News Summary. Lane county has Xioi persons of schodl age; 5740'f W.emin Eugene. The vield of grrin throughout Baker 'county comes up to the Vxpecations of the farmers. It ts announced that the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Will be driven early in October. Hon. F. X. Mathieu, of But'terville, Marian Co., theshed and hauTed to the warehouse in one day and a half last week, 3,000 bushels of wheat. Bears are committing depredations on flocks of sheep in Ginnt county. Cne day last week 250 lambs were killed by them in the band 'of John Luce, in Bear valley. The cost of running the city of Port land under its charter, for the fiscal year up to the 31st of December last, -was at the rateof $856 per day, levYrfg out Sundays and holidays. Welcome The Baker City Tribune says that the advance agent of Cushing's circus is in the cooler at Boise, and the circus itself has gone to pieces in Ketchum being attached for some $5,000 due San Francisco parties. The Duluth grain elevators will soon 'nave capacity for storing 13,000 bush els. The shipping faculties of the place are also being greatly increased This is done with a view to handling a large portion of the grain raised in Or egon, Washington and Montana. Baker City Sage Brush: Eastern cat" tie ouyers are arriving in our count) 'nearly every day, and the only thing to be regretted is, that there is not enough cattle here to supply their wants. The demand for beef cattle especially is greater than for many yeers, and in this section the surplus of this class of cattle is limited. Repairs to the locks at Oregon City are about completed. Thirty carpen ters have been at work, and the new gates are finished and hung in position. The contractor was allowed two weeks -from August 15 to finish the job. An extra set of gates has been made for cases of emergency. The fruit crop promises Abundantly, and much dried frrrrt will fiffd its way to market thisyeaf. The price will rule low and sales low. Much fruft is sold green and being shipped away East ward. The time will come when all of our fruit, or at least a portion of it, will find a ready sale at our door-way. CapL Littlefield was at Port Orford . few days ago for the purpose of let ting out contracts for getting out tim bers to be used in building a seawall at Cape Blanco, or the sonth side, to prevent the sea from washing that por tion of the cape away. Work will com mence in a few days. There vill be -a half million dollars expended thefre, so ;a Gold Beach Gazette correspondent Ss informed. The estimated cost of securing light drattght navigation on the Willamette to Eugene, 184 miles, is $80,000 in cluding $12,000 a year for mainten ance. The snag boat is now the only means of keeping it up. $69,330 have been expended, only $22,000 be ing for construction. Another boat is proposed in place of the Corvallis, which is nearly worn out, yet during the .year it removed 1332 snags. A ftetv bat wiH cost $28,000. Demo crat. The cases of six dairymen recently arrested for violation Of the dairy law, came up for trial in Portland recently. They all waived examination and gave "bonds to appear before the Grand Jury. It was hoped that the defendants would sign an agreement to cease Rising the brewery malt and conform with the law, but they seem determ 'ined to fight the matter, backed by the brewers. It is claimed that there is a flaw in the new law, and the daftmen will test its constitutionality Last week three very sad and fatal accidents are Teported at Fossil, Gil man 'county, Oregon, through acci dent and culpable carelessness three little children met sudden and untimely deaths. One child, a boy about three .years old, belonging to Mr. White, got hold of a can of concentrated lye, swal lowed some Of the contents and before the doctor could attend him he died, within on hour thereafter the Rev. Mr. Voting, by some oversight, gave to two Of his children an overdose of medicine, and both the children, One three and a half years and the other sixteen months old, died within half an hour. The medicine contained a great por tion of laudanum, and Mr. Young was not aware of it All three children were buried at the same time. , Officers of the various temperance societies of this State have issued a re commendation for the appropriate ob servation of centennial temperance week, which comes the third week in September. About twenty-five miles from Paker City, the discovery Has been made of a running coal oil spring, by A A. Miller, who has been for some time prospecting the mountains in search of precious inetals. The government has begun suit against P. R. Sinnottj agent of the Grand Ronde Indian reservation, in this State, to recover riveral thousand dollars, claimed to have been illegally paid out by him. A gentleman who is extensively en gaged in the grain trade, informs a News reporte: that the wheat crop from Portland to Eugene is twenty-five per cent short. Between Eugene and Ashland it is fifty per cent less than last year. The quartz mines in Southern Ore gon are now loosing up. J. W. Walsh, a former Washington Territory news- SWAMP LAND. The Salem Statesman is authority for the following: How many acres of "swamp land" do you suppose is held by one man in this state? How many? guess. Not.maiU persons would guess a million acres, cut tney wouiu uavc to multiply this by thirteen to get at nearlv the amount. "Hen" Owens ol Eugene City is now holding over 13, 000 acres of "swamp land," and he has sold upwards of 600,000 acres, ori which he has paid at least twenty per cent of the purchase price. On the other 13,000,000 acre farm he has paid not a cent, nor is the state or the gov ernment deriving a cent of revenue from this land. On one filing he "took up" 1,336,000 acres, which land ex tends, in townships, from six miles east of Lebanon, southeasterly, entirely through the state. These figures are commended to the joint investigation, and a refutation of their truthfulness challenged. -AT- Farri foi sale. A farm consisting of 480 acres of land, suited for farming and stock raising, and Jl..t ' I I,,, , ,,, nr,afUa paper man, and H. F. Bragtfon, a mer-, wilhstoek; suen as norse9) cattie, consisting chant of Ashland, are developing of No. 1 milch cows, one. two and three , , j i ! year olds, a small band of fine graded sheep, ledges on Wagner Creek, and expect ; lld h illso farmin,, impk!ments, all that to get down to profitable work in a 1 are necessary on the place, in good repair, seea anu reen, an 01 wnicn win oe soiu it a bargain, lhe quality ot tile soil is excel lent; adapted to all kinds of cereals, hops, fruits and vegetab es, and with plenty of out range for stock. For further informa tion and price and terms of sale, inquire at the Gazette office. short time. It is rumored that the Oregon and California Company, through an agent, is securing the right of way in Linn county side of the North Santiam to ward Minto Pass. It would appear from this that the Orpgon and Califor nia is about to connect itself with the Oregon Short Line. Times are extremely dull iA Canada, according to the Toronto Globe, which says: "From Montreal to the sea there is not a city, town or village in which real estate would bring as good prices to-day as it would have brought in 1874 8. There is scarcely one in which building opperations have not come almost to a standstill. In none of the provinces would a farm sell as well to-day as it would have sold ten years ago. The new mines on Blue River dis trict in Lane cotfnty are proving to be good. Mr. Gilbert, one of the original discoverers, has just returned from San Francisco, 'having a correct assay from the government assay office. 1 he assay proves this quartz to con. ri "D QTATiT?'! the ton, These croppings are from faiViAi twkn mi ifttfA Uiflfiiifcli two to five feet deep. Mr. Gilbert says it is much richer as they dig down J. W. HANSON'S. Tothing and Tailoring- Era TDoriiim . Yon can find the latest styles of ready made clothing, also the finest Pants Patterns and Suitings Ever brought to Corvallis. READY MADE CLOTHING PRESSED" TO ORDER. Constantly on hand a full line of Furnishing Goods, Underwear, Shirts, Neckties, &c, &c. CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK. No trouble to show goods. Two doors South of Will Bro.'s. CORVALLIS, - . - . OREGON ATJ3UST KNIGHT CABINET MAKER. F 111 BURNETT & EMERY, Proprietors of the WHIST AND BILLIARD ROOMS, Constantly on hand the best brands of Tobaccos and Cigars in the market. Fruit, Nuts axd Confectionery Ice Cold Drinks, Etc. GIVE US A CALL. Main St. Corvallis, Oregon. G UN STORE. BREECH & MUZZLE LOADING SHOTGUNS Rifles, Ffstols, Amunftion, Cutlery, Spy Glasses, Fisliiiig Tackle, Sewing: Macliinss, Work made to order and warranted. 20 -33tf C. HODES, Corvallis. deeper. Several parties are going up in few days from this county. Standard: For the last sixty days the land department of the Northern Pacific has been making at the rate of thirty deeds a day, and their return from New York, executed by the pres ident of the company, just begun. Yesterday a batch of five hundred were received and are now ready for delivery to the purchasers. They are all clean-cut warantee deeds, excepting where the line passes through the land purchased. In such a case a reserva tion is made for the right of way. The delivery of wheat to the mills in Salem continues very large. At the S. F. M. Co's mill the average receipts are from five to seven thousand bush els per day. Sales are very free at 61 cents. I he market is in a very pecular condition just now. The "bears" have control of the market, and it will proba bly so remain for some time. For this reason there is nothing to be seen in the near future of the market to war rant a prophecy as to its rise or fall. Statesman. News: Hog Cholera .has again made its appearance m many portions of Il linois, and fears are entertained of its becoming general in the great pork packing States. This being the case, would it not be well for the Oregon farmers to turn their attention to pork raising and Portland capitalists to pork- packing? The hogs of this country have always been entirely free from disease and can be raised on wheat and barley almost as cheap as corn fed j hogs are in the East. Telegram: It would seem from re ports from the east and middle west that winter is likely to tread upon the heels or summer in those localities. A few days ago a blighting frost fell up on a larger part of Minnesota and yes terday a snowstorm prevailed in the western part of Pennsylvania, Orego nians must content themselves with plain fog in the mornings and smoky atmosphere in th afternoons for awhile yet, without being jealous of the favors that winter is bestowing upon other seetions- (South end Main Street.) Charges Reasonable, Satisfact ion Guaranteed, Corvallis, - - Oregon. C, II. LEEi M. D. Physician & Surgeon, CORVALLIS, OREGON.I Office in Post Office Building, Office Heurs: 8 to 9 a. m. , 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p. n trn" In office nights. "SI 2132tf UNDERTAKER. Cor. Second and Monroe Sts., 'OK V Ai,M. : OREGON, Keeps constantly on hand all kinds of FURNITURE Coffins ard Caskets. SUBSCRIBE Fill! "TIB Work done to ordar on short notice and at reasonable rates. Corvallis July 1, 1881. 19:27yl. WOODCOCK & BALDWINS AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS! 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