, when he fell
overheard and drowned.
Following are teachers who re-
cieved certificates at the Polk county
examination: Ina Pitney, Mon
mouth; Nellie Smith, Zena; DOrsel
Shiyes Buena Vista; May Harper,
Suyer; Lulu Mason, Independence
Emma Bailey, Monmouth; Fl. Sey-
m0ur, Dallas; william DOdSOn, Dal-
las; II. d. Mcdonald, Monmouth; w.
f. Nichols, Falls City.
Charles Wiggings was last Sunday
caught in the caYe in in the Steam
Bear mine, near Leland, and wa
completely buried. Rescuers i'm
mediately set TO work 30 dig dim out
and when uncovered he was still alive
but was so badly bruised that he diec
within IA short time. His father is al
inmate of the Soldiers Home, a
ROseburg.
A mile of wine netting purchased
by the farmers of the Klamath Fall
neighborhOOd is TO be used for rabbi
drives. The wire will be placed In
V-shape. with slaughter-pen at th
head. By the aid OF few whippers
in. the bunnies will be expected q
flock into inc trap like sheep into tn
slaughter-pen.
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