The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-04-17

The Modoc exiles are happy il
their new home in Indian Territory.
Baker county will soon rejoice in
the organization of a number of Gran
ges.
Three Chinameh were buried alive
in a caving mine at Jacksonville last
week.
Judge Mosher is grinding through
term of Court at Corvallis this
week.
The Coos Bay WeaoS suggests that
the ship being built there be named
the North Bend,
Pendleton wants a drug store and
a fo1ring mill The staff of lite and
Athe staff of death.
= Mr.. Willis. of Eugene, is down on
firearms since he accidentally shot a
part of his jaw off.
Walla Walla has 81 places where
whisky is sold. Temperance is surely
laguishing up there.
Some vile wretch played a joke on
a Baker City editor. He offers four
bits for the tiend's scalp.
A malady is now prevalent among
ladies in Tacoma, termed by the ply
sicians congestive chills.
The women Sufragists are taking
advantage of the temperance revival
to favor their movement.
John aud Susan Stoe, where have
you Stoe.d yourselves? Carrie Stoe,
of Portland, wants to know.
Jas. II. L, Brown, of Vancouver,
blew his brains out last Friday. No
cause given by the Register.
A San Francisco young man last
week suicided because ofremorse tor
seducing a young lady with whom he
was passionately in love.
Last Saturday the Mayor of Port
land ordered the police to disperse
the women who were pray ing in front
of Walter Mofitt's saloon.
A great many cattle are being taken
to the mountain range, in Baker coun-
ty. In some places the snow is gone
and cattle will do very well.
A Sioux city hotel has black and
tan dog that killed a thousand rats in
month. This is a good puff for the
dog, but is hard on the hotel.
\Joseph Hendricks, of the Lake coun-
Try who had a band of fifty horses be-
fore the Winter set in, lost every one,
and narrowly escaped perishing him
self
The loss of stock in Kalamath .Ba-
sin during the Winter has been very
heavy. In almost every valley focEs
have persisted from cold and starva-
ton,
A party is being formed in Jackson
vile tor the purpose of renewing the
search for the Lost Cabin" where
rich diggings are supposed 10 await
the finder,
A preacher, at Spadra, California,
last Saturday undertook to horse-whip
a man named Lille, and he now sleeps
in the valley from the effects ofa pis-
tol shot, .O. a
A Virginia City policeman resigned
because he couldn't get permission to
attend a dog fight and bet on the win
ming pup. Americans were not born
to be slaves.
A Salem widow whose COW was
accidentally killed few days ago,
has been presented with another by
her benevolent neighbors This is
indeed showing "the milk of human
A Montana paper, in order to beat
arrival out of the county printing, offers
to do it for nothing, Carpenters and
blacksuiths might just as well be as
foolish in their business,
Mrs, J. T. Coombs, of Portland, got
% votes for School Director, last
Monday. Her "brute of a man COM
petitor," got 5s5 votes. Ugh why
won't men appreciate talent?
, The young folks Of Waila Walla as
.onish the natives by making love in
daylight upon the principal streets,
They make in the regular old fashion
ID way-"huggiu' an kissin'."
A farmer of Berrycssa Valley, was
ately obliged to kill four fine fat
,hoa,s, because they would pesist in
,ucking Que of the cows of the farm.
lie preferred to do his own milking.
William Utter, Of Coos county,
wants a number Of laborers for the
Isthmus railroad, He means bust
less, and has already contracted for
he iron horse to haul away the coal,
A miner, working on Gauls Creek,
Jackson county, tried to hold up a
'ayiug bank. His partner dug him
,ut Just in time, rs large bank soon
nled a layer twenty feet thick over
he Grst