The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-09-14
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arrived ~ Rhil4dalphip, reports meet
ipe ga iceisefg two miles long and 500
feet high sAg -
This weeks Panch has one Of Il,
sweet faced yong mothers ,lemaadin.
q her children. What On earth Ar
YOU dong With lhe cruss stand r
i The little GIRL, who holds turtle Il
her baad, rspIieai Were only oilin,
The joints &C The tortoise. Il moves
along 20 stifIly, poor thing" - s.
| Fright, not hydropbosiA, reosully !
killed 4 yoapg New Yorker who wa
bitten ~ a healthy dog 10 she mornisa
aud died Of nervous exhaustion Ia che
essnssik. -
| New, York City Is getting richer
yearly. The assessed valuation Of real
estate in 1883 is 81 ,o7o. $50, ,6s9, ,againa,
| o, ,030, ,203.siC In 1882. total assessed
valuation, real and personal, Of New
York City Is sl,27G.677,l64, an In
crease Of s43, ,200.765.33 in one year
Il Is reported at Montreal that
James MeShane, NJ. P. r., has enter.
ed into . contract with the French
Government TO ship $4,000 head Of
prime cattle into France.
Il
Prices Of mackerel have gone up 100
per can't, owing 10 the unparalleled
shortage In the catch. Il Is still posi-
bic that largo catch may be made
near tho British Provinces before
Thanksgiving, but the chance is ex-
ccedingIy slendes. Tho fsh have ale
most entirely disappeared from their
accustomed waters.
+. p. Densmorc Of LombaIdy, Va,
recently sawed 545 feet of inch boards
from q poplar log which eigbty-two
years ago was a riding stick used by q
Mrs. Sargent as she rodc on horseback
when abe moved 20 Washington. where
ahe stuck II in the ground.
"The best schools the world over ,
says Prof Wickerxham, ''are 70 be found
among people who tax themselves for
their support, and education is uniyer-
sally held ia the bigbes, esteem by
those who have been taught % pay Tor
IL with money from their own pockets. .
Thus far ESQ, 900 gallons Of spirits
havs been exported TO bermuda. and
other points, 70 avoid payment, for q
tins. Il tho revenue tax. Twenty
thousand gallons Of this amount j,
alcohol, the rest is ~biskey.
Republics are not always pngratsful,
The United States has pail its soldiers
800. .OOO, 900 in pensions.
Il Is understood at Montreal thai
Secretary FOlger viii satisfy all proven
Canadian claims for return Of ten PEI
cent customs duty illegally collected
fron exporters Of hay into American
territory during several years past
The claims from Quebec alone viii
amount TO a25o,00O.
Neal Dow has figured it up, and say
81, 800, 100000 Is spent for dinkinI
annually.
Ia tho aggregate last year abou
500, ,0o0, 900 cans Of preserved Ameri
can products were consumed.
The Mexican Government has mad
. contract with I.eghorn irm TO re
ceiye 10000 immigrants a year at 81;
a head.
The Metropolitan Drinking Foun
tain Association Of London has erect
ed 626 troughs and 5ll fountains, a
which, says a paper before us, "multi
tudes Of men, women and children
horses, oxen, sheep and dogs, quencl
their thirst daily, amounting In tn
aggregate to probably not less than th,
enormous total Of ESQ, 100000 drinker
in year."
| A good many imported cattle are be
being quarantined on the farms Of thei
owners, in New York and New jersey
on account Of the over-crowded condi
tion of the quarantine stations.
| The area Of the cultivation Of whea
has grown from 1888, ,S03 acres ii
1882, and yield in bushels from 230,
722, 400 to 100000, 900 in that period
The prices Of wheat in the wholesall
markets are not widely different from
those ruling in the same part Of 1882
but the prospects for Improvement wen
rather better then than now.
The San francisco grain exchang
committee has issueda statement show
ling that the wheat yield in the variou
counties Of California this year is 53,
100000 bushels, an increase Of 1000,
900 bushels over 1882. The total bar
ley yield this year is l6,ooO, 900 bushels
an increase over 1882 of 2,5O0,OOl
bushels.
Many Americans travelling il
Europe have cut short their projected
tours and are returning home to avoit
dangers of the cholera. ~
The prohibition of the Importation o
Egyptian cotton into Switzerland has
! called forth many protests from yarioul