The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-01-22
NEWS OF she WORLD.

/ 50 VS. ets1 Whtal-pIpAu1ANk
countries os the world Is estimated
at from 1,o27 200, 600 to ,050, 900,
900 bushels.
Dressed. hogs are selling In differ
ent parts OF New England at from
$3.50 TO SO per 100 pounds, which, o.
course, affords the grower but slight
margin Of profit even at the low
prices OF grain. With proper con.
veniences, however, the value added
to the manure pile by each porket
will more than psy The cost of Labor
In caring for him.
II someiYankeo gonius coald IN.
vent an elastic stove Pipe no would
suppress more profanity than a hun
dred sermons could achieve.
There arc at present Is4 subordi.
nate Oranges in Maine, the aggre.
gate membership Of which Is 10, sal
Wolves are very plenty and re-.
markably bold In some seasons OF
Illinois. A farmer of IIIllsboro. that
State, lately had twenty-five sheep
from flock OF sixty killed by them
In one night Oihers In that vIcin.
ity have also lost heavily by them.
Masked footpads are terrorIzing
the people at The Potraro a, san Fran.
cisco. Sunday night OF last week
they attacked Herman OGDEN aud
nearly beat him 10 death. There
were four other persons robbed and
maltreated by the ruflians.
Miss Julia Legoale, aged is years,
suicided lat week IN San Francisco
BY cutting her throat with a razor.
while In q at OF dependency.
Last week Mrs. JefF Wlles was
alone at her home in Marshall, IL.
her husband being unavoldahly ab.
sent. There was u knock at the door
and rough voices demanded admit
lance, amidst oaths aud Insulting
language. A look out ofthe window
showed three sconndrels, with black.
ened faces. Mrs. wiles refused their
demand. They threatened 10 break
down the door, when she snatched
up her husbands gun ana fred
heavy charge Of shot at them. The
men were not hurt, but were terri.
bly, scared, and fed preciplla,ely.
John L. Sullivan has authorized
the following challenge "I viii
fight Mitchell or any other man In
this country for from one to ten thou
sand dollars. / viii Hght Mitchell
for one cent or for nothIng every day
for a week, and 1T DOME HEX him
on Monday | viii give 1000 TO the
Orphan Asylum II I don't lick him
on Tuesday will give $1,000 to the
policemen's benevolent fund If not
on Wednesday, I will give 50 900 to
some flremen's fund, and so on or
TO some charitable institution, until
the week Is up"
California has some 10000 Chi.
ncse within its borders. The aver.
Gge wages paid them Is $500 per
year, which aggregates upward Of
s27 900, 600, upwords Of $40, 1000, 900
OF which IS sent or carried to their
native country.
Reports from southwesiern Iowa
Indicate that those who make q busi.
ness Of feeding stock Ia that vicinity
have found but little profit In the
business the past year, and the out
look for the future Is far from encour-
aging. An instance Is mentioned Of
one feeder who bought cattle last
Year for 81 25 per hundred pounds,
fed them nearly a year and sold for
S4.60. Owing to the low prices OF
beef and prevalence OF hog cholera
10 that State, farmers are beginning
to turn their attention TO sheep rails
Ing.
While returning to his home from
q business trip to Boston one day last
week, Maine produce dealer made
the acquaintance OF stranger, who
generously offered him the loan of a
bottle OF stimuIants, which was ac-
cepted, and shortly after the butter
and egg vender became stupid. His
new acquaintance very kindly assist
ed him 10 hotel in Portland upon
the arrival OF tho train at that point,
and procuring room, relieved him
Of his cash and other personal prop,
erty, valued at some 5000.
PETROLEUM v. Massey.