The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-04


JVe hear of lamentable acciden,
which occurred in sweet Home Valley,
this county, last saturday, whereby a
young man, named Ezra Paddock,
aged about twenty-five, lost his life.
1t appears that on the day previous a
hunting party had killed female cou-
gar, and as it was known she had
young ones IN the neighborhood, the
party of whom young Paddock was
one--went baclS on Saturday in search
of the kittens They shortly dis
covered one in n sapling and Paddock
deposited his gun In the brush and. as
sisted the party in an attempt to dis
lodge it by shaking the tree. The Mt
tempt proving frnitless, Paddock
stepped back into the brush for his
gum, resolving to shoot the animal.
In q moment or two the report of the
gun was heard; and, the hunters, not
seeing the cougar fall, turned to revile
Paddock for his poor shot, when they
saw him faliing to the ground. One
of them Immediately sprang forward
and inquired what was the matter.
The unfortunate young man was bare
~ able to articulate that he had shot
himself by carelestly drawing the gun,
by the muzzle, from the brush, when
life became extinct. The bullet enter
ed his left breast, and, passing up
war !, penetrated his neck and severed
tn, At To- -.
Sweet Home Valley, and are quite
aged, and his death will be severe
blow to them.
A FIRST Glass IRISH JoURNAL.-
We have received the initial No. of
1.-The dmericdn Gael,n large sixteen
page paper, published In New York
City, and edited by John o. lnahony.
1t is devoted to the cultivation and
perpetuation, in the hearts of the Irish
nation in America, feelings of love
and respect for their fatherland, and
for the grand old race to which Ii right
fully belongs; to inspire and urge them
to labor incessantiy, with heart and
brain and hand. for the national indie
pendence of Ireland, and for the free
dom, honor and happiness of their
own oppressed kith and kin who still
cling fondly TO the homes OF their sires
upon their ma i've soil" 1t is undoubt-
edly the ablest Irish-American journal
of the age, and should he most heartily
sustained. The price is only $50 per
annum.
CANT FIND 'EM.-Items are s'powerful
scarce' this week. The whole Aibany
world seems to stand still and breath
les, poised upon one foot, waiting
expectantiy for the booming of fire
crackers, the swapping of anviis and
the rafting of bells that will usher in
our country's natai day. Not an atom
OF an item is TO be CLEANED from the
people who silently watch and wait for
the eagles sereech and the flags fiutter.
and not a ..hootern- of sensation Is
rusting the breeze throughout our
virtuous and upright county. Not
youthful indiscreiion or a .'purtarbed
state OF min.r' are known to exist in
our community, and the bovine quad
repeds have even dcsisted from ehaw-
ing the dead bark off of our decaying
shade trees. In this view of the case
who so dead to all human sympathy
as to censure It's for shortness OF local
news?
aak
Sabbath, at campmeeting, whiiea a very
handsomely dressed young man was
waiting at his horses head for his lady
love, he desired to demonstrate to the
other admiring girls how familiar he
could he with his gallant charger, and
put the head of the noble beast in his
bosom, and just then the animal sneez-
ed, and-well, anyone who has seen
hose sneeze can picture to himself the
state of that shirt bosom, and collar,
and vest, just as viyidIy as the old
masters could do it. Those who heard
that nice young man call upon bis lady
love Immediately after now know her
name-it Is ''Helei. B.azes."
BOUND TO HAVE ORDER.--A new
deputy official appointed for the occa-
sion, made times lively among the
hoodlums at the Roberts bridge camp
meeting last Sabbath. Before he had
been half an hour in Office il was con-
sitiered unsafe to whisper within mi e
of the grounds, and by the time half
the day had expired the folks only
dare gasp for breath when his back
was turned. The. campmeeting ex-
pired Sabbath night, and so did the
vigilant deputy's scommish."
RUNAwAY.-LastF Friday Nr. Robert
Fosters team took umbrage at some
unknown insult, and fed from the
streets of Albany in precipitate hasse,
taking a covered hack along as me-
mento of their flight. They struck for
home, five miles distant, and upon
their arrival there they only had a
portion of. the running gears" of the
vehicle and few leather straps strung
to them. 1t will cost Mr.. Foster about
s25 to get the apparatus in running
order again.
WILL LEAVE Us.-We sincerely re-