The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-09-18

W. G. Myers, Of Jackson County
who is well known as an importer ant
raiser of fine stock, started for Salem
last week with horses and cattle, an(
last, but not least, his genuine Nal
tese cats.
An absent minded stage,driver for
got the SiIverton mails one day last
week until he had got about five mile:
past the Office. He returned for them
and came in late, cursing men who
have no memory.
The Jacksonville Sentinel of the
18th inst says: The meeting of the
Umpqua Baptist Association will be
held at Manzanita, commencing
Friday morning, September 18th, and
embracing Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Nellie Meaoham, OF Salem, has
according to the Statesman, just com.
pleted an oil painting ota view in the
CatSkill Mountains that is pronounced
"a gem of art" The young lady
evinees much talent for one SO young.
On Monday evening a young hood
lum aged IS years, threw stick Of
wood at a Chinaman while the latter
was at work. The missile struck the
Celestial just abcvo the eye, cutting a
severe cash. The young miscreant
ran away and made his escape.
DIR. Haskell was announced in the
Olympia papers to give one Of his
characteristic entertainments last eve
ming, for the benefit of the City Fire
Department The Doctors idiosyn-
cracies seem to have tickled the Sound
people greatly, and they look upon
him as a great man.
The returned list by the Assessor,
shows in Umatilla county this year,
4,O83 horses, valued at $195, ,52S; 25,-
POI cattle at $231,943; 58,8l2 sheep
at $lt9, ,G10; 1854 swine at So, 1924.
Gross value on all property, $1,20G,
1870; Indebtedness within the State
exemption, $l73,G90; total
value Of taxable property, $S58,4y3;
numbtr polls, SGT.
Benjamin Harmed, of Oily mpia, has
been engaged for couple of weeks
past in framing materials for new
buildings for the use of Keepers and
other employees at the Penitentiary,
opposit Steiacoom. Two commod-
ous buildings are to be put up, and
a large prisoners yard fenced in,
The latter will be G0j feet inlength
and u feet high, built of plank one
and half inches thick. Fifty thou
sand feet of lumber will be used in
The construction of the improvements.
The Directors of the Alden Fruit
Preserving Company have purchased
one entire block in the University
Addition to the city of Salem, for
,recting thereupon the buildings re
luired for the use of the company.
The ground selected lies Immediately
n the rear of the University building
IN the street leading to the depot.
The lumber of the main building (32
y 80 feet) has been ordered from the
lill, and steps will .be taken to COM
lence the building as soon as the
arrive,
Last week, Put. Smith, now of
Valla Walla, but formerly of Port
md, sold five full blooded merino
ucks to Charles Jewell, State Sena-
or elect from Umalilla county, for
30 each, or S45J for the lot. One
uck, whose fleece had been left on
i'm in order to show its character as
} length, iineness and quantity, was
heared OF his arrivaIat hisnew home |
i'd the clip weighed IS pounds.
ompetent judges are of the opinion
lat, had the buck been sheared at the
'ual and proper time, the fleece would
I'VE weighed 2Opounds instead of is.
During storm the lightning struck,
le OF the stove fues Of the Court
ouse, in Canyon City, passing down
e pipe, thence down the two front
ct OF the stove, sweeping the saw
lst that lay in front of the stove
can from the floor and scattering
promiseuously over benches and
ble and, strange to say, without
ing any damage, About this time
unfortunate Celestial, who was
MINED in The county Jail for passing
bogus gold dust for that of bona
e article, made his escape, The
cry is, did the lightning rom Heav-
unbar the prison doors and let the
ptive free?
A violent storm of hail aud rain :
,ompanied with Lightning and thun- d
r, passed over Lane county, a mile i
SO south of Junction, about 2 r
lock, Tuesday, the Sth inst, It's
irse was from west to east. The l
ds were flooded with water and &
gronnd whitened with hail, The +
rm was prehaps mile wide, the 3
occupying about half that dis.
ce, and the center Of the rain strip.
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