The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-30
STATE NEWS.

CAugoaStA 4SB 0EEcoN RALgoAp.-The
Bai}efia remarks: .'The Central Pacific
managers, who own tbe franchise and land
grant 81 the California aud Oregon Railroad
are rapidly accommodating men and material
for the construction of tile road, near Marvs
yille. They arc said 10 have iron aud ties
for IJ0 miles Of F1ai, aud when enough
rain has fallen o. soften the earth, tho road
led can be rapidly made, and track laying
proceed alsnoet ns rapidly. Persons rcsid-
ing al Chico, about ~ miles from Marys.
vile, arc confident that the track will reach
that town within four months but perhaps
this Is over ssuguiue. The country over
which the road will pass, although above
the reach Of the oyerflows Of the Sacramento
and Feather rivers, il level, and very little
cutting and Elling viii be required. 1t is
also we'll populated and titled, aud yields n
large amount of produce for transportation.
PAINFUL AccIDENT.-A strange accident
-sucl an 0ae as wG never heard If before,
and never may agaiu occurred ut the hotel
! in Ashland, last Sunday. At bedtime Mr.
Shepard retired to his room, pulled oT his
coat and shook il; when some part Of the
garment struck pin. that had been stuck
IN the wall, aud threw ii with such force rs
10 stick il one eighth of an inch deep into
tic HhPtA ~ 4Ata .l1@t al AAES
sight. Mr.. Shepard had to hold tho eve
ball with one hand while lie jerkod the pin
outwith tic other, and by the time hc reached
the sitting room the eye ball was entirely
covered with bloody film, and the sight
gone. Il il feared that the afflicted eye will
always remain blind. DIR. pIummer, Of
this place, was called to treat the case
Jacltsonuiiic Netes.
GRAND LoDoE or Coop TEMrRARs. The
Grand Lodge Of Good Tempars for Oregon
and Washington Territory, convened at
Vancouver last Tuesday morning and nd.
journed Thursday evening. There were
| seventy four votes presented. The officers
elected for the ensuing year, arc G. Peal.
of Portland, q. w. @. T.; u. W Counsel.
lor, Mr.. Riggs, Of Brownsville; G. w. Y.
T., Miss Sarah Miller. OF Milwaukee: &.
". Secretary I'm. b. Carter, of Corvallis;
y: w. y. ,3ecreiarp, J. A. Smith, Oregon
City g. w. Marshal, I. A. Smith, Buena
Vista; @. w. A. Marshal, Miss Iiunsaker,
| Hara, Aurora q. w. Inside Guard, Mrs.
Kidder, Portland; c. w. Outside Guard,
Thos. johnson, Portland Past Grand w
g. T., Hugh N. George, Buena Vista, Polk
| County. Action was taken in regard to set
| ting off the lodges Of Washington Territory
into separate Jurisdiction, with a Grand
| Lodge of their own. Petitions for this were
received from nineteen lodges. Tho whole
number Of lodges in that territory is twenty
| five, with q membership Of over fourteen
hundred Oreqonian.
Track LAYINa.-The bark Al0y arrived
Saturday night, and will haul over to the
railroad wharf at East Portland and put out
her railroad iron. Track laying will be
commenced rs soon as the iron can be taken
Quit is hoped, on Thursday. We hear
TINT tho first two bars landed will be imme-
diately spiked down, and that car will
be mounted upon them. We are not APP
prised rs to whether there will be any cere-
monies, but there will, at all events, be a
great many people present, if they know
| tho time when the first rail is to be laid, to
witness the beginning Of the most important
enterprise ever undertaken in 0Eegon. Ibid.
CHALLENGE FROM A PoTATo GRowER.-Mr
Maurice Sullivan, Of Cathlamet, w. T.,
writes Oct. 22d: II can beat Mr.. George
| Humphrey, your Lame county farmer, IN the
! potato line. His potato weighed four pounds
six ounces Well, grubbed out potato
| two or three days ago that weighed Eve and
a half pounds. / will bet the oysters for
all hands that can beat Mr.. Humphrey, or
any other man in the great Webfoot Nation.