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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17
THE. <assy OF HISTORY.

Somebody said the great Chicago
fire Was started byaecoow's kicking
over "a Kerosene lamp, which a
thoughtless juvenile of the male sex
had taken into the l,harn when he
went there to-extract from hhe COW d
little of the tactical fluid with which
to temper his next mornings cup OF
coffee. Forthwith itwas trurnpeted
to all quarters ;of the earth, where.
ever newspapers are printed or, read,
that thus had originated the greatest
fire Of modern times. That COW!
(which had destroyed Cbicago, had n
good prospect of being as famous aa
the goose which hssaved Rome. Uni
| fortunately, however, for her fame,
some prying matter-of-fact reporter
for the daily press, couldn't bessatis-
fed with the story as it was, but
must needs know all aabout it--i,ist
how. it happened, &c. BY being toe
iniqsisitive, and insisting ON too init
mate nm acquaintance with the
whole matter, it happened to him as
IT. has happened toinanya~seeker oi
knowledge before. The beautiful
-story was knocked into "a. cooked
hat, and the COW, (which for some
days had enjoyed the distinction OF
being the author Of the greatest fire
in history, WAS let,abruptly, down to
the level of her sister cows, who are
satisfied with the glory Of being
good mixers" The Chicago .Irb
ure says:
"a reporter of the Tribune called
upon airs. Leary,. of NJ. 137 DeKo.
ven street, in whose barn originated
the fire which destroyed the city OF
Chicago, on last Sunday night and
Monday morning. 1t was the inten
ton to interview" her regarding the
cause Of the fire, and to ascertain al
about the .tcow which kicked over tn,
lamp" She stated that this story
was false; she did not go into the
barn with alleroseneilamp; she did
notlDsilk atinight, and she dill no
know how the fire started. She ,wa.
asleep when the alarm WAS given
and was awakened by ia .neighbor
who raped on, The doom and told bel
that her stableswas On fire. .Wher
asked how her house, ,.Thfch lis mo-
even scorched, was saved, she
Iireplied that there was hydrant or
each side of it,: and hundred oflhel
friends filled bnckets whitewater anc
threw it on the sides andnoof of the
ibuilding."
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

il}sis lihaifIuihl tuEAeQ up SnOrt
tjweaago, on baard one.of the splen-
did.steamers which travel the lower
Mississippi. The Henderson Demo-
cnat, gives the following amusing nc
count OF bis marriage:
Early this moruing there were4ad-
ded To our company Of travellers, IA
pair which looked very much Like
runaways; the gentleman tall, raw
boped specimeno Of the ':haf-aligator'
class, and tie laslyna fair isnateld5or
him. Among tho passengers from
Napoleon is..a s0lemnrloaking gen.
tleman who bas all along BEEN taken
fora preacher. Nbout nine o'clock
last Light, i was conyersing with the
reverend individual, when a Young
mlin stepped up, ,and addressing him,
repatked: "We're going TO haye.a
I,medding, and wonld like TO have you
, o1.iciate." "All right, sir" he re-
h bPliel, laughinsly, and .we stepped
into the ladies cabin, ~sthen, snre
eRsEgh. the couple stood waiting
There had been several "kissips
games" and several moGl, marriages
gone,through with during the eveG-
ing, and l supposed. it was merrilyaa
continuation Of tthe sport; and 50
thought. the preacher, who l could
see had a good. deal OF hnmor in him
and was inclined TO promote general
good feeling and merriment. The
couple stood mp before him "a
good deal more solemn than was nec-
essary in mock marriage i thought, J
and the preacher asked the necessary
questions, and then, proceeding in the
usual way, pronounced them "hus-
band and wife" There was n good
deal of fun afterward, and when il
was oyar left the cabin-and so did
the preacher" who remarked to me
that he liked to see the young folks
enjoy themselves, and took great
deal of pleasure in contributing te
their fnn; but be did not understand
why they selected him 20 act the
preacher. Just then some one called
me aside, and the old gentleman
stepped into his sta.aroom. which
was next TO mine. When j returned
the preacher stood jnst inside with
his coat and vest off, and,nne .boatiir
his hand, talking with the gentleman
who had played the attendant, ".and
who, as l came up, remarked
well, if that's the case, it's q .prest,
good joke, for they are in dead earn
est, and have .retirei to some state
ROOM The .ald gentleman raised
both his hands rs he exclaimed
Good heavens you don't tell me
SO r and rushing .justas be was, boo
in hand, to the state-room indicated
commenced an assanltupon the door
as If Le would batter it down, ex
claiming at each lick: For hearent
sake dont! Iainh a preecl.e,!" This
whole cabin was aroused, every state.
room door flying open with u slam
when the door opened, and the "Ar.
kansas traveller" poking out his head
coolly remarked: "Old hoss, pon'r,
too .lae.''
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

A little boy, when asked by lady
if he studied hard at school, said,
81 do not hurt myself at it. "Ah, =
said the lady, s'you must study hard
or you'll never be President of the
United States . mo, ma ma. cried
the boy, "but I don't expect to be;
/ am Democrat"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

1t is stated that Rev. Robert Coli
yer's son was to have been married la
Chicago on Tuesday week, but house,
church, furniture aud all were burned
the day before. On "Wednesday the
wedding took place. the young bride
being dressed in calico gown, the
only dress saved.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

A little boy who had been making
the air melodious with his uproarious
crying was asked what was the mat
ter, to which he replied aFve got
the stomach ache, and I'll have it again
if I've mind to-"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

A rural New York youth lately
went to claim his bride and conduct
her to the altar. to only find that she
had eloped with another fellow the
previous night. He did not tear his
hal, any. but just remarked. "By Jove
I'm glad she married last night in
stead of tonight, if she is of that
disposition"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17
CAVE OF GIGANTIC t4xfEGE
TOES.


A Toronto paper SAYS that while
some parties were digging on the
banks Of Grand River, and when
about six feet below the surface, they
discovered strange sight. Piled in
layers, one upon top Of the other,
were some two hundred skeletons of
human beings nearly perfect-around
theueck of each one being string of
beads. There were also deposited
in ttispit ainumber of axes and skim
mers made 1of stone. In the jaws of
several of the skeletons were large
stone. pipes.
These skeletons are those of men of
gigantic stature, some ofhhem meas
uriTy nine feet. very few of them less
tban-eeyen feet. Some of the thigh
boneswere found to be nalf foot
lopgeri than those. at. present known,
and one. of hhe. skulls examined com.
pletely covered bhe head of an ordina-
ry person. These skeletons are sup
posed TO beloDgoo those of race of
people anterior to the Indians
Some three years ago the bones ofa
mastadon " ere found embodied in the
earth about six miles from this spot.
The pit and CHASTITY occupants are
now open to the view of any who may
wish to make visit there.
There is not the slightest doubt
that the remains of lost city are on
this farm. At various times within
the past few. years the remains ofmud
houses with their elimneys have been
found, and there szre dozens of pits
ola similankird to- osthatunearthed tho
much smaller, in the place which has
been discovered before, though the
fact has not been made public hIther-
TO. The remains of a lblaGssmith's
shop, contaiss;pg two tons of charcoal
and various implements, has turned
up few months ago. The farm,
which consists of $50 acres, has been
cultivated for nearly century, and
and'was covered .svitha thick growth
of pine. SO that it must have been
ages ago since the remains were dis
posted there. The skulls of the skel-
etoDs are Of an enormous SIZE and all
manner of shapesr about half as large
again. as are ROW 10 Ibe seen. The
teeth in most of them are still In an
almost perfect state of preservatiou
though, they still fall ont ayheu OK
I posed to, tires.air.-
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17


WrrTr. years ago virginia
City, Nevada, was iInere camp ,of
rude. cabins, rorgh houses, and can
vass tents. The old Empire.lodgine-
house will be remembered by early
settlers. This furnished the only
convenient place in which our pio-
neer Methodist brethren could .wor-
ship. Brother Rooney WEES then the
preacher. 4 man ,noreifondso of Civ
ing r.reeeIvinga .3eed Ioke among
private friends could rarely be found.
On aihot SUNDAY morning Brother
Rooney began his discourse to the
assembled sinners. Uhe curtains
were carefully drawn insfront of the
barths, ,.one above another, wherein
several tired miners were .reposins,
with the latest yellow-covered litera-
ture which ihad come to the.camp
In 1.-THE midst of the sermon the
horrid braying of a donkey was CON-
meneed at She side of the tent. .li-
rectly under the bunk ,of q miner.
which was enough TO drown all tthat
priest or prophet might proclaim.
The miner in the bunk could en-
dure it no longer, and pushing out
the canvass.curtain, ana staring dhe
donkey in the face, bawled out:
''Dry up, confound youi one at.a
time is enOugh.!'
This was too much for the fun-lov-
ing audience, and a general smoker.
went around. in which Brother.
1 Rooney himself was compelled ito
join; but the moment she could .oen-
mand himself, he solemnly semurkel
that t:ss soon :as our friend gets
| through talking to hs brother we viii
! pr0aaed with our discourse.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

"I was not aware that You knew
him. said Tom Smith to an Irish
friend the other day, s.Know him?"
said he, in tone which comprehend
ed the knowledge of more than one
life, "I knew him when his father was
a hoy.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

A rich bachelor of New Jersey re-
Gently died. leaving By win several
legacies of from ten 10 twenty-five
Thousand dollars each, to ladies who
had rejected him. He said that they
had afterwards grown to be so ugly
that he could not be sufficiently CRATE
full.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

Miss Kane, of Baltimore, set out to
write list of the wrongs of women,
but found SO many of them that she
was driven to the conclusion that
women suffer a wrong in being born
at all. This disposes of the whole
question in nut she'll.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17
A fayorite amusement of the belle

A favorite amusement of the bellies
OF New Bedford in the winter is slid
ing down hill on o goldfish. On a
moonlight night hundreds OF young
ladies belonging to the oldest and
most respected families of that an
cient town may be seen participating
in this healthy and innocent recrea-
ton.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17
Theodore Thomas was lately annoy

Theodore Thomas was lately annoy
ed, during one of his concerts at
Pittsburg, by loud talking in the
a audience, wherenpon he stopped the
orchestra and remarked that when
the conversation ceased the perform
ance would continue. Not even the
weather provoked conversation after
that.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

land could not have Sustained my
tawelght moment langer.
.,Maulton cast u bitter look at julia
Hobart, and with horrid oath, ran &c
the a9ge OF the prccipice and sprape
into thc air.
llpvoluntariyy | covered my eyes
withu,gy hana,.as supported myself
against tree. When I looked
around again, .lMr. Hobart Mwas fan.
ming Julia, who was lying, on the
ground, las pallid as lfahe had been
dead.
The ,manGIdd remains opf RALPH
Moulton weressnt to Ibis father land
buried among his .kindpad.
,]ao you mneiiaer .naw sdiky Lhi,
faded knot of ribbon cat1ls up such.a
stHan9e, sad aueinory Sfl tl,e, s,ast.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

At Portsmouth. New Hampshire.
in one day last week, seven inches oi
rain fell.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

RATES OF sADvERTIsING.: rxnsrEAn
One .colamn, 500; Half Column, so |; QUA
ter Column, $35.
Transient Advertisements per sqsrar OF ter
lines or less Of this sized type, fsstsfnsertion
i 50 leach subsequent insertion, 81. =
"A square is one inch in space dswn the. col
umn. counting cuts, display lines, blanks. &C., as
solid matter. No.Adyertisemcnt to beconsidered
less'than square, and all fracfpns counted a
fulisquare. tAlI.sdvertisements inserted for 3
lcss period than three months TO be regarded as
/ transient.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28
JOHN ECkSTEIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A LOAN FOR
TIE EXTENSION OF THE WATER


AN ORDINANCE CREATING A LOAN FOR
TIE EXTENSION OF THE WATER
WORKS.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the city of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Mayor OF Philadelphia be and he is hereby
authorized TO borrow at not less than par on
the credit of the city, two million one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars for the further
extension of the Water Works. For which inte-
rest not to exceed the rate of six per cent. per
annum, shall be paid halfyearly, on the first
days of January and July, at the office of the
City Treasurer.
The principal of said loan shall be payable
and paid at the expiration of thirty years from
the date of the same, and not before without
the consent of the holders thereof; and the
certificates therefor, in the usual form of the
certificates of city loan, shall be issued in such
amounts as the lenders may require, but not for
any fractional part of one hundred dollars, or,
il required, in amounts OF Eve hundred
or one thousand dollars; and IL shall be ex-
pressed in said certificates that the loan therein
mentioned and the interest thereof are payable
free from all taxes.
Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be
made by virtue thereof, there shall be by
force of this ordinance annually appropri-
ated out of the income of the corpo-
rate estates and from the sum raised by
taxation, a sum sufficient to pay the interest on
said certificates; and the further sum of three
tenths of one per centum on the par value of
such certificates SO issued shall be appropriated
quarterly out of said income and taxes to a
sinking fund, which fund and its Accommodations
are hereby especially pledged for the redemp-
tion and payment OF said certificates.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28

The Russian papers announce the death
of the composer Seroff, gentleman who, as
Meyerbeer's mother said of her son to Heine,
was mot obliged to write music" Indeed,
his first inclinations in connection with the
art which, as young man, he cultivated
merely as an amateur, led him to produce not
music but musical criticisms; and, in the
opinion of many, it would have been we'll for
him if he had contented himself with show
ing what, in the way of operatc
ant, ought be done instead of attempting
to do it himself. Like Wagner, and like
Berlioz, he was fond of pointing out the
absuTdity Of certain conventional forms in
opera, but, also like Wagner and like Berlioz,
he did not always succeed, while avoiding
these forms, in producing music as interest
ing as it was doubtless original. Prussian
Journalists praise Serof for having always
endeavored to give his music truly national
character-which in the case Of one of his
two or three operas, called judith, would seem
to say more for his patriotism than for his good
taste. Even those Polish ethnolOgists who,
as if to damn the Russian nation beyond the
possibility Of redemption, assign TO the
'Muscovites' Hebrew origin, would smile
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28
PESO TIoN

ID K s o l. U L / o N
4C To Release Certain Property of Sa muel
Miller from the Lien of Certain Judgments.
Resolved, By the Select and Common Coun-
ellis of the city of Philadelphia, That the City
Solicitor is hereby directed to release from the
lien of judgments entered against Alexander
Reed and others Cd. c., ID. s. B., June t., 1863
No. 22S), all that certain lot or piece of ground
with the three-story brick dwelling thereon
erected, situate on the south side of Coates
street, at the distance of seyenty-two feet from
the east side of Broad street, containing in front
on said Coates street eighteen feet, and extend
ing In depth ninety-nine feet Provided, the
ce-sureties consent thereto.
HENRY HUHN,
President of Common Council.
Attest
JOHN ECKsTEIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
SAMUEL w. CArrELL,
President of Select Council.
Approved this twenty-fourth day of March,
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred aud
seventy one CA. ID. 1870.
DANIEL NJ. FOX,
Mayor of Philadelphia.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28
RESOLUTION

TO PUBLISH LOAN BILL.
Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Coun-
ell be authorized to publish In two daily news
papers of this city daily for four weeks the
ordinance presented to Common Council on
Thursday, March is. 1871, entitled 'An ordi-
nance creating loan for the extension of the
Water Works" Aud the said Q ERIK, at the
stated meeting of Councils after said publica-
tI0D, shall present to this Council one If each
of said newspapers for every day In which the
same shall have been made. 3l724t
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28

at the notion Of Judith being made TO sing in
the Russian manner. But the fact is Serod
was less child Of Russia than a disciple Of
Wagner. Like Wagner he considered ma
tional legends good subjects for operas, and,
like Wagner, he neglected-perhaps could
not invent--what is called ''tune" and Guilt
waited continuous melody" in lieu thereof
Many of Scrolls very interesting criticisms
on contemporary performances appeared in
the Journal de st. TeteTsbourQ
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28
ID Z s o l. U 4 LON
III To Authorize the Opening Of Susquehanna

ID 4 o l. U L 0 N
III To Authorize the Opening of Susquehanna
Avenue and Other Streets.
Resolved, By the Select and Common Coun-
ellis of the City of Philadelphia, That the Chief
Commissioner of High ways be and he is
hereby authorized and directed to notify the
owners or property through and over which
Susquebanna avenue, from Thirtieth street to
Ridge avenue. York street, from Twenty ninth
street to Ridge avenue, Huntington street, from
avenue, from Twenty-second street to Ridge
avenue, and Twenty-second, TweDty-third,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty fifth, Twenty-sixth,
Twenty and Twenty-eighth streets,
from York street to Lehigh avenue, Susquehanna
avenue, from Broad street to Twentieth street,
Eighteenth street. from Ber<s street to Susque-
hanna avenue, Nineteenth street, from Norris
from Sixteenth street to Nineteenth street,
Norris street, from Broad street to Monument
Cemetery, Fifteenth street, from Monument
Cemetery to Susquehanna avenue, Sixteenth
street from Norris street to Dauphin street, Car
Isle street, from Monument Cemetery to susque-
hanna avenue, Apple street, from Norris
street to Berks street, Paschall street, from
Fifty-second street to Hayerford street, will
pass, that, at the expiration of three months
from the date of said notice, the said streets
will be required for public use
HENRY HUM,
President of Common Council.
Attest
ABRAHAM STEWART,
Assistant Clerk of Common Council.
SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
President of Select Council.
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred and
seyenty-one "a. ID. 1871.
DANIEL NJ. FOX,
Mayor of Philadelphia.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28

When newspaper suspends out In Arkan-
sas, they say that it has 'woOdbined."
"A Sandwich Islands missionary has trans
lated Foes Raven into the Hawaiian lan-
guage.
-Schoharie comfy, N Y, had wedding the
other day, at which all the males present were
over six feet in height.
-ComplaiDt is made in Cambridge that Tom
Hughes is telling some of the secrets of the
secret societies of Harvard
Seven hundred people have emigrAted 70
Kansas from one county In Western Virginia
within ibe past twelve months.
The traffic in little Italian boys who are
sent TO America TO play fddles aud vend plaster
images, has opened briskly this year.
-Madlle Henrietta d'Angeyille, the first lady
who ever made the ascent of Mont Blanc died
at Lausanne lately, aged seVenty-seVen.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-28

OFFICE OF PURCHASING AND DEPOT COM
" MlSSAhY, No. 2O6 g. FOURTH Street.
ST. LOUIS, March 2, 1871.
SEALED PROPOSALS in duplicate, will be re-
ceved at this Office until ~ O'Clock NJ, MONDAY,
April 3, 1871, for furnishing the Subsistence Depart
IS pounds mess pork.
10000 pounds Of bac0n-clear sides.
ISL, 900 pound of double extra flour.
1900 pounds OF hard bread.
1900 pounds OF corn meal kiln dried.
$4,000 pounds OF beRns-white navy.
5000 pounds Of split peas.
4,bCO pounds OF rice-Carolina.
600 pounds OF hominy
1900 POUNDS of green Rio coffee.
1000 pounds OF Rio conee-roasted.
5000 pounds OF brown sugar.
1900 gallons of whisky vinegar.
8,COO POUNDS OF candles adamantine.
5000 pounds Of extra family soap.
$1,000 pounos of salt.
800 pounds of pepper-black.
4,50U pounds Of hams-sugar-cured.
17,OO0 pounds of choice family -four.
$500 pounds Of dried apples
900 pounds Of dried peaches,
1900 pounds OF rasins.
11b gallons of picked cucumbers.
80 gsllous OF picked onions
315 gallons of sauerkraut.
332 dozen cans of milk.
$500 pounds Of lard.
1000 pounds of butter.
1000 pounds of cheese.
information as TO kild OF packages, condtl0n,
office. g. b PENROSE,
s18t Captain, Q. s., U. S. A.
TINTED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, BAL
FAYETTE STREET, NEAR CHARLES,
Third story Union Bank Building,
MARCH 1, 1871.
Proposals are invited for dredging in the channel
below Fort Carroll leading to this city Proposals
to be sealed and duplicate endorsed on outside aud
accompanied by copy OF this advertisement, Will
oe received until noon Of lst day of APRIL, 1871,
and will be opened in ten minutes thereafter in the
presence of such bidders may wish to be present.
About $4,000 cubic yards, more or less, to be re-
moved Length OF haul OF material averages about
two miles, The object is to attain depth Of % feet
at mean low water. The tide rises about one foot
and one-half Proposals will state Kind OF machinery
to be used average quantity In cubic yards to be
removed daily price per cubic yard, including ex-
cavation, removal, and deposit. Material to be
measured in dumping scows.
The right to reject any bid is reserved.
Forms OF Proposals and any desired Information
to be had on application at this office.
WILLIAM p. CRAIGHILL,
80 Major OF Engineers U. s. A.