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

woman, who is not over nineteen
years old, by the way, fled to the
woods and that night travelled eight
miles to the mouth Of Lost river,
where she was rescued by party
sent out to look for bodies.
The ruins of an ancient city have
just been discovered in Arizona.
It covered an area of about three
square miles and was inclosed by q
wall Of sandstone, neatly quarried
and dressed, ten or twelve feet thick
and which, judging by the debris, was
fifteen or twenty feet high before it's
fall.
A correspondent from Link River
says the Modoc Indians surrounded
Mrs. Boldly and Mrs. Schira, and
could have killed both of them had
they desired to. but for the first time
in Indian warfare in Oregon they
did not kill the women. They killed
both OF the husbands OF the ladies
and then asked for more men.
A correspondent, writing to the
La Grande Sentinel from Union, says
"Monte, interspersed with pitch SELL
out, was in full operation this week,
but the bank busted and the dealer
returned TO La Grande, relieved but
not reformed, and now we are forced
to go and SEQ the girls for amuse-
ment. Oh, how hard is our fatew
A Roseburg man spent three quar-
ters Of an hour the other evening in
trying TO pick up a piece OF moon
shine from his doorstep, which he
fondly fancied to be a newspaper.
His afflicted wife finally came out,
brought him TO conciousness by the
aid OF q loose fence picket, and
steadied his tottering steps into the
house.
The massacre OF the whites by the
Modoc Indiana in Link River Valley
is one OF the most horrible ever
known in Oregon. A whole commu-
nifty has been slaughtered and their
property destroyed. The settlers
had just begun TO live in comfortable
style, and to be all butchered in cold
blood from mere wantonness, is really
horrible.
On Saturday man named Mason
appeared before Justice Burns at
Oregon City and lodged a complaint
against two Of his neighbors, Meal
lister and Stone, of assault with in
tent to kill. He charges that they
attacked him with hatchet and shot
gun. He was beaten and badly in
jured. Warrants were issued for
their arrest. The parties are said to
be brothers-in-iaw.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGs.
The French army is being in
creased.
A Ministerial crisis is apprehended
in Spain.
Six jurors have been obtained in
the Stokes case.
The report OF Bismarck's resigna-
ton is confirmed.
Clarksville, Tenn, was affected
with $3.50, 900 fire on Wednesday
night.
The ship Aatchless, of Boston, was
wrecked off the coast of Northumb-
erland, and all on board were lost.
Anita f. Tying is the first female
admitted to the Rhode Island Medi-
cal Society.
Jesse Turner of Grand Island
(Nebraska) accidentally killed him
self while cleaning a gun.
A meeting has been called at
Cheyenne to protest against the
wiping out of Wyoming Territory.
Eighteen freight cars were wrecked
at Dodgeville (R. ~ last Tuesday
evening. One man killed.
The International Convention to
secure uniformity in coinage has
been signed by Denmark, Sweden
and Norway.
The boiler Of switch engine ex-
ploded in Lafayette. Indiana,
recently, killing David McNary, the
engineer, and a youth named Kilgore.
It is stated that the suits by the
Erie Company against Jay Gould are
to be abandoned, he agreeing to
refund 50, 900, 900 to the company.
George G.. Mullaly of Cincinnati.
who was charged with stealing money
from letters sent to the agent of the