The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-31

Graders are stIll at work On the
Yaquina railroad.
Taxable property In Douglas cx.
ceeds two millions.
Lafayette has d new jail, IN which
arc built llS,500 brick.
There are 20 workers steadily em-
ployed on the Olympia railroad
grade.
In Jackson county fifty cents Is all
that Is offered for new wheat. Rail
road needed.
The Reporter hcars Of 40 acres Of
whcat ncar Brooks station that is en-.
tirely lost BY rust
That haunted house OF ancient
fame near Jefferson continues to dis
turb tho tImid and credulous.
Near Spores ferry, Lano county,
there have been many cases Of dlph.
iberia, four or flye have proved IA.
tai.
Near Jacksonville thcro arc several
fig trees which bear finely. The
fruit is equal to that raised any
where.
II. A. March, Of Fldalgo island,
Puget sound, has q largo chicken
ranch. Ills stock Of young chickens
numbers one 1000.
A new vessel has been launched
at North Beach, Coos Bay. sho is
built by tho same architect who
built the Western Shore.
The schooner Pera will sail from
Astoria with boxes and cans for
Hume's fishery on the Umpqua, and.
will take 100 Cinnamon.
Ammon Klngton, aged 92, who
came to Oregon In 1s45, died recent
ly ut the residence OF his son.in-law,
M. M. Watts, near Forest Grove.
A son Of Gray Richardson, of Ben
ton, 10 years old, accidentally shot
himself last Tuesday. A charge Of
shot tore away tho calf OF one OF his
legs.
Last week young man named
Miller was thrown from a wagon
near DlIley, Washington county, got
tangled in the lines and was dragged
under the wagon and killed.
DIR. Aug. Kinney informs the As
toTan that the small fish being
caught so abundantly there are the
true Anchovy. They are finer fla-
vored than the sardlne, but Of nearly
the same appearance.
Six Steam threshers are in Opera
tion on the Swinoinish flats. The
grain crop in that vicinity Is repres-
ented as being in excellent condition,
1900 acres yielding on an average 70
bushels Of oats and barley to the
ncre.
Tillamook will throw a large supply
Of salmon on the market this year.
There are plenty there and they are
to put thom up. There is
no cOnnery, but salt salmon are in such
demand that even the average Tilla-
nookor is inclined TO 60 to work
The stage going from Seattle to
Lake Washington on Wednesay, |
containing George Bracket and
wife, and Miss Lizzie Bracket, his
lister, ran off the grade, inIuring |
Miss B. so that she died the same
light. She came from the East last
Iune and was "a years Of age.
Some two weeks since while Mr..
T. ]. Carter was on his way, ,on horse.
,ack, between Baker city and NAL
leur, some unknown person stepped
rom the brush near the roadside and |
lred at him with a pistol, the horse
hired from the road and the ball
by Jef7s head.
Near Sheridan, Yamhlll county, |
lindsey De Lashmutt has been
hooting Richard Fristal and then
eating him over the head with q
'lstol. The bullet wound is not
but the beating produced
ONE bad gashes. Frlstal was try
lg to separate De Lashmutt and an-
ther man who were in a row.
Speaking Of the Yamhill locks the
says: Over half the amount
squlred to make the movement is
,sured in stock taken even before
le company had so much as formed /
8 board Of directors. This is con-
usive evidence Of the case with
'hIch the total amount could be
lade up, should the matter be rep /
Isaltsd in this South Yamhill Sec
N rs It's Importance demands.
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