The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-12-27

| for goods.
The extensive Touring mills of Mr.
Conser, the lumber and planning mill,
chair factory, &e., are all running to
their utmost capacity. In short, Mr.
Editor, the prospect for the future
prosperity of Jefferson is very bril-
liant. Further details will be given at
another time. Yours sincerely,
ALPHA.
RAILROAD SMAsHUP.-Last Tuesday
afternoon as the down train was COM
| ing along at furious rate between
| Cressweii and Eugene-it being three
or four hours behind time-a Distress
ing accident occurred which came near
costing many lives. In passing over a
culyert which had been washed out by
the rain of the day previous, the pas
senger ear was thrown from the track
and ran for sore rods over the cross
ties, when it broke loose from the bag
gage car and rolled down an embank-
ment, turning completely over in its
descent. Some Is or 20 passengers
were on board, all of whom were hurl-
ed about in every direction, the seats
being thrown on many of them and
burying them in the general wreck
Four or five ladies were on board, but
fortunately none Of them were injured.
| A. ". Smith, Esq, of Buena Vista,
from whom wefgained the particulars
of the accident, had his left forearm
dislocated, his left leg painfully shat
tered and his person in other places
badly bruised. Chas. Pond, an en-
ploye on the road, had several ribs bro
ken and was otherwise dangerously
hurt. The stove was thrown down,
and but for the presence of mind of
the train boy, who seized the water
| cask and emptied its contents on the
hot Goals which were scattered through
much greater. The wounded passen-
gers were quickly extricated from their
painful position by those who were
unhurt, and taken to Eugene on the
locomotive and baggage car, where
medical assistance was procured. 1t is
thought that no one was fatally in
jured.
THE WHEAT MARKET.-Quite lit
tie breeze was created in our city this
week by the appearance in our midst
of Mr. Jacob Conser, of Jefferson, who
offered 20 cents per bushel for wheat.
In San Francisco the price is 50 per
GENITAL, which certainly justifies the
payment of 10 cents by our local buy
ers. There seems to be disposition
among the Portland daiIies to discour-
age the farmers of hope of an early
advance i'm price, and to induce them
to sell at current rates. Whether this
is design to play into the hands of
Portland jobbers we leave those papers
to explain. We know that many of
our most intelligent farmers are be-
ginning to mistrust the market quota
tions coming from that quarter, and
to direct their attention elsewhere for
more reliable reports. 1t is certainly
TO the interest OF our Portland cotem-
peraries to give the farmers and pro-
ducers the full benefit of correct quo
tations, and thus protect them against
imposition from speculatQrs.
DEMoRALIzED.-" We ourself' (as a
Pike county editor expresses it) and
our foreman and jour. were in the fire
expedition to Portland last Sabbath.
which threw US behind with our work
and somewhat demoralized this issue
of our paper And if that isn't an ex-
cuse we will remind our readers that it.
is holiday times and the printers must
have little fun as well as white folks
After next weeks issue we expect to
make the DEMOCRAT more than up to,
its enterprising standard,