News Summary. There were Kfty-two .ieathc in the city during September. The assessed valuation of property in Ta . coma is $2,241, 263. The store of 0. M. Annia at Alderton was robbed of $180 Sunday night. The grain yield in Klamath couty this season is estimated at 50,600 bushels. Forest Grove is the place selected for holding the next annual conference of the M. E. church. Clackamas county took the first premium on grasses and second premium on cereals at the state fair. Whitman college, at Walla Walla, has 131 students, including eleven lady boarders at the ladies' boarding hall. Cases of diphtheria are reported at differ ent places in Southern Oregon; also in the Willamette Valley. It is reported that Samuel Dodson and -wife have diphtheria; also the family of Mr. Rice on Clark's Branch. The Capitol Mills company have begun construction of a new dam across Mill creek, at the foot of Hib street. The people of Lake . iew are anxious for a daily mail between their town and the rail road at Ashland and are endeavoring to get it. Invitations are out to attend the marriage of Charles L. Mother and Miss Hattie Louut at Phoenix, Arizona, Monday evening, Octo ber 12th. The contract to complete the Siuslaw road was recently !et by the Commissioner's court of Lane county, to John Brown for 2,900. Two stages going to Marshfield from Empire City last week, after dark, went over the tirade in the heavy timber back of Cent rville. Six car loads of hops from the PnyaRttu Valley passed iir.,nyh Portland recently fur the East. Three car loads go through t. England. ?. A. Clarke, of Salem, is making arrane meuts to ship -several car loads of dried prunes and plums to Minneapolis, St. Paul and Chicago, Judge Denny who was formerly in Oregon has been appointed adviser at court for Corea, says the Shaghai Mail, at a salary ot 1000 a mouth. Wm. Williams about 66 years of age who came to this coast in 1849, recently walked over a bank of Rogue river thirty -five feet high, which resulted in his death. Chinamen are picking and sacking pota toes near Bueua Vista, Polk county, for two cents er bushel. Some 10,000 bushels were raised in that section this year. The narrow gauge railroad connects with the Portland and Lebanon express so that a party leaving Portland can continue on ami reach Brownsville the same evening. Davi 1 Holm ;s, who was so mangled at -MeMiuiiWIle Thursday liya runaway team, has recovered consciousness and is abie to ait up in bed without the aid of props. Liukwlle and vicinity are receiving about double the amount of freight they received last year, which shows that the Klamath Jake basin is rapidly filling up withsettlcrs. Work continues on the long prospecting tunnel at tl e Big Yank Ledge in Josephine county. The quality of the rock taken out is reported as improving as the tunnel pro gresses. It has just begun to he realized that the rivers and streams in Oregon are alive with crawfish, and that these insects which wear their sections on the outside are delicious eating. The contracts for furnishing the Oregon state insane asylum with boots and shoes during the next year was let to Krausee and Klein, and John G. Wright secured the grocery contract. Railroad surveyors are busy at work on the Syskiyou mountain making surveys, one party being at work in the canyon near Cole's, where it was supposed the Oregon company was to build. A Celestial at Halsey, whose name is im material, was robbed recently of 'the large sum of $550, hard earned money. Other Chiuameu were said to be the thieves. No clue to the thieves. On Thursday of last week, J. H. Albert, cashier of Ladd & Bush's bank since March 1869, resigned, to go into the new Capital National .Bank of S dem, of which it is understood he will be cashier. The Jacksonville Svn.tinal spy?: '"Ahorse disease is prevalent in the valley. Gran ville Naylor is the heaviest loser so far hav ing up to this time lo.-t stock valued at $1,500, including his Sligard stallion. The Central School building at Albany is fast nearing completion. The interior wood -work is finished, and r ad y for graining The black boards are b stag made, and in a week or two the seats will be placed in po sition. The Redding "Independent" of last week reported that some two hundred white men were at Delta waiting for employment on the railroad, but were not likely to find work, as the company is employing only Chinese. A school teacher recently sued the Shedd School District in Linn county for three month's wages at ?75 per month for time which he had not taught. It being the time after which he was discharged. He recovered $225. Some days ago Fred Cleaver attempted to cross the Yamhill river at a deep lord near Amity, and got into swiming water. Mr. Cleaver cucceeded in cutting his horses loose from the wagon, enabling them to make to the shore, leaving himself, wife and babe in the wagon with the water running over the bed of the wagon; by calling for help, the neighbors went to their relief, all got out safe. Mr. Geo. M. Cooper, one of the early settlers of Lane county, died at his resi dence, in Eugene City, Friday afternoon, Sept. 25, 1885. His death was caused by a caueer in"She face which had greatly afflict ed him for veare. The wheat arrivals to Portland for last week were a total of 10,582 tons, a daily average of 250 tons from the valley, and 1261 tons from Walla Walla. The total shipment made to San Francisco during the month of September amounted to 12,533 tons. Mrs. Vanduyn of Coburg, was b idly hurt last week by the falling of a she,), which was being used temporarily as an eating house, on the north side of the pavilion in which the Lane county fair w is being held. Mrs. Vanduyn is an elderly lady and was quite severely hurt. Ou Tuesday night a Chinese dive at Hal sey. says the Disseminator, was attacked by some of the irate citizens of that plac with rocks, and the Mongolians, five in number, were driven out of the town. The quarters of the Chinese under the employ of the rail road was not molested. Mrs. Burt anil Mrs. Lane were last week walking along Sutton creek, about twelve miles from Baker City, they came across a half-grown black bear, which they chased up a tree. Mr. J. C. Washburn and his son happened along soon alter, and the bear aftr some resistance was captured, brought to the residence of Mr. Burt, and tied to a post. Two wagon loads of Webfoot apples were sold at PrinesviHe for SI. 50 per bushel re cently. According to the census report the nrnducts of Crook county in 1881 were as fol'.owst Wheat. 52,034 bushels; oats, 62,308; barley and rye, 50,487; corn, 25.:; , hay, 11.630 tons; butter and cheese, 24,850; ixitatnes. 19.955: anides. 814: prunes, 10; i lumber, 1,430,000. If the apples now going to waste in every orchard in Oregon were converted into cider and the cider into vinegar, at least 100,000 would be saved, says the News. This may seem a sin ill matter to the farmers of this State, but it, is worthy of consideration. Wm. Fall and family, of Wisconsin, ar rived in Dallas, says the Itemize!-, this week. Mr. Fall moved back east last fall, dissatisfied with Oregon climate; but on ar riving east got a good dose of ice and snow and once more seeks our agreeable climate. George Turpin near Canyonville, stood on a limb of a tree about twelve feet from the ground, and chopped off the main body which fell and the top struck the ground and sprung back, struck him on the leg about three inches above the ankle break ing both bones. Dr. Goucher and Mr. Noyer, of Molalia, returned from Portland, where they had been having some of the gold quarried from their mine on the Santiam assayed. The assay of gold was 50 to the ten, but the assaj was not Made of the lead with which the rock abounds. The new pilot boat being built at Astoria is to be sixty-four tons register, and will be the fastest sailor on the coast. Slid will cost $10,000, the amount appropriated at the late session of the legi dature, and will be christened 'Governor Moody.' She is to be used on the Columbia bar. The Northern Pacific has established a special rate of $1.75 per hundred on apples in boxes on lots of one hundred boxes or more to a shipment from Portland to points in Montana between Missoula and Bozeinan. inclusive, also to Butte, Anaconda, and Deer Lodge reached via Garrison. The board of trustees of the Oregon state insane asylum have renewed the contract with the territory of Idaho for the care of that territory's insane. There are now alunit twenty patients in the asylum here from Idaho and they will reams until the completion of the asylum at Boise City. New quartz ledges are being discovered almost every day in S utliern Oregon, says the "Grant's Pass Argus." Arnett Bros, have found a ro!d bearing quartz ledge, ex tensive in width and leimth with gold plain ly visible to the uak- d eye. G. V. Gibbs has discovered a gold ami silver qu irtz ledge four feet in width, on Jump-Oft'-Joe, near Lucky Queen. Arthur Wilson, of Jack-on county, has discovered a bituminous coal mine tin his farm near M dford. The vein being over four feet wide is almost inexhaustible. It resembles in every particular the coal ot Toledo. Ohio. He proposes to develop the mine at once and is confident that it can be worked to advantage, and profit. A band of horse hi v s. numbering some forty men, with their families, have estab lished their bead quarters in the 'it ton basin, M. T. They havt a regular settle ment, raising crops, etc., and seldom have less than 300 or 400 head of stock on h nd, most of which is stolen property. S. H. Venator, a prominent cit'zen of Modoc county, Cal. , died at his home in Aituras, September 20th, from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid given him by mis take. He was sick with measles and some medicine was left by his physician. His nurse, a Mr. Edwards, put in a teasuootiful of carbolic acid in one dose, which ended the patient's life in less than a half an hour. Last week some eight citizens of Sherd .n passed through town enroute for the new mines at the head of B'ue river, near the Three .Sisters, Cascade range. Olaima will be thorough assayed and if found to pay will be worked. Ad old miner made a rough assay of one claim, Key West, and found $108 in silver and gold. A Well is beuag drilled at the residence of Mr Friedlauder, of Roseburg, the diill is now eighty-six feet in solid rock. There are very good indications of water, but not a good How as yet. Nearly every well in Rosehu.-g is dry, and citizens are alarmed about the future water supply. They are in hopes it will rain soon. The grass is dry and stock will certainly die of starvation if grass does pot spring u p soon. " A -gentleman just rabnrned from Joseph 'each of these steps is a stop eighteen inches ine county, in southern Oregon, brought square of stone, bolted firmly with mm to back $450 worth of gold taken from a placer the soKd rock beneath. The length of claim iwhich he discovered this summer, j these stops is eighteen inches less than the savs an exchange. Scarcity of water necess-; width of the step. Thus is forme I a pool i t-ated the transportation of the dirt some distance to a stream, where thres tons of dirt yielded that am mat of gold. Humors have it that preparations are being made to hold in sthe oear future an openm:iss meeting in Portland of all citi zens, who openly or otherwise deem it ex pedient to take active measures tending to ward necossary action on the Chinese ques tion. It. is to be hoped that moderation in speech and council will guide the delibera tions of the meeting. The Oregon City Woolen Mills employ one hundred and eighty persons; fifty of which are the he i Is of families, and fifty more families derive a partial support from the same source. The monthly yy roll is over six thousand dollars, over tnree-iourius of which is paid to white labor. It will thns be seen that the mill kejps one hun dred f imiies at Oregon City. Why cannot factories f di.'F.'reat kinls be put in opera tion at Corvallis. The Indian training school at Chemawa, Marian C ., wis the scene of a conflagration last Wednesday afternoon. The new sup I erinteudeut was there and the cadets were I on parade, when the cry of "tire" called I them taab trn and h iy shed which were found to lie in fiun s. The shed containing several t ins of u iy w is tot illy destroyed as well as a stable tint stool adjoining it. There ivero two h rses in the stable and one of them uirri.vly eseipel being burned to death, receiving several fire wounds. Th cause of the fire is uuknowu but it was supposed to be incendiary. An organization of Indian war veterans was formed during the week of the state fair at Salem with the following officers: T. B. Wait of Salem, grand commander. Col. John Kelsay of Benton, senior vice-grand commander; Col. B. F. Shaw of Vancouver, IV. T., junior vie -gran 1 commander; grand marshal. W. J. G .rrison, Yaiiihi.l; state ad jutant, W. J. Norton; chaplain, Dr. T. V. Embree; paymaster, John Minto; sur geon, Dr. Martin; captain of the guar.), Jacob Rinearson. Steps will be taken im mediately to estali.isa subordinate camps all over the Pacific northwest. At Bully creek, near Ontario, Oregon, the other nirlit a man named Jackson and his hired man were murdered by some unknown person, who split their heads open with an ax, Mrs. Jackson was also cut in the head with an ax, and when she arose from her bed the murderer shot her. Her wounds are not considered serious ami she may re cover. The hired man and Jackson' son, aged 7, were slespiug in a hay stack about fifty feet from the house. The stack was fired hut the boy crawled out. and escaped. The man's body was burned to a crisp. The other children asleep in the house were not molested. Somebody ought to be hung. The Hillsboro ludependi-nt makes tke fol lowing remarks which contain much truth: "The game law was mule in th interest of the rod and gun club, and it is of benefit to no one else. It prevent" men from pro viding meat for their families' present need on the frontier.' It increases the number of wild animals that prey on the farmer's stock 1 y increasing game. It causes the yearly incursion into the coifntry, at the end of the close season, of villanons pot hunters who range over the farms in harvest time, on Sundays and every day, banging at everything they se, killing or crippling stock, setting fire to ripe grain, trampling down gras3 and grain, and endangering human life as well as property. The gamp 1 iw is an infringement on the rights of the poor man and th'! hoys, in favor of the high toned hooter- of the rod an 1 gun club, an 1 the refkless, Godless, bangwhanging pot hunters." Last .veok while the station agent and truckmen at Eugene City were unloading a car of freight on the olatform at the north east corner of ih" freight depot two 251b tin cans of powder which had been placed about, three feet from the southeast coroer of the huilding were exploded, supposed to have been caused by a heavy bar of iron which Oren Moore threw down striking one of the cans. Mr. Moore was from four to five feet from the cans at the time: his clothing was badly torn, his hair, beard and eyebrows burned to a crisp and his body burned and bruised seriously. He is suffering great pain but it is hoped that he is not danger ously injured. Mr. Joseph Eaton, who was within a few feet, was also considerably burned. Mr. E Iward Fair.'ngfou and Mr. Jesse Gross were also rather violently shaken up but not seriously injured. The Fish Ladder. The Oregon City Enter (trite on this sub ject s.ys: Tuesday i.irj n Governor Moody, accompanied by R. D. Cole, mem ber of the -legislature from Columbia county, and others, came from Portland on the steamer Latona n 1 pro e ' d to officially inspect the ish ladder across the river that was completed a few days ago. Mr. allace Baldwin, of Corvallis, was appointed a commissioner by the legislature to superintend the construction of this lad der, or stairway, after studyiug the matter it was his judgment that the best place to build it was in a nia:! channel room in the rocks near tin west side of the river, which off, red to his mind, peculiar facilities for the work. The stream in this chanm-' had a rapid descert for a short d'stance and then passed through a long pool worn in the rock, and again entered a deep worn gorge. Out of this it fell a distance of about 12 feet into a sort of bay em pt ing into the main river. The first thing to be doue was to shut the water out of the channel. Then the por tions above and below the slack water pool were cut to a uniform width of ten feet and the bottom cut into steps a foot height and ten feet long, At the edge ou each step, eighteen inches in depth, with an outlet of the same width. The stops are so arranged that these outLts or pass-ways for the ascending fish are alter nately on the right and left sidesof the lad der. The flow of water is regulated by a bulk head of planks at the head of the ladder, placed between substantial stone piers. Ou the capstone ot these piers is cut the follow ing inscription: "Erected 1885, by the Suate of Oregon; Z. P. Moody, governor. Wallace Baldwin, commissioner; Will. T. Webber, engineer; San Foaneisco Bridge Co., builder. A bulkhead or drift-fender about 100 feet in length runs out from the shore above the gate piers, to protect them from driftwood in times of flood. The ladder has an ascent of one foot in twelve. The cut in the rock at the lower cud is about twenty-five feet in depth. The work is apparently substantial anil was ac cepted by the state. As to its succei3, that must be left for time to demonstrate. There are some who think salmon will not go up it, but a num ber of trout and hundreds of small fish were seen in it Tuesday, an I strange to relate, while the visitors were standing looking down on the foot of the ladder a salmon of ibout thirty in. in length entered the lower step. Of course Commissioner Baldwin was charged with having hired the fish to do this, but the ease with which the trick was done showed that salmon will have no trouble in ascending the ladder. To be sure in getting up the first section of 385 feet, the fish has to raise himself something over thirty feet, but at the end he liuds a iotiij pool where he can rest and wipe the prespiration from his noble brow before elevating himself the other nine feet. From the strength and agility displayed by salmon in trying to ascend falls there can be no doubt that they could turn hand springs from the bottom to the top of the ladder without stopping to take breath. It is possible that a ladder built at the main fall would have passed more fish to the upper river, but with the amount ap propriated by the legislature, $10,750, a ladder at this point was altogether out of the question. Mr. Baldwin has done the best he could with the means at his com- maud and has every faith in the success of work. Some legislation will probably be neces sary to prevent the fish being disturbed while ascendiug the ladder, and it will re quire some attention to keep it clear of stones or gravel whiidi may be washed in iu time of freshet. H. MONTGOMERY. Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, New barn, new buggies, carriages, and every thing else new and first-class in all respects. Spesi&l kMm Bivsa Transient Stick, Good Saddle Horses. Prices Eeason: ble. Serniid Street. ) CORVALLIS, OREGON. D. C. ROSE, A. W. ROSF Temperance Notes. ' The National W. C. T. U. holds their yearly convention at Philadelphia, commen cing Oct. 30th. Oct. 8th, is set apart as a day ot prayer, and will be obser ved by the Union of Cor vallis. A district convention is called at Mc Miuville, October, 7th, aul 8th, the dis trict co. uprises. Bantu, Yamhill, Polk, and Tilliiuook couuties. The annual mdeti.ig of the YV. C. T. U. of this city was held at the Evangelical church October- 1 ,t. The following is the list o officers for the ensuing jear. Presi dent, Mrs. Addie Baldwin; Vice Presidents cue from e ich church as follows: 1st, Mrs. Blackwell, Evangelical; 2 id, Mrs. Hilman, N. Methodist; 3rd, Mrs. B. VV. Wilson, Congregation; 4th. Mrs. T. Cauthorn, South Methodist; 5th, Mrs. Moore, Presbyterian; Treasurer, Alls. Moore; 1'ec. S--c. Mr Hil in in; Asst. and Cor. Seo., Mrs. Graham; Supts. of departments remain nearly the same as last year, also the standing coin inittee's. Over 3000 pages of temperance literature has been circulated by the union the past year. From the Correspoding Secretary of Miss issippi W. C. T. U. comes this ringing note: "Prohibition ha3 made miraculous strides in Mississippi. You have no idea of the magnitude of our ..- irk and the blessing that has attended every effort. We have reason to thank God." FOUND That the best and cheapest pleace in Cor vallis to buy all kinds of XH ARDWAR EX Cutlery, Tools. Iron, NaMs, Pumps, Rubber hose. Iron and Lead Pipe, Rope, Barb Wire, STOVES, RANGES, Granite ware, Stamped ware, Tin ware, Japauned ware and House Furnishing goods; or to get all kinds of job work in the line of sheet metals or plumbing done is at the Hardware and Stove store of J. D. CLARK. SIGN OF THE PADLOCK For Sale! A Good Business Location, With a number one Store House 24x70 ft., with house attached suitable for a small family. Situated in the center of the City of Philomath. And a good shipping point ON THE O. P. B. R. EQUALIZATION f-OTICE. IOTICi-J is here!v given that tlic Iioanl of Equali i Ziiiioii in ami foi ieutni county. Orettim. vsiJI attend at the uflke of the C'uuiity C'erk of Fttid coun ty and continue in session from 9 o'clock a. m. of Se'-vember 25th, 1835, to and inclusive f October 2d, lSHfi.aud then and there publicly examine the assess ment rolls of said count) for th i year 1885, and cor rect all errors in valuation, description or qualities of lands lots or other property. All persons interested are hereby notified to appear at said time and place appointed. .1. i A L FORD, Assessor. Dated Aug. 20, 185. Real CORVALLIS Estate Agency' ORE ION Real rotate Agents, will buy, sell, or lease farms or farm property on commission. Having made arrangements for co-operation with agents in Portland, and being ful ly acquainted with real property in Benton county, we feel assured of giving entire sat isfaction to all who may favor us with their patronage. (J. A. Wauuoner, 20- 1 T. J. Bt'FORD, GUIsT STOEE. BREECH & MUZZLE LOADING SHOTGUNS Rifles, Ffsiols, Amuioition, Cutlery, Spy Glasses, Flailing Tackle, Sewii.s: Maeliin 'k. Work made to order and warranted. 20 33tf C. HODES, Corvallis. RlTYll flUSJDBY, GENE LEE, Proprietor. CORVALLIS, - OREGON (Opposite II. E. Harris' Grocery Store.) Wo..shln;, Ironing;, Po.ishing and I'iuting loae to order and at Reasonable .Prices. FINE SHEEP. Wm. Hartless has ten extra fine Oxford bucks for sale at reason ble prices. CORVALLIS, - OREGON. James L,. .Lewis. Shsep, Cattle, Eorses and Hogs "ecu jit and sold and Contrasts raiV. to famish same AT ALL TIMF.K. Mutton, Beef and fat Kogs a Specialty. CORVALLI . OREGON. 21- .o-.im Brinkerhoff System, For the Cure of RECTAL DISEASES Over 30,000 cures Recorded in 6 vears. Piles, Rectal Ulcer, FUsures, Pruritus-ani, Fistulas iu Alio, Polvpus-Reeti, Etc. Cured without cutting operations. Dr. Pilkinjfton, surif:on, ocu istand aurist, and proprietor of the sanitarium for the eye, ear and nervous dis ease. Port-land, Oretron. htm bten aDDointed airent and physician, tor thH system for Oreion, and has in two months made a i umuerof turesof eases, m some of .vliich. severe operations wttli the knife have onlv done harm. Refer b pcrmi-sion to .las. W. Weatherford, drug1 nst, well known in 8al:m; Frank Gardner, machinist at car shoos; It. A. Rampy, druifist at Harrisbur Oiejfon, and others. Will meet parties at Mrs. Hemphill's hotel iu CorvaMia from arrival of stage from Alliany, Tuesday, Oct. 13th to Thursday morning Out. lath, 18S5. Address for pamphlet, eta., Di. J. B. riLKIVGTOX, Portland, Or. n ALLEN, 1'i.i.omatli Ore(.n. 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Chicago, 111, ROSE BRO'S. Manufacturer of and Dealer in Domestic Keywest and Havai Cigars. "Wholesale and Retai' Chewing and Smoking Tobaco and Smoker's articles generally, Also just received a fine lot of POCKET CUTLERY. No Chinese JaMr einployed. CORVALLIS, OREGON REMOVAL. I wiah to call the attention of my patrol to the fact that 1 have moved my Harne Shop from my old stand tx the shop on Ma: street formerly occupied by Cameron Bro' I shall carry a good hue of harness and sad die?, and by honest work and fair deali ciitleavor to merit a share of your patronat N. P. BRICCS. F. M. JOHNSON. Attorney at Law. Fire Insurancea Specialty. Money Loaned on Good Security. New Jewelry Store. C. W. Smith, A practical Jeweler and Watch-maker lias locate, in Waggoner & Buforu's real estate office, Corvalli Special attention given to repairing fine chronomet watches. Satisfaction guaranteed. Prices to au the tunes. A fine stock of watches, clocks and jew ry constantly on hand. 21-51 LEGAL LANK FOR SALE AT THIS OFflCE WOODCOCK & BALD WILIS 3E3 BEST AGRICULTURAL PLEMENTS! HARDWARE OF ALL KINDS AT BROUGHT BY THE Ml Direct from the East! toveQ DIRECT FROM Eastern and St. Louis FOUNDRIES. MANUFACTURERS OF TINWARE AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY. Corvallis,) - QregM)