The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-08-05

b@ckueffleb are heiiinB III VI FNltey
towns At 20 cents per gallon. The
crop Is abundant.
The son Of Judge Bonham. who was
buried on the 23d inst, Is the fourth he
has hurried within two years.
Gen. shambrook started hia fruit
dryer NJ Umpqna ferry on. the Goth,
with full corps OF hands.
Some iust has been discovered in the
late sown grain near Oakland. hat L
will not DO much damage.
Levi LELAND, grand lecturer, /. O. O..
r., is travelling and lectnring In Grant
county In the interests Of the otder
The summer rains have stated tho
buffalo grass in jackson and Douglas
counties. agording fine pastnrage for
stock.
Winner Il Simmons. Of Waldo, viii
clean mp about 1000 ounces Of gold
from this seasons run at their hydrAu.
lie mines.
The attendance at the Umpqna acad.
emy during the coming year promises
70 he much larger than il has been fof
long time.
The frat installment Of the McPber-
son colony viii start for WhatcOm about
the lst Of lSeptember TO the place We.
lected for tho colony.
The Port Oxford Post says that the
grazing has never been so good before
in Curry county at thh neason OF the
year as il Is at present.
Plans are about matnrel for the build
ing Of a three-masted schooner at South
Bend mills. She will he &c feet keel,
81 feet beam, l0i feet hold.
The territorial fair will lie held at
Olympia beginning on Oct. 10Th end
continuing Eve days. Gov. Newell win
deliver the annual address.
Peel Bros. Of Olympia, have received
the contracts for -four for Ire Indian
reservations-s, ZOO pounds for Cheha-
lis and %, 400 pounds for Puyallup.
WIN. Gale, one Of the early pioneers
Of Oregon, died suddenly at the resi-
dence of his son.in-law,J. IIockcrsmith,
near Phoenix, July Is, aged 81 years.
The Sterling mining company is
about purchasing more ground in the
vicinity of s,erlingvilIe. They will
soon own nearly all Of the digsings in
that section.
Buyers are Offering ~ cents per
bnshel for wheat At Blae Mountain
Station. Farmers are holding, hoping
Tor higher prices.
WIN. Griffith, who has been confined
in the Lane county jail under charge
ofrape, has given the required bonds,
and been set at liberty.
A high school will be opene,l in
Weston on the 9Th Of September, with
Hugh Stanley principal and Miss NJ.
A. CressweII and w. Rowland assist
ants.
Messrs Breyman K Sommersille, Of
Prineville. have disposed Of their mer-
camille business TO Messrs. freid 4
Lichel, who will assume charge on An
gust lst.
Mrs. Matilda Pnrdy died at her home
on Salem prairie recently, aged - years.
She had been resident of Oregon since
1876. She was the mother Of chill
dren, 0 Of who survive her.
The employees Of the Oregon City
wooden factory are working several
hours over time nov, as there Is u great
demand for the fabric manufactured
there, which demand is increasing
Proposals are invited fer a county
Jail IN Astoria. This makes three build
ings inviting The attention Of contract
ors in Astoria, aggregating at least s20,
600 worth of work and materials.
Deep river settlement Is growing with
the balance Of the surrounding country,
and there are many good claims there
yet to be taken. There is but very lit
tie desert land in that part Of the coun-
try. n
The magnitude of Sheriff's charcoal
business at Irondale may be estimated
from the fact that the value Of his de-
livery to the iron company has recently
amounted to $1,000 per week and up
wards.
j. w. Kirkland, of Umatilla county,
has 24O acres of fall wheat and SO acres
of spring wheat, which connoissenrs
pronounce will average nearly so bush