The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-03

auu sell tnem TO CniDaman lof
counterfeit shinplaster.
A man at Potaro, Gail, killed his
wife in drunken row couple oi
weeks ago and has now gone mad
with remorse.
Many Chicago destitutes are arriv-
ing at San Francisco and sleeping
nightly in the calaboose for want OF
better quarters.
A Ball was turned backward in his
fight from Portland by the Sheriff fol
running off with $500 Of his butcher.
partners money.
The editor Of the Eugene Jourta
says If he is lost at the final day he
will attribute the cause to squalling
babies in church.
There is family named Speeler
living in Berryessa valley; one Of the
infant Speelers, IL nine year old girl,
weighs 141 pounds.
A fellow insulted young lady IN
the streets of Portland, and chival-
ric bystander set him up in tho boot
and shoe business.
Last week n man sued the San
Francisco Transcript for $4,000
libel damages. and the jury gave
him two cents damages.
The veritable John Smith suicided
in San Francisco last week because
his wife became monotonously famil-
lar with another man.
A company has been Incorporated
for making wagon road along the
south side Of the Columbia from
Portland to the Dalles.
A woman suffrage convention meets
at Olympia next week. A large mum
ber OF women of that city signed the
call for the convention.
DIR. Stevens has purchased the
Warm Springs near Idaho City for
sll 900. and will ft the premises up
for resort for invalids.
A terrible fire occurred Mt Eiko.
Nevada, on the Goth of October, and
destroyed all south of the railroad,
except three fire-proof buildings.
Large bands of cattle arc being
driven from Texas to Montana. A
drove of l 200 head passed through IL
town in Colorado n few days ago.
A man was found s miles south OF
Salt Lake City. last Saturday. with
four bullets through his head. 1t is
perhaps needless TO rcmnrk that he
was dead.
1t is stated thata time keeper at the
Hillsboro races. got tired aud hungry
before the horses gotround and went
to supper. Later-the horses finally
got round.
A pet California lion belonging to
Joseph Reilly. OF Portland, came
near eating its master up last Thurs
day. He only saved his lie by kill
ing the beast.
Many of the inhabitants Of San
joaquin Valley, California, are desti-
tute Of the common necessaries OF
life, in consequence Of the drouth of
last year and this.
A lake in Big Valley has gone dry
and an extensive bed OF salt is found
on its bottom which supplies that
community and is sold in Lake City
at cents per pound.
Swindlers and bilks claiming to be
sufferers by the Chicago fire. are al
ready swarming into San Francisco
and many of them will doubtless
find their way 20 Oregon.
A little son of John Daniels, of
Oakland, accidentally shot himself
through the thigh SO badly, last week,
that it was necessary to amputate the
leg. 1t is thought he will recover.
IN chasing an annoying dog the
other day, n Portland man ran against
a clothes line which widened his
mouth and extracted two teeth with
out pay, and be didn't catch the dog
either.
Miss Kate Shirt is lecturing in Cal
ifornia. These strong minded women
are bound to render even their names
masculine, for we venture the asser-
ton that Miss Shirts former name
was Shift
1t is hoped that the recent improve
ments in the Umpqua river will en-
able steamboats, to reach Roseburg
six or seven months in the year
The work performed has cost some
thing like Sl3, 900.
Miss Anthony lecturcd ut Victoria
last Monday to an audience of IS men
and 2 women. She has brought
down the wrath of Victoria upon her
head by declaring that place to be a
city of women whippers.
The Oregon City Enterprise says
the Circuit Court there last week
was almost failure, there beingonly
one jury trial and four divorce suits.
The morals of Clackamas county
must be monotonously healthy.