The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-01-17

here?' Yes, was the reply, Il am
bound to break down this evil insti-
tuition"
All Wing. Cinnamon, escaped
from the Territorial Penitentiary in
Idaho and "winged" his way to parts
unknown.
The new plans Of the Oregon City
wooden mills are drawn. The new
structure is to be much larger than
the former one.
Mrs. Fair claims that she is not
yet understood. II there are to be
any more developments it isn't safe
to live in California.
Mrs. Fair refuses to pay her tax OF
SIT 900 in Frisco. She will probab-
ly shoot the collector. That's the
easiest way to get out OF it.
A California paper speaks Of Dad
Hooper, and the Yreka Union rather
irreverently and abruptly asks: "who
the-is Dad Hooper,"
DIR. Giltner, a School Director, is
the champion hoodlum Of Portland
The dailes down there are making
him disgustingly notorious.
A frisco police officers "Christmas
Box" was q clout under the ear by
IN enraged woman whom he at
tempted to kiss clandestinely.
-Private William Rexford, Of the
Southern Oregon Volunteers, has
died from exposure. The remains
were sent home for interment.
A moral miss recently stepped into
an Olympia drug store and asked for
q bottle OF lack Of clubs" She
wanted jockey club parfumery.
Portland folks are getting terrible
mean. Why, they actually jug a
fellow for borrowing an umbrella
when the owners back is turned.
M. A. Palmer, who lived on an
island in the Wallamet above Cor
wallis, recently killed two wild hogs.
one of which weighed 500 pounds.
The motive power Of the grist mill
at Prairie City, Grant county, is
water from hot spring which pre-
vents any stoppage from freeze up.
A Portland monster last Friday
whipped his wife and her sister be-
cause tho doctor couldn't keep TIE
baby from dying. He now lies in Jail.
The Gentle and Mormon papers at
Salt Lake City are full of political
discussions as to whom will be as-
pointed Governor OF Utah Territory.
Ben Holladay left San Francisco
for Washington Monday last. he
intends remaining at the Federal
Capital during the Winter months.
Calistoga boasts boy, 1G years OF
age, who stands six feet in his socks,
measures Is inches across the shonl-
ders, II inches across the hams, and
weighs 160 pounds.
A Portland local asks: "Are We
fire proof?" You certainly must sup
pose so yourself, or you wouldn't
brave the terrors Of the other world
as you do, "mine fri-ind."
A company has been incorporated
in Coos county for the purpose of
building q narrow gauge railrcad
from Isthmus Slough to the Coquille
river. Capital stock. 5000 900.
An old man in Idaho. on whose
head nearly fifty winters had
showed their SHOWS" recently led
TO the hymenial altar q blushing
maiden Of twenty-three summers.
A letter from New Mexico says
the Apaches had just killed two
white men. The murderers after
wards were seen on the reservation
wearing the clothes of the victims.
The papers OF California are con-
Meeting the names of Joaquin Miller,
the Sierra songster, with an indict-
ment in Shasta county, which charg-
es the songster aforesaid with
"plagiarizing q horse"
The Corvallis Library Society is
discussing the question as TO wheth-
er Susin Anthony did right in voting
in New York recently. The courts
and the country await the decision
with breathless interest.
Our exchanges are considerably
agitated over our Indian trouble.
We are worried TO death ourselves
about it, although we never say any
thing. We prefer to let the grief eat
into us--eat into US silently.
There were 237 divorces granted
in San Francisco last year, divided
as follows: For desertion, 60;
crueltry, 81; adultery, AZ; intem-
perance, 10; neglect, 8; jealousy, q;
insanity, l; bigany, /; other grounds,
"a.
Mr.. Smith, of Buena Vista. in
sists that he hasn't died from injuries