The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-01-23

! The Masonic fraternity of Corvallis
have just received bran new organ
for use in their lodge room.
The Agricultural College at Cor
wallis is prepared to liquidate all out
standing warrants on its Treasury.
1t costs $25 to take a fellow from
Salt Lake to Gtiana, and four times
that amount to bring him back, {
deluded and busted individual.
About one-half of the voters ir
Montana are said to be applicants fol
some Of the Offices to be given out by
the Legislature now in session.
The new marble mint in San Fran.
cisco is turning yellow-not from the
gold striking through from the inside
but bcause the stone is of inferior
quality.
A doformed, idiotic Digger Indian
with hair ingonously glued to his per
son to represent an animals hide, has
been on exhibition in San Francisco
as the "Bear Boy
A. Nevada clergyman was compell-
ed vacate his charge without taking
formal leave, because he was SO fas-
tidious that "he would not even hold
the stakes for a scrub race"
Miss Ida Solomon, Just from Berlin,
Prussia, was married at Seattle few
days ago, to Mr.. Jacob Davis of that
place. Ida came all the way from
the "IFaderland" to Puget Sound to
wed the man she loved,
Douglas county can boast of lady
who has beou married nine times, has
eight husbands living, and is living
with none ofthem. More than this,
she has a daughter who is now %
years of age, and living with her third
husband.
On Sunday afternoon a Chinaman
deliberately jumped into slough at
Sacramento ard drowned. The Chi.
nese say the devil prompted him TO do
it. "What pity" says the Sacra-
mento Record, "he can't coax more
of them to do likewise"
A Mrs. Flournoy, of Douglas ooun-
ty, was driving u neighbours hcgs off
her premises last week, and the own.
er of the hogs was sd exasperated be,
cause she called the dogs to help her,
that he pursued her and fred off his
revolver, but did not hit anything,
A wedding party wes busted up in
Jackson county recently because the
bride fatty refused to be "spliced,'
She gave herreason that shehad found
ont the old rooster to whom she had
hervows was furtherad advanced
in years than he let on to be when he
was shining up to her.
The most fckle of her sex lives in
Oakland, California, When about to
be married she insisted that the cere-
mony should be performed in French
and postponement was had until the
next day A French minister was
then on hand, aud she thereupon re-
fused to bo marrod at all.
Down in Texas horse thieves 60 in
gangs, headed by pretended clregy-
man, who getsup prolraoted and zeal
GUS meetings, while he is taking the
congregation upward on tho wings Of
his eloquence the rank and file make
q descent, steal all the horses, and are
off before their presence is known,
A painting deer, chased by hounds,
came up to woodman working near
the Umpqua bridge last week, aud af-
ter ho had driven the dogs OIL, the
deer remained with him all day, al.
lowing him TO iondle il, and appear
ing to feel lively sense of gratitude
for the mans interference iu its be-
half
A Nebraska paper tells the story Of
! country woman who made her first
attempt to get into the Courthouse I
yard through tho patent baek.action
gate, She opened the gate, went
hrough, as she supposed, aud shut
herself out on the same side seven
lines, then calculated "meroifal sakes,
climbed over the fonee,
Snch has been the pocuniary success
II Mrs. Ann Eliza, Brigham Young's /
nineteenth wife, in the locture.hold,
hat a citizen Of Salt Lake has Just re-
,oiyed letter from a man in St, Lou
$ who has had extensive loxperience
n The lecture and show business, in