The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-09
STATE NEWS.

Adrline Eltrooi has been chartered by
the firm Of Coibitt 4 Mocleay. to take "a
cargo Of wheat to Liverpool, direct. This
may be. and il is expected it will be. the
Inauguration Of direct line of freight.
ing vessels between this city aud the
great shipping port of Europe. Unless
some nnforeseen event shall intervene to
prevent, four or Use other vessels will
probably follow the E?seooei, in the course
of few month"; OreJonian.
NAMES or TmE INJURED PARTIES
The parties who were injured By the
stage accident on Friday, in Lane county,
were u Mr. Mulcr-arm broken; Mrs.
Watson--badiy bruised Judge kcIsay-
bruised neither Of the latter disabled.
Miller had his arm set at Eugene City.
The bridge through which the stage fell
has been considered unsafe Tor sotsc time
Ibid
GoISG EAsr.-J0hn i. Miller Of
Salem. now in this city. viii start this
morning for visi: to the Eastern States
going overland lie is delegate TO the
commercial Convention TO be held a,
Louisville. Kentucky during the present
monih.-ijn.
DErAINEp.-The locomotives for the
Fast Side Railroad, expected by the las.
steamer. did not arrive at San Francisco
in time for shipment in consequence OF 4
detention a; Omaha.-i6d
The Guard says the Lane county
courthouse is being removed without ex-
pense TO the county, iB order 10 get 1t out
of the way Of u street. The Republicans
in the outside precincts arc telling lies
about il, and represent that the county
will be run in debt, aud the taxes in
creased,
The same paper says one man caught
sixty beavers i'll eight days, on the no.
hawk
Shooting and cutting ARRAY occurred
on the 22d ult.. at the Big Meadows of
Rogue River, between George X. Jack
son and Joseph Nixon. The two men
had quarrel; Jackson ran toward Nixon
with q drawn hatchrt, Nixon warned
him three times not to advance any fur
ther, but he advanced, and Nixon shot
him in the breast. Notwithstanding this
wound, Jackson succeeded in cutting
Nixon severely on the top of the head.
Both men will get we'll after while
Ensign.
Academia few days ago serious
accident occurred across tho river, ut the
saw-mill of Samuel Douglas. Three men
and two yoke of oxen were employed in
removing some trees which had fallen
across the road leading to the mill. While
so employed, Tree which had been on
fire some time, started to fall directly to-
ward tho spot where the men were at work
Two of them managed to effect an escape
but the third man, seeing no chance OF
escape, threw himself PROSTATE on the
ground in the mud. The tree came down
With crash, killing ono yoke of cattle,
and moro or less injuriug the other. The
mans escape from instantaneous death
was almost miraculous. As the tree struck
the ground, two large limbs broke of and
buried themselves deeply in the earth on
each side of the prostrate man, sustaining
the trunk of the tree above his body, and
thus saving his llfe AS it resulted, only
a few scratches were received, besides q
terrible fright Commercial.
SPIRITUAL MEETING.-Therc will be
a meeting of the Spirtualists of the State
at Reeds New Hall, in Salem, on Sunday
after the State Fair, commencing at IL
o'clock a. m, and at 2 and 7 p m. Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Todd, State Lecturers
will be present as speakers. All Mediums
and Spiritualists throughout the State
and the public are invited toattcnd. Sew.
eral Test Mediums are expected to be in
Salem during the Fair
MAN DROWNED. Tuesday night, at
about IL o'clock, James Doherty, Tom
Welch, and person whose name we
have not ascertained, started over the
river to East Portland from the foot OF
Morrison street, in q small boat. Af-
ter they had started, the boat was
found partially filed with water. They
kept on, however, and when within
thirty yards of the shore, the boat up
set and all three went into the water.
Welch struck out for the shore, which
he reached. Selling plank, he called
out to the person clinging to the boat
for Doherty, asking if he could swim
He replied that he (Doherty) could
not, Welch pushed his plank into the