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

Rev. G. II. Hines IS fatally i'll at
Salem.
Hon. Jas. Odell died at Eugene
last week.
Wyoming Territory has only 5000
inhabitants.
Good cows in Walla Walla twenty
five dollars per head.
Pit River is spelled "Pit" River
and not "Pitt" Piver.
Victoria is trying to get up dia-
mond excitement. Very thin!
DIR. j. r. Bayley has bought the
Ocean House at Newport, Yaquina
Bay.
The Clerk Of Douglas county has
issued fifty-six marriage licenses this
year.
Salem is to have a grand New
Years Ball. It will be eminently
recherche.
Keeney was the victim Of o Sher-
ifs neck-tie party at Visalia, Cal.
last Friday.
A poor, insane man, has predicted
that this will be u good Christmas
for printers.
In Seattle quantities of crockery
and glass ware were broken by the
earthquake.
A joint stock company is organic
ing at Victoria for tho manufacture
of beet sugar.
The Hudson Bay Company report
q greater amount Of furs taken this
year than in 1871.
A very favorable route has been
found for u railroad from Walla
Walla to La Grande.
The body of James Stoddart was
found six miles from Nanaimo.-
Died Of heart disease.
The saloons were all closed and
the Military under arms in Portland
during the day OF the fro.
Fairchild. recently appointed In
dian Agent. takes the place OF Gen.
Palmer on Siletz reservation.
A Marion county Adonis OF seven
teen has been led to the altar by q
widowed Venus of thirty-fye.
The gold products OF Madison
county. Montana, for the present
year is estimated at 81 600, 900.
Salem has had another runaway
boy overbcard-rescued from peril
nobody hurt-the pieces saved.
A San Francisco widow now
mourns the loss of her lover and $500
which he carried off in his flight.
Snow was six inches deep at the
Dalles Friday morning. and still fall
ing; thermometer 10 degrees above
zero.
The proprietor of the Geyser-
springs Hotel. California, owes SCI.
900. and wants to be declared bank
rupt.
Jacob Stump, of Eugene City. has
been convicted OF creating disturb
ance in church and will be punished
therefor.
Mr. Kelly, formerly of the East
Portland Era, now does the editorial
writing for the Mercury. He is
writer OF ability.
One Portland woman stole anoth-
sr's dog. The stealer now has one
ear less and her face is surmounted
by putty nose.
A little boy of Sacramento last
week owned pistol and little Sis
ter. He now only has the pistol.
IL was an accident.
A Portland paper notes the fact
hat Gen. Z. Applegate is "turreted'.
with new "plug." He wears it like
,he Leaning Tower.
H. H. Gilfrey, Esq, states that he
has examined the business of the
State Land Office at La Grande and
inds everything correct.
] The Sprague river settlers have all
,ongregated at one Of the strongest
positions for defense against the In
lians and have fortified themselves.
The Hercules Powder Works, six
niles from Stockton, exploded last
week, killing ten Chinamen and Sc
-iously injuring white man named
Cook.
Three rough-and-tumble fights oc-
,urred in Baker City on the night of
,he 18th inst. bnt no one was fatally
INJURED. Too much benzine was the
The residence of j. A. Vaughn,
editor of the Mountain Messenger, at
Sierra county, Cal. was
destroyed by fire last week. No in
,urance.
If P. H. Sain is in the land of the
living, he can hear of his son by ad-
lressing letter to T. w. Sain of
Wapato Postofice, Washington coun-
y, Oregon.
A subscription has been started at
Jacksonville for the relief Of Mrs.