The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-05-16
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Ano ntsS uaily PaPcF Was ssaEss" ~
woman In London IN I702.
Texas now has $3.50 miles Of rail-
way.
A Philsdelphian hAs e400, 900 insur-
ance on his life.
The crops Of South Carolina are said
TO be in bad way. and tho farmers Ia
certain sections Of ths State have star
vation looking them in the face.
jay couid's hotel at New Laredo,
Mexico. bas been seized by Mexican
authorities, owing to Noncompliance
with contract
A 6sh and sams wArder has seized
iobstsrs at Biddeford, Me-, as they
were undsrsiIed. The Law forbids the
sale Of Holsters les, than nine inches
long.
The estate Of Daniel Webster ~
Marsh6sld Mass, is advertised for
sale. The house was burned . few
years ago, brt was replaced BY another.
His Law Office remAins as IL was when
be used il.
A Lancaster pa young lady was
made dangerously III by tho practice Of
molsteuing the end Of an indelible lead
pencil with her tongue.
The R,thschilds own $500, ,oe0, 900
Of United States bonds They are
evidently pretty we'll prepared fer a
rainy day.
Missouri and south western Kansas
new produce about sevent. ave per cent
Of oil the lead ore smeltsd in the Unit
cd States, and can furnish 60. 900 tons
Of zinc ore per annum.
So great is the demand fer alligator
leather that about 10000 ssurians were
slaughtered last year. The skins sell
At from twenty five to City cents each.
A peripatetic evangelist is travelling
about Connecticut with . pot Of blue
paint and brush, painting pious sI-
hortatiops on recks and fences.
The body Of Walter Rsam. a soldier
buried twenty-sns years ago At Knor-
vile, Ia, has been foanI sImost COM
ple.ely petridsd. Il was instantly rec
ognizsd by his comrades.
Ia the room of kleptomaniac In
London we're found 900 umbrellas.
Russia produces annually about a.
000, 900 worth Of honey, or ovsr 49,
e0osons, besides 5000 pounds Of wax.
worth $1,000, 900. IL 10 nearly all
consumed in the empire, however.
Chicago has liquor saloon TO avery
thirty Ave families.
The Pope has promulgated a segsre
letter against Freemasons and secret
societies.
A lace factory Is about % be stArted
in Wilkesbarre, Pa. II will be the
only one Of the kind in tho country and
will give employment to about 200
persons.
Oae 6tm at New Haven ship 1000
barrels Of oysters week TO Liverpool.
The Roman Catholic Church has in
creased tenfold in the United States
during the last forty years.
The Greedy relief expedition takes
5000 pounds gum cotton, to be used In
blowing up ice-bergs il necessary.
A hallbut weighing 426 pounds was
sent from New York to Prof Baird at
Washington. This is one Of the larges,
ever caught.
The light Of o burning gas we'll in
West Virgins can be seen at dis
tance OF thirty miles.
One and o half million mackerel
were recently brought into New York
iu one day in ishing vessels.
During the past ten years the Gov
srnment has expended s7o,oo0,00o in
caring for the Indians.
A singular case Of fatal poisoning
from q veil has occurred in Kansas
The wife Of Judge A. H. FoOte Of Law
renee, X an, had scratch on her fac'
when she started out for her afternoon
walk. She wore dark green veil Il
conceal the abrasion. The blood absorb
cd some of the green coloring matter o
the veil. and blood poisoning set in
She died in three days.
Slavery is being gradually abolished
in Brazil, and it is expected will ceas
to exist in 1890.
Hog skin is used extensively for sad
dies, because it is the only leather tha
ell the stretch can be taken cut Of, an,
there is no other leather that will STAN
30 much friction and wear so well. Al
the straps are made Of dressed cow akin
There is ne strength in heg skin, so
cannot be used fer straps.
The Danish Government has for
warded instructions to their represen
tatives in Greenland to aid the Gree)
rslief expedition in every way possible
The smallest bull-tsrrier in Ameris
is ewned in Province, R. !. 1t is ~
years old and weighs but 81 pounds.
Germany, it is now stated, uses pape
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