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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1883)
■ w NEWS OF THE WEEK Monmouth mid Vicinity. Who is it that does not eDjoy thia fine weather V The district school opened,,out last Monday with bright prospects for the futuro;"^ The farmers are turning over the ground and the town folks «re putting in their gardens. Mr. J. L. Gwinn who Las been in Monmouth sending his children to school has moved to his home in Eola. _ Iko. R. B. ltoothhy dropped into our office and informed us that his wife has just recovered from a few days sickness. Bro. D. Stump has been sick fur sev eral days, confined to his bed part of the time. The physician from Indepen dence has charge of his base, and we hope soon to see him out again. List Wednesday the Editor of the H erald was 31 years old. Thia was manifest by a handsome birth day cake presented at this office from Mrs. Floyd, for which all interested desire to ex press their thanks. . A literary concert was given on Fri day aftei noon at the recess hour, in the grove, on the College campus. The “ Little Folks” invited the school to listen to ibeis-eaercisea, which would have done credit to older ones, though wholly prepared by themselves. They arranged a platform for participants and seats for audience. Among other fea tures of the programme were a quartette by.Edie Percival, Eflie Gherkin, Emma Stanley„ and Laura Burnette ; a recita tion by Laura, a reading by Edie, and Effie and Emma, each doing well, being heartily applauded by the audience, the President and professors joining in the hand-clapping.—R eader . Pacific Coast. Last Monday Korvitz A 8trobel. of Walla Walla, were robbed of $400 in checks, notes and money. The Salem Flouring Mills Co. has bought the farmers’ warehouse at Inde pendence and contemplate doing a large storage business there for the use of their mills at Salem and Oregon City. The East Oregonian estimates the loss of sheep by the cold weather in Umatil la county at three per cent. Property in Oregon City is advancing in price. The railroad company find if difficult to secure all the ¿earns they want at the front of the O. A C. The Salem flouring mills have offered the farmers seed wheat at first cost and storage. —■ — -------- —------ P. H. Raymond, who has been in the Albany post-office for ten years, this week gave up the same to his successor. Last year J. L. Kendall, of Shedd, dried 15,393 pounds of apples ; J. L. Galloway, of .Benton county, 10,000 pounds, and J. H. Harper, of Polk county, 11,000 pounds. They brought from 8 to 10 cents. Wm. Armpriest, an old pioneer of 1848, died at the residence of his daugh ter, near the Molalla, Clackamas county, on the 12th ult. Judge T. A. Chenoweth is lying in a critical condition at his farm near Cor- r / . a vallis. His reoovery is regarded very doubtful. . Mrs. A. E. Canthorn, mother of Sen ator Canthorn, of Benton county, died at her residence in Corvallis on the-27tb nit. The thermometer marked 70 degrees at Coquille City Monday, February 19. Walia hr to baveirteff $60 01» Presbyterian church this season. Milton is to have a large flouring mill -tills summer. Sailmaking is becoming an important industry at Astoria. Frank Hosby, living on the Linkville road, died last week from injuries re ceived by being struck by a falling tree Marcus Vanderbilt, of Dayton, W. T., was found dead in his bed last week. The widow of the late Col. Baker gets $25C0fiom the Army Medical Associa- ■i tui. i i ii J i m.....i l The Colfax stage, in attempting to cross Deadman gulch, broke through the ice and both horses were drowned. A family named McFarland, residing near the pest house at Dayton, W. T., have boon attacked with the small-pox. Hon. B. F.* Burch, P. W. Haley, farmers, have purchased the warehouse at Independence, near the depot. Mrs. Mary Holman, wife of J. S. Holman, a pioneer of 1847, died at .her residence on the Luckiamute, Polk county, on the 2d. -----_____ ___ ___ _ The Belt house at Independence has changed hands, Mr. Stannus selling the same to Peter Cook, for $5,500. The people of Weston are talking of erecting a woolen mill. In Lane county the fall wheat is nearly all said to bellied. W. N. Smith, a new comer at Seattle, was killed in the Yesler sawmill on the 2d. There are at present four cases of small-pox at tho Dayton pest house. All but one are reported nearly well. The bulk of immigration into What com county, W. T., is going into the Nooksack river county. The high water has cut a new channel opposite Harrisburg in the Willamette, and one-half the river already runs through it. Congressman George writes that he has asked for $60,000 for the improve ment of Coquille river. The A. B. field, a new steamer, will be launched at Astoria in a couple of i weeks. When completed, she will be put on a regular route between Astoria and Tillamook. The Silverton postoffice did a $17,- 720.39 business for the last year. Six new stages are being made at Yreka for the O. & C. Stage company. A boom is starting at woodville^ Jackson county, in anticipAtion of the railroad. 8. M. Nickerson has been appointed Indian agent at Klamath. Cattle have done remarkably well in Coos county so far this winter. Ralph Gear says the fall wheat in the Waldo Hills is all killed. There was shipped from New Tacoma daring January, 6,508 tons Carbonado coal, and in February, 12,552 tone. The McFarlane Industrial Home for the Indian girls at Fort Wrangel, burn ed to the ground on the morning of February 9th, Henry Huffman, a farmer living near Salem, on Friday last cut an ugly gash in the top of his foot with u grubbing hoe, and came near dying from the loss of blodd before the arrival of a physi- cian. Mr. Thomas Lopkwood and family, who were camped on the Blue moun tains; near ^feaeTiiiiii were caught in a terrible snow-slide recently. Without warning it came thundering down the hillside, sweeping everything before it. When it struck the tent it threw one little girl against the stove, by which she was burned death. Eleven houses have floated away. One house was demolished by Oakes of ice. The citizens waded to a place of safety. Twelve hnndred men have been dis charged from Gould's new railroad, the Pittsburg and Wes‘ern, just completed. The road runs from Pittsburg to New castle and from Pittsburg to Mane, Pa. Two men, Mclnley and Brown, with their wives, attempted, to drive acrons the New Brunswick railway at Canton- bury, N. B., in front of an advancing train. The train struck them, killing both the ladies almost instantly, and se riously injuring Molnly. The people of Shawneetown, III.; Eastern. in need of assistance. There are be- * A business block has been destroyed tween 500 and 600 houses in the town, by fire at Paris, Ky. Loss, $100,000. every one of which is under water. Myres Brothers’ tobacco manufactory Only thirty are habitable and those only and warehouse at Lynchburg, Va., was Tu^"^t&e3J'.-T<oes,$T2ff,0U0.~ have floated from their foundations^¿Jt-- An accommodation train on the Mil Five hnndred people are receiving relief. waukee & St. Paul road was thrown One-half to two thirds of Gallatin coun from the track at Worthington by ty is flooded. Fences are gone, corn de a broken rail, and several passengers stroyed, stock drowned and people jumped out and were killed. driven from their homes. Dysentery, The mills of the St. Joseph Lead com pneumonia and fevers are prevalent and pany at St. Francois, Mo., were totally are increasing. destroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000 to $250,000 ; insurance not known. Fo reign. ■_ > New York has a rum shop to every The Prince of Wales has been visiting 125 of its inhabitants, and bread, meat Bismark. and grocery stores one to every 7326. —...The Duka and Duchess of Edi At Cornellsville. Pa.» the other day,"it have arrived at Berlin.----- woman nearly 100 yearsold was convict PartJienope, ship, at Galle, N6v. 24 ed of assault and battery. from Melbourne, arrived with the 1 The oldest member of the British of foremast head, foretopmast, fo Cabinet is Mr. Gladstone, who is 73, main, and mizen topgallaut mast, a and the youngest, Sir Charles Dike, maiutop mast head. who is 39. .John Hiygiton s s, ran on a reef off Miss MarjL Daniels, who presents a Chio, about 150 miles from Noumia, on claim for $100,000 damages against the the 21st ult.; after being there some New York Central Railroad Co. for inju time, slid off and sank in ten fathoms of ries received in the Spuyten Duyvil waterno lives lost. disaster, has settled for $29,000, the largest sum paid by a company for per Business Loean. , .X . ... . sonal injury. lf-jcon want to get a picture copied or It is contemplated to introduce the enlarged or a lot of fine views of Oregon streetrope system of surface road cars and Columbia river scenery, or a dozen in'New York the same as in San Fran first-class photographs any size, go to cisco and Chicago. I. G. Davidson, the busiest and most successful photographer in Portland. There Mre now but thirty miles to N ew M ckic .—Send stamp to Wiley B. complete on the Denver A Rio Grande Allen, most popular music,dealer, Port between Salt Lake and Denver. land, Or., for complete catalogue and Peter Dakestrom, a farmer living sample copy ‘‘ Musical Pastime.” All twelve miles from Fargo, D.T., attemp orders by mail filled promptly. ted to kill his wife with a sledge. The Household Hewing Machine took Leaving her for dead he went and the first premium at the great Man hanged himself. i chester (England) Exposition for the Governor Stephens is considered in a l»est family Hewing Machine. John B. dangerous condition. The belief is Garrison, general agent, J67 3rd St Portland, Oregon. general that he will not recover from his present illness. SUMMONS. The five concerts of' Nilsson at Cin In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, fof cinnati, Ohio, shows the reoeipts to be the County of Polk. Maggie Harrington, Plaintiff, ve. J. W. Har $30.000.___ ___ _____ . _____ rington, Defendant. A large fire in the New York Popular To the above named Defendant : N THENAMEOFTHEtJTATEOFOREGON Publ shing company’s building on Rose you are hereby required to appear and an street, took place at New York on the swer the complaint filed against yofi in the above en tit]tri »nit, within tux week» from toe 30th. Some thirty girls were employed date of the Service of thia Summon» upon in the building and it is rumored that by publication to-wit : on or before the I4th of May, A. D., 1883 ; and if you fail an to ana three were burned to death. for want thereof the plaintiff will take a dec The river at Arkansas City was rising against for the relief demanded id her cumpl to-wit : a diaaolution of the bonds of matritn steadily pn the 3d, and great floods are now «xisting between you. inevitable. The people are taking their Publication ordered by Hon. R. P. Bt lien, Feb. 24, 1883. property to a place of safety and fami Judge. Done at Cham DALY A BUTLER, Attorney* for Plaintii lies are leaving on every train, The 18-10-6t negroes are fleeing panic-stricken. The town of Columbus, Ill., was en jW Beok, tw all wvtaa I tw» tirely submerged on the 3d, only the I ■ B« B ■ ■ ■—. u.■ **_ roofs of two houses being visible. * aVMM (.I.IIKMTAM.|UVnU, & >■ ‘ $ %• -I I rwwh