The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-17
PACIFIC COASTERS.

4 4he state Fair was failure.
Union County Fair this week.
\. Baker county is to have an agricnl.
tural society.
Hedges are now the rage among
Walla Walla farmers.
Ten horses were stolen from P.
Cornasky, OF Colville, W. T. last
week. aF gefSAu
A Salem lady last week broke her
limb by stepping in hole in the
sidewalk,
The State Fair was extended into
the middle Of this week to complete
the programme.
q Over 1900 people were present at
a Sabbath School barbecue in Union
county last week. laN "
A cancerous foot Of Miss Whalin,
Of Whitman county, w. T., was am
putated last week. ~ osssz
a.D, N. Harding, Of Elko, Nevada,
last week chopped up one Thos. vii
liams with an axe. ja b5laes sriai
y A.man named Waters cut one Davis
to death with a knife in Oneida coun-
ty, Idaho, last week. s' ar
A Walla Walla greeny was taken
out sniping last week, and now the
boys all smoke cigars at his expense.
During the past twelve months the
increase Of population in the State Of
California will reach forty thousand.
A Linn County Astronomer says
the moon set 218 yards further south
one night last week than ever before.
Shotgun messengers accompany
the Montana stages now. 1t isn't
healthy for the pads to come down on
them. .',' ''t'1 '1@'.
Melons are worth dollar apiece at
at Missoula, Montana. Folks must
be anxious to establish grave yard
up there, ma..g ..
Fred. Doree, Of East Portland, last
Monday had his neck broken by being
thown out Of buggy by the sudden
start Of the team. 5.''t
The Sacramento Beet Sugar Fac
tory this year will make 5000 barrels
Of sugar, valued at over two hundred
thousand dollars. t.HA
The entire expense connected with
the murder of Benjamin Hasbook and
the trial Of Joseph Coxon, in Yamhill
county, was 50, ,425. 93 a'aM
Two foot races-one by the lean
men and the other by the fat men of
Union cornty-were run at the Fair
up there this week. .al9 aa -oa4aa
Some Walla WalIa thieves are
evidently gong on bust. They
stole 5O bottles Of whiskey from a
merchant last week. i'
A coat Of tar is said to be good for
the potato disease. It was also used
as remedy for sheep stealing mania
In Santa Barbara last week. a n
Washington Territory potatoes
nearly all have the "blight" what l
ever that. is. Hiram Smith and the ,
have it in Oregon. 9
Persons who were awarded premi- $
ums at the State Fair were paid only 6
30 per cent-the receipts of the Fair q
being too short to admit of more. Il
The Eugene Ha,okeye is to be re- g
moved toJunction City, 1t is a neat, G
sharp, snappish little sheet and will +
10 valuable help to the Junction i
SITS. tH Ht0 oI ED.t ue q
Two hundred and three teams |,
the Cozim Bridge, in Yam n
ill county, on Tuesday last, most of Il
hem loaded with wheat en- route to u
market. aa. aa 3sa9Ja1a91nHl ,n0 "
Judge Mosher, Of the I'd District, >
eqpiresal divorce cases coming be- s,
ore him to he tried in public. This
vill materially lessen the frequency
hese nuisances. y ~. 9'- ~
Earnest Deidrich, ofSan Francisco,
asst Monday ehoked himself to death - =
vita a strap. From his impecnnious 4
ppearance it is not really believed n
hat Earnest Diedrich. G
A big fight took place in a saloon = 4
Baker City on the 4th inst. One II
'Ilow had an lawful head put on g
I'M because he had the temerity to y
raw five shooter on man. = +
The new Masonic Hall at La Grande 4,
'as dedicated last Wednesday. as
frand Master Patton conducted the ta
eremonies and Past Grand Master sy 5,
'hadwick delivered the oration. u u
Greene Q. Patton, of Marion coun- &C
7, took too much poison, SO the first re
lass funeral, for which he DESIGNED til
the corpse, didn't come ~ ~
q. AS a suicder he is not q sue 81, 4,
sss. to
Two warehouses at Junction, be- th
'nging to VIM. Lemons and Bean & 'ac m
o., last Monday busted wide open, de %
ting their groaning "cargoes" Of m,
bout 10000 bushels) wheat out in tid
10 wet, ~. he
Ed. Deleshmutt, of Dalles, raised ~ ~
tomato which measured 26 inches he
eirnn M franna IA ka.l. 80 a 10y /. Ut