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Show SECOND DISPATCH. NEVADA . Reno, ?.9. A heavy rain storm, accompanied ac-companied by lightning and thunder, passed over this afternoon. Tho "Virginia and Truckcc R. R. has about 400 yards of track laid, and the prospects are that the road will be rapidly pushed to completion. Portland, Oregon, ly. The steamer OwyJite while on the trip from Callito to Lapiston, with a cargo of merchandise, merchan-dise, and passengers struck a rock at Washtakua fcyy and sunk. No lives were lost. The Tuatatin Navigation & Manufacturing Manu-facturing company broke ground to-day for their canal, to open navigation between be-tween Oswego and Tuatatin river, and also to bring the waters from that river for manufacturing purposes. |