The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-09-21
NEWS N BREER.

corresponding week last year there
were exported 138,62s pounds Of but
ter and 3,012,6sl pounds Of cheese.
The Bell Farming Company's farm
Is said TO be the second largest in tho
world. Il II in the Qu' Appelle VAL
ley, Manitoba, and 10 about ten miles
square. fhe capital is 100000, Of
which thirty FIVE per cent has been ex-
pended, and the stock IL held entirely
in Canada and England Last fall, be.
fore the railroad reached there, the
company broke several hundred acres Of
land, and added 10 II largely in the
spring, now having growing crop Of
1900 acres Of wheat and 1900 Of onta.
The last GA miles Of railroad cor
structed by the Canada Pacific cost the
company about 10000, 1000. tire
ceived back in cash nearly 81 600, 900
from the Dominion Government. In
addition nearly 5000, 900 acres Of land
are granted the road.
The Poetofiice Department has select
ed as the color Of the new 4-cent, or
double-rate stamp, q shade Of green
somewhat darker than that in which
the present Scent stamp 10 printed.
As the Scent stamp will be retired
from circulation, no errors are likely 10
arise from the similarity Of color. The
new stamp bears n profile likeness Of
Andrew jackson, and is quite hand
some in design. The distribution To-
postn asters Of the new 2.cent stamps
began on Sept. !. and il is believed
everything will be in readiness for the
change Of letter postage ou Oct. l..
Twenty-six million dollars were paid
out for pensions by the Treasury dur
ing the month Of August.
Africa exports every year an average
of s3,500,cO0 worth Of ivory. 1t is
estimated that 10 the western portion
Of the continent over 81 900 elephants
are slaughtered annually.
There are upwards 81 900 person,
in the United Kingdom in the employ
msnt Of the postoffice.
A Newport despatch says Of q Phila-
delphia belle who has just died there
"Sbe was distinguished for the gor-
geous display she made of dresses anG
diamonds on the public OCCASION" Well
that's something TO be distinguishes
for. Let il be carved on the belle
! tombstone.
The Yellowstone National Park !
} larger than Delaware and Rhode IL
r land combined-being ffty-6ve mile
| wide by sixty-6ve long, and enbracin
1915 square miles. 1t lies mainly j
| the northwestern corner Of Wyoming
/ but includes thin strip Of Idaho OF
the west and Montana on the west an
north. The body Of il is between III
} and liz west longitude, and Az an
!. 45' north latitude. The lowest eleva
n tion in the park is 6000-feet above se
q level, and its highest mountain pea
\ from 10000 to 10000 feet. II is .
: immense tableland, with a surfa'
f broken into mountain ranges, gorge
canons and valleys
More iue cattle are being importe
a into Kansas this year than ever befer
n The United States circuit court
Il Cheyenne decides that large tracts
# the public domain cannot be fenced.
a A woman named Heinse arose fro
i her bed at Bowery Bay, L. l., the 9th
~ night, to quiet her baby who was CT!
e ing. She walked across the room hl
!, awake and leaned through the op,
window, thinking that she was stool
= ing over the side of the child's cri
She lost her balance and fell to Il
ground, ipjuring her spine SO severe
. that she is not expected to recover.
q In the city of Baltimore there q
- about 1900 colored Catholics out oi
e colored population of $4,000.
Consul General Adams Badsau 50
"a Cuba is rushing toward bankruptcy
fast as possible. The island is taxed
.s death, not only to support its o'
- government, but to meet the hnanci
!. deficits of Spain. The imposts a
a taxes exceed the income Of the islam
10 that is, the production of all Its indr
!, tries. There is scarcely solvent pls
ter on the island and the common pc
\ ple become more and more destitu
=. with every failure.
Experts estimate that the ent
Western Union telegraph system c
a. be duplicated for $26,000,000.
,n $50, 900, 900, therefore, Western Uni
- ;. contains s55, ,Ooo, 900 of water.
. Secretary Shsffer of Iowa has be
\. compiling the August crop returns
i the State Agricultural Society, with
/ following results lS4 townships
g. fifty counties report winter wheat
"a returning yield of fourteen bush
per acre 4ss townships in ninety
counties represent spring wheat
me IA bushels per acre. The acreage
of corn is placed at 100000, with