The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-01-20
STATE NEWS.

Portland has l8 hotels.
Seven Touring mills in Walla Walla
Valley.
Portland has yet over $4,000 of the
railroad fund to raise.
One Mr.. Helm is down with smallpox
at Dayton, Yamhill county.
A large number of German immigrants
arrived at Portland by las. steamer.
A chinaman was instantly killed BY a
bank caving in on him a. East Portland
The Democratic Times is new paper
published a, jacksonville, by J. n. T..
Miller & Co.
Jacob Wisncr of Jacksonville, had a
tuner cut from his forehead which weigh
ed two ounces.
Sam. Simpson has retired from the
Corvallis Gazette leaving Mr. c. II.
James sole proprietor.
The Oregon State Pair will give prize
of 81 900 for the best thoroughbred racer
at its next exposition.
Elizabeth Olive Rhinehart, daughter
Of G.. w. and Martha Rhinehart, died at
Eugene on the 9th inst.
A camp Of gypsies is located near
Roseburg, engaged in ",elling the for
tunes" Of the denizens OF that city.
A farmers wife led her husband ou, Of
a whisky mill at Corvallis by tho car
He promised her not to do it any more.
Stephen Cofiu, of Portland, has been
nominated for Indian Agent at Warm
Springs Reservation, in Eastern Oregon.
A store las been started at the new
railroad town Of Kalama, on the Colum.
bia river, and Portland is scared again.
Four saloon keepers in Salem were
compelled by Judge Boise to "pungle "
$40 and costs, for selling liquor on Sun
day.
A starving man asked to bo put in the
Portland Jail over night, SO that he could
get shelter and food. He was unable 70
work.
Smallpox is broken out again in Port.
land, q Miss Bowman being attack
ed by that disease in its most malignant
form.
Mr. u. Roberts, who has charge Of the
Pacific Division Of the North Pacific
Railroad, has removed his family to Port
land, where his future home will be.
A man calling himself Judge Ford go.
disgpsted with himself last week, at Van
couver. and failed to come to the surface
of the Columbia river, after Jumping in.
On the 9th inst. building containing
1,200 bushels Of barley, and a saloon,
burned at Roseburg. Loss $4,000, and
tho i4aimdealcr says there was no iusur-
ancc.
Last Saturday boy about IL years Of
ago, named Nathan Hillery, in Oregon
City, stabbed another boy several times
in the back with pocket knife, inflict-
ing severe, though not dangerous wounds.
Last Sunday the workmen on the rail.
road at Portland presented Mr.. J. C.
Smith with s43s dollars with which to
buy an artificial leg, in place Of the one
he lost by being shot in this city while
attempting to separate two fghtingers.
More than six weeks ago Mr.. Theo-
dore 7. Smith left his brothcr-in- laws in
Portland, in great hurry to go to his
home in Linn county. The last trace
of him was at Bridgeport, on the Tual.
itan, on the same morning he left Port
land. ~
A young girl of Jackson county danced
all night at Christmas Ball, aud on her
way home in the morning stopped to rest
at neighbor's house, where she gave
birth to child The child was after-
ward found dead in pool nsar the house,
and coronor'sinquest produced a revolt
ibg narrative of shame and dishopor.
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