The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-06

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ted from an educational institution
suicided at Los Angeles last week
He couldn't stand SO much greatness
-and he entirely out of whisky, too
A writer is out in a Puget Sound
paper against whipping school chill
dren. He has wisely kept his name
concealed from the public for fear o.
being cmothered by hoodlum ca.
resses.
Forty-four restless spirits OF Doug
las county have signed a call for ar
independent convention to be held
in Roseburg on the 7th proximo, to
nominate candidates for county Offices
of that county.
No stock, we are informed, has suf
fered for food in Wasco county this
winter. Hay is quite plenty there
but further east there IS less hay and
consequently some destitution among
the large herds.
A young Salem dandy jumped of
the cars while in motion. The mud
hole wasn't very'deep, but it managed
to take him out of sight all but the
toes of his patent feathers. He now
wears his working brothers over-alls.
Senator Kelly has introduced a bill
in Congress providing for the payment
of Col. w. L. White, of Oregon City,
for services rendered by him while
Clerk in the Land Oficein 1860. The
amount of the claim is about $4,000.
The certainty of the early downfall
of the American Republic is now set
tied beyond all cavil, as a debate on
this subject at Salem last week result
ed in a decision in the affirmative.
We want to settle up and move to
Cuba.
r. G. Kinney & Co., OF Salem, have
chartered two vessels, and want still
another, to load at Astoria with grain
and flour for Liverpool. These
gentlemen are fast attaining to the
distinction OF the heaviest exporters
in the State.
The citizens of Ochoco are circulat-
ing petition, which will be presented
to the County Court of Wasco coun.
ty, asking for the location Of a road
from that valley to the summit of the
Cascades, connecting with the propos-
ed road from Salem to Eastern Ore.
gon,
Three children have just been sent
all the way from Wyoming Territory
to Portland, Oregon, tc attend school.
That's the Territory inwhich the wo-
men vote and hold office, and we sup
pose they havn't time to attend to such
trivial matters as educating their chill
dren.
John A, Womack will deliver a
lecture on the doctrine OF Evolution
and Symbolism Of the sublime at the
Eugene Court House on Thursday,
February 5thD We don't think Johns
lecture will be s1ccess-the English
language doesn't furnish words big
enough to fill his mouth for the salts
factory and euphonious alucidation of
the carenthenious merisphatic ingenio
magnum bonum. Was it?
A Aletter from Linkville to Jackson
vile Sentinel, dated January Goth
says: Our snow storm is one of the
heaviest for years. On Saturday morn
ing the thermometer stood at twelve
degrees below zero. Yesterday it
was warmer, showing all day, with a
heavy. wind from the south. Snow
from l6 to 20 inches deep in Link
river valley, over three feet at Swan
lake, and two feet deep on Sprague
river. Without doubt by this time
the roads between here and Goose
Lake are impossible. Unless the
storm abates and the weather moder-
ates soon, one-half or more of the stock
in this country must perish"
The S, f. Sun, last week slandered
the mother and sisters of Chas. De
Young, of the ChroRicIe, whereat the
latter knight of the quill and paste
pot showed himselfa a true knight of
honor as well by proceeding to larrup
the slanderer like blazes. die next
proceeded, with a hatchet, to pie and
demolish the type of the S,m office,
after which he had the editor, the pro-
prietor and all the printers put in Jail
for libel, That was last Saturday |
Tho kilograms of Monday say: "The
war between the Chronicle and ,S,a,
assumed moro seriouse aspect to-
day. About halfpast . o'clock, Nap.
thaly, editor of the San, left the city
prison in custody of officer McMahon,
for the purpose of procuring bail.
The two were crossing Sansome street,
on California, when Gus DeYoung ap-
preached from behind, and when
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