The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-05

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of the section Of road east from the
mouth Of Snake river, the materials =
will have tobe transported up me ne
.EColambia, ,and the present road will
bo insufficient to make the portage,
This new piece ofrOad will no doubt
Iultimately'bo.a q part Of the through
Nine. -
The Lewiston Signal reports quite
a smallpox scare in the Spokane
country. and several deaths have
been reported among the Indians
From what we can learn, the disease
is confined for the present entirely
among the Indians.
Mr.. Leander Starr, living near
Monroe, met with very severe ac-
cident on Tuesday of last week, BY
the accidental discharge OF shot'
Gun. The entire charge Of bird shot
passed through his left hand, fear
fully mangling the same.
A Yamhill farmer named Durham
made three revolutions around the
tumbling-rod of threshing machine
a few day since, at the rate of Soo
revolutions per minute. Two more
revolutions" would have wound him
and his earthly career up at the same
time.
On Wednesday, Ed. Crandall.
pump manufacturer in La Grande,
met with severe accident. While
handling a pump log his footing gave
way and he fell backward, the log
falling on his right leg just above the
ankle, breaking the front bone. His
ankle was also thrown out Of joint.
A man at the Meadows, Umatilla
county, was stacking hay one day
last week, and after finishing the
stack, slid down the side of the stack,
coming in contact with a pitch-fork
handle, which ran into his body, in
Aicting very serious wound. The
physicians say his recovery is doubt
full. Clark is his name. ,.se
The Plaindealer is informed by
Mr.. A. Marks, President of the Ex-
celsior Lime Company. that for the
present work has ceased at the quar-
ry. The railroad tariff is SO high as
to render it impossible for this lime
to compete in Salem and Portland
with the Santa Cruz lime.
The editor of the Olympia Courier
has work on medicine published in
1850 by Balthazar Arnoullet, Of
Lyons, and written by jain Ruellius
of Scissors. It's nomenclature gives
the names of every plant, animal and
substance in Greek, Latin, Gallo,
italian and German. As q relic of
the olden time it is venerable.
We learn that on monday last,
Captain Powell had q fine team
drowned at the Dayton ferry. He
was descending the hill to the boat
with a heavy load of lumber, when
the brake gave way, the wagon lurch-
ed forward, and the horses, not be-
ing able to control it, were crowded
quickly into the river and drowned.
The Historian of the, LIST says: Yes.
terday G.. w. Wood, of this county,
and young man with him, upset
about half mile off shore, near the
upper town, when coming down in a
small sail boat. They got ashore in
a canoe, and their boat was picked
up by B. F. Stevens, of the Astorian
office, who went to their relief in
another boat, just in the nick of time
and prevented frst-class sensation.
Senior P. G. Armijo, of Albuquer-
que, New Mexico is probably the
most extensive sheep raiser in the
world. His herd at tho present time
over half million. He
supplies with mutton nearly all that
section Of country embraced within
jhe Territories of Colorado, New
Arizona and Montana, and
md the States of Kansas and
Nebraska.
A most daring robbery was perpe-
rated in Oregon City last Saturday
'vening. As we learn the case,
bout Ii O'Clock on that evening two
masked men effected an entrance to
he sleeping apartment of Mrs. M.
Kelly, which is directly in the
ear of her store on Main street, pre-
ented a pistol to her head and
threatened to shoot if she made any
oise or refused to deliver up her
loney. She had in her room $3.50
l currency, which the robbers OBJ
lined and left with. This, we be-
eve, is the most daring robbery
yer perpetrated in our city, occur
ng as it did at such an early hour
the evening, and the house being
tuated in the most central part Of 3
wn. 1t is to be hoped that the n