The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-01-19

this week.
Nebraska and Colorado are trying to
elect a U. s. Senator.
Hobo is the name Of new post of
fee in Tillameok county.
The Beechsr-Tilton scandal has
been slightly resurrectsd. This is too
bad.
Ex-senator Lot NJ. Morrill,, Of Maine,
died at Augusta in that Stase the 9th
inst.
A Chicago Court has granted Mrs.
George Scoville, sister of Guiteau, a
divorce from her husband,
Polk, the defaulting Treasurer Of
Tennessee, was captured last week, and
will be tried in that State for hiscrimes
Gen. Stoneman was inaugurated
Governor of California on the 9th inst.
At his own request there was no mill
tary or other display.
Shaw. the caxhIer of a suspended
bank at Jersey city, asked reduction
of his bonds from $4,000, but the
Judge instead increased them. That
was the business way.
Six big ires We're reported by the
telegraph last Monday. Chicago had a
500, 900 fire; st. Louis a $4,000 Ere
Memphis, s95,G0O FIRE; Tarrstown,
N. Y, a 100000 FIRE; Uxbridge.
Mass, $50. .O0o FIRE and Bangor, Me-,
big blaze. Verify the flames ragged.
On the 10th inst. ono of the most
fearful fires for years, occurred a. Mil
waukee, Wisconsin. A large hotel six
stories high, known as the Newhall
house was consumed, and over one bun.
dred persons perished in the flames, or
! were literally mangled on telegraph
wires and the pavements in jumping
from upper stories of the burning bull
ding.
A Chinaman was naturalized at
Rochester, n. Y, who came from Can
ton twenty years ago. Justice Rumsey
Of the supreme court, being applied to,
said that under the laws Of this State
naturalization could not be refused 10
any alien.
On Friday of last week the wife Of
Isaiah Wagner, living about mile
from Bethany, Ills, gave birth to three
children, two boys aud girl, the three
weighing % pounds, all of whom
were still born. The mother died on
Saturday, aud all were buried in one
grave.
4 number of coasting steamers, bs-
longing to the Pacific Mail Steamship
Co., have been laid up at San Francisco,
on account of the lack of freight A
prominent shipper states that the stag
nation in the coasting freight is unex.
ampled. So far as deep watsr vessels
are concerned, there is little or. nothing
doing, and the probability of u qaick
revival is somewhat probleniatic.
Polk, the Tennessee Treasurer, it il
ascertained, is defaulter to the sum of
$4,000 It appears that his rascaIi-
ties date back several years, and by
false credits at the bank, he deceived
former Legislatures. The banks arc to
be held responsible for the loss 4ince
1881. Polk arrived at Nask sillc. and
the grand jury has indicted him.
Gen. Resecrans despairs of being able
to influence the ways and means COM
mittee TO take quicksilver from the free
list. 1t must remain there, be says
until he has an opportunity 10 move to
amend in the house. lie says the
house committee on public buildings
and grounds will not report any bill
for construction of a postoffice at San
Francisco until the bill recently report
ed to the senate is passed by that body.
This bill will then be favorabIy report
ed with an appropriation of $3.50, 600
for site. It's passage in the house is
strongly recommended.