Show WESTERN WINDFALLS A castor oil factory is being erected at downe y diphtheria is causing many deaths in sot southern hern oregon corn of nevada growth ia is getting scarce in virginia markets A jet black wild rabbit was recently killed near san diego cal at present there arc are but ei prisoners confined in the nevada state t prison A man died in nevada city cal thursday Thu raday whose blood was found to have turned to water at truckee robbins are rated as gano birds at virginia city doves arc are in in the same category surveyors have nearly completed the location of the railroad between corralls Cor valla valls and yaquina bay cal A anew new and fatal disease ae has made its appearance among horses of upper dry and blue creeks W T the sisters of charity have engaged to keep the paupers haupers of clarice clarke county W T for the ensuing year at faw pei per capita pita the alvarado cal sugar factory is about to start for the season it pays the farmer a ton or about CO 60 an acre quite a number of comstock carpenters are now up at truckee cal assisting in the building of that fire leveled town saturday a man named andrew died suddenly at the national hotel portland or of paralysis of tho the heart napa cal creek coons take the greatest a test delight deli glit in visiting cornfields ee and d orchards at night and are very destructive to corn and fruit the eagle creek bridge in marion county or fell in just after the mail carrier M had crossed it fortunately no one waa wits on it at the time alien allen embree of columbia county W T has just threshed a field of oats that cleaned up eighty eight bushels to the acre machine measure the woolen factory at san Jo seCal cost has been running eleven years and employs ninety people eople paying from 15 to per day ay napa cal lias has a wool press it takes a thirty horse power engine to make it turn out a bale every two and a half minutes each bale weighs pounds sir mr borrows of downey cal recently so badly burned by carrying a b burning arnin table out of his house ignited by t the ie explosion of a lamp aed on friday last A little boy years old named 31 martin artin was run over by a train of care cars tuesday at latham b tation near cottage grove lane county balind Cafa Ca lind tid instantly killed dr elliot of pasadena cat cal who recently died there was tho the person who named that ethe title meaning key of the valley and is from an indian dialect A field of peas near arcata has been almost entirely destroyed by the army worm the pest post has not appeared eared in any other part of humboldt E county nov nev the columbia or chronicle says that bushels bus liels of wheat were threshed from ten acres from two acres machino machine measure over fifty bushels to the acre A cal fruit grower has invented and patented a plum pitter which it is claimed will do the work of five persons by ordnary ordinary methods jg on clings with ith wonderful perfection the community at wheatland or ia is in in considerable excitement over scandalous charges charge made against one of its prominent citizens and its local methodist preacher by the editor of the bear river neut News the wood woodland and democrat reads farmers a timely lecture on the shiftlessness of burning their wheat straw thousands of tons of valuable stock feed and fertilizing material ia is lost by this wasteful practice the spokane or chronicle says that the it N co estimate that they are making preparations to move 75 bushel of wheat from there tins thi s season this jean s an increase of 35 per cent over last year there is a prospect afan of an oil boom tn in butt mont A citizen of the it upper portion of that cour county kt recently y discovered covered is a spring which yields a splendid quality of crude petroleum as proven by tests made of it large fires are still raging upon the sierra nevada mountains those these are principally in iho brush left on the ground r aund in places where the timber gb has as been cut off therefore few valuable trees arc are being destroyed the oregonian oregonians Ore gonian railia railway company narrow gauge has graded the d all the way from brownville to lane county and itis it is expected trains will be ri running inning by october in timo time to carry off this yearn years grain crop A good idea of tho the lic healthy althy slate state of the climate and find the low state of mortality about santa rosa ia is illustrated by the following on being asked liow how business was the sexton of the rural cemetery association replied buesa ill have to ecart a peanut factory dont get but about one corpse a month |