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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-02-16
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Judge Burnett, Of Corvallis, was here last
Friday.
Judge Bean. Of Eusens. was ia the city
last Monday.
Miss Alma Story. OF East Portland. is WIS.,
iting in this city.
Mrs. a. ssaiger, Is visiting her sister
Mrs. Eggert of Portland.
MrV II Brown, piano tuner, Of Portland.
was in the city last Tuesday.
Mr IN Armstrong, was in Albany several
days the fret OF the week.
Judge r s strahan was in Dallas las.
week on legal Business.
wills R.yburn, Esq. of Corvallis, was in
the city Tuesday on his way TO Salem.
Jas Foster, Jr, arrived home frsm Idaho
last Wednesday evening He bears the
scars of tumble on the Enow resulting from
the front bobs Of sleigh giving away.
Mr. Robert McCally, Of Lebanon Is now
canvassing the city with patent oil can
which we think is regular ''boss' in its
way. No spilling oil in filing lamps. Try
them.
Pete Callahan left yesterday morning for
Portland where he has secured good posi-.
tion in largo mercantile establishment.
Pete is good clerk and deserves success in
his new field.
Win Denny and Frank Cole left yesterday
TO go up the Willamette for tho purpose oI
bringing down a lot of ash and other logs,
for which thero is big demand here. with.
out any to meet it at present
Last Monday Mr. s Young left for Seattle
w. T., from which place he had receiveda
telegram that his mother, had been threat
ened with paralysis, We are sorry to heal
since that one side OF Mrs Young is com
pletely paralyzed.
Mr. John Isom and daughter, Lizzie, and
sister, Mrs Hale. leave 0n the next steamer
for Mr. Looms old hoIns. in Independence
Va, where his father, now 7G years Of age
lives. He intends il be Is we'll enough Il
bring him to Oregon. May good luck ant
pleasant trip be their fortune.
VIM WigIe, Of The Dallss, but formerly o
this county, was in the city last Monda,
and gave us call. He showed US lette
which he had received. from his wife statinl
that it was extremely cold, the thermomete
standing at 25' below zero. Water wa
frozen up in all parts of the city. Wood
scarce and selling at S. per cord.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-02-16

r. II. RAYMOND, P. NJ.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
Food for Ireland.

The London Globe remarks that the re-
suits of recent Irish haryests have pro-
duced general feeling of distrust in the
potato, and that the question of the future
food supply of the Irish people has become
one of the utmost possible Importance. 1t
is a profound remark, and one that makes
us doubt whether mankind ever learn any,
thing by the experience of the past.
If any one result of the fearful
Irish famine of 1847 was supposed to
be accepted by the world at large it
was precisely this-that to trust in
the potato as the main food of a people
was little less than suicidal, and that this
trust, too general in Ireland, was at once
an effect and a cause of the desperate
wretchedness of gher people. That a
fact brought before the eyes of all
in manner so CHASTITY should be COM
pletely forgotten and require to be re-
stated as new discovery in less than for
ty years is simply astounding and iustifies
us in looking upon England as the Mrs.
JellaDy of nations, with her gaze fixed on
BOrrioboola Cha while her children cry
for bread. Mr.. Trevelyn declares for Indian
meal, but the Globe recommends oatmeal
and fish as suitable diet to wean the Irish
from the fatal potato, evidently agreeing
with the French Princess, that people who
will staTve when nice little cakes can be
had two for sou must be foolish people.
OF reform in the misgovernment which.
keeps the Irish dependent upon the potato
the Globe has nothing to say, and this is
both natural and well, most English ut-
terances on this subject beginning and
ending with the tacit assumption that the
Irish are fools because the English can
not treat them fairly.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
A WATERSPOUT AT SEA.
The Rough Experience of the Steamer
ArgOsy on Her Voyage from Cardiff.


The steamer Argosy, in ballast, left
Cardiff, Wales, on January u, in strong
winds and shOwery weather. On the
Saturday following the wind was still
strong and the weather was cloudy. The
crew were badly knocked about, and the
mere fact that the Argosy was excep-
tionally strongly built saved her from
laundering in mid-Atlantic. On Sunday
the gale was increasing, and heavy
squalls came out of the west. At noon
on the same day there blew a terrific
westerly gale, and high cross seas
swept the deck of the steamer from
stem TO stern. The Captain thought
he was never destined to reach New York,
Monday morning saw the gale increasing
in fury, heavy seas lashed over the steam
er; and binding shower of snow and
hail added to the difficulties of the sea-
men, one of whom was rolled alongside
the bulwarks and slightly injured. At
about o'clock in the afternoon the wind
suddenly shifted from west to northwest.
and the Argosy had then to labor for two
days amid terrible storm of snow, with
cross sea chOpping oyer her continuously.
On the 10Th of January there was a con-
tinuance of uncertain but violent gales.
during which the steamer lahored heavily
in the trough of the sea.
AT about O'Clock IN. the wind in
9C0e'1' VI o,S ms III SIe direction, sudden
~ ~ Co9A VI. one character of q cyclone. and
|iter one enormous sea had swept over the
boWs the wind suddenly gathered I'D the
sea, raised it to great height and then
nufled 1t down upon the deck with tre-
mendous force. Fortunately no one was
ON deck at the time and no one was in
1ured, But the shock of the water-spout
made the steamer quiver from stem to
stern.
1.-The wind picked up the waves" said
the Captain, "and rolled them in upon MS
In the torm of gigantic wheels, The wheels
ran from end to end of the deck and then
seemed to leap overheard, and afterward
the deck was seething with foaming drift.
such thing l never saw before on the
Atlantic. Pve- seen typhOons in the
Chinese seas, the sou'west monsoon in the
Indian Ocean, and cyclones all over the
world, but never anything like that,
1t was kind of a wate rspout picked up
by whirlwind, and the waves struck
even the tOpsail yards with tremendous
force. Had any man been about upon deck
at the moment he would either have been
smashed up against the buIwarks or swept
overheard, and nobody could have saved
him. Tons and tons of water fell upon
the deck, and seemed almost to try to
burst through the ship, The fact that the
Argosy was lightly loaded saved her from
laundering" The steamer now lies at
Payonia ferry, HOhoken, and looks badly
battered,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
FRANCE STILL EXCITED.
The Expulsion Bill TO-MorrOw-Yeal
ing for a Strong Governments.

The Expulsion Bill TO-MorrOw-Yearn-
ing for Strong Government.
PARIS, Feb. S.--The report of the COM
mittee on the expulsion bill, totally reject
ing the bill, was read in the Senate to-day.
The debate on it was fixed for Saturday.
The report is very short. 1t states that in
the opinion of the committee there is no
cause for the republic either to feel
alarmed or to resort to the violent meas
ures embraced in the proposed law. 1t
would be step on dangerous path, and
one contrary to the ideas ON which the
republic was founded. Rumors, the re-
port says, of conflicts or of dissolution do
not disturb the committee, which is stead
fastly Republican. Urgency was voted for
the debate on the bill on Saturday, and
much excitement exists in parlia mentary
circles. The feeling of uneasiness con-
tinues here and business is stagnant. The
public is yearning for a strong govern
ment.
The Socialists in France have decided
to convene a meeting with the view of or
ganiZing to be in readiness for the antici-
pated general election for members of the
Chamber of Deputies.
LONDON, Feb. S.-Reuter's Paris dis
patch gives a rumOr that Jules Ferry has
declined to form a Cabinet, and that Pres
ident Grevy will summon NJ Brisson for
that purpose.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
RETURN OF THE WATERS.
BRIDGES AND HOUSES GIVE WAY
AT PITTSBURG.

Bellaire, Ohio, Partly Under Water
Railroad Trains Delayed-Saving Rail-
road Bridges-MerchantsM Moving Goods
Families Narrowly Escaping Shut
Up by Water and Ice.
WHEELING, Feb. S.-The river here
again reached thirty-seven and a half feet.
about the highest point reached ON Tues
day, and only two feet more are expected.
1t is now rising about two inches per
hour. Exaggerated reports reached this
city last night of the coming flood and
created panic, residents in the low
grounds moving out of the lower stories.
The bridge connecting this city with the
Crescent Mills over Wheeling creek part
ed in the night. The creek was much
swollen, and several small houses on
Its bank were washed away, but
no one was hurt. The railroad bridges
were weighted down with heavy trains,
thus keeping them from being swept
away. AT Bellaire, Ohio, opposite this
CITY, the Baltimore, GAINESVILLE and Co
IumDus Railroad trains cannot reach the
city by a distance of two miles and freight
ana passengers are transferred by steam
boats. The water has entered the cellars
OF business houses several square,
from the river and the streets
are full of merchandise. The Sis
ter Islands, six miles up the rivers
are submerged, family living on one of
them barely escaping with their lives by
means of skiff. Many residents of the
islands are shut in by the water, which is
frozen over in still places, preventing
their escape by skiffs. Many factories
have shut down on account of the over
flow. The water works at Bellaire
are stopped and the gas works are
threatened
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
FUND FOR STARVING IREI,ANn
England's Egyptian Policy - More
Wrecks-New Shipping Ordered.

!
Wrecks-New Shipping Ordered.
LONDON, Feb. S.-The Lord Mayor OF
London to-day received a deputation ask.
ing him to open fund for the relief OF
distress in Western Ireland. His Lord.
ship said such speeches as had been made
by Mr.. ODonnell and others at the meet
ing from which the deputation emanated
were certain to Illustrate the success of
any fund traceable to such an agency.
lie was, however, willing to receive con-
trlbutions of the benevolent, and if the
aInount Justlhed 1t to eventually open a
fund.
The Times says Lord Duferin, who is
now in Egypt representing the British
government, has drafted a dispatch en-
forcing the necessity of protecting the
Government of Egypt against external in
trlgue and internal weakness until if is
able to stand alone. He condemns alike
the premature abandonment of the re-
sponsibility and annexation.
A schooner has been wrecked near Port
aferry Island and another near the Shet-
land Isles, Scotland. In the first instance
five sailors lost their lives, and in the lat
ter the whole crew was drowned.
Thirty thousand tons of new shipping
have been ordered on the Clyde during the
past fortnight, including two steamers for
the North German Lloyd Company.
A boat with her stern marked ''UtOpia.
Glasgow" has been found at Messengar.
The funnel of the steamer Utopia had no
band, consequently the steamer reported
foundere& of Cape CornweIl with a red
band around the funnel cannot be the
Utopia.
The survivors of the disaster to the
steamer Kenmare Castle, which founder
ed IN the Bay of Biscay, on the I'd inst,
existed for three days by chewing a flan-
mel vest. The third officer became starv-
ing mad and jumped overheard, but was
rescued.
A conference ON the Danubian question
was formally opened to-day, and adjourn
ed until Saturday. All the delegates were
present except Musuras Pasha, the Turk
ish Ambassador.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
SELLING FORRESTs COSTUMES.
The Silverware and Clothing of the
Great Actor of No Use to the Home.

The SilVerware and Clothing of the
Great Actor of No Use to the Home.
The costumes worn by Edwin Forrest
and the silverware in the family mansion
at Broad and Master streets, Philadelphia,
at the time of the death of the late actor,
Will soon be sold by order of the House
Committee of the Forrest Home. The
costumes have been stored in boxes
at the~HOme since the occupancy
OF that building, but the silver.
ware has remained in the vaults of
the Fidelity Trust Company. The effects
have been cumbersome for the managers
to handle, and respect for the memory Of
their former owner has prevented a sale,
they having been bequeathed to the Home
At length, finding no purpose to which
they could be devoted, it was determined
that the wishes of their late owner would
be best served if they were converted into
money and the proceeds devoted to main-
tanning the charity he had established.
The sale viii occur on February IA.
The costumes are of very rich patterns,
notably those worn when personating the
characters OF "Corialanus, Spartacus,
Lear and William Tell" The silver con-
sists of coffee pot, two tea pots, a cream
jug, two butter dishes, three spoon vases.
berry bowl, dozen knives, four dozen
forks, four dozen spoons, butter and fish
knives, sugar tOngs. an old-fashioned
cigar case, couple of goblets, an
urn and a pitcher. The urn
was presented to the deceased actor by
the Edwin Forrest Boat Club. which won
it in regatta at Elysian Fields, Hoboken,
May "a, 1888. The pitcher was presented
to Jones, Duffy and Forrest, managers of
the Arch Street Theatre, by the citizens
Of Philadelphia during the season of
1892, and years later it was presented
to Forrest by Mr.. Jones. The goblets
bear the inscriptions, "a Friend, and
edwin Forrest"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
NOT SATISFIED WITH ROYALTY
A Rebellieus Cuban Soldier Shouts,
"LOng Live the Republicv'

A Rebellieus Cuban Soldier Shouts,
'LOng Live the Republicv'
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.-A letter from Ha-
vana, dated February 8, says that during
review held on Sunday last by Captain
General Prendergast, and while the volun-
teer forces were marching past him, one
of the men issued from the ranks and
planting himself in front of the General
cried aloud: "Death to Bourbons! Long
live the republicP' The offender was
Immediately arrested, but was liberia
ted next day, bail having been
given by the Colonel of the battalion
to which he belongs. The order given
was that during the march past the Gen
eral the Captains of the regiment should
give the cry of ''Long live the King!' to
be repeated by the men. The offending
volunteer was perfectly sober, and it is
currently reported that number of men
from the same regiment had pledged
themselves to take up his cry, but that
their courage failed th6m,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
DISCUSSING THE SHIP CANAL.
The Florida Legislature DisappOints
the Lobbyists.


the Lobbyists.
TALLAHASSEE, Feb. S.-The following
bills were introduced in the Senate:
BY Mr.. COle-In relation to the Month
cello and Georgia Railroad.
BY Mr.. Spear-Prescribing the duties
of the State Treasurer.
By Mr.. Leslie-To permit married
women to testify in suits for divorce in
certain cases.
The following bills were introduced in
the Assembly:
By Mr.. ugherty-Relative to shad
fishing; also relative to excessive pilotage.
The morning session of the Senate was
occupied in the renewal of the cOnsidera-
tiOn of the ship canal bill. There was a
general and spirited discussion. A large
number of important amendments were
offered, only few of which were reached.
The right of way for the route is dimin-
ished. One-half of the lobbyists interested
i'll the bill are greatly disgusted with the
result.
Bills were passed Incorporating the
Tampa Street Railway, the Pensacola Gas
Company, fixing the pay of members, off
GERS and attaches of the Legislature.
Business in the Assembly was unim-
portant.
Gov. COlquitt did not attend the Sunday
School Convention as expected. Drs.
Lyons and Wight addressed the conven-
tiOn to-day. 1t will adjourn tonight. The
exercises were of very interesting char
acter
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
WIFE MURDER AND sUICIDE.
Teamster Cuts. His Wife's ThrOa
and His Own in Bed,

Teamster Cuts His Wife's Throat
and His Own in Bed
ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.-Henry Drees, a Ger
man teamster, living with his family in
tenement house in the rear of 2,3O0 Null
laupt street, cut his wife's throat last
night with a razor and then cut his own.
The cause assigned is jealousy. He was
hard-working man, and had accumu-
lated $4,000 in savings, He ill-treated his
wife continually, and on one occasion she
left him. She was a good woman and
gave her husband no cause for his insane
jealousy. Last night the couple retired at
about 10 O'Clock with two little girls in
one bed, two boys in another and baby
OF two years in the same bed with them
selves, Louis, the eleven-year-old son,
was the only witness of the tragedy. A
noise aroused him and he saw his father
cutting his mothers throat with a razor.
Then he saw his father jump into the air
and fall down near the stove The boy
then got up and lifted baby Nina, who
was lying in bed with her mothers corpse.
into his own bed. Her night clothes were
soaked with her mothers blood. He
changed the baby's clothes and both
went to sleep again. This morn
ing when the children awoke the
floor and bed were covered with blood.
Louis tried to find the key with which his
father had locked the door last night, but
could not, and it was not until nearly
O'Clock that the condition of affairs was
discovered. Dees had cut his Wife's
throat while she was asleep, and there
was no struggle, The heads Of both were
nearly severed from their bodies,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
RISE OF THE OHIO.
Sweeping Over Towns and Cities All
Along the Line,

S"OOpShS ONeF Towns ana Cities All
Along the Line.
CINCINNATI, Feb. S.-The Ohio river is
rising along its entire length. tits almost
an unprecedented case. At Wheeling the
rise is thirty-siX feet, and the river is still
rising. Boats cannot pass under the
bridges. Marietta is flooded more than
ever. The railroad track between
Marietta and Belare is six feet
under water. The IimeS-lStdr's special
says Catlettsburg is already flooded, and
more damage is expected on account of
the great rise in the Sandy river at Ports
mouth, which is thirty-five feet and still
rising. A considerable portion of the city
is under water. The SciOtO river is also
rising. North Portsmouth is under water
The riveS there continues to rise, being
htty-twO feet eight inches at l O'Clock.
Newport, KY, suffers most at present
Many houses are already invaded
by the water, and people are mov-
ing out. The Anchor Iron and
Steel Works, Newport Iron and Pipe
Foundry and the greater part of Swift's
Rolling Mill have been compelled to sus-
pend business. Merchants along the river
front OF this city are busy removing their
goods from the cellars and first floors. No
further damage to coal barges has oc-
CURED. As yet no railroads have been
submerged, but they will be tomorrow if
the rise continues
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
FROZEN TO DEATH.
A Stage Party Out Two Days in Wyoming
Territory.


RAwLINs, W. T., Feb. s.-The coach
which left the Pacific Springs ON the
Sweetwater stage line last week was
caught in the storm of last Friday. The
coach was abandoned, and the occupants
started back ON foot to the station. Dri-
yer W. J. Stewart was found frozen to
death standing in the snow, and Thomas
Scott, the Superintendent of the line,
was also found standing straight
up in the snow frozen so
that he could not move. He will lose
his hands and feet. W. V. Stark, passen-
ger, has not yet been found. They were
out three days and nights. Another stage
driver was badly frozen. He reports two
feet of snow on a level, and cattle
starving. This stage line runs from Green
River, ON the Union Pacific Railway, to
Fort Washable, Wyoming, through the
South pass of the Rocky mountains.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
FAVORING THE JETTIES.
The Mississippi River Commission Ready
to RepOrt

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The special
committee on the improvement of the
Mississippi river have agreed upon re-
port, though it will be two or three days
before it can be prepared. The committee
are divided into three subcommittee
jetties, outlets and general improvements.
On the jetties the report will be unani-
mOusly in favor. On the outlet
Butterworth, Holman and Hazeltine
are in favor and six against,
On general improvement there was
a unanimous expression in favor of con-
tinuing the work at Plum Point and Prov
idence Reach, with auxiliary works at
Memphis and Vicksburg. On the question
of levees as an improvement to low water
navigation the vote was against, Thomas
and Ellis in favor. Carlisle reserved his
vote. The majority believe that in this
matter it will be better to await the fur
ther operation of the works at Plum
Point and Providence Reach. Mr.. Burrows
will write the report on general improve
ment, Messrs. Butterworth, Holman and
HaZeltine reserving the right to make a
minority report. Messrs. Robinson, Ellis
and Thomas will write so much of the
report as pertains to the jetties. Nothing
was said at the meeting this morning
about the amount Of money to be eXpend-
ed, but it is understood the committee
will favor an appropriation for work below
Cairo of $2,500,000,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
GOVERNOR BATES MESSAGE.
Tennessee Has Determined to Settle Her
Debt Her WAY.

NASHVILLE, Feb. 8.-The message of
Governor Bate was read before the Legis-
ture this afternoon. The greater portion
of it refers to the settlement of the State
debt. The Governor says the payment of
the interest on the bonds funded under the
sixty and six act, together with the late
defalcatiOn, has left the treasury
comparatively empty. He maintains
that none of the five funding
acts grew out of the expression
of the popular will, nor were they
acqulesced in by the people after their
passage. The people, seeing the constant
and systematic efforts to foist upon them
laws touching the State debt and wit
Messing the schemes and practices of cor
rupt speculatOrs and lobbyists who were
preying upon the crippled credit of Ten
nessee, took the matter in their hands and
for the first time expressed their will
through the ballot box last November and
extended terms of settlement to creditors.
which every disinterested, right thinking
man must regard just to all concerned.
The Governor reviewed at length the
history of the creation of the debt, and
states that $14 900, 900 of bonds were issued
to railroads Immediately after the war.
when majority of the citizens were
distranchised, and it is a part of the pub
lshed history in connection with the issu-
ance of these bonds that the purchasers
were put upon their guard. Previous in
yestigations show that many bonds were
issued wrOngfully. The devastation of war,
usurpatiOn and misrule of the State Gov
ernment, tardy recuperatiOn therefrOm,
and doubtful authority of the State Govern
ments Which issued certain of these bonds
have been recognized and acted on bv the
holders of other Southern securities as
just and equitable reasons for an abate-
ment of the amount of the debt.
and the Governor doubts if any
southern State has settled this class
OF Indebtedness upon more liberal
terms than those proposed by Tennessee.
In accordance with the will of the people,
he therefore suggests tender of the set
tlement of the State debt proper in full,
less the war interest, the same interest as
on the original bonds; also those held by
educational and charitable institutions,
and the twenty-nine bonds of Mrs. Polk.
He suggests that the remainder of the
contingent debt be settled at fifty cents on
the dollar, principal and interest, and to
hoo fNaf,