The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-05-25

The executive eomfBiftee Of the cigar
mskefs' union at Chicago lsst ~.
heard the testimony CT six sOnng ypls
employed by one B~hnnzD, on KiGsey
street. IL sss shows that they work
ed from 6 in the mor1,iHg 80 9 st night,
and three nights ~ sscb week til II.
HakiDg lunches for cigars. The ms.
jerisy received three dollars ,+r week,
and ia order to makes t,ssSit "n this
sesn,y pittsnes he charges tbrm = min
ate Of lost time. When the hrsI,h iH-
spector visits the pIses the proIaie,or
1snsgs. TO sserst@ the children under
age employed. Other t,ranBic.I I,fse
tices are alleged, aud Il il elrimtd the
place is only type ~ osbers 10 the
city.
The Dsassr aud Rio Grsnde rail
way, the new ffsnscoBtiHentHI line 10
San Francisco, Vi. Ogden a0d the GrB.
trsl Pacific railway, was eempis,td
Thursday Of last week, the .asf spike
being driven sG Ogden, and connection
made with he Central Pacific road st
that poiSt. Through trains b gan
running 10 day. The completion Of
this line i regarded here a. an impor.
tsnt event, - sIIishine new tr.ns-
continental system, passing throagh
magnificent scenery, and tributary 10
che most important towns and ciri.s Of
Colorado snd Utah. Through business
has opened up slrtsdy, aud travel by
this line TO San Francisco begun.
The editor Of the Ciscinnati Prizes
Current, Charles d. Murry, has made
very extensive investigation, by spec
isl correspondence, concerning wheat
and other crops, within tie psst six
days, and publishes the resplt At great
length. He says 2serage condition aud
promise Of winter wheat compares with
last year as follows Ohio, s. per cent.
Kansas 10, Indiana 20, IIlinois G..
Michigan 80, Kentucky IS. Aissouri
50. Tennessee 90. West VirsiI.ia 20.
General average fsr these States, 30
The whisky now in bnnd exceeds w
more than | .0OO, 600 gallons all future
demands in sight, aBd the distilleries
srs all the time producing heavily
This is Caused, as Secretary Stevens
explained, by the harms s.f the distiller-
les being full with cattle to BE- fed until
sitter Jnae. These cxtIIe will then be
thrown on the market and a reduction
at the distillsries will be then sceOrn-
pl;shed. Ar. Stevens said that during
the next year kentucky sIons must
take / 4,G0e. 900 gallons Of whisky out
of bond. which is J ,O0O, 200 more than
can he conveniently exported tu Bers
'unda or other points,
New TAcoma must he getting 70 he
had place. fpnm the f1llo~ing dispatch
to n Portland paper LAST night
m1n name1 Jenkins, tnhscconist e
Ithis pace, was going towards bis h"mr.
when he was set upon hs footpsds.
They not only trisl 70 r.lievs hin, of
large snnl Of money. hat tbey also heat
him severely with club. The citizens
ara excited over this Outrage, The, say
too many roughs. v&grants aud tLieves
are making Tacoma place Ot residence.
aud steps are being taken FOR the pur-
pose of forming = vigilance cos-miItee.
! By this means It is thought the CON-
muuity can be relieved af such an un-
desirable element.
/ An investigation by the Controller,
at Ne~ York, shows some &l48,643 as
the smonnt stolen By Wilham b Car
roll, clerk in the otfce, and nov dead.
iras Controller says he first learned OF
the discrepancy in C4rroll's accounts in
December hast. Coupons were prsssn-
Ted through the banking houses of E.
Morrison & Co. and Hogan 4 Billings
T L ,sses, he says, could not have occurred
, only for the remissnrs4 If two clerks in
iths disbursement Office, who allowed
. coupons to go back "ncancsIl.d into
Carroll's hands. Frauds h-gsn witf
small amounts ia Jn'y 1879 aud con
tinued until August 1882. They wer,
carried on by lusans OF false lsOsting'
10 the coupln ledger.
Henry Willard was in chicsgo Non
day last, ua his way frOm the west Il
New York Ne said the Northe,l
j Pacific would certainly be completed b
September |, and the FIRST train ~oul,
. run over the line at about that time
= fhe whole line would DC opened to
, business soon after But 225 miles Q
the road remained TO be completed
!, The whole line was graded, and all ia
ties were distributed, aud every;hin
!, ready for rails. Willard WAS jasnlsu
I YER the condition of the crops. He said
2 the surplus crop that will he raise
from eastern Oregon and washingto
!. territory this year would smuunt t
f 100000 tons. In Dakota the acreag
. would be double what it was last Srar
! the acreage devoted TO hop groAing i