The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1880-02-27
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THE Reeieaa is the name Of neat
little newspaper which has been started
At Harrisburg BY J. NJ. Allison.
II is beloved that an immense basin
of petroleum has been discovered in
Hanover, Germany, which may rival
the Pennsylvania oil regions.
THERE was a paper published in
Richmond, Ind, few years since, bear
ing the title of "The Broadaxe of Free
dom and Grubbing Hoe of Truth"
SENATOR WADE HAMPTON has never
fully recovered from his shooting acci-
dent, and is now quite i'll. The loss of
his son renders him very despondcnt
CALIEoRNtANs are now very much
exercised over the Chinese question.
White men are out Of work and actual
ly in want for the necessities of life.
If all that is said in Republican or.
gans about the leading Republican can
didates is true, there is not one of
them, the Baltimore Gasefis declares,
who IS fit to be President,
Mr. AIARsu, the American minister
at Rome, has an art collection which is
valued at 100000. 1t is curious how
much money can be made by some of
our public servants ont of small of
fees.
IT is estimated, by those in position
to know, that moro miles of railroad
will bo built during 1880 in this coun-
try than during any year before. About
1000 miles of new read are already un-
der contract.
IT is noticeable fact that the Bank
of France is constantly losing gold and
adding to its store of silver Its specie
now consists of sl4s,OOo,OOo in gold,
and s245, 100000 in silver; highly in
terestlng statement.
A CONTRACT has been made by the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
with the Spuyten Duyvil Rolling Mill
Company for 10000 tons of rails,
weighing GO pounds to the yard, for
which they pay $40 per ton.
GEASF was wined and dined from
San Francisco to Key West when he
came back, and not to be behind the
people of the United States, Mexico
gets up her regular little One-horse rev
olution when he calls on them.
ALL the North Carolina delegates to
the National Republican Convention
have come out for Grant. Republicans
might as well make up their mind that
they viii have to support either Grant
or Sherman for President next fall.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that ''Cuba is en-
tirely peaceful" more troops are called
for from Spain and considerable militia
~ activity is admitted to be manifest
in different parts of the Island. This
little Island viii yet gain its independ-
enee.
The meanest convict in our peniten-
tiary enjoys life more fully than does
the Car of Russia. Only few days
ago part of his. palace was blown up
with powder or some other explosive
article, and it was the merest accident
in the world that his life was not taken.
BlsMARoK, lately 50 blatant for gem
eral disarmament, is now advocating
the increase of the German army at an
enormous expense He is bound to
have peace in Europe if lie has to fight
for 1t. When this man Of blood dies
Europe may hope for peace, but never
before.
A FREScH society Of agrieulturalists
express great alarm at the increasing
importation Of American cattle. 1t has
already brought about reduction of
not less than thirty per cent. Of beef
on the hoof, and it threatens such DIS
asters to the home raisers Of live stock
that they pray their government to im-
pose protective tariff.
The National Board of Trade, now in
session at Washington, have resolved
to recommend Congress "to provide by
law for the adoption of the GENITAL sys-
tenn in the purchase Of supplies by the
Government, the leyying and collecting
of duties and the compiling Of statistics
in the case Of these commodities to
which it may be applicable"
ESGLAND IS trying to back out of her
situation in Afgbanistan. She finds
that her little game is costing too many
millions Of money and too many yalua-
Bile lives. It is rather late in the day
to make this discovery, but then the
British lion is getting used to Il is; he
has had his paws burned in nearly ev-
erything ne has undertaken for several
years.
WE SEE Coll. Van Cleve has called