The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-06-01
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sand dollars in taxes into the County Treas.
nry.
The report of the New York commits
Si0Ber Of accounts shows that the frauds
committed upon the city treasury by
i Carroll, the c7uon clerk, smonnt to
$4,000.
Has anyone heard of any. reduction
IN tie price Of MATCHES 20 th. consumer
since thotax wss reduced 7 Not biz Of
II. They cost 80 mnch and most Of
them are Of just ss poor quality ss ever.
EE.0overnor Gibbs Of Oregon nd-
dresaea the Manbattsn temperance
meeting ct M4sonie Hall last Sunday.
Among the evils 10 be attribated to
fntempersnes Was lsaid the spsaker) the
fact that : 900. 900 bushels Of gruia are
annually destroyed in the United srstes
ET distiliing parposes This sn,onnt
would be- safiicisnt To Hske Z, 600, 900. :
600 loaves oi bread, that wOnld sustain
many families ~ho now fini IL difieaIt
10 obtain sns,ensnce.
As Miss Francis T.. Willard visits
Oregon soon, the following will hs Of
interest. This morningS E1smiaer !:
Miss Willard has met catering recep-
tions throaghoHt the State. Draws
crowds Of people wherever she has
lectdred. Her natural slOqasnce, sin
cerity, aud plain common sense appeal
in favor Of total abstinence, aud she
has probably accomplished more for. the
cause Of temperance in this State than
any former crusade. Mi@ Willard will
return 10 this city the frat Of next
week, and will lecture in tbe Grand
operA house next Thursday s,eaing,
when it is proposed BY the temperate.
people to make tbs occasion a grand
ovation 70 her
The Chief Of the Il iresu of5satistie.
in bis ninth IN 'nthly st,tsment for the
current fiscal year Of The Imports and
exports of the United States, says the
excess OF The value Of exports of mer-
chandise vas M follows: Meath end
ing March 81, 1888, sI6,9I2.70 ;
tbrre months ending March 81, 1888,
si0J,475,6s2 Twelve months ending
March 81, 1883, sl6G. .2s4 ,o97. The
total values 'f the imports for the
twelve months ending March 81, 1888,
were 742,442.959. and for the twelve
preceding months, 800, ,si2 ,s74, an in.
crease Of Al ,599 ,3S5. The exports fer
the sam" periods were ss0s. 526, 3jj
and soc, 800 ,021, showing an increase
for the year ending March last OF 3
sl7, ,9I7 1886.
The president has sIrs,int-d Walter
Evans Of Kentucky to be commissions,
OF internal revenue, 20 sncceed General
Eaum. The appointment Was sn,-
prise to Politicians, rs ia wa- sxpects.
that Silas b. Datchsr of New YorG
would get the place, as il was knowr
that on Saturday last The president We
in communication with Dutcher'
friends, relative 70 his accepting th'
Office. MT. Dnteher. who has gone int,
private business, declined the appoint
msnt. There is much adverse criticism
. Of Mr.. Evans appointment, althougl
: there is little to be said to his discredit
save that he has been plsce-hunte'
Daring tbs war Mr. Evans was uni..
soldier. He served nnder Gensru
Bristow. When Bristow was appoint
. ed SECRETARY tf the treasury hy Geners
Grant, Evans retained bis frisndshi
4 for both gentlemen. Republican polit
o clans of Kentucky are at great less t
classify the collector in party rank,
a At the Cbicago convention be- was
delegate from the stasa of Kentucky
/. and with the 800 battalion cast hi
!. vote for Grant. last aud always. Evan
If is professional lawyer, about 90 ysaI
!, of age aud has good executive shilit,
|. He is friendly. disposed toward disti
!. lens, aud will, his friends say, zee th,
; tho laws are enforced.
--s~s-----
A young girl was caught kissin
y her sweetheart a few nights ag'
9 Her mother t"o her TO task for pc
!. mitting such things, but the gi
:" silenced her by quoting this scriptul
~ Whatsoever We would that me
= should do unto you, do you even
ID unite them" The old lady thougl
10 of the time when she was girl, NJ
DC a food Ut happy memories can
% rushing through her mind, she DIRE
t. out her handkerchief. wiped her ey
~ and spectacles and the. girl got {
70 lightly that time.
is -
,d A little fouryear-old, npon ,s,iri'
ID the other night. began 10 say b
ct evening prayer as usual, and after :
er peating, "Tf l should die before
AZ wake" paused moment and adds
n- "what q rumpus there would be
this house r Then she reci.ed /
concluding lines of the prayer q
al scrambled into bed,