The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-08-19
STATE NEWS.
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Beriah Brown will edit the Olympia
Standard 80
II. II. Gale takcs charge Of the Rose.
burg Ensign.
200 workmen were discharged from
the railroad at Salem.
Hon. L. i. Grover will arrive homo
by the last Of September.
On last Saturday tho dwelling Of g..
Hodes, of Corvallis, burned.
A woman fell from Load Of hay in
Douglas county, last week, and broke her
arm.
Hon. j. s. Smith has appointed son
Of Beriah Brown to cadetship at West
Point.
Mrs. Ii. York. of Applegate, last week
killed large brown bear near her resi-
dencc.
Tho French citizens Of Portland have
subscribed nearly s400 for the French
war fund.
The editor of the Dalles Mountainecr
has been married about month and says
he likes it. 60
Workmen have been discharged from
the railroad because the railroad iron has
not arrived.
The citizens Of Portland will solicit
the next LEGISLATURE to " colonize'' the
demi.mondc of that city. .
A sIO0 pair Of pups arrived in Port.
land from England the other day, sent
to an Englishman of that city.
There is now population Of over 800
in Goose Lake valley. Abou: twenty
families arrived there last month.
Mr.. o. d. Bcbec, railroad workman
at Salem, last week accidentally shot
himself. His wound is dangerous.
Mr. Robbins, Of Polk county, last
week threshed $50 bushels Of oats from
3 acres-being s3i bushels To the acre
Fires are raging in the Blue Noun.
tains, and Grand Ronde valley is almos,
surrounded by this elemen. Of dcs,rac
tion.
DIR. H. II. Ames has retired from tho
editorial staff Of the Portland Buiietin.-
His career as Wcbfoot editor va,
.rief.
Hon. Jessee Appiegatc nas rs. com
pleted the survey Of the Oregon ane
California railroad as far south US th,
State line.
II is currently reported that the Ore
gon Steam Navigation Company hav,
sold out to the Railroad Company fO
100000.
The California and Oregon Il. Il. viii
be completed rs far us Red Bluffs b,
winter. Track Lying is progressing a
four miles per day.
Salem is becoming SO demoralizcd b,
drunken railroad hands tha, the city ha
not sufficient Jail Accommodations for th
ob>,rcpeEous cusscs.
j. B. Tichennr, of Port Oxford. wa
sho, by the accidental discharge of gul
on the I'd inst The wound though sc
rious is not considered dangerous.
The mail will be carried ON the rail
road. in few days, from Portland &
Aurora, where it will Connect with III
stage until the road is completed furthc
on.
JEFF Standifer, we'll known huntc
aud miner in Idaho and Montana, TO
gether with IL comrades, was murderc,
by Indians while prospecting in tn
Wind River Mountains.
The Ensign says that about 40 me
are at work on the new lighthouse n
Cape Blanco. II Is expected that il wi
be completed before Christmas. 1t wi
cost between $4,000 aud $4,000.
The Herald says the population Q
Portland. as furnished by the U. s. Maj
shal, is as follows: White males, 4,3I.
females, 1886; colored males, 65S; co
ored females, 12l; total population. s,341
Foreign born-males, 1863: female.
699; total, 2,36s. Total number {
voters, 2,442.
Mr.. T. S. McComas, ex.county cler
of Union county, has instituted suit fo
libel, putting damages at IS 900 again.
, Mr.. p. A. Mahaffcy. The suit resulte
from tho publication of certain cards i
the LA Grande Democrat, by Mr.. NJ.
haffey, and will be decided at the ne,
term Of he District Court.
The Eugene Guard says: . We sa
a lad about 13 years old who had wake
all the way from Los Augelus, Cal.
this place. He said he left home wit
S11 and reached here with eight dolla,
and fifty cents. He spoke highly of tt
hospitality of the people along the rout
He is bound for Linn county, where /
has an uncle residing.
We learn with great sorrow, says th
Catholic Sentinel, that Mr.. Daniel NJ,
Longing, universally. esteemed and low
ed, was instantly killed on the I'd instal
in Marysville, mining camp near Cal
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