The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-04-27
GENERAL NEWS.


praeticing on the morning Of May Is,
1881, ball was knocked over fence
and strnck Mrs. Elizabeth BIdett, a
widow, who WAS standing at her gate,
in the shoulder, causing a painful
wound and dislocAtion Of the collar bone.
She nursod her injuries In silence nstil
yesterday, when she lrorght suit against
the club for $1,000 damages for the
injuries inflicted.
Early on the "a ornin. o. l2ta inst,
about 100 disguIsel persons attacked
the all at Wythsville. eoerced the shef-
iT into surrender Of tho keys, aud
took Wm. Crockett from the Jail and
hanged him from beam in the outskirts
Of towa. Crockett was axaiting trial
Tor thc murder Of John +. llpat ia
Wythevillc.
Judge Gresham qualified AZ postmas
Ter general on the 10Th inst. OF course
the oath Of olli;r WAS administered by
Judge LawTenson, one Of tho clerks in
the department. Whether the post.
master-general'd oath would be binding
If taken before anyone elso than Judge
Lax renson 10 n mooted question in the
department. IL would certainly De .
great violation Of ancient precedent, aud
there Is little doubt that the shock OF
such violation would be fatal to the
venerable notary, wao las been employ.
ed in the department eysr sincs 1888.
and who has administered ths cath Of
Office 10 10 consecutive postmaster.
generals, beginning with Cave johnson
in lsf3. The same Bible has been
used on each occasion. II isa small,
thick, clumsy copy of tbs scriptures, in
small type, printed AZ Hartford in 1891,
and looks almost MS venerable as its
owner.
C1ngftasmRn Syringe, &c Illinois.
who has been in Chicago since Thurs
day, was intertisweI III. other day ia
regard TO the pablish~sl ,iateneht hat
the general sentiment u the DymocrAt.
ie leaders " ho were ia attendance At
the Iroquois banquet favored Tildeu
for the standard ls.srer in 1884. Spring.
CT said the meeting Was not in the
interest of any presidsGIial candidate,
and AZ far AH he knew, 40 pr ference
for individual candidai,.s WAS rx x,,r-N..,.l.
It's only object was 70 snnnciate ID ,lno-
cratic principles and To voice the s-nti-
ment Of the party on the great questions
Of the day. There was an overw helm.
ing sentiment, however, 10 favor Of
tariff for revenue only, and it was bis
conviction that representatives Of the
northwest would demand the insertion
Of this plank in the platform Of the
next Democratic national convention.
The only witness called in the Schiller
case the other day was Antisdel, pro-
prietor Of the Nswhsll, who testified
that he could not remember having
ordered tue clearing Of liquor packages
from The ball near Schiller's barroou:
and John Ehler, the reporter, who said
he met Bingham, the man who ran "a
wake Schiller at his home aud swore te
finding him in bed. Ehler met Bing
bam near Schiller's house. No argu
IneDts Of the prosecution and defenss
we're made, except closing words BY
Ebbits, for the defense and So,ners fol
the prosecution. At present the case
looks very favorable for Schiller, bu,
friends of the accused fear the effect o
Sowers speech. 1t is thought Schiller
will be acquitted. Later. Schiller ha
been acquitted.
We do not champion the cause of tha
poor man who losfs bis time away doin,
nothing. but we do pity his family. /
is the poor laborer who tolls and sweat
!. : the year round at Legitimate work o
. some kind who has our sympathies, an,
be it understood, we don't mean by thi
!" . that we sympathize with him beoaus,
: J, he does labor, for we believe it to be th
q duty Of all men and women to be enga
!; !; god In some kind Of labor, either phys
Q cal or mental, but we sympathize wit
= him or her who tolls, because of IN
.. fact that the product OF labor goes {
F Others who give absolutely nothing !
return. Every man and woman VIII
tolls is entitled to the result Of tbs
toll, and no human being, whether ric
Q or poor, who does not labor, should liy
! oil the toll Of another without renderin
8 an equivalent.
. Mr.. w. p. Sayder Of Allentown, Pa
is one of the multitude Of special assis
tant attorneys employedby "Brewste
y Attorney General,,' to do the ordinar
: work of his department. Mr. Snyd.
N appears to be blessed with vigoro,
he ~ #g
as appetite. In starting out for Sout
y Carolina, with a good rstain,r in h
pocket for work to be done in the 81
called election cases." he supplied tl
inner man with the following stock
q provisions, as reported in the accoul
now before the First Comptroller of Il
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