The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-12-10


the right Of way along the river bank On
the Oregon side of the Columbia river, at
the Cascades. 10 determine the point /
whether defendants are DOW actually u.s.
ing the way for purposes Of transportation,
the jury has been ordered to go to the
Cascades and make examination ION the
spot"
[From the commercial.J
A spectator on the west side Of the
river will observe that East Portland is
spotted with unpaiuted structures, from
the mere shed to every class of dwelling.
house. We find on visit, that the great
est activity is going on 10 the building
line there-only held in check by scar.
city of lumber, which the local rgill il
unable to supply, orders being now be-
hind to the extent Of three hundred thou.
sand feet. To supply the local want, Mr.
Stephens proposes to Immediately erect
an additional saw. mill
A few days ago Marshal Felch Of Eu-
gene City shot. a man named Hadley,
whom he was cDdeavoring to arrest, but
who resisted by drawing a revolver and
making motions to shoot. Felch's shot
took effect in Hardley's shoulder, infict-
ing wound that is quite severe and may
prove mortal
David Ncwsom writes letter to the
Corvallis Gdzetfe, in which he says that
railroad from Corvallis to Yaquina must
be built, aud that by nature Yaguina Bay
and harbor has an advantage By one hnu-
dred million dollars ever any other point
on the coast. San Francisco and Puget
Sound alone excepted.
LANE CoUNTY-The Gnard Of the 4th
has these items Hon j. II. Mitchell will
dc ivcr the second lecture in the Odd
Fellows course at Eugene on the 18th
instant Subject, "Henry VIII and his
| Wives"
The attendance last quarter at the dis.
| trict school averaged I30. The winter
term commences on the 9th. under the
same principal, Mr. Jas. Odcll assis-
ted by Mr. Skaggs aud Miss Hattie Bris-
tow.
Robert Hadlcy, who was shot BY Felch,
is 10 fair way 10 recover. Amputation
was at first thought necessary, but finally
the broken pieces Of bone were extracted
and one finger amputated.
| [From the statesman1
Out municipal election passed of qui-
eily in the extreme, the on; !; real contest
being for the Treasurer. Party issues
were not made The total vote vas 451,
nearly ono hulfthc number Of legal voters
in the city. Capt. l.. $. Scott received
for Mayor 372 votes. H. i. Thompson.
for Recorder, had majority Of Us; J. y.
Glover for marshal, 93; a. =. Gilbert
for Treasurer. Al. The Alderman elect
are, in the l,t ward, Il. Williams and "
L. Wade; ID ward, j. g, Wright and J
l.. starkey Sd ward. l.. 5, Skiff and b
f. Drake a Inward, J. II. Bridges and:.J
G. Brown.
The following statistics of Marion coun
ty. Oregon. are complied from cfiicia
source Number Of acres of occupied
land 333 ,J65-owncd by /, ,123 persons
which is equal to 29j acres u the person
Total assessment of all property inr 1860
s., 500 ,949; Indebtedness, S62G, ,630
total clear Of debt. s3.174.9l9; tax
levy for 1869 fifteen mills on The dol
lar Number of horses over one year
old, 4,il0; number of cattle oscr one
year old, 6.6l0; number Of sheer
over one year old. 1869 pounds oi
wool clipped in 1869, 1920 Bushel.
of grain (wheat aud OATS 76I. $50; mum.
Der of.fouriug mills, l3-onc driven by
steam and twelve By water; number oI
saw mills, 3l-6 driven By steam and p
By water; two iron foundries, three card
ing machines, four or tiye planning mills
six sash and door factories and last, but
not least, ono woolen mannfactory.
From the Farmer: Within the pas
ten days there has been more buying and
selling of farms and other real estate than
we ever knew to take place in the same
length Of time in this vicinity. There
has lately arrived here q considerable
number Of immigrants, mostly, 30 far a.
our information goes, from iowa. They
seem to desire small farms IN the vicinity
ofSalcm, aud several have already sccur
ed such BY purchase.
F There is a curiosity in Eola, Polk coun
ty, in the shape of deiormed pig. A sow,
the property Of Mr.. james Pompeley
gave birth recently to litter of pigs
| among which was one having tho head
including ears, body, and tail of an elc
plant, with the feet aud legs of pig
1t has q yeritablc trunk an only eye,
which is located under the trunk has
no hair except few hog bristles around
the eyes; the body is black and white
spotted, US is common to the genus pig
A letter to the Lomatiaeer from Camp
Haraey, dated November 18th, says: The
celebrated Piute Snake Indian council
has come to close to-day. After argu.
ing aud trying to persuade them for the
past nineteen days, they have came to the
conclusion that they would not acknowl,
J edge Mr. Meacham as their chief
This declaration was made in the presence
of the military Mr. Meacham then told
them that he would leave them in the
hands of the military, and that they would
have to 90 to the Klamath Reservation,
as he would not come to see them again
and that the military would attend to their
case in the future To morrow we are
off for Camp Warner to make prepara.
tions to winter the band that have con.
cluded to 60 to the reservation on spring
river.
The following are Yamhill county sta
tistics. We take them from the Blade
Number of acres of occupied land, 227,.
3S1 assessed at 1874, ,455 owned by TO
persons. Value of personal property,
| Gl0y 0S0. total ascaSsntant 9I cS2 444