The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-01-14
STATE NEWS.
fFrom ihc Orrronian ]

Major Geo Williams has retired from
the military service d gone to reside in
Salem. Oregon.
The rumor in regard to the removal Of
II. Brooks and appointment Of Jesse, Ap.
legate as Chief Engineer of the Oregon
Central Il. L., is authoritaiively denied.
The first freight was carried over the
railroad from Portland to Oregon City
last Saturday
The District Court nt Vancouver has
been occupied the most Of the past week.
IN hearing the testimony aud arguments
in :he ease Of the Territory - Lewis Van
Vlcet, l. ~ Cofey, Alex CoiIey ard j.
Z. Loyelace. These parties were indicted
for assaulling I. j. Fletcher with inteni
TO kill, several months ago. On Thurs
day the case was finally subpi,,cl - the
jury, who returned verdict Of guilty
as TO T. NJ. Coifey and mot guilty as to
the other three defendants We learn
that strong effort will be made ou behalf
Of the defendant convicted to obtain a new
trial
East SIDE RAfLRoAp-Wc learn
that the cars are still running on that
par, Of the line completed, carrying rails,
ties, etc, TO the end of the road These
will lee used, rs soon IS spring opens, 10
continue the track toward Salem -
the mills Of the Company 4 full force IS
still employed saving he ties. aud II seg.
cral poiuts further on, men arc 1t work
getting our iimbcrs with which to con.
siruc; the yarioDs bridges 10 be built this
side Of Salem We shall expect 10 sec
tic work executed with considerable "a.
p:dity next spring and SUMNER
The price OF stock feed IS slowly ad.
yancing in Portland.
The losses during the last year in Port
land Is fire amounted to SIS, 800.
Oar readers viii remember the myste-
rious disappearance of Col Mcgee, from
Albany, couple of years siuee. Tie
iiounfineer now says that be and his wife,
who left here some time alicrwurd, arc
living At Omaha, and doing well.
lFrsm tie Iierali.l
Bates and Tinson are coming TO Port
land with a thcatical troupe
The Odd Fellows Of Portland have com
pleted their magnificent Temple at cost Of
$4,000 Ii IS said 10 be tho finest bull
ding in Oregon.
4 young man named John Downing
was accidentally drowned at Astoria last
Thursday.
The Cosmopolitan Hotel, kept by j.
B. Springer, caught FIRE last Saturday,
and was only saved from destruction by
extraordinary cxcrtions. 4 lady lost
about 800 worth Of wardrobe, which was
about all the loss sustained.
r. +. Goodwin WAS badly hurl.. Monday
morning by falling on the sidewalk in
Portland.
Mrs. Nordcn, mother of b. l. Nordeu,
ESD. County Clerk of Multnomah, died
Monday morning.
Fort Steilacoon w. T., is abandoned.
From the statcsman.l
A son of S. 7. Farrens, Of Howell Pra.
irie, vas badly kicked by a horse last
Sunday. The boy was kicked on the
head 50 violently as to cause the brain to
protrude from the skull.
Col n Ford Of Po.k county died last
Sunday, at his residence on the Rickreal.
1t is S ated that a lady on the Santiam
recently gave birth to boy with genuine
webs be Weca its toes, extending clear to
the cnds A wcbfoot indeed.
Stroup & Foster are engaged in finish
ing the upper story Of Mallory's brick, on
State street.
We learn that Mr. Thomas Gross, of
this place, has already, this season, put
down about 5000 good fat hogs at his
packing establishment. and has some l.
500 head in bis pens. This will have a ten.
dency to relieve Californians from the
task of manufacturing :" Gross Sugar Cur.
cd Hams" from their own wild hogs.
tFrom the Sentinel
From Link river we learn that snow,
in that section, was six inches deep, ou
Christmas Day, and still falling.
Dir. Browning, Of Douglas county, has
recently purchased the quartz mill own
ed by Karewski, at Enterprise, in Jose
phine county. and proposes to move the
same to a quartz ledge on Grave Greek,
about four miles from Leland. The ledge
issituated in this county, and some very
rich specimens have been exhibited here,
both Of gold and silver
[From tho News.I
Alta meeting of Warren Lodge, No. 10.
a. i. & A. D., held at their Hall in
Jacksonville, on Monday, the 9th nit,
the following officers. who had been duly