The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-04-12

The editor of the Corvallis Gazette
has found out that it is a mistake
about the world coming to an end in
August, and he will therefore not
change his politics and become Dem
ocratic.
A Californian last week eloped
with his step-daughter, aged only II
yenrs, leaving u destitute and lonely
wife with whom he has lived 35 years.
He ought to have the benefit of tar
and feathers.
The wool product of California
last year aggregated "a ,276,2 53 TBS,
m increase of nearly 5000, 900 on
the previous year. The clip Of this
season is expected to be larger and of
superior quality.
Rev. G. M. Blake, late Chaplain
U. S. A., has challenged W. ID. Hare,
one of the Republican nominees for
Presidential Elector, to n public dis
cussion las to tho merits of Grant
before the people"
A Portland woman was circulating
n petition for her husbands pardon
from the Penitentiary when she fell
in love with another man and tore
up the petition. Poor devils!--we
mean both of the men.
Arrangements are being made to
have n grand Odd Fellows picnic Mt
Aurora on the occasion of the Fifty
third anniversary of the establishment
of TINT Order in the United States,
which will be on the Goth inst.
A charivari party at Cornelius, the
other night, smoked out u just we'd
ded couple by stopping the chimney
hue at the top-all because the groom
wouldn't come out when they played
On their harps of n thousand strings.
The Statesman tells of young man
in Salem who can talk very intelli-
gently and all that when Mt home,
but can't say anything when among
strangers. If it wasn't just after
April fool time we might believe this
story.
The reservoir of the Spring Valley
Mining Company at Concow Valley,
California, il the largest in the world,
as it contains water enough to make
n body thirty miles long, thirty feet
wide, and twenty feet deep. The
dam is eighty feet high.
Fourteen citizens of San Francisco,
who were in the habit of gambling,
paid $40 each to the Clerk OF the
Police Court last Monday. This
makes 81, leo which this establish,
meut has contributed for the benefit
of the city within n week.
A San Franciscan was administer,
ing n little corporal correction to bis
wife last evening when she migrate
fully broke from him and jumped
from the second story window into
the street, receiving severe injuries.
He recovered her IN damaged condi-
ton.
Mrs. Fair as she appears in Cour:
looks hearty. Her counsel intimated
to-day that they would adopt adiiTer'
ent line OF defense OIL the new trial
and Tot take more than three days in
examining witnesses in her behalf.
Her case comes up about the last Of
June.
Mrs. Duniway mas recently been
accused by her Radical friends oil
stopping over" towards Democracy,
but we notice that she is now again
getting both feet on the Radical side
of the fence and we guess she will
shortly be clear over in the black
sheep pasture. Let 'er rip!
"Jerusha, / don't see how they
send letters on them ere telegraph
wires without tearing EN- all to fin
ders." .'Why, Jake, you goose, they
don't send the paper, but just the
writin' in a fluid state"
At n leap year party in Atlanta, on
the 9th inst, the young ladies showed
their manliness by having the follow
ing notices in conspicuous places
1--WE mean business" "Now is our
chance" Waiting is tedious"