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

with alIeyw@ys through them, AS in
America, bnethss was defeated. +
A lady living not hnndred miles
from the heart Of tho Commonwealth
was recently i,erplexsd bseaase her
bread woaId not riss, and ahe thought
TO conceal hcr ili-luck lay buryipa the
dough IN the garden. Two days lstes
| hdr aged fAther wis electrified by The
dfacotcryof gigantic mashroom in
that very garden, and IL awas half An
hour before hia exeitsmsnt had 20 far
abated that be was able TO nee that The
curiosity was nos an adihIe fangnS.
A steel hoeIn the hshds of William
Winston Of Hanover, Va, ~ he eross-
ed a field during a thunderstorm, cost
hin bis life. A bolt struck the hoe
and then him. ha&
Barnum says that he lost $4,000
IN his yrin attempt 70 bring two siam-
!
ESQ whits elephants 10 this country.
His agent bought the beasts through
I he connivance Of . priest, and after
the king had Indignantly refused 10
sanction such aacrilegious sale, but
they died on being taken aboard ship,
and the old Snowman beliegea that
they were poisoned.
The English doctors, now at Alex.
andria, who have had experience in
India in el,elera epidemics, report that
the disease now prevailing In Egypt is
distinctly different character from
the AAiatic cholera.
IL is estimated on basis Of the zen.
sus reports that the yield Of the Maine
bay crop this year win reach l60, 900
tons, the yield being fully ons-bslf
more than the crop Of laat year.
Some I.ondoacrs have taken 20 the
Thames throughout the summer months
and eat. drink and sleep in what are
known as house boats. These usually
contain . snug dining.room and sitting
room combined, two or three small
bedrooms, kitchen and veranda.
The treasurer Of tho col ouy Of South
Australia says that the population ID
only 100000, and advises grant Of
5000 900 TO encourage immigration.
IL would be fair Geld for the Irish.
assisted emigran,s.
II has Leen discovered In New
Brunswick that snakes eat potato bugs
One killed At Moncton contained near
ly pint ofthe pests.
4 fatal disease resmbling cholera !,
prevailing among the hogs ia the neigh.
borhood Of Womelsdotf. Pa. Some
fifty have already died, AID sixiy mo,.
are sick beyond recovery.
| Five hogs were lying under tree OF
the farm Of Col. ID. w. Irvine, neal
Richmond, XIV, when it was struck by
lightning. All Eve instantly rolled
over on their backs, with their feet il
tho air, apparently stiff and dead
They lay in this condition fully At
hour, when the Colonel sent man L
stick them with knife, that the,
might bleed and be prepared for food
Tho man took hold Of ono Of the All
mails and stuck it nnder the throat, bu
the weapon ~as dull and the blade di'
not enter the hide. Instantly the boI
jumped up and ran off, and the oshe
four at the same moment did likewise
All Of them were stunned bat not hurt
William Rathbone of Cochecton, N
Y, reports seeing q snow white fqnir
rel with pink eyes.
Edward MeClintock, who once trad
ed the site Of all Denver for q mule
has never seen steamboat, and with
in month had his frst ride on rail
road, has money enough to make
pleasure trip TO Saratoga, notwithstand
ing hia miss Of fortune Ia real estate.