The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-11-21

ana said: - should like to have
sleeping berth, ifyou please" "Wh,
} where have you been sleeping thei
last two nights since we startedi
.sWa'al, I've been sleeping a top
: a sick man, but he's got better nov
and won't stand it no longer.
! A girl Of the season comments thu
: oil Mormonism: Chow absurd! fou
or five wives to one man, when th
fact is, each woman in these time
ought to have four or five husbands
II would take about that number t
support me .decently."
Yesterday afternoon the Coivalli
city authorities formally turned owe
"Big Six" to Young America Engin
Company No. 1. DR.. Bayley. repre-
sented the city on the occasion. FIJI
Corvallis band furnished music anc
the boys had a fine time general
ly.
Last week, while boring well OF
MIR. Miller's place, on Soap Creek, a
the depth Of forty feet the borert
struck strata Of muck and drift
wood; and fifty feet from the surface
they struck log three feet in thick.
ness, through which the augur pass
ed.
The water is becoming very scarce
in most Of the placer mines east Of
the mountains, and some who have
been mining pretty extensively are
gradually narrowing down, and it
will not be long before they will sus-
pend operations altogether until next
season.
The case Of S. Wolf against P.
Adams, for $4,000 damages for
killing of the little child of plaintiff
by running over it with an omnibus,
recently tried in Wasco County, re-
suited in favor Of the defendant.
The jury acquitted defendant of care
lessness.
There have been received at the
State Library since the 10th of Sep
tember last 104 volumes of books,
including pamphlets, Of which there
are comparatively few, Since the LIST
of January there have been CAB vol
umes received, and 776since the pres
ent Librarian, Mr.. McClain, has had
charge of the Library,
The Walla Walla Spirit ofhe West
says: The reports from thenew gold
mines in the Yakima country are
anything butfavorable Several par
lies have returned during the week.
Some of them pronounce the whole
hing blk, while others say that
here is gold there, but the quantity
s insufficient to pay, At the time
hese parties left there were only
hirty or forty men there, but the
lumber has increased, probably to
100. We are now confirmed in our
pinion that the mines are not only
Inferior, but that the gold discovered
! very coarse. We hope there will
e no more "wild goose chases" ta-
en- by our people-at least this Win
9r.
The Baker City Herald of the 18th I
lys, "The Eastern-bound stage on
st Sunday night was stopped about .
'urteen miles below this city by two a
and robbed, The rob 9
BIS compelled the driver to hand S
1T the treasure box, and without +
rther molestation, ordered him to v
rive on to which peremptory COM t
and he was not long in obeying. t
acre were three passengers aboard, 1
70 OF whom were inside asleep, the ~ ~
ird being outside with the driver. 81
ie box was taken about fifty yards d
om the road, smashed to atoms Il
th stone, and the contents ex- u :,
lcted. Sheriff Shinn and his dep q
les, accompanied by H. r. Carwell, h
rly Monday morning repaired to rt
> scene of therobbery. They ira Sc Sc
l the robbers some fifteen miles -; .;
st onIthe road, at which point they 81
It all trace of them, as a great many
ins had passed over the road. We
IN that there was not to exceed
80 in the treasure box. The mails y
re not disturbed" F." h,