The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-09

Geo. Cline, the mail carrier betweeI
Alden, Pitt River, and Redding
California, was last Saturday mur
dered. One John Baker will proba.
bly, pull hemp for it.
In Austin, Nevada, the chickens
are suffering with scarlatina, whoopine
cough, measles, epizootic, doloreaux
| stomach-ache or something which
hurts equally as bad.
A. G. Brelsford, Of Portland, jump
ed overheard while on his way to Sal
Francisco by steamer last week an(
was never more seen. All because
his wife got a divorce.
Western women are grumbling ter
ribly because the managers of the ag
ricultural fairs don't give at least
years notice when they offer prizes
for the finest babies.
Jas. A. Stewart, of jackson county
last week had his eye kicked from the
socket, by a vicious horse. The
doctor put the eye back and SteWart
lives to larrup the horse.
That spicy little gopher, the jack
sonyille Times, has begun its 4th vol
ume. It is among our spicyest ex-
changes, and is Democratic to the
core. Long may it grind.
j. W. Hopkins has been arrested
in Walla Wallarecently, charged with
completely in a murder committed in
Missouri. He was taken back on a
requisition from the Governor.
The fellow who figured this out
must have had worms: The total
cost of fences in California is $780,
900, 900. Annual cost of same inclu-
ding repairs and interest $8,0O0,OO0
A wife at Yuba Dam, CAL, had an
advertisement in the newspaper for
bidding saloon keepers furnishing
her husband with whisky. Meantime
the husband is drunk every day and
retorts: "Yuba Dam (hic) cant help
It'll"
Brig. Gen. Ross, of the State Mil
itia, has returned to Jacksonville
from visit East. Be it said to his
credit that he is the first Modoc hero
who has gone East that didn't lee
ture.
The Baker Herald talks Of printing
a book III the Chinese language. All
they need to do the work successful
ly is full font of Chinese type and
a Mongolian typesticker and proof
reader.
A poor California farmer has just
sold his ranch for 100000. If he had
got little more money for it he
would have had hope of living
through the rest of the winter with
out work.
Miss Mary Guntley, of Mendocino,
Cal, wore large chignon and lean
ed over the lamp. She now has nei-
ther false nor genuine hair, and has
to go about with her head bound up
in a red bandana.
Archibald Garrison Stokes, County
Judge of Stanislaus county, was
thrown from his buggy, last Saturday,
and instantly killed. His name
had something to do with
frightening the horse.
"The evidence shows that he sot
up with her night after night, and
hey squoze hands and talked soft,
md I think she ought to have about
S23 damages"--was the charge OF an
IDAHO Judge to a jury.
Cinnamon in San Francisco are
4pt scholars in hoodlumism. Six of
hem last Sunday entered house
by China women, threw red
'epper in the latter's eyes and robbed
hem of all their possessions.
A number of the Corvallis ladies
ct beautiful boards and received calls
N New Years Day. We had the
'leasure of calling on Mrs. DR.. Bal
ey and her accomplished daughter
nd were most elegantly entertained.
A Virginia City (Montana) lunch
end has bet $3.50 that he can eat l .
90 eggs 1000 hours. He is at it
ow in one of the restaurants of that
lace, and ought to furnish a second
lass job for an undertaken as soon as
Q wins his bet.
A car load of manageable young
ldies $50 in number) arrived at
ruckee, Nevada, from Massachu- l
9tts, last month. So far not one of {
lem has been gobbled up, the Neva-
a boys prefening to patronize home /
lanufactlTe first.
A Washington Territory paper t
rikes a note of times in thisfashion; !
Farmers selling their wheat for 40 :
'nts a bushel and county officers !
nd at the rate of $4,000 a year. S
ur Legislative Solons should have
vote of thanks"
The wedding cake of San Jose ;
'uple recently married weighed for +,
pounds and was in the form of a !
rec story brown-stone front, with =
sugar bride and bridegroom COM {
g out of thef front, and, like the real !;
uple, too sweet To last