The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-22

OI Wneab nt one time. There VIII
thus be no room for complaint In fu-
ture for lack Of storage room In AS
torla. This little city Is beginning to
boom.
Tho logging business all over the
Sound Is almost entirely suspended,
principally on account Of the great
depression In the lumber trade, and
olso owing to she fact that ut least
three fourths Of the loggers on the
Sound have beeon trespassing on
government land.
The coal shipments for this six
months ending, June goth, from Vic
torla, show an increase OF II 900
tons over those of the previous six
months, and 1900 over the cores
ponding six months Of 1878. Tho
shipments for the last six months
were 1922 tons.
The run OF silverside salmon on the
Sound, so far, has been very short,
with no prospect Of improvement.
But few salmon have been put up
on the northern coast this season.
Packers and Gamers will likely hold
their fish for an anticipated advance
10 prices next Fall.
During the week Mr.. Henry Conn,
Sr., and his son Creed, of Douglas
county, killed two black bears on the
farms Of the gentleman named. They
were enormous and savage animals,
and had killed In their time many
sheep, cattle and hogs belonging TO
farmers In the neIghborhood.
Chilberg & Brothers safe, at Taco
ma, was broken open by burglars late
Wednesday night or carly Thursday
morning, and $1,000 in gold abstract
cd. Thirteen hundred dollars OF this
money belonged to Ward, the con-
tractor of unsavory repute, who re-
Gently left the Willamette valley
with a suspicious suddennsss, and
who was supposed TO have no mon
ey.
4 Dalles paper says: The lumber
for new two-story building, 32x44,
for the o. s. n. Co., has arrived and
work commenced. It viii stand near
the spot where the Offices stood that
were burned on the 22st of May last,
and will contain six rooms on the
first floor and four on the second.
They win also soon put up a new
round house G0x34, V shaped and CO
feet long
A miner named Childs, while
prospecting lately discovered a ledge
from three TO eight feet wide about
twenty miles from Port Townsend, ,
which Ia found TO be rich In gold,
silver, copper and lead, with strong
indications OF platinum. The ledge
lies between conglomerate rock and
can be traced readily for half mile,
and can be easily approached by ship
ping. Specimens will be forwarded
10 Victoria for assay.
An attempt TO fire the The town OF
Roseburg was made last Tuesday
night about thirty minutes past o
o'clock. The would be incendiary
crept through the transom over the
door In the rear Of S. Cramer's BUTCH
cr shop, piled up some shavings In a
corner OF The middle room where was
stored a lot OF bacon, lard and tallOw,
and there started the fire. Fortu-
nately the fire was discovered and
quenehed before any great damage
was done.
a stray charge OF bird shot fred
by someunknown person struck Chas.
Bean and Wyman Carlin, McMinn-
Vile boys, while hunting last week.
The former received only one or two
pellets, but young CarlIn was hit In
various parts Of his person from the
top Of his head to his waist, one Of
them striking his wiudpipe and, rs
weunderstaud he says, went through
to the inside OF that organ and he
swallowed it. His hat was riddled
with tiny missiles and his face bore
several wounds, though strange to
say he was not dangerously nor very
badly injured.