The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-08-14
PACIFIC COASTERS.

W at Inc town OF New Tacoma.
st Jacob Kiser, of Slverton, died at
T. Harrisburg last Friday OF heart dis
re ease.
d E. E. Kinney IS Co. are building a
:" new grain warehouse at Turner's
Il Station.
g Rev. j. L. Parrish, of Salem. has
S taken the Christian Advocate forty.
y six years.
d A large quantity of Government
s freight was received at Vancouver
g last, week.
Q A number of immigrants, from Mis-.
: sissippi, are expected to arrive in Ben
+ ton county this tall.
= The hills of Baker county are cov-
c cred with grouse. They subsist on
: a species of the currant.
5 A raft containing 100000 feet of
: logs, reached the Tacoma mills the
, other day from Mud Bay.
In the Long Tom region harvest is
under full headway and wages are
from 81 so to 81 per day.
} The steamer Otter is to be taken
above the Cascades, and put on the
route between that place and the
Dalles.
The Sisters will open their school
at Jacksonville on Monday, August
17th, after a vacation of several
weeks.
The new paper, the Baker city
Journal, is dead Its whole existence,
covering three or four issues, was
sickly.
Rye Valley mining camp, Baker
county, is very active and bids fair to
rival Silver City, in the Owyhee, in
richness.
The main span of the bridge across
the willamette at Springfield is fin
iShed. The public expect to cross on
the bridge by the lst., prox.
David Cronemiler of Jacksonville,
has received the appointment of Dep
uty Great Sachem of the Improved
Order of Red Men for District No. /.
Joseph Douden, of Sans Valley,
Southern Oregon, this year cultivated
crop of oats which averaged 1875 l
bushels to the acre. Who can beat |
that? I
An organized band of petty thieves
is supposed to exist at Boise City c
The larders of many people have i
lately been depleted by their depreda- c
tions. I
The fishery at Rogue river is doing S
nothing at the present time, as the t
fishing season is past. The proprie- t
tors are making preparations for a t
grand catch this fall. a
A man in Auburn, Baker county, is C
in bad fix. Mrs. Chamberlain, q s.
spiritual medium, tells him he has a a
lizard an inch in diameter, and alive
and kicking, in his stomach. =
The mill at Port Oxford is cutting v
lumber and the railroad to the choice IL
cedar is fast being completed. The Of
mill will be cutting lumber for ship st
ment by the first of September. W
Never since the first settlement of di
Benton county has there been such tt
IN acreage of grain to cut, aud never g
we're the farmers more intent on their g
work. Harvesting is all the go. W
T. l., Davidson, Chairman of the to
Committee on Printing, of the State CT
Agricultural Society, awarded the
contract yesterday to Z. NJ, Waite, M
whose bid was the lowest sent in. la
A pair of fine horses belonging to A
Mr.. ButterfelG, of Lane county, were OC
lrowned near Eugene a few days ago. 10
They were driven upon some floating bt
rush which the driver thought was SC
old. U
The survey of the proposed road v
Ip tho Sqntiam and across the Cas- II
ade Mountains, cost Marion county E'
1889 10. The County Court OF. that II
ounty has ordered the location OF re
he road.
A Baker City correspondent, un. e.
10: date of the 18th, writes that Crow ca
Bulger, had struck an extension Of Ia'
he Bailey Bros ledge, in which was no
rich pocket, turning out 81 and SO oe
o the pan. Oh
A man and his wife both cloped W
rom Kearucy City, Nebraska, on the s''
anne night a short time ago, each DC
noying a note for the other, saying tN'
hey had gone for good. 1.-TWO souls WI
With but single thought" pc
The Sheriff of Union county was rel
a Baker City last Monday with an tee
flidavit for the arrest of an individual
AIMED Jones, charged with burglary, a q
ommitted in Union county The 40 Co
used was arrested aud taken back TO in
Jniou county for examination, wi
Gov. Solomon informs the 7raa- ito
cript that all the Cinnamon have all
Gen discharged from the coal mines Inc
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