The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-01-08

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table aud new saloon.
The mercury was down 800 below
the freezing point at Baker City tht
last Saturday In December.
! About $4,000 was cleaned up al
the Virtue Mill, near Baker City
during the month of December.
Dr. John f. Morse, one of the
earlist editors of the Sacramento
Union, died last week in Frisco.
A little snow fell in Rogue river
valley last week, but the earth'i
bosoms was too warm for it to lie on
The new Episcopal church, al
Baker City was occupied for worship
for the first time, on New Years Day
Utah is doubling up. 1t raised
$4,000, 600 worth of precious metals
this year, against just half that amount
last year.
If the Messenger will pardon the
bare conundrum we would like to
ask if there is anybody living there
to get sick?
Ou the night of the 25th ult. snow
fell to the depth of four inches in
Grand Ronde valley, and sleighiug
was quite good.
The poStoffice at Salem was moved
into new and more commodious
quarters, opposite the Chemeketa
hotel, on the 4th inst.
The Jail at Jacksonville caught fire
just after the Brown brothers were
inoarcerated therein last week, but
no damage was done.
The Coos county Record thinks
things on the bay are centering at
Marshfield, and the business of that
section is growing larger all the time.
A lady from North Powder wants
to know the whereabouts of one Mac
Short, who left her house few days
since closely pursued by a fire-shovel.
The people of Curry county are
about to have a paper. M, H. Beau
mont, of Port Oxford, WILDE the pub
Usher. 1t will be Democratic in pol
itics.
That enterprising journal, the
Salem Record, has dug up the astound-
ing and live intelligence that Jerusa-
lem was taken by the Turks 657 years
ago last Friday.
There has not enough snow fallen
in Powder river valley this season to
call sleighs into requisition While
it is raining in the valley, it SHOWS in
Tue mountains.
A, B. Meacham starts east shortly
with ten picked Indians, taken from
The various Oregon reservations, and
will deliver lectures on the Indian
character, displaying these ten as "hor-
rible examples"
At Amelia, Baker county, most all
he men are at work throwing up
lirt for spring-expecting water from
he new ditch which is being pushed
With will by the Celestials.
The State land office at Union
,aught fire on last Saturday night
rom the stove-pipe. The fire was
'xtinguished by snowballs before any
particular damage was done.
Mayor Failing, of Portland, has
appointed the following gentlemen as
Police Commissioners Shubriok
Norris, Democrat; VIM. Wadhams,
Republican; John r, Foster, lnde-
,endent.
A wedding took place in the Car
on Jail and the local reporters down
here got up on their ears because
hey didn't get a stool, Who wants
uch base canallle at a high-toned
The city officers elected at 1nde.
'endenceare as follows Councilmen,
F. Vandyn, w. L. Hodgkin, 1. NJ,
'utler S. W. Smith Mayor, Mike
tosendroifi; Marshall, f. Leverage;
Recorder, II, II. MoCord.
You have a heard of Peter Fuuk9
Yes? well-he's dead, deceased, de.
'unck-ed. 1t happened to Pete at
an Diego, and his disease was
istol shot, cause he undertook to
oreelose a mechanics Lean on an
ther mans wife.
In the great horse race at Seattle
n the 1st inst, "OsceoIa" won the
ace over tom NIerry"-time 1850,
"a, 1;54 About $4,000 changed
auds 10 the "Osceolan crowd from
he "Meyry" fellows, who wernt
bat way any more.
Oregon journalists have recently
roken ont all over with she sheep
anch fever, Bud Thompson, late of
10 Mercury, now feeds his frugal
lutton in the sagy plains Of ochcso;; !,
'homas Gale, Of the defanot Hack.