The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-07-03

,r as a wool. growing country. In
shipments from them this year will b
J. at least 100000 pounds
The Indians on the upper Missouri
y a becoming civilized. Two bashfu
maidens suicided at Fort Buford las
g week. They said they were tiret
working only for whisky.
. The spirit Of a dead Indian take
charge of a woman medium in Pen
} dleton and causes her to execute wal
dances and 60 for scalps-particularly
her husbands, we suppose
One Major Green has turned a lot
of Eastern salmon loose in the Sacra-
mento river. OF course the Pacific
coast fish will swallow those un-
sophisticated immigrants up.
A runaway horse at Salem ran
thirty feet over a trestle work rail-
road bridge before falling through.
That horse doubtless roosts up a tree
instead of sleeping in a stable.
Mr.. Hewes, of the Seattle Coal
Mines, has a model for scow Of
large dimensions, for Lake Union, to
facilitate and enlarge the transporta-
tion business. 1t is called the Mud
Turtle.
There was quite large attendance
Of Patrons at Hillsboro on Monday
last, to listen to Daniel Clarke, on
matters connected with the Grange
movement. He spoke nearly five
hours.
j. +. Photograph Dowell has writ
ten letter from Washington to his
paper, but as he neglected to send a
Chinese interpreter along its contents
haye not yet been given to the solici-
tous pnbGc.
A San Franciscan came home from
business, and, finding his wife house
cleaning, added to her labors by
cutting his throat on the clean kitch-
en- floor. Some men have no feeling
for ther wives.
1t is reported that the Yakima river
will prospect anywhere from the
mouth Of Swauk up from to 5 cents
to the pan Of dirt, and many of the
boys are rocking out from SO 50 to
81 rs per day.
In less than sixty days the tele-
graph line from Winnemucca will be
in full operation to Silver City. If
the people of Boise want the line
continued to that place they must
subscribe $4,000.
According TO the idaho World, !
some Cinnamon in the employ of the
Buena Vista Bar Company, cleaned |
he fume up lately in the absence of
.he watchman, and it is thought got
away with about $4,000.
Mr.. Gallagher, who returned from
'tickeen last Friday, says that per-
laps fifty men now in the Stickeen
mines stand a chance OF making big
money, and 1900 stand chance of
'etting out alive if they are in luck.
The Yreka Union tells of a thun.
fer storm that broke the banks oil
ditch and flooded a band of China
nen. Oh, for ditch and thunder
torn i'll the neighborhood of that
'ash house next TO Cline's store in
lis city
A l3-year old Salem youth says
The course OF true, love never did
an smoothe." The father of a little
irl caught him kissing her through
le fence, and the youthful lover now
ishes the seat ofhis pantaloons were ;
coarser material. I
The Stickine mines don't pan out
ell, thus far. There are upwards Of
~ men there. The prices of pro-
sions of all kinds are high: Flour,
cts. per pound, sugar, 81, apples,
(, bacon, sl25. There is scarcely
y clothing Tor sale and tools are
arce.
A WaIla Walla campmeeting broke
in a disgraceful row last week be-
use Of some disagreement among
g ministers as regards the sort of
ctrine that should lie preached.
seems to us that common sense
'uld have been the best doctrine to
each to that obstreperous crowd.
There is nothing mean about this
per- SO we are willing to mention !"
fact thut the Salem Record claims
} largest circulation of any paper in
It burg. However, it is due to
th to state that such a circulation
that couldn't be source of bun
NIB to the London Times or Albany
,MooRAT,
A solitary mosquito made his ap,
france in the sanctum of the Austin
oeiae the other day, and, after
'wsing around for a while in
lk sort of way, finally settled on
highly.tinted nose Of the editor,
m which he extracted a few drops
he vital iluid, and then fell back
d-drunk.
lyman Norton, reported appointed uI
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