The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-02-07

people in that vicinity declare that
the genuine, fashioned hell is
about to reveal itself to an unbeliev-
ing world.
Jesse N. Barker Of Roseburg has been
commissioned Quarter Master of the
Oregon Militia, and @. A. Brooks, OF
Jacksonville, Assistant Quarter Mas
ter.
The Yamhill Courier is to have
new outfit, from jet black wig to
ornament its Uranium down to O pair
of Spanish spurs for its pedal extre-
mites.
A fellow stole $400 from u Cali
fornia girl and then proposed to
marry her If she wouldn't prosecute.
Peggotty was willin' but the Judge
wasn't.
Only So, 600 have been subscribed
by the Eugeners to the State Uni
versity fund. It is doubtful about
them being able to make the thing
"scour."
Washington county is to have
Radical paper. Tom Conelius
doesn't know what else to do with
his money and is going through with
it in that way.
Major Gen. Jnp. F. Miller and
Colonels Bellinger and Thompson
have arrived at home from the Mo-
doc war. They doubtless received
hero's welcome.
Eugene has established Reading
and Social Club, 80 as to keep their
young hoodlums out of worse places.
A good move, and one which Albany
might follow with advantage.
A. Bush, Esq, Of the firm Of Ladd
& Bush, bankers, Salem, has offered
to forward the amount donated by
the printers OF Oregon to the Gree
ley Monument fund free of charge.
A buxom California widow was
"fooled" by young man, and she
last week presented n pistol to bis
left ear with the loving words:
Marry me or die p He didn't die.
Gov. Stafford, of Arizona, was di-
vorced from his wife last week by
act of tho Legislature. Nothing like
being Governor when you want TO
shake off these little membranes.
james II. Borns, ex-Treasurer of
Yates county. New York, was arrest
ed in San Francisco last week,
charged with the embezzlement Of
s42. 900 Of the funds Of that county.
Ben. Holladay says he has owned
stock in every thing from Missouri
bull team to an ocean steamship line,
but the poorest investment he ever
made was in buying Z. S. Senator.
4 sen lion was observed near
Vallejo lin California; tho other day,
tossing dead sturgeon into the air,
as cat does playing with q mouse.
aud catching it again while decend-
ing.
A Salem paper says that the Capt.
tol Commissioners will organize at
once as n Board, and proceed i'm
mediatly to procure the necessary
plans and specifications; after which
it is the intention to push the building
ahead as fast as practicable.
Gov. Geary Of Pennsylvania hes
brought suit in San Francisco against
Fred Billings to recover sG9. 900 and
interest. alleged to have been loaned
the defendent in 1s49. The total
amount sued for is s4O0, 900.
And now Sam +. May, our late
slippery Secretary of State, has
joined the great Immigrators, Lish
Applegate and Jake Stitzel, in their
raid on the East and Europe. After
this who can doubt their mission?
Capt Jack asked for "big wa-wa"
with the army officers last week, but
when one OF them went near his
camp to interview him he wouldn't
come out. It is hoped this will be
the last attempt to treat with the
murderous scoundrel.
Jefferson is going to send a petit
ton to Congress asking the passage
of United States law abolishing
the manufacture and sale of spirit.
uous liquors in any of the States or
Territories. This settles it, and
the whisky shops may as we'll "shut
tup."
The editor OF the Statesman has
won a pony in raflie. And now his
troubles have commenced. He has
got to go to the expense of building
an expensive barn, oats to buy, hay
to buy. boys to get kicked, surgeons
bills to pay, and the epizootics COM
ing, too!
A Sacramento husband found out
the lover of his wife by sprinkling
the stairs with ashes and then fol-
lowing the mans tracks. The wife
says it was a mean trick and calcu-
lated to destroy the mutual conf