The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-03-29

Grover. Ex-senator Nesmith, Hons.
Geo. II. Helm, Ben. Hayden, John
Burnett.
How to win q young wife-shove
her old husband in the insane asy-
INN. That's the way q Frisco doctor
did it anyway.
Eugene is the wickedest town in
Oregon. (Now won't our brother
quilists up there punch us in the
snoot, thoughD
The petroleum. springs of San Fer
nauda, i'll Southern California, are
yielding ut tho rate of twenty barrels
of oil per day.
A large and handsomely furnished
billiard saloon, kept by n young and
handsome woman, is tho latestnoyel-
ty in San Francisco.
Wednesday night Of last week
some incendiary made two u%nsuccess-
full attempts to burn the town of Sher-
dan i'll Yamhill county.
Syl. G. Simson has retired from
the editorial chair of the Salem Ifer-
curry, leaving VIM. Thompson rs his
successor on the tripod.
1t is now absolutely certain hal in
the event that tho Republicans carry
the Legislature George II. Williams
will be elected United States Senator.
The Jacksonville Times says: eve
eat S00, 600 bushels of peanuts n
year" jacksonville must have n
"~copious' old peanut stand, that's
all.
Large doses Of strychnine arc
dished up to dogs in Yamhill county,
and "heaps on heaps the slaughtered
Hessians lie"-or words to that ef-
feet.
G. II. Walker, OF Yamhill county,
was born in Oregon and he is 81 years
ld-doubtlcss the oldest genuine
Webfoot, except Phil. Sheridan first
wife.
An Idaho Indian was promptly es-
cortcd to the happy hunting ground
by n can of nitro-glycerenc which he
attempted to open with his little
Ratchet.
\ citizen of Salem complains that
he has u neighbor who lives so close
to him that said righbor has not
spent n cen for fire wood for six
months.
Eight new indictments were found
ngninst the defau!ting Sam May by
! the Marion county grand jury last
week. His case was continued to
next court.
The following delegates to the
) Democratic State Convention have
been elected from Washington coun,
ty: L. Jackson, Richardson and
; John Il. Porter.
Petersburg is the name Of n new
town just laid of six miles cast Of
Roseburg. Oregon. At present the
town is n fir thicket. Peter is there
! but the burg isn't.
Delegates from Douglas count,
TO tie Democratic State Convention
are Asher Marks. 4. Rose, L. Hill
; JEFF. Williams, L. Sutherland, l.. +
Mosher, j. Burnett.
, Delegates from Oregon to the Re
: publican National Convention are Ii
L. Dowell, j. Z. Booth, Hiram
Smith, G. p. Holman, Thos. Char
man and II. Peterson.
An agent for Barnum has just or
, rived at San Francisco from Mexico
bringing with him z aligators.
young tiger, n Mexican deer, m ig'
uana and n chameleon.
. Torch-ligh professions are n promi
nent feature of Eugene. Torche
t are prepared by setting fire TO n pluI
C hat and letting it burn until the hal
is scorched off the head.
e 4 brutal San Francisco rent collec
tor took the door and windows iron
n poor widows house in order to Ell
force payment. He ought to b
G rocked to sleep with IN elm club.
Lane county delegates to the Dem
o o%cratic State Convention are job,
d Whitaker, Jno. Thompson, e. "
Rhea, J. E. Holt, Il. Gay, A. N
IS Osburn, Jesse Cox, J. J. Walton, j
re One day last week a man went il
to a saloon at Silver City, Idaho, too
d a drink of whisky, sat down in
'r chair, and died in 3 minutes. Th
is probably the fastest time on recort
n A friend who did the Colorad
lie mountains last fall has informed l
that he got as ravenous as q rave
err among the ravines, and sat down
al one ofthe gorgeous rgesa and gorge
himself.
ed A Sacramento wonan brought
the the station-house charged Wi
drunken and violent conduct, pr
ceeded to extract from her chigno
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