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

girls came out safely but have
lost confidence in the Jehu-istical
skill of Tom and Hen.
| Sections of California have been
frost. bitten" and the fruit crop
will be short.
An adjourned meeting of the Farm
er's State Convention convenes at
Salep, on Tuesday, June 10th.
The Masonic Grand Lodge meets
at Portland on Monday, June 9th.
The Grand Chapter meets on the
Friday preceding.
A fnll-blooded Ipdian girl at st.
Ignatius Mission, Montana, challeng-'
es any white girl Of her age to "write
q match" for money, marbles or
moccasins.
The effect of a newly aroused emo
ton in On Idaho convert was to in-
duce him to beat his wife almost to
death, on the ground that she was
his flesh and ought to be mortified.
Here's new feature OF the suicid-
ing business. A man named Young.
Of Westport. on the Lower Columbia,
cut his throat with u razor last Fri
day because his wife had to support
the family by teaching school.
Arizona is happy rs Territory.
Their first citizen was hanged at
Yuma City last Friday. 1t is boast
fully stated by the telegraph that he
died game" This will be great
consolation TO the world at large.
The local reporter OF the Portland
Bull tin says there is no place like
home" Then why in thunder did
lie leave there? We are quite sure
Drs. Hawthorne & Loryea treated
him rs we'll Us any of the inmates OF
the asylum.
An Arizona woman said she gave u
conductor ten dollar bill: he said it
was two; she insisted; he persisted;
she took out q revolver and snapped
it. and he gave her eight dollars bal
ance. not wishing to have any dispute
with lady.
| All quiet in the lava beds. Some
four or five Indians heads have been
forwarded to the War Department
Museum from the Modoc hcadouar-
ters. and we learn that some more
curiosities of the same kind are 10 be
sent there shortly.
J. d. Robins was found dead in
his bed last Monday. about Eve miles
west of Oregon City. In the fore-
noon he had been out shooting.
From appearances he died without q
struggle. He was undoubtedly mur-
dered for his money.
The Blue Mountain Rangers. q
Cavalry Company. organized at La
Grande, have chosen officers as fol-
lows. Captain, i. s. McComas;
First Lieutenant, w. w. Baker; Sec
ond Lieutenant, J. J. Ecoffery; Or
derly Sergeant. J. B. Thompson.
At Roseburg wedding last week
the bridegroom told the hoodlums who
serenaded him that he was happy to
,no 90 ,o,nk ..t..o.,l k.la.s - L.. ~
fairs, as he was q stranger in the
town, and smilingly told them that
when he "sold his dust, he would
treat"
From the Roseburg Piaindcaler:
Quarter master Gen. J. n. Barker has
forwarded to Jacksonville over five
tons Of freight. consisting of guns,
ammunition. raiions. blankets, etc,
for the use Of the State troops which
have been called out by Governor
Grover.
There will be o mass meeting of
the farmers OF Yamhill county at La
fayette, on the 18th of May. at 10 A.
NJ. for the purpose of perfecting the
organization of the Yainhll County
League, and transacting other bust
ness that may come before the Con-
vention.
A Monterey mule that was being
shod, out of pure malice attempted
to kick the shocr,i but missing. him
struck its own foreleg with such force
as to break it. To put the brute out
of misery he was shot. An impromp-
tu inquest was held on his body. re-
turned the verdict: "Died of pure
cussedness."
A Tumwater party chartered q
scow on the 1st. put themselves in it,
and sailed down the bay for May
day picnic. They got out of deep wa
ter too near shore and grounded. It was
impossible for them to get their boat
off, and, after spending two or three
hours in the rain, they came ashore
and walked home.
The McMinnville Reporter has an
article on "How to catch mules. !"
We don't want any information on
that obsolete subject. We caught
mule once, and that's the re ason our
spinal column is 80 short and one