The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-03-22


conveyed and gave birth to a child.
The child was disposed of and the
mother cruelty treated. Several
monks determined on destroying her
during the temporary absence of her
paramour. They put a cord round
her neck and dragged her along the
floor till she was strangled. Her
scream attracted the attention of
some Greek sailors, who effected an
entrance into the monastery, when
three Of the holy fathers paid the pen
atty Of their crime. One received a
death wound by a sword, another was
shot through the lungs, and a third
received several wounds in the head,
from which he has since died.
A letter received from Fort Ran
dali says: A few days since a party
Of Indians who arrived direct from the
Black Hills, had nuggets of gold.
The officers tried to buy the gold, but
the Indians refused to part wit it.
Con. Sickles has resigned the Span
ish Mission and will practice law in
New York.
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Itis expected that the Centennial An
niversary of American Independence,
to be held at Philadelphia on the 18th
of July, 1876, will be the grandest
event the world has ever witnessed.
The Cleveland Powder Works ex-
ploded yesterday. Two men named
Leonard and Sherman, at work in one
Of the mills, was blown in pieces, frag-
ments of their bodies being thrown
hundreds of feet away. Three other
men at work in the vicinity were more
or less injured. The mills were blown
to atoms, and the ground for acres
around were strewn with fragments.
Nearly every building in the city was
shaken by the concussion, and quite
a commotion was caused among the
inhabitants.
There was a heavy snow storm in
Maine yesterday; also at Washington
City.
A negro killed one and wounded
5 other negroes at Memphis before he
was arrested last Sunday.
Wednesday, March 20.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred
at Cincinnati yesterday. Two men
were instantly killed. A section of
the boiler vas hurled a half mile dis
tant, owe the tops Of houses, and fell
upon the heads Of 4 group of three
little girls at play. Two of them
were killed instantly and the third
MORALLY wounded.
The Internationalists of New York
last night celebrated the uprising of
the Commune. Victoria Woodhull
delivered al address on the principles
of Communism, which she declared
were rapidly spreading in America.
The postmaster of Dicaburg Tenn,
has absconded with $4,000 of Gov
eminent funds.
The people Of the Pennsylvania oil
regions are intensely excited, and are
holding meetings and organizing for
self protection. They have formed a
secret political organization which
they claim will control over twenty
thousand ote and be strong enough
to change the political complexion of
the State if Unnecessary to protect them
from monopolists.
On Sunday last, Jos. Nelson. living
near Sedalia. No., shot and killed his
wife and shot himself dangerously.
His wife had been obliged to leave
him on account of drunkenness and
cruel treatment, and her refusal to re-
turn to him was the cause.
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negro named Bandhydc beat his wife's
brains out with an axe, in a fit of jeal-
onsy. He accused his wife of being
criminally intimate with a colored
preacher, and of having brought dis
grace upon her family.
The entire business portion of
Lowell, Ind, burned yesterday.
The Clinton House. at Iowa City,
burned yesterday, with nearly all it's
contents. The occupants escaped
with difficulty. The Ole Bull concert
troup were in the house, and Ole Bull
himself escaped attired only in night
clothes and with a fiddle. Loss on
hotel and furniture, s25 600; insurance;
$4,000.
Gen. ID. L. Stanton, Collector for
the Fifth District of Maryland, has
been arrested and deposed from his
position, charged with being a defaul-
ter in the sum of from $4,000 to $780,
900.
VIM. T. Reed of New York, acct
! dentally shot his wife yesterday, kill
ing her instantly. He became a raw
ing maniac when he discovered what
he had done.