The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-01-03
PACIFIC COASTERS.

The Christmas exhibition by the
school at Newport, on Yaeuina Bay,
under charge of Mrs. H. Denlinser,
was success.
The late rise in the Wallamet COM
PEELED the Salem -four mills to sus-
pend operations.
The State Board of Equalization
a. Salem will complets their labors
sometime in January.
Lycurgus Vineyard, of Polk coun-
ty. has fallen heir to s10e, 900 left
him by his grandfather.
The funeral of Father Waller at
Salem last Friday was attended by a
large concourse of people.
The heaviest gale of the year at
Olympia blew for about six hours on
Monday, the 23d ult.. at night.
The boats now reach Lafayeett
with regularity and merchandise, and
leave with dispatch and wheat.
Ike Bowman, of the Idaho Forld.
fell down on the sidewalk in Idaho
City, one day last week, and broke
his arm.
1t is rumored that the earthquake
shook the spectacles from the nose
OF a somewhat distinguished pro.
lessor at the Forest Grove Uniyer-
sity.
Baker City proposes to dig three
wells and buy fire engine to afford
protection against the "devouring
clement. according to local paper.
"Devouring clement" is new.
Miss Speake. of Olympia. who was
taken to the Insane Asylum at
Steilaeoom about two months ago a
raTins maniac, has returned home
happily restored to mental health.
The farmers in the neighborhood
OF Salem are beginning to make fuss
about the frequent mistakes of tie
sports, by which domestic ducks
find their way into city made st .ws.
Some Indians are reported to have
been killed by the earthquake near
White Bluffs on the Columbia bv
the rocks shaking loose and rolling
down into their camp, which was
near the bluff.
Says the Eugene Guard: "This
region was visited on Monday night
by most severe storm of wind and
rain The river at Springfield on
Monday was fordable, and on Tues
day was Sc high that ferrying was re-
garded as extremely hazardous. and
the boat tied up
The Walla Walla Statesman saws:
"The accounts that reach US seem /
to indicate that the further north, |
the greater the severity of the earth
quake. There is report that up in
the Spokane country the ear!h
opened and swallowed up number
OF Indians and their horses.
The good people of Dallas, Polk
county, are in quandary about
their Justice of the Peace. He has
left the county without resigning, is
under bonds for perjury, and is very
mich disliked on general principles.
WHAT to do in the premises they do
not know, and have finally applied
to legal counsel for aid.
The following named gentlemen of
Corvallis have incorporated them
selves into a Library Association !:
D. Il. Bayley, Emery Allen. J. Fl.
babcock, John Burnett, J. S. Pal,
mer, ". T. johnson, B. W. Wilson.
M. Jacobs and D. Z. Nesbit. The
capital stock has been fixed at S., coo. 4
divided into one-hundred shares.
Stock books will be opened in a few
days.
On the islands late in dispute
between England and America, of 4
which San Juan is.the principal one,
here are about $50 inhabitants
San Juan Island alone has nearly
350 inhabitants, and 65 farms.
Orcas Island has 165 inhabitants.
md 40 farms. Lopez Island has
I35 inhabitants, and 25 farms-and
few inhabitants on the smaller is Y
ands.
The Chinese in and around Edo
'ado, Baker county, are becoming
very industrious, and when they can
lad nothing else to do, they help
clean up other peoples mining 7
claims. For displaying this accom- j
spirit two "Johns" recently
nad to go to jail for twenty-five days.
A correspondent at Yakima writes
is that the earthquake at that place
vas quite severe. There were three
distinct shocks. The Indians on
Rock Island say the mountain at
hat place rolled down and killed
'hree persons. On the Snoqualmie
Pass the shock was SO hard as to
shake man off his feet. At Yakima
jity the people rushed out of doors
n cr,.oak tat e IL