The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-11


lot of naneless cussedness with
young girls in California. As usua
in such cases, he was let loose wher
he ought to have been sent to States
prison.
An Olympia paper says not a single
marriage license has been issued II
that city in the past year. And ye,
the same paper brags about the 1city
being full Of resources. Pray, whal
kind are she?
Steel, Of Yreka, has employed .
California lawyer, named Lewis, te
defend the Modocs before the Militia
ry Commission. Steel ought to bt
"strung up to the same juniper tree
with Capt. Jack.
A San Francisco man was last
Monday fined 5000 for driving 4
horse to death. The human brute
ought to be compelled to work oul
bis fine in the same ''shaves" in
which be worked the poor horse.
Phoebe, Nevada, now has the
champion murderer. He last Sun.
day shot four men, two of whom
died. He will have to be interviewed
by government peace commission
and hired TO go on to ''reserve."
The newly arrived immigrants are
all going TO leave Oregon in disgust
and return to their Eastern homes.
There seems to be too much unani-
nifty among the people in asking
tlem what their names were before
they left home.
An abandoned Portland woman
attempted to drown herself in the
Willamette, but q passing man
caught her just as she was preparing
for the dreadful leap. She shed tears
OF gratitude upon her preservers
bosom and they both went sorrow
fully and sadly off and got drunk to.
gether.
The military Commission began the
trial Of the Modocs last Monday
Riddles squaw and otbers swoie that
Captain Jack killed Candy; tina,
Sconchin shot Meacham; that Bos-
ton Charley shot DR.. Thomas, and
that Hooka Jim tried 10 kill Dyer.
The trial was expected 10 end yester.
day. The Commission have received
orders not TO try the Indians who
murdered the Oregon settlers. and II
is thought they will be turned oveI
TO the Courts OF jackson county.
In Umatilla county. during tbs
past six weeks, there have been turn.
ed adrift over $50. .090. Some 80C
head OF young cattle have been sold
by the farmers, from which have been
realized $40 600 cash money. There
are in the county upward Of 10000
sheep which have yielded on al
average G pounds of wool each
Wool is worth 90 cents in tie market
so that from the wool alone there
has been realized sl2) 600. In ad.
dition q large number Of horses were
sold.
The objects OF the Wool Growers
Association. recently organized o.
Roseburg. as set fort by the Constitu
ton. ia "for mutual protection
against all rings and monopolies il
whatever form they may exist. tba
are in any way detrimental to the in
terests of the producing and labor
ing classes. Also for giving ant
receiving instructions in oil that per
tains TO agriculture. horticultur,
and Horticulture; also the breedin:
and rearing of domestic animals ant
the establishment of our homes"
At Hunters ranch, on the roat
between Copperopolis and Angel
Camp tCal.). Saturday night. q do:
brought in human arm and hand
supposed to belong to the body o
some unfortunate man murdered il
the neighborhood. Parties art
securing the adjacent country for th'
balance of the remains. On Sunda,
evening about dark, on the sam
road. near Gibson's. ranch. Georg
Merritt. Township Collector. on th,
way to San Andrews. was stopped b.
two highwaymen and robbed Of fou
hundred dollars. Sheriff Thorn j
in pursuit of the robbers.
Our German friend, Tom. Merry
Of the Coos Bay Ne,cs has been in til
roller making business. Hear him
This trying to make rollers for a jol
press, out of Sandwich Island syrup
is uphill business, at best. We hav
tried it and sighed in vain for q gall
on or two Of the good, old-fashion
ed 'nigger-head" molasses. w
fancy onrself an urchin again, diving
into an empty sugar. barrel in from
of old Diedrich Ockerhausens's cor
ner grocery store in Amity street
New York. and hearing that phleg
matte old Rheinlander exclaim, "Poy
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