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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-02

NOTICE To CoNTRACToRs.-The AL
bany Farmers Company have an adj
vertisement in this paper, calling for
sealed proposals for furnishing 300, 700
feet of fir lumber, 100 perch of stone
and 100000 cedar shingles, to be used
in constructing a large warehouse in
this city for the storage of grain. This
looks like business, and we congratu-
late the farmers upon the Inauguration
of this important, and as we believe,
wise plan for the protection of their
interests. Read the advertisement on
second page.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-02

MANUFACTORY OF AGRICULTURAL
MACHINERY. A. +. Cherry, ESQ.,,
proprietor of Albany Foundry, says if
he meets with reasonable encourage
ment from our citizens he will, as soon
as the Santiam Ditch is completed,
erect mammoth mandatory of agri-
cultural machinery in this city. There
is no better location on the coast than
Albany for such an enterprise, and
there is no better man to inaugurate
and carry it to successful establishment
than Mr.. Cherry.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-02

AN Albany youngster who had been
reading the "Burial of Sir John
Moore" was sent up town for supply
of vegetables the other day, and this
is the answer he returned to his admir-
ing ma:
"Not carrot was found, nor cabbage head
seen,
AS wandered from store to store;
Not an esculent brown. nor an onion top
green,
Do our grocery men keep any more"
The Byronical youngster was given
a fresh doughnut and permitted to
throw clods at the passers-by for the
rest of the day.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-02

GALENA LEAD MfNEs.-A company
of San Francisco capitalists will short
l1y begin work In the Galeua lead
mines of the Cascade mountains, In
Marion county. They are satisfied OF
the richness of these mines, and will
put In all the refining and separating
machinery necessary to q complete de-
velopment of the mines. DIR. Smith,
of this city. has some fine specimens of
lead from these mines.
AN ALBANY MOTHERS LovE.-We
saw the strength of mothers love
written SO touchingly of by Lamar
ten) illustrated and embellished with n
broom handle last Monday. The
daughter who was so gently caressed
flow carries her left ear In q bandana
handkerchief, and the loving mother
says she'll Lamarten times harder the
next time she undertakes to hang the
cat in the flour barrel.
-
AN OMIssIoN.-Welas last week inadver-
tently omitted to call attention to the
conspicuous new nd. of p. G. Harper &
Co. They have one of the finest assort-
ments Of goods ever brought to Albany
the stock being complete in every par
ticular. They are liberal advertisers
and honorable dealers. Give them il
call at an early date.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-05-02

Liverpool, being quoted at lbs. Id.
There is also slight advance in FRS
co as well as in our local market. We
believe Albany buyers are now offer
ing from 20 to 75c.
A. B. Paxton and Oran Rubarts of
this city, have invented new model
of a rotary engine. which is pronounced
by skilled mechanics to be the simplist
and most convenient machine of the
kind ever invented.
Our elegant friend and agent at
Roseburg, Hon. l.. f. Lane, Capt.
Hedges, Sheriff of Clackamas county,
and Mr.. Newell, City Recorder of East
Portland, threw their benign coun-
teDances in sight yesterday.
The Harrisburg Chinamen, whom
we mentioned last week as having re-
fused to pay their county taxes, after
being compelled to work three days on
the roads under the threatening club
and corrugated brow of Supervisor
Greenwood, at last becamei disgusted
with that sort of thing and grumbling-
ly pungled the necessary cash.
Jed Butler, the gentlemanly and
efficient Oregon agent of the Conti-
mental Life Insurance Company, de-
signs establishing his headquarters at
Lebanon. He represents one of the
most reliable Life Insurance Companies
In existence. A. f. Sayrs, ESQ.,, is
resident agent in this city and is now
ready to take your applications for
policies.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
A Child Born With 4 ChigHUn.

A respectable lady living in tho
western portion Of the county has
given birth to chilli, which lived
four doys, the most extraordinary of
any of which l ever heard. Indeed,
it was SO plain that 10 person could
fail to sec the perfect resemblance to
that piece of head gear. The pccu-
liar appcndoge was composed of II
muscular or ilcshy substance exactly
resembling chignon. 1t was tho
largo numbers called to G' see "'i this 1r- re-
maLkable natural curiosity. Some
time before the birth of the child,
quite number of ladies, including
tho mother, weIe talking and jcsting
about chignons. The above is vouch.
ed for by one of our most respectable
citizcns.-1"ytor Con"N (hy.) Let.
ter 10 Ltbdnoa ,StanHu,d.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
The Horse and Mule Trade,

Every business seems to suffer
under the present depressed monetary
condition of the country.
The horse and pule trade is worse
thhu it has over been before In tho
history of this country.
A fact will show how things stand
in this line: Mr.. i. II. Bryant, a
drover, whom the Camden journal
says is Gas clever and jolly trader
as ever came from tho Old Dominion
left Grayson county, Virginia Octo-
Der |, with 4l horses and mules
lie went South as far as Sumter, S.
c., via Jonesvillc, Etatesvilc; Char.
lotte, Lancaster and Camden. Yes.
terday he arrived in Charlotte on his
way home: lie had sold only ten
hoad of stock on tic trip. Tie says
there is greater scarcity of money
III the country than he has ever seen,
in an experience of 20 years as n ira :
der. lie is highly intelligent man;
has served in tho Virginia Legisla-
ture four years, and his statements
arc thoroughly reliable Observer.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
State PCnitcntiary.

Tho Union Herald says: General
Dennis, Superintendent. has recently
mado several important improvements
at the State fenitentiary. ilc has
had built substantial brick wall or
part of the front to take the place
of the dilapidated fence that has stood
thero. Also an inner, to protect tho
banks. He is also building sewer,
that runs from the centre of tho wings
to the river, work that has cost 4
great deal Of labor. The new wing is
being pushed along as rapidly as
possible, the second tier Of cells hav-
ing been nearly completed. New
iron Gaps have also been placed over
the key holes of the locks, which bear
Sh'e humber of the cells, and ARA to bo
neatly painted. Tho whole institu-
tion has an air Of ncatncss, charac-
teristio Of military discipline, every.
thing apparently moving along like
clock WORN.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
Where Jay Cooke & Co.'S Troubles Be

The fact seems to have been over
looked that, as fast as the net pro-
cccds of sales Of cotton seized by
Treasury agents were received ut
the depart they wero trans.
ferrcd to the vaults Of Jay Cooke 4.
Co.. and there remained until twenty
millions had accumulated in ne
possession of that firm. When tie
joint resolution of March 30, 1868,
instroduced by Senator Edmunds,
was passed, and the Cookies were com.
pclled TO disgorge, it was we'll known
that their establishment was shaken
to its very foundation. The entire
proceeds of these sales were S3I,-
052, from which are to be deducted
for expenses i'll handling the cotton,
$9,3lO,7S6 90, leaving S24, ,7o2, ,022
50 net proceeds now in Treasury to
be paid 10 claimants under the NTH
section of the Appropriation Act of
May Is, 1872. When these twcnt y
millions we're returned to the Treas.
ury Jay Cooke & Co. began to de-
cline, their mbarrassmehts incrcas.
ing until they eliminated in the re
cent grand crash - Washington Icle.
gram IN Cincinnati Commercial.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
Ironing Shirt Fronts,

In q first class laundry, stcroh is
madG IN the Usual manner; to pail
of stasoh Whole sperm candle is
used. When tho linen il dry, it is
dipped in cold starch and ironca in
tho ordinary way then it is dsmpen.
I'd NTH vet cloth aud tho polish.
iron passed OYER it. This i3 an ordi"
nary smoothing iron ground off so
that tho edges are still rounding. 10
this last manipulation the Jinon is
indebted for tho peculiar laundry
gloss We admire 30 much. but which
| many house keepers have striYcn v"in'
ly to leave upon sho wristbands md bo
SONS of their husband'S shirtS.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
WILLIAMS, g. HDAVBS.
It he Grcat Woman Novelist.

This subject reminds me Of pri
vate letter recently received from
london respecting George Eliot,
whose maiden namc was Marion
Evans, and Who is now, the wife of
George Henry Eewes. She is ragar.
dod over there as she is here, as the
first Of living English novelists.-
Though plain, she is not positively
homely, as is GENERALLY represented,
md her face, when animated by con.
versation, is said to be handsome.
Her figure is good, her bearing grace
full, and her manners elegant. Very
shy by nature, and rendered more so
by tho peculiar circu instances of her
marriage, she is averse to meeting
strangers, and is usually very rcscrv-
cd and silent in company, unless it
be composed of her inl!;uatea. Her
friends almost worship her; end
those who have met her on familiar
terms invariably speak of her as
charming. When freed from re-.
straint. when the ice is melted be-
tween her and her visitors, she talks
with wonderful ease and cloquence.
Unlike many gifted persons, sne does
not monorolize tho conversation, but
draws others out by her sensible sym
pathy with an interest in them. Not
few OF her admirers think that her
speech is even superior to her written
thought and no one can fully appre.
ciate George Eliot until he has beard
hor talk.
On her manuscript she tolls tro-
mendously, working op an average of
six hours day, and rarely accom-
pli&hing in that time more than three
hundred or four hundred words.
Herr labors are so exhaustive that she
dcyotes all the remainder Of her time
to recreation aud rest. Sho has been
urged to abandon literary labors for
the benefit af her health but she is
unwilling to do SO declaring she could
not live without writing that whiting
more than aught else, constitutes her
truest life. Che is exceeding ambitious ;
md, conscious that she has vast
reputation to sustain, she is constant
ly striving to surpass her previous ef-
forts. Eminent rs q novelist, hor
dearest desire is to be great poet
Pt otry, indeed, she considers hct
forto, and her disappointment at the
reception Of the "Spanish Gipsy," on
which she had hoped to rest her fame,
was of the deepest and bittcrest kind.
She regards stories as altogether in.
ferior to her poetry, and is astonished
that the public can hold different
opinion. Tho extraordinary success
of "Middlcmarch" delights her, for
she admits that it is her best prose
work, and it is rarc that the judgment
of an author upon his or her labor is
thoroughly indorsod by the reader.
George Eiot's books have been
very profitable. She has published
nine or ten volumes, and received for
them nearly Sl50,0O0, having bc~n
paid $4,000 outright for "Middlc
march" alone. 1t is assorted that
she is now engaged upon still another
novel, which she expects to be her
ChGf.d cuvre, and which will not Il
finished, probably before 1878.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

CHESTER, s. c., November ], 1873.
Coz. a. COWARD, Ptinriral Niny'.
Nountain Military School, York
riNo, s. c.:
SIR:--I am in receipt of your favor
Of the goth ultimo, informing me
that you have made arrangements to
procure tho necessary arms md equip
ments for tho crops Of cadets under
your command but that you deGi"s
that will advise you whether tho
uso of guns, &c., "for school purros
os," would render ynN liable to
prosecution hndor the militia law Of
the State
In reply, 7 would inform you that
the arming aud drilling Of your corps
Of cadets, as Il part Of tho curriculum
Of your military school. will not ron,
der you liable to prosecution under
tho militia law Of tho STATE. The
prohibitions Of ecction t., chuptor IL,
Of the General Statutes, to Which
your question Doubtless relates, were
deaignc to inhahit tho formation Of
volunteer miitary organizations and
thus to pro,Aotc the cmbo'y ing Of the
arms bearing population into the
"National Guard Of ho state OF
South Cnrulina."
Such being the reason G. the law, il
follows that Jour proposed action
would not iufringc it, for it speciality
cxcmptS from military duty, ''pro-
ftssors, teachers, and students in
colleges" and "&cadcmics.' e bid
see. d.
J. would observe further, that moth
ing less than the plain and express
words Of the statute wunlI w'.rro:t u
cou:t in holding that The General,
Assembly intended to deny TO the
youth nf IT." State, the privilege Of
n''i'a'H t;j'' =, aud the physicGi
di.ci .,iiun inri,;,Ht thereto. Ia a
country like ours, whose free Inst tn
tions must find their ultimate A,iun"c
in the MARTA! prow>>s Of thc Datri,
otic citizen, it is scurl public police
to promote the cstabiishN"uL Of
n.iii.ary schools, where the Amc. lean
youth, while receiving instruction in
polite letters, and j. ihc ATS which
aoorn and elevate society in peace,
m&y be trained in the $cicncc cf
arlns, to maintain to honor, anI adj
vance the glory Of the kcpuh''" jig
war.
am, sir, very respectfully.
". j. MACKEl, Circuit Judge.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
BrcVlties.

I Tho notos of a. Il W. Sprague
have gone to protest. This is .one Of
the heaviest failures north.
! by the failure of Hoyt, Sprague &
| Co.'S woolen mills, Oswego. N. Y, five
hundred pcrsoHs have been turned
! out.
| The debt statsMeut sbows over
three million dollars increase. So
much for the result Of ring and bpcod
'ators' rule.
Spalding has beon made Bishop Of
Colorado, in tho place of the lamcntcd
Bishop Randall. The appoiutmcnt ii
q most excellent ono.
Tho press reports only three oasss
of yollow fover at Montgomery. We
learn from gentleman 5dst from
there that there nre not very many
cases; though tho disease is now on
tho decrease.
People are returning ia crowds to
Memphis, and they arc not bringing
their coffins with them, either, us the
Shreveport Times advises his people
to do.
!. Ursat ,aissfess h Anticipated in
Now York this winter. The oherfty
commissioners are preparing unoocupi-
cd city buildings for tho refuge of
thc destitute during the winter.
II. 1s. C'aHin & Co., New York,
notified the associated banks at their
meeting on Saturday, that they were
not in need of any assistance.
The Howard Association of Mem.
phis, announces that they have ample
funds for their sick, but urge re-
mittanoes to tho Mayor for tho relief
of destitution caused by the pcsti-
lcnce and temporary suspension Of
local Industries.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
Co.

him six dollars for help 70 do the
work, aud that he estimates his OWL
services ut ten dollars, making six
teen dollars rs tho entire cost Of the
work done.
! A contract was given to Mathew
| Hodge to repair piece of;oad near
Aston for nincty-ninc dollars, ID. G..
Ruff tcstiies Oh oath that tho prico
paid was, not more than Tie work
was worth, if it had been done in
inccordnnce with tho contract, but he
says that the work, was not done ac-
corling to the contract as he under
stood at tho letting, and the work
done was not worth the money paid
Martin, who recoiptea tho bill for
lodge, and received and approved
tho work. In concluding this report
We will merely romarko that the con.
tracts named arc only given as ex-
amples, of many Of tho samo sort,
showing an utter Disregard Of tho in
forests Of the County.
All which is Respectfully submit.
ted.
E. j. MEANS,
his
ISAAC EDOBsON.
mark.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

The vetaran actor, Richings, on
one occasion, at least, found that it
was aim ost as important for a supe to
know his part as for the cificf actors
In the transformation scene with
which he was used to cnd one Of his
pieces, the fats drew off for the last
tableau, and discovered his daughter
and himself in apotheosis in the
clouds. On one occasion ho was a.
little slower than usual in cha anging
his dress, and all the performers had
takon their stations for the scene as
ho osme rushing OF with his daughter
to complete the picture, when, TO his
horror, he discovered upon the clcva-
tion which they were TO occupy a
great, gaunt super in dirty tights, tin
armor, and a gilt helmet already ID
spothcosis. "What arc you doing
there, sir 2" gasped Peter, assoon as
no could find breath. "Standin' in
a hypothesis,' Responded the super,
who had evidently read tho play bills
and was proud OF his position.
"Como down, you acoundrcl /; come
down at once - calculated Peter,
who imagined the man was chatting
him. "Tho captain tod me to stand
here in this hero hypoihesis,' rcsron-
ded the super sturdily, with tho air
of Roman sentinel, ready to dio at
his post, "Bnt do your know whore
you arc, sir ~ shriekcd Peter. "You
arc in heaven, sir--in heavens and
damn it sir, no one is allowed there
but Caroline and m mvsnlf-nn nnnO
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
No Remedy at All.

The suggestion that the evils
threatened by Cmsarism will 10
avoided by tho adoption of a measure
abolishiug electoral colleges md
clecting n President by direct
popular vote would DO like building Il
fence around Vcsuvius to prevent an
eruption. Whatever merit this re-
form may have, it docs not reach the
question of CMsarism. IN. Y Her.
Gld.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

EFF ever there existed body cal
culated to stir up another body, and
set all ones nerves in huttcr, it is
that young man Swinbnruc." Thus
writes Oliver Harper, i<om London,
and adds /: He isl flea rfuily r;slA and
so tdgety that you wish he wound
keep still for just one moment. Flo
lives with lis father q short dis
tanco from town, and every how and
then he escapos, takes o run up to
London, and has sstime." "But,'
says O. Harper, 'he seems to have
the kindest feeling for his fellow men
10 see his faihous poet (Swinburnc)
writc a terrible experience. He
took sudden inspiration in my
room one. day, and without word Of
explanation DR. apology; seated hinl-
self at my writing table, displaced
all my thugs, and commenced wri.
ing. His whole face worked vehe-
ment he pounded steadily with his
left hand on the table, and his feet
kept time In unison with his body to
the mohotoDous humping. AS soon
as he lad Abished, he jumped
up, seized his hat, and with hur.
ried good BY rushed off to find
bis fried, Watts, to whom lie always
submits every line for cfitism. His
handwriting is rs oraaky and ner-
vous as his manner.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

A Terrible Eruption of Mount
htnS, with attending destructive
SarIhTuaEes in tho surrounding coun.
try, is reported. Compared with
this great volcanic mountain of Sicily
VesuVius is molchill, and compared
with the many disastrous eruptions of
lttna from time to time those of
esuvius, excepting that which
buried the pretty old Roman cities of
Hcrculanum and Pompeii, have been
small affairs Among the most dis.
astrous of the eruptions Of Etna of the
present century were that Of 1880,
when several villages wcrc destroyed
and showers Of the volcanic ashes
reached even to Rome, and that of
1882, when the town of Bronte was
destroyed.-N. Y. Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
ShkEsstlvs,
fho Washington Chronicle aptly

says:
"Tho financial affairs Of South
Carolina are in a bad condition. If
one!haf Of her Statesmen wcrc nut
to work on some Of her uncultvatcd
plantations she would soon got out of
debt. This is the true course Of her
relief"
That's where they would have been
to day. if it had not been for such
men as Forney e Co.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

The last Of the Modocs are near
their destination, which is tho horths
west corner Of tho Indian Territory
"a perfect paradise compared with
their dcsulato lava beds Of Oregon.
Tho tribe rs thus cxterminated, in
being absorbed among the numerous
remnants gathered into the Indian
Territory of various tribes otherwise
extinct.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
E. j. MEANS,
his
ISAAC EDOBSON.
mark.
Committee Grand Jury.
Boiler Explosion al Greenwood.

On Saturday afternoon last, at
about 3 o'clock, the boiler of the
steam mill Of Mr.. YIN. II. Bailey, of
Greenwood, exploded, communicate.
ing fire to the building, aud 81 scri.
ously injuring the colorcd fireman,
Bob Sims, that he died in about Xix
hours. Mr.. Bailey was in the mill
at tho time Of the explosion and vas
so fastened in by the falling tim1crs
that it was with great difficulty that
he was rcscured from the flames. A
colored woman was badly burut.
The wheat, corn and saw mills, to.
gcther with the cotton gin and press,
and some sixteen or tightecn bales Of
cotton, were burnt. and the loss is
estimated at $1,000. There waa no
insurance. The cause assigned for
the cxplosin was the forcing of cold
water into the heated boiler, when
the wafer was low ALLeriHe Ban-
2lcf.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

Twenty tons Of frozen beef wore
Slipped from Melbourne to England
in August in the ship Norfolk. Tho
meat had boon frozen by now pro-
cess patented by Mr.. James Harm"
son, patcntoe oI the mcthod by which
leo is manufactured in Australia.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

Some Of tho trees in Arkansas a, t
said to be as deadly ~ the upas troc.
One Of them, slim Gin tree non;
EIgiu, las been 'hc death .. twelve
men already. For particulars, in'
Quirc Of Judge lDnch.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

At the spcoial meeting Of tho
House. Of bishops Of tho Episcopal
Church, hold in Now York or
Friday, Rev. j. T. Spaulding, of tho
diocese Of pittsburg, was unanimous
ly chosen Bishop of Colorado, Wyo-
ming and New Mexico, in place of
tho late Bishop HanGail.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12
Kings Mountain Military School.

YonnvILLr, S. c., November 4, 1878,
10 the Editor cf the Yorhuiitc En-
quircr -
With Judge Mackcy's permission,
l beg that you will publish in your
columns the following letter received
from him in reply to lcy request that
ho would give his opinion on the in.
tcnS and bearing Of the Militia law
of the State, as to the use of arms and
military discipline in tho orGani2a
tion and government of scooIs.
Very respectfully, your OBJ sor-
Want,
A. COWARD,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

Conductors on the North Missouri
road are supplied with silver, and
make change with all tho eclat Of ol i
time bank cashiers.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

If it BIO true, na is asserted, that
the population of Rhode Island has
increased 20 much as to become a
littlo crowded, VIC would suggest that
tho Governor hire one or tvo fami
lies to leave the State.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

Four hundred men have been dis.
oho rgcd from tho Navy Yard at
Portsmouth, y. II.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-12

Frank Leslie owns seventeen pub
lications--wcckly, fortniEhtly and
monthly. Four Of those are printed
in Gcrman. His yearly profits
aihount to $500, 600. Tho Chimney
Corner is the most profitable. The
Weekly and the Budget Of Fun come
ncyt,