The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-11-09
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forty five silver and twenty eight bronzs
medals. There are also nineteen
diplomas aud ten money prizes. Tn.
United States Fish Commission got,
eighteen gold and four silver medals
besides two diplomas.
The Secretary Of the Treasury ha'
decided thai the advalorem duty on
cigars is TO be based UPON the value o
the cigars, Including the value Of the
boxes, !. o, the value Of the cigars IL
to be taken in their boxed condition.
The possibility Of an European wal
Is being closely calculated upon ct the
present moment BY Englisb shiPownsrs
Orders have been received here b.
several captains Of vessels that II th'
wheat charters they have been nego.
tiating fer are not closed, to refuse u
proceed further, except ct much hiehs'
rates, = sharp sdvAnos in freish's being
calculated upon in the event Of var.
Or. Koch, Of the German Commis
sion which went TO Egyps TO investigate
the cholera epidemic, reports thst he
has discovered that cholera Is duo to q
living thrsad.liks microscopic organism,
resembling that seen in cases Oi
phthisis.
Upwards Of 400 persons are reported
to be prostratsd by trichinosis in Sax
ony, and the deaths from the disease
are said to number Gfty per day. The
disease 10 Of such . maligant type that
when once attacked recovery 10 hope
lesa. Why viii thess people eat raw
perki
There are about $1,000 bushels
Of rye in store at Chicago, being mors
than half as much as was received al
that psint in either one Of the last
three years.
At MOOrhsad, MINI. October 9Th,
fourteen men, members Of threshing
crew, weAt to sleep in the lower story
Of granary. Daring the night the
floor gave way. and the men were
buried under 400 bushels Of oats.
Four of the men we're killed.
In 1890 there we're 500 lawyers in
the United States and 1000, 900 10
habilAnts. This was one lawyer ts
every 5000 persons In 1880 there
were 81 ,000, 900 people and 64.1S7
lawyers, or one lawyer 20 every 500.
DR.. L. L. Wight. Whitsstown, N.
Y, has made for foreign order tbres
cheeses weighing sbos. 2700 pounds
each. They were skipped last week.
An English wheat buyer nov /.
Odessa writes that Russian wheat car
be laid down in French ports seven
cents per busbsl cheaper than the
best terms offered by sbipPers from
New York or Baltimore.
Cuba buys from Hoadurss 81, ,000,.
0C0 worth Of cattle annually.
The Kansas cern crop was reduces
16. .0o0, 900 bushels through the drought
in certsin counties.
The sugar product Of Louisisns sbsw'
fallisg q about tbirty=tLrse per cenI
on last years crop.
Arrangements are being perfectsd
for the shipment Of fresh salmon frsE
the Colnmbia River next Spring.
Southern tsrrspins are selling il
New York at $40 per dozen and
diamoud- backs at $50.
A hand grenade Is in use in Chicago
| to extineuish fres. It is frsiI glob'
containing chemicals whose hsatss
fumes check combustion.
Agriculture and not the mines i
new the main source of wealth in Cali
fornia.
The cotton crop for this year wa
estimated at 7 1000, 900 bales. Il ma!
emily be about s, 800, 900 bales, and ma,
psrhaps not be over 5,760.0oo bales.
The largest estate ever sold in Sect
land in one lot BY public auction va
disposed Of few days since 70 Mr.
Jehn Bulleugh for $4,000, aside
from timber, which will be paid 70
as an addition at. . vainstion. Tb,
estate Il known as the Nsggsrni
estate, and is situated in the valley o
Glsnlyon, Perthshire, It contains up
ward of32.c0 acres, included in n
Esrsa Of iifsy SCARE miles, and is one .
the best sporting and grazing estate
in Scotland. The salmon fishery OK.
tends TO the Alnest unprecented length
Of oysr. fsrty miles.
Pref Ksdzls Of Che Miohigs'
Agricultural College is making expert
ments that thus far show that CROWN
plants in close room are not injurisu
to human life. He says that the notio
that it is unhealthy to sleep in roer
/ csntsinipg plants is sheer nonsense.
/ A curious Gsorgis industry Is th
making of vrapping-paper out Of ric
lstraw and palm leaves.
| "A Boston florist has been engage
| to furnish the floral decorations for th
Prineess Louise ball at the Windsc
Hotel In Montreal. They will
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