The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-07-27

$500, 900 the past year.
The French wheat crop will be short,
b1t barley and oats promise we'll.
The farmers Of Eastern Pennsylvania
are loud in their complaints Of the En-
gIish sparrow.
| John Roach Of Philadelphia In the
lowest bidder for all four Of the propos-
ed new steel cruisers.
New Jersey prohibits the sale Of
cigarettes and tobacco in any form TO
minors under sixteen years
The 'Peen.to," or fiat peach Of China,
Is revolutionizing peach culture in
Florida. IL Ii fat like biscnit.
An Orange Ridge fla man says he
has known six turtles TO turn out 900
eggs In ono night. No use for hens in
that section.
Tho cholera is making terrible raw
ages in Egypt. At DAmietta alone mp.
wards of one hundred deaths occurred
last Saturday.
fhe Governor Of Algeria has issued
an order prohibiting the usual pilgrim.
age TO Mecca this year on account Of
the cholera in Egypt.
In the fiscal year just ended there
has been 4 net increase Of 1859 post
offices established over the number
established 10 the previous Hscal year.
Although the introduction Of horfe
railroads in Germany is Of n recent
date, forty-four towns Of the empire
have already constructed lines.
] Queen Victoria does not indulge in
the affectaiion Of pretending not to read
the newspapers. She takes = morning
and an evening daily and several week
lies. She is fond Of novels. too.
The most intimate friend Of Queen
Emma Of the Sandwish Islands is q
Boston girl, who wrote to King KalA.
kaua to please invite her to visit bis
place for = month.
A Brooklyn Heights girl, disguised
As n maid servant, washed the sidewalk
Of her fathers residence with boss for
the sake Of getting q chance 10 turn
the water on dude who iusisted upon
making love 70 hsr.
A Leicester dog has been detected in
stripping the bark from trees in front
yards. The bark would he stripped
I entirely from the trees, in some in
:, sssncos several feet from the ground.
y In thunder storm at Onondaga, n.
4 Y, man had both eyelids torn away
4 by lightning. A physician is now
k transferring bits Of cuticle from ths
patients arms 70 make new eyelids.
The Senate of Cambridge England,
University has voted the Sunday after.
a noon opening Of the Botantic Garder
a by the decisive vote Of seventy-six tC
a twenty.une.
\ Emigrants aided by the British Gov
r ernment are still being shipped from
ireland for the United States. Eng
% land should not expect this country t.
to take care of her paupers.
J. Statistician J. r. Dodge calculate
o that the country loses nearly J.000,0
s, sheep each year, mostly on account Q
dogs, although exposure TO storms an
,f severe cold in the West kill a grea
Al many.
70 The Chicago banks are now said I
m be advancing only eighty-five cents o
20 wheat and forty-hve cents on corE
" while making loans at 81 cents on larc
Sl4 so on pork, ana in proportion o
ht meats.
"a The sun, we regret to learn upon th
q authority of Prof Brooks Of the Re
~ House Observatory, is again trouble
4. with spots upon his disk. He is ful
n ther afflicted with cyclones aud electr
av cal storms.
70 The reason the wives of Brigha
Young do not go to his grave and wee
M is good one. 40 woman wants to
he to her husbands grave to shed tear
in and find another woman there doiI
t. it.
IL. Three mules stood in row in 4
tic barn Of Joe johnson, near Binghal
"a. ton, n. Y. A stroke of lightniI
n killed both of the outer mules and ID
ch the middle one uninjured. The bal
sss was badly splintered.
Dts While using telephone during
,t- storm William Walter of William
nd town, N. Y, was struck by lightnin
an The electricity ran from the side OF
,at neck down through his boot into t
las floor. He will recover.
~ The Mobile & Ohio Railroad b
at sold all its pine lands, comprising abo
he 100000 acres in Alabama aud Mis-
be issippi, to land and lumber compau
,ur 1t is said to have been the largest ira
saction of the kind on record in &
South.
be, . Although Chicago has packed I5t
900 hogs less this year, the hog pac
Ling in the West since March | is on
$4,000 in number behind last year, al
so. 600 ahead in weight. The latter