The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-11-06
PACIFIC COASTERS.

VIII conFeHe az GaIem next Monday
Logan Thompson, an employee Of
the Mercury office at Salem, is quite
i'll.
} Lot Livermore is lying very low
Of typhoid fever at his residence al
Pendletou.
The Herald says an immense bed OF
gypsum has been found in Rye Val.
ley, Baker Co.
Marsbfcld, in Coos county, is a
tiourishing place, and claims to have
600 inhabitants.
Pendleton is to be favored with a
grIst mill. A Agentleman named Byers
makes The venture.
Seven divorce cases are to be tried
at the term of Circuit Court at Eu.
gene City this week.
Tiger Engine Company at Salem is
making great preparations for it's
forthcoming entertainment.
A grand consolidated lecture
troupe" will soon be organized in Sa-
lem for the winter campaign.
The Salem papers mourn because
OF the absence of the vast crowds that
have lately thronged the Capital.
Snow covered the ground at Baker
City on the 25th ult., and ice formed
an eighth of an inch in thickness.
The remains OF Phil. Sheridan's
old ambulance are to be seen by the
side of Teal's wagon shop at Dallas.
A damage suit in Umatilla County
was recently tried. The plaintiff ask
ed $4,000, and the jury gave him
$3.50.
On election day in Bsmark every
saloon was closed, and good order
and good nature prevailed on every
hand.
A small tenement house at Salem
caught fire last Saturday and the De.
partment was out in time. Damage
slight.
A man hauled 2O,O4O pounds of
freight into Jacksonville last week
with one team, but he used eight
horses.
Every act passed by the recent
Legislature has been signed by the
Governor and filed with the Secretary
of State.
james Morrell, sent to the peniten-
tiary from Jackson county, for term
OF four years, has been pardoned by
the Governor.
The highest peaks in Colorado are
covered with four feet of snow, while
those Of Utah have but a few inches
of the beautiful.
Judge Humason, OF the Dalles, re-
Gently purchased two-year old colt
from Mr.. Stricklin, of Clackamas
County, for 5000.
Southern Oregon claims some dis
tinction in the building stone line, and
specimens have been sent to the Cap.
itol Commissioners.
On Saturday, the 23d ult., snow
fell in the Blue Mountains, and in
close proximity to the foothills, to
the depth of one foot.
The Indians camped in the immedi.
ate neighborhood ofThe Dalles make
night hidous with their songs, beating
Of drums and war dances.
There are SO candidates for Mayor
in Baker City, Half dozen more
citizensFwould be eligible if the wo.
men could hold Office there.
The case of the State of Oregon VS.,
Oscar Clark, for incest, was tried at
Pendleton last week, and the jury re- s
turned verdict of mot guilty"
Eight beautiful Angora goats, the !
of John Hunter, were taken q
over to Col. Taylors Clalsop farm, t
asst Monday, from Marion county. /
Washington Territory comes into j
he list of grain shipping countries.
Whatcom sent 100 tons OF wheat to \
san Francisco this week BY the bark l
Termanid, {
Aeneas Ants, of Corvallis, is desir- o
'us Of learning the whereabouts of [
is son, John ANTI, who left Corvallis c
a 1862 aud has not been heard from 0
y his father since. n
Mr. M. w. Fisk, of Grant county, '
old his stallion, Blue Mountain Boy, n
nat he had on exhibition at the late v
tate Fair to Mr. Walker of Oregon b
lily, for the sum of 5000. y
1t is reported that Hon. NJ. VIII a.
ms, President ofthe Oregon State o.
,gricultural Society, intends to visit
10 Centennial Exhibition at Philadel. l.,
Ma in 1876, to represent the Society m
ere, h
The Methodist Church at Oregon
ity has been repaired and looks very b
'at, The Episcopal Church at the p,
me place is now about completed q
d also presents a handsome appear p
oe. Sc
The Coos Bay Ne,cs learns that the ed
% little steam schooners Cordoba th
d T,cia Sisters have been lying at pI
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