The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-07-24

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Among the many depredations by
the Sioux Indians in the Wind River
Valley on white settlers, was the mur-
der and horrible mutilation of two
white women.
Judge Macarthur has granted an
injunction in the Union county seat
question, which keeps the county seat
at La Grande until the November
term of Court.
A Chlnaman Of Auburn, Baker
county, got tired of rice, and changed
his diet by making mince meat out OF
brother neathen because he would
not divide "wash" money.
A bale of hay, weighing 100 lbs,
fell out Of a stable loft on a Portland
man last week. As he picked him
self up, he said few words and went
on about his work as usual.
Last week Mr.. Hannun1 and a
Miss Dunham were married in South
ern Oregon, and want the event pub
lished in the papers. Well, Hannum
around and Dunham for the pay.
Scar-faced Charley, who last year
so narrowly escaped death by hang
ing, new turns up in training for Con
gress, as Modoc delegate to the Gen
eral Council Of the Indian Territory.
In Santa Clara, California, a news,
paper said that a certain clergyman
was 'packed home twice in state Of
downright drunkenness and the cler-
gyman has brought an action tor
libel.
A Seattle man has invented whis-
tie which announces when beer is
drawn from keg. If those whistles
had been in use here the 4th of July
we wouldn't have had any use for the
cannon.
The Indians Of Lake county, hav-
ing become frightened at the threat
ening aspect of the comet, held a
pow-wow near Lower Lake last week.
Their deliberations have not been
made known.
A Salem school msrm rusticating
at Astoria, writes backfto her friends
at home: II weighed 108 lbs when
| arrived here but there is no telling
how much I'll be compelled to lug
back with me-"
An Oregon exchange, speaking Of
the warm weather, enthusiastically
calculates; "Welcome, ye shades
ye aowery thickets, hail ye lofty
pines, etcl" He has evidently been
counting the right girl.
There are at least FIVE Oranges on
Long Tom; also, four or five sawmills
and one Touring mill, at Monroe and
another IS needed on the main stream,
twenty miles further south, to supply
the wants Of the people.
The correspondent of the La
Graude Sentinel will enter suit against
Gage Baker, OF La Grsnde, for trans
hitting obscene matter through
the United States mails. We suppose
that means that Cage went through
the mails himself
The bridge across the Willamette
river at Springfield will probably be
completed by the 1st Of September.
There will be two spans of 50 feet
each, one OF 235 feet, and two ap-
proaches of 100 feet each. The
bridge is the Smith truss patent.
The county records OF Union
county were removed to Union on
Saturday, July 11tb. r. S, Gates.
Il
County Clerk, was arrested on Sun
day, on charge of grand larceny
or, in other words, for removing the
county records to the county seat,
The Record says a Salem man
whose penmanship sAbout on a par
with that of Horace Greeley, wrote a
firm at Silverton inquiriug the price Of
shingles, The answer received read
thus: "Take this IS and go to h--lli
but please send mo receipt and stop
the paper"
Miss Frances Whitlock, daughter
OF John Whitlock, living four miles
northeast of Silvertou re eived q
sunstroko on Thursday the 9th inst.
and did not recover consciousness.
until 10 o'clock the following day,
and is said to be quite i'll yet from
the effects OF it.
a white man and an Indian, o.
Wallowa Valley, last week practiced
target shooting at each other. Tn,
Indian shot the whites horse from
under bin and the man reciprocated
by lodging buokshOt in the Indians
heel, after which Mr. Lo gave qp the
contest and skeedadled.
Coos Bay has an Indian who is l75
years old. He never died, but wher
ho got so old that he could do moth.
ing but sleep his tilSc4ms tied bin
up in sack, and'hung him up in III,
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