The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-06-21

died on Monday last.
A widow, fiat, fair and forty"
sues a wealthy Cariboo miner at
Barkeryille to ecover 500, 900 DANA
ges done to her heart.
Mackey Graham, u lad aged ten
years, was drowned while bathing in
n reservoir near Eldorado, Baker
county, on tho 9th inst.
A little daughter of Garnet Riggs,
who resides at Sublimity, bad her
foot cut nearly off by her brother,
who was chopping wood.
II. b. Swain. ex-Supcrintendent of
the San Francisco Mint, suicided
with laudanum last Friday. He did
it while in bed with his wife.
The Salmon river road to the coast
is in excellent condition and many
pleasure seekers arc now vending their
way down to the sounding sea-"
A waterfall 800 feet high has been
discovered in tho mountains above
Eugene. That beats tho waterfall
of any Dolly Warden in the land.
Harry Meiss, of San francisco, has
made n contract with tho Peruvian
Government to build railroad across
tho Andes mountains for 800 900, 900.
Too much "benzine" is what caua-
ed n man ut Stockton, last Tuesday,
TO lay across tho railroad till tho cars
came along and cut both his legs off.
Visalia, Cal, has n child. bride, n
wife now Mt the age Of twelve, and
who has for three years lived in the
conjugal state. Her husband is over
iiftv.
McAllister, who is sentenced to
imprisonment for II years for muir
der at Walla Walla. is worth $40,-
900. Wen bet he won't stay in
prison long.
A Virginia City servant girl threw
mp her situation last week because
she had made $3.50 600 by dabbling
in mining stocks. She is in the mat
rimonial market.
Cum Lum, n Chinaman at Lewis
ton, has been converted to Christi
anity and IL preaching to his heather
brethren. He has already learned
to pass the "sasser."
1t il now the fashion for California
love sick SWANS to blow out the
hrairs Of the girls who refuse to
ma. ny shem and then finish theirown
caree. with the same weapon. Ugh!
A dru ken California Indian tried
TO stops IA ain IF cars tho other day,
by squaring himself on the track.
The train didn't stop, but Lo the
po3r Indian flew ABOUT there in small
slices.
High water is r~cpor,2d from all
sections of Utah and Iiaht Territory,
and consequent great Destruction Of
bridges. fields and crops. Al The
bridges on Bear river have becnsNcpt
AWAY.
The top of Mt. F~airweather, Alas
ka. is Is. 600 feet rcarer heaven than
Puget Sound. The inhabitants OF
Alaska have never been known to
take advantage of their proximity to
that place.
The proposed Good Templar cele-
bration which vas to have been had
at Salem OF the 4th has keraumixed
gone up the spout. 1t was like
ly to be too dry n thing for that
bailiwick.
A Dutchman last week attempted
suicide at Gold Hill, and when the
doctor pumped him out he cried, be-
cause, he said, (boo-hooD he hated
to pay (boo-hooD the doctor bill.
Boo-hoo-ool
The Comanches are understood to
be unanimously for Greeley. Their
chief industry il "raising the hair"
of frontier settlers, and they want a
President who believes in protecting
home industry
John Kountz, of Fresno county,
Cal, last week shot at n dog but the
bullet missed its aim and 'tfetched"
a Methodist preacher who was passing
by. The preacher died apd Kountz
was tried and acquitted.
A man in California, who had his
throat cut by n robber some weeks
ago, is still living and likely to re-
cover. He is provided with susie
nance by ean of a tube passing
through the wound into the stom-
acb. That's a great saving of wind,
anyhow.
A young English nobleman tried
to elope with q San Francisco belle
one night last week, when the girls
big brother put in an appearance
upon the scene, booted the English
lord away from the house and spank
ed his sister and put her in her di-
minitive couch.
Jacob Neatbeimmer of jackson