The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-02-07

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grave robber is bold enough 20 attempt
the resurrection of the Fiat baby"
"HooRAY ron GENERAL GRANT,
says every fellow that YVES turned out
of office when Grant loft the White
House.
"CALLiNG grcenbaet conventions, I"
says tho Dubuque Times, "now-a-days
is like organizing session meetings just
after Loe's surrender of Richmond"
EVERYBODY seems to have u pick at
Bro. Scott, of tho 0regonian. Even
the diminutivo To,ca Tdik, Of Salem
stucks its little cockle.burr under
his tail last Friday.
The Inhabitants of Madagascar are
dying to get hold Of an American
ship captain who sold them 10000
qnartercans OF tomatoes as new kind
of gun powder. Their old blunder.
buses couldn't 60 oil.
ANOTHER opponent of socialism
makes its appearance. Tho Popo's
encyclical letter which has just been
published, calls upon the Bishops to
combat this doctrine under whateycr
form or name it may be found, by
preaching tho doctrines Of the church.
Those who have boasted 80 freely
that Tilden would be out Of the Presi-
DENTAL race will do we'll, the Pittsburg
Post thinks, to revise their Judgment.
just now the signs Of the times point
more strongly to him as the coming
Presidential candidate of the Democra.
cy than to any other.
BAYAHp TAYLoR's full name was
James Bayard Taylor, but thirty year.
ago he dropped James, and few readers
Of his numerous books are aware nov
that it ever belonged TO his pstriony-
mic. Some of his frat poems, printed
in CraAam's Aagasine in 1884, arc
signed J. p. Taylor aud J. Bayard
Tay ylor.
The Dallas, Texas, Herala says
The reason Bob Ingersoll doesn't come
South is that the blasphemous old
seoundrel couldn't make expenses were
he to come. The Southern States are
populated by Christian people, men
and women, who have the highes. rev
erenee for the truths of the Bible Of
their fathers aud their God.
LAST Tuesday the Daily Oregonian
began ita nineteenth year. In talking
Of the future prospects of that paper
the editor says:
Fast as our present machinery il.
the editions, both daily and weekly,
have grown to "A point which taxes to |
the utmost our means Of producing the
paper; and we shall therefore during |
the year put in a press of double the
capacity of the fastest one We now use,
With folding machiney and apparatus
YoUxG people do not realize the
'hange that has taken place in the
postage system Of the United States
Turing the present century, nor the ad-
VIC daily experience from cheap
md rapid transportation Of letters. In
.792 the New York City Directory for
hat year contained the following rates
'f postage: Postage for any letter,
lot exceeding 80 miles, cents; 60
niles, 8 cents; $50 miles, IL cents;
80 mile, 20 cents; $50 miles, % cents.
Every double letter shall pay double
aid rates"
A DECISION made by the Supreme
'ourt of the United States puts a
uietus upon the claim Of one Scutt, and I.
'me other persons, who modestly set /,
p title to some seven million acres
land in Missouri and Arkansas, in
uding twenty-four entire counties in
lose States. The claim was founded
pom one of the old Spanish grants, the
of which has been a curse n
the country. In this case it was u
rtunately found impossible to make n
survey in accordance with the terms u
the grant, which was drawn without
lowledge Of the physical geography u
the country. 81
We read in a New York exchange :"
at the total value of the new build "a
ys within the limits of that city 0i
ring the last ten years reaches the
ormous sum of 1927 600, ,00O-that is &C "
average of s30,O00,0O0 year. For ia
ildings altered and repaired, there ot
5 also been an expenditure Of about :"
Il that sum yearly. During the last Is
ht years,the amount of bnilding each OF
ar, has very sensibly declined, but
re are now indications of revival 30
She first nine months of the past - ~
Ir showing decided increase over ~
n in the number of new baildings 80 60