The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-09-07

1Bp Mdflnon elders recently at
teInpled 70 bold religious services &
at Emory Chapel, Coweta county
georgia, whom some young men az
tacked them with rotten eggs aud
drove them out of the vicinity.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has issued an order making
|lhodrs idt night work eighf, ipsteaa
of seven aud half hours, and al
| lowing extra pay for ssunday wori0
extra service to- DO hased on the
namber OF work days In the month,
This win result Ia q consi derable
Increase Of salary. aoa sasy.l sbs 4
iDownin Josephine county they have
| A'novel way of settling disputes to va
Ter. Last weak Maasrs. Little and
4 dwcsherby, who claim riparian rights
on Illinois river blew che dam OF Messrs.
i Winners q Son "sky-high' with giant
powder aud so stopped the supply %
the Winner miuing ditch. The mates
will now DO setslsd in the courts but
. this method Of laying temporary in-
junction seems rather arbitrary.
The Times Washington special say
Of the l20 newspapers in the Unite'
States, published by coloted men, tn
oldest Is San Francisco paper, almos
ell are weekly, and there are no dali,
papers with an average circulation, eacl
bsiug less than 1000, Ths Baptist, pub
liAhsd In Philadelphia, prints 1000
copies. The advertisements are few
! The general opinions among the editor
r Of these papers are against the recen
attempts 10 organize an independen
/ oolorsd party. 4 an...t - ya.t,
DiphtheEia has proved g terrible
scourge In Josephine county during th'
paat year and many . family has beef
9 robbed OF one. OF! more Of i.s Juvenile
membsra In = few cases as high as fy'
? lchildren Out of > asingle family hay'
; been taken OF. Thirty deaths are knowr
to have occurred in less than . year
south of Hays hill, which in 50 sparsel,
: q settled commanity is appalling. Grie
sridbspfead, and what Is worsc, tb'
end ia not jet. The unfortunate people
7 OF that, ssction have our sincere sym
fmthy in their aiiiiction. s.
i The Kau Street Resoa, 10 reference :
the new cOnnectipn. formed by th'
Union Pacific With the Oregon Rail
way and. Eayigat,op Company, inde'
pendent Of the Central Pacific, says
The new line i made mp OF the Oregoi
Short Line from Granger, on tn
Union Pacific, lb5 miles west Of Ogden
TO Burnt River, where il connects viii
. branch Of the Oregon Railway ant
Navigation Company from Burnt Rive
to UmatillA on the main line, themes
to Portland via the Railway and Navi
lgatiost Company's main line, and from
Portland to San Francisco by steamer
Tho grading on the Oregon Short Lane
Is completed and rails viii soon b'
laid. The branch Of the Navigation
: Company is also nearly completed
J oonpection between the two lines vii
3 DO made by December Grst at Burn
River. The distance frou Granger "a
Portland, on the Pacific Coast, via the
Oregon Short Line, will be about 800
miles, as against 1850 miles from
Granger 10 San Francisco via the Og'
! den and Central Pacific. The new line
viii naturally divert great deal oi
the local business which has heretofore
found its only outlet via The Central
Pacific, while on through business, the
mixed water and rail line 70 San Fran-
cisco will prove formidable comPeti-
H.