The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-10-10
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feared.
A toy rubber balloon with q whlS-
t.e attached, caused tho death Of q
boy eleven years old at Brooklyn. Il.
Y, few days slnce. He placed the
whistle to his Iips and was drawing
air into his lungs for the purpose o.
initiating the Toy, when II was carried
80 far Into bis throat that II could not
be extracted, and. after suffering
great agoay for nearly an hour, he
died
A ran Of i66 spars, valued at about
go 900. was lately towsd frvm New
York TO Boston by tugboat.
| Electricity Is nov employed.to tame
Wild animals.
In EnglanJ, man charged With
stealing mushrooms has been acquIt.
ted, on the ground that they do not
come within the catalogue Of cultlva.
tod roots, which alone are protected
by law.
Virginia Is suHsring from severe
drought
Tho late Vermont state Fair was
. financial success, over $4,000 be-
ing the gross receipts, while the ex-
pepsss and premiums win notexcecd
$4,000.
A farmer slxty years Of age fell
from an apple tree on his farm q,
Waveriy, Pa. and broke his back,
eausIug death in few minutes.
Owing 70 the depression in wooles
goods, due 10 the large stock Of wool
on cloths now In market, IIs wooden
mills, representing s63 sets Of cards
have concluded 10 lessen their pro-
duction by II. 900, 600 yards, In or
der 20 improve the demand. This
Will represent about 1000, ,00e suitl
Of tnen's clothing. Many Of the mlIIl
ere now Idle or running on shor'
tims, and will not start up agais r
their fall capacity until the demand
Improves % as TO insure cost Of pro
dustion.
4 That the people In Canada are max
Ing progress Ia their effor . 70 kssI
abreast Of the times, Is evident iron
the fact that q justice of the peace Il
Montreal Is charged by well knowI
capitalist aud director Of several put
lie companies with obtalolng el0O, ,0OI
under false pretences.
In New York city there are stand
at the hotels where umbrellas ma.
be had at twenty-five cents a dag
Those who rent the umbrellas ar
obliged TO dsposit their cost.
, In So. Louis, q horse back ride
rode 100 miles 10 four hours, Afty-Gv
minutes, a. against his opponents
) The terms Of the race required th
winner to chsnge horses every mile
'~hile his opponents ehangsd every
miles.
Justice was lately measured out I
Deiewnre horse thief y, foll ~.
. He was setenced 70 pay the cost q
his prosecution, 500 restitution mon
sy, $500 fine, ,one hour In the pIllory
|. twenty lashss and 10 undergo eigh
teen months' imprisonment.
II Female telegraph operators In Gel
many receive t24o q year.
Il a sample of American cheese !
, London, being analysed, proved
. contain no milk NOR any Of itsdsrivs
tives. It's chief ingredients we,
lard and coloring matter. Who mad
lits
a The Mexlcaa Government pays
bounty for grasshoppera A party
hunters recently brought In more tha
200 pounds Of dead grasshoppers, Il
! which they received tlT6.
Tns heaviest shipment Of butt'
q ever made from Iowa was eight cAI
= loads, or upwards Of sixty toms, wAic
J, was latsly sent to New Orleans In n
: frigerator ears.
l Iowa claims to bs the greatest porl
. producing State In the Union, NJ
the claim y sustained By the last css
:, sus, which credits it with q grand 4
4 tai Of 1000, 900 head Of swine, Whi
10 plinois has 6,l7o,2ee aud Missor
% 4,SoS,1ss. The hog cholera is %
NJ 10 be prevailing Ia the two irss mel
N toned States,
n Lewiston, Me-, boasts Of Q tw
10 year.old hog measuring eight Il
b two inches Ia length, seven feet
!, girth around the body aud ave "a
L. around the neck. He weighs 1s
~ pounds and is owned by Meas
Coombs & Price Of Lewiston.
It's estimated that, in addition
l. the direct costaof the cholera to e
q rope, It has caused loss to Franc
q, spain.and italy of moi less than
= million which would otherwise ha
" been sp Mt by touresls IN the disiri,
er which ara now under the ban.
10 A rnauliu Georgia lately ran sm
no brier into his wrist, from the effet
y OF which he died in three days.