The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-04-06
STATE ITEMS.

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Two of the ball rioters, Fitzhugh and
Hannah, IRE yet in Jail ut Roseburg.
A considerable number of new buildings
are going up in Salem.
Parties at Olympia have sent East for the
machinery for a carding factory.
1t is expected that two million brick will
be made by the ~conyicts ut tho Penitentiary
this year.
The Rogue River Wooden Manufacturing
Company are busy canysssing for stock for
their enterprise.
Several gentlemen of Olympia contemplate
going to the top of Mount Rainer during the
coming summer
The Washington Territory merchants are
Gus with attractive advertisements, Offering
to purchase wool. :.
The Mountaineer says that the travel ON
the Canyon City road this season far exceeds
that Of the corresponding month last year.
Tho house tops in Olympia are so covered
splendid opportunity for a general CONTRA.
grafton.
The unionias judges that 1000 head Of
sheep, besides a considerable number of eat
tie and some horses, died in Marion county
during the last ''cold spell"
The schooner Pacifc, which struck on the
Umpqua Bar some little time ago, was again
launched - few days since. She will econ
be repaired and ready for sea again.
/. A convention OF Good Templars was 70.
Gently held in Roseburg. The attendance
was quite large. Six lodges have been or.
ganiaed in the county tDouglas) and others
will DO organized soon.
We learn from a Southern Oregon paper
that a bed of coal has been discovered ON thu
north side of Rogue river about thirty mile
from jacksonville. Specimens have been
tried, showing tho coal to be Of good quality
Ten homestead claims were located las
week in the Yaquina Bay region. The par
ties are all men Of families, and will fnoys
their wives and little ones 10 their own homes
as soon as the weather and roads will per
NIT.
One thousand head of sheep passed through
Dayton recently en- route Eastern Oregon
Mr.. Mitchell, Of Multnomah county, in
tends 20 cross the Cascade Mountains Will
them. He thinks they can travel on til,
crus. Of the snow.
An arrangement has been made by whic!
the State authorities agree 10 pay $500 fol
use Of Gardner shackle, and If the State de
termines TO purchase il, the amount pait
for its use is to be deducted from tho sun
agreed on.
The jacksonville Sentinel says tho tun
neling in Gold Hill is still progressing will
good prospects Of success. The ledge be-,
been struck again, and the miners are run
ming a shaft from the tunnel 10 the surface
q distance Of one hundred and twenty feet.
On. one OF the P. T. Co.'S. boats, one da,
last week, the passengers became aware tina
there was a woman with her little boy OF
board, in very destitute circumstances
whereupon one Of the passengers passet
round .'the hat and in q few moments col
lected SIS for her benefit.
Recommendations Woods has re
Gently made the following appointments
Aotarles Public-Wm. Il. Carter, Of Cor
wallis james Guthrie, of Portland Game
Webster, Of Roseburg. Commissioner o
Deeds John T. Wait, Norwich, Connect
cut; Samuel B. Thray, Philadelphia. Penn
sylyania; T.. II. 1hrop, PHILADELPHIA,
Pennsylvania; Samuel S. Murfey, Sar
Francisco, California. Edwin n. Cooke
Commissioners for the State of Oregon at tn
Paris Exposition.
The Oregon Herald says that the William
cite Wooden Manufacturing Company hav
just received sixteen cases Of nachiner,
which will be Immediately sct up. The pro
prietors of this factory are continually ad
ding to their already large establishment
until it has grown to be first and larges
mandatory in the State. We are please,
tonOtice also, that every year n better quail
ty of goods is being made at this factory
and there can be no doubt that in a fe,
years Oregon will be enabled TO produce a
fine tweedS and cassimeres as ever were woy
in English looms.
The attitude of the Herald and tn
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