The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-08-24
NEWS ~ BRIEF.

anu 10 newly bsttieu country Wnert
rainy weather was quite prevalent, wal
asked by an old acquaintance from
Minnesota how he liked IL. "Ocb
sure and i like /. first rate. You
can take up handful Of the rich soil
and squaze the very fat out Of it,
The farmers near Kalamazoo, Mich,
are getting slightIy exasperated over
the destruction of their sheep by prowl-
ing dogs. Lately they organized a
hunting party, followed the dogs and
shot them, even when they had return.
ed 70 their owners yard.
The internal revenue receipts during
the lasi fiscal ye3r were sl44,55g. .3e6,
which was collected at cost Of about
s5,l2o,000.
Competent judges, taking depart
.nent reports to tho Government as Ra
basis, estimate the value Of domestic
animats annually destroyed by wolves
ia European Russia at IL, ZOO, 900 rub
les, or about sl2,000,O00. To this
great sum must be added the value Of
the wild animals which the wolves kill,
the reindeer in Siberia alone represent
ing high figure. The annual loss Of
human life is never accurately known,
but in 1875 the police reported l6l
persona killed by wolves.
From $50 to 800 cats are destroyed
weekly during the warm season in
Philadelphia by the agent Of the Wo.
mans Branch Of the City Refuge for
Lost and Suffering Animals. They are
not drowned, but suffocAted with char
coal gas. Last year no fewer than
1851 unhappy cats were thus put be-
yond reach Of the slings aud arrows Of
outrageous fortune.
A rare case is that Of Andrew Car
negie Of Pittsburg, head Of the largest
iron manufacturing concern in this
country. After accumulAting q great
fortune, he has returned 10 his native
Scotland, and il is said will seek for
election to Parliament.
The weather suddenly becoming cool
Smyrna Tenn. man put one Of bis
shirts on n pet sheep that had been
sheared few days before, buttonine
the color around the neck. Then
things became lively. All tho dogs in
tho nsighborhood ran in full pursuit
after this noudoscript objeet. Horses
shied, cattle beloved, and superstition
negroes exclaimed "Fo' de LAwd'l
sake" " at the sight Of the shirted sheep
The poor Abeep, not knowing what Il
make Of all this, ran all the harder an'
Il has not been seen since.
The smoke Of the engine on th'
Green Mountain Railway at Mount
Desert can be seen on a clear day iron
Belfast, forty-fve miles distant.
Public bodies throughout the coun
try are speaking out rather plainly il
protest against the refusal of the sever
al telegraph companies to make tn
slightest effort for compiomise Of th
prevailing differences.
The Unitarian church in Bolton
Mass, has been built more than ninet.
years, and It has never oeen reshingled
The shingles upon it are yet in goo
condition, and the roof is wster-tight
Bermuda is again dissatisfied viii
her birds. A quarter Of century age
crows were imported to the island a
scavengers but instead of pursuin
what was supposed to be their naturs
tastes and following their regular bus
ness they took to eating planted. graf
and destroying tho crops. The Bsr
muda Government offered a premium
Of twenty-five cents bead for crows
and the fowlers made a good thing o
killing them. Later, Bermuda wante
English sparrows, and imported then
on their reputation of being death b
bugs and worms. But the Bsrmud
sparrows have driven off the native re-
and blue birds, and now the Legisls
ture is petitioned TO exterminate th
English sparrows.
Col. King of Texas has sold his rancl
and cattle, near San Antonio, for S4,'
100000 to an English syndicate. Thi
is said to be the largest ranch in th
world.
The United States consumes mor'
lemons In a year than ell other coun
tries combined. Russia comes next
The custom the Russians have of drink
ing their tea with slice of lemon in
, accounts for the large consumptio
there.
Posters are placarded at ChinatowT
at San Jose, CAL, printed in Chimes
/ calling for volunteers in the Chimes
|. army, in anticipation Of war wit
France. The posters specify a prefer
ence for those. who have been in con
{ tact with Europeans, and offer rewarc
> to those who enlist so, 100. or 90
men.
A miller in German mill, engagt
4 in digging out -four. undermined Il
! heap too far, and it fell over on hir
l. When extricated he was quite dead.