The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-24
STATE NEWS. ]

bEATE NEWS.
a telegram to the Portland Comm>rc;o1
dated July l6, gives the following rart;c,
ulars Of the death Of Mat. Rice -. Ia.
Grande. 10 this State George Reed carns
from The valley into town. and me, Ma,
Rice. Rice accosfcd Reed. Swing nvo,.
have been cutting hay on my ranch . Reed
replied, .'ihe ranch is my own. +" II oppears
bat both parties lived on the same Iand
Rice called Reed hard names. placina
both hands in his pockets, Saving he
woul cut Reeds throat from ear 10 car
Reed rctreated into q butcher shon and
warned Rice not to follow. Rice did ro,
heed the warning. but followed ,ill Reod
went behind the butchers block, when
Reed drew his pistol and shot Rice about
an inch below the heart. Rice lived
about an hour. Reed gave himself mn
to the authorities, and will have his trial
tomorrow. Rice leaves wife and seve.
raj interesting children"
The DaIlcs Mountainccr Of last weeE
says: ''GTaln aud -four are taking an.
upward tendency. AT Walla WaIla four
has raised one dollar on the barrel Ard.
10 the Dallcs it has advanced from one
I! dollar 10 one and a.half on the barrel !.
The shoriness Of the crops East Of the
Mountains the present season has ten.
dency TO raise the prices on all kinds os
grain"
a GREAT PUScH,-Thc Corvallis Ga.
zetfc mentions an accident in the neigh.
borhood Of Corvallis, By which horse
was run through with hazel bludreon
one end Of the stick vas stepped on by
The horse, which caused it to 20 through
through the animal The pole was pulIed
out, aud the horse led TO the stable.
INFORMATION WANTED.-A gentle.
man. writing us from Virginia CITY. New.
ada. wants TO know in what locality in
this State he can purchase 500 or z 900
acres OF Government land. We suppose
be desires it for agricultural purposes.-
VIII some one give the information
through our columns ?-Farn1ey.
PATEXTs.-PafeDts were issued in the
month of June. TO the following Oregon
inventors: j. w. Lewis, Oregon CITY.
gang plow to the same. roller cutter for
pIows; Andrew Smith. Dayton. EIIipSo-
graph; j. i. o. LoBnsdaIc. Portland Eor.
dust dehector for railroad cars. and Nm
y. Rice, Oakland, for a patent gang
pIow.
4 total eclipse Of the sun will take
place on fhe atiernnon uf the 7,h of next
month. August Thi- eclipse will he Wis
Ible IN oregon Washington. British Col
nn'bia, and other localities on this north
.ern coast. The eclipse will begin at ~
Hinufes after one, p. NJ, and end nj %
minutes ta foar.
The fare from Portland 10 Sacramento
S so. while from the f"rmer place to
fcka. les that half The distance. If II
s33 I lie Farmer say> this seens hardly
just to 'ra.eiers. So We say.
The mother Of Jenny Boycc. the vic.
tim Of the P"!k county tragedy. Mrs.
Fender. and 4. y. Cochran. he nan with
whom, Jenny H. cd have both iesn bonnd
over :" await the action of The giana
1urv-ihe former ID bonds of SIeSU aud
the later $1,000.
The Times says that Fender swore
Eal>ely nn ;he exaD; nation. and ,har Ie >
known 10 have been eogniz ut thH he
'aftempf fo pr"fure au ah.rti"u would be
made. and YET he wa discharssa
The en"rmiiy aSd bs,bayi,r sF the
crime. according to the Times. has created
the greatest exciteDen, in Polk County,
and the legal investigation instituted is
pronounced farce.
The Canada Thistle is in Portland
growing on the sides of the streets. The
Farmer says that If il gets our iuto the
country il will be worse tEsD fern, sorrel.
or the dagger eoekie burr. and calls upoA
the ciiy ii Portland To extsrmiRate it al
once,
Professor Feaeh is out in an article on
the facilities Tor irrigation in the Williams
cite Valley, in which he shows by statis-
ties that any soil in any country may be
thus doubled in productiveness aud values