The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-07-13
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cgsEnAL NEWS.

Small pox has made its appear anco
at Stockton, California.
Yellow fever Il making Its appear.
ance at several points In The south,
The Weston Loader saya crops are
good in Umatilla county, all reports to
the contrary notwithstanding.
c. G. Moore committed suicide at
Oregon City last Saturday by shooting
himself lie was in bad health,
penniless and Discouraged.
The State AlmShouse, Of MasSaohu.
sstts. was destroyed 10y Gre July 7th.
,Oss $4,000. Supposed to bO set on
fire by an inmate. The inmates, 600
in number, we're safely removed.
Lon Qssher, of Salem, has anally
5een rewarded for the unceasing labors
Of long life. He has got an Office
foreman of one Of the Salem Fire Com
panicS.
\ negro and white nan, who refuse
tcigive their names outrage two little
girls at Sembright, on the Cinciapati
Southern road July 9th. Both oonfss.
sed their guilt and will be lynched.
Adyices from along tho Northern
PAcifjc anl its branches show rains on
the Jth, inst. This improved wheat,
which was being foscsd to- premature
head by the dry, hot weather. ia the
Red River Valley il was especially bad
and the rain arrived too late to help
that section. Z.
The condition OF tho Treasury Is as
follows: Gold seiq snF bullion on
hand, sl9s,5sf,43l silver dsllars and
coin, 2s.4l6,7f+; United States notes,
s64,232,es7 total, s3f9,57l,sl5.
Certificates outstanding Cold, sGl,-
524, $50 f; silver, $J2,535,93l cprren-
cy, sl3,0G5, 900.
Rev. j. w. Stahl, minister we'll
known throughout the State, died at
Roseburg on June 29tb. aged about 81
years. lie was an efficient, untiring
worker 10 the cause Of religion, and
leayss = bost Of f,.ends to mourn bis
DEATH Mr Stable Sise4sp yss dropsy
of ths chest, from WHICH be bag been
suffering for HaRetiws.
The Lodies Of RobaFt Ritter and
William Aver, who were drowned in
Silver Lake, Utah, on the Fourth, were
recovered yesterday. IL seems that
Ritter aud Aver had taken a young
man by the name of Amos Shopten out
in boat, with yiey to soaring him,
he being unable to swim. The boat
upset, and while he clung to it, they
struck out for shore, and the water be-
ing very cold, they were cramped, and
were the drowned victims Of their own
folly.
Sam Cook, a negro, who, in "a Of
Jealousy, shot Emma Shores, a colord
girl at Potosl, Missouri, last Thursday
evening and then shot himself, and who
subsequently eluded pursuit, was cap
tured yesterday and taken back to
Pctosi. In his attempt to kin himself,
faftor shooting the girl, he fired two
bullets in his head .one OF which pene-
trated both hemlspheres OF the brain,
the other passed through one hemis-
phefe, and both are now inside of his
skull. Notwithstanding these wounds,
from both brains oozed in considera-
BILE quantity, the negro remained in
the woods from Thursday eve to Sun
day morning, then he ate very
hearty meal, talked nationally, and
walged three miles, from the place be
was captured TO Potosi. Physicians,
however, say he cannot live. The
girl stu lives, but u parIyzed from the
Effects Of q bullet, which entered the
back of her head, and passed unde
and into her spinal col umn
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