The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-12-10


Waila Walla.
Recently . genuine prize fight, London
rules, took place ut Phllomnth Between TIVE
men named Mitchell and Bogne. The lat
ter got ! broken nose.
The Coroner's Jury at pcndIeton that sai
on the body Of L + Cavlness found that he
came to his death from too much inioxica.
ton, aided by dose of morphine admins.
tered by his physician. Ii was thought al
one time there had been foul play, bit In.
yeatigation resulted In the above.
The total vote Of Washington Territory
was 47,ss7 against 4f,s4s In 1885,.
Geryais has $500 out at interest
State Treasurer Webb has to Ole bonds
amounting 10 100000.
Ex Union county soldiers or their widows
draw $5sI.S3 month In pensions.
Jos Pulitzer made the small sum Of 5000.
900 on the World during the past year. II
Is strange man like Pulitzer will waste his
talents on such an income when there are
20 many paying country weeklics thlrstlng
for energetic editors.
Tom Fish, the postmaster as Toledo, sent
an order 10 Alex Campbell, our excellent
drnyman, for fire dogs. Alex scanned the
note, and made of II an order for two fee
doga. He determined to fill the order,
strange as 1t was,and bought two pups from
Jess Spencer, and sent them with certified
pedigree 10 Mr. Fish, warranting them to be
the beat flee breed In the county. BY return
mall letter came to Alex with a drawing
OF fire. dog on II and underneath, the legend
aAlex, you ---- fool can't you understand
that J" Alex understood. benton Leader.
SO, 100000 In muillatcd notes were rc.
deemed BY the Y > Treasury last rear.
The startling fact Il now learned that San
Francisco i deiencelesa and Il would be
possible for Chill or the Sandwich Islands
70 invade Il and take II without resistance.
At Portland last Sunday, In a 7y yard foot
race. Frank Lewis. OF Corvallis, beat VIM
Boyd, OF Canada, about two feet.
The Portland bridge is under way.
Ted Piper Is now the city editor OF The
Salem Skakesmas. A rustlcr.
Portland has been afflicted recently witt
batch Of professional hIppodromlng prlzs
fighters.
Bartlets's Official plurality IN the Cali
iornla election was SOS.
A ship left Philadelphia Saturday fol
Japan with 10000 gallons Of coal oil. ''Ns
smoking allowed"
A Sf.ooaooo city hall Is being built Al
Richmond, Va.
100000 bushels of wheat change
hands In New York City In two days las
week. They had regular s. T. craze over
the matter.
Michael Hess, on 9 wager Of S7yiumpes
from the tower Of Brooklyn bridge, and va.
picked up apparently unhurt. He was un
conscious from the time he jumped until b.
struck the water.
Several presidential posimassers hav,
their commissions expire Ia Oregon the firsl
partot the coming year,one Of them being q
Albany.
President Cleveland had an attack o
rheumatism last week.
An exchange speaking Of work on the r
r between here and California says: III.
california & Oregon extension win be open
ed 10 Edgewood. Slskiyou county. In fcss
days. Samuel Miller, Of the Southern Pa
eihc, who has just returned from trip q
the scene OF operations in the yicinity d
Buttcvslle. aaid that the gyeat trcstle eoutt
Of futtevilie would probably be finished b
Monday. Between sisson and Buiteyiils
the track passes within fifty feet Of the head
waters of the Sacramento river Track 4
now laid within two miles Of Buttevillc. ans
grading Is completed four miles beyon'
/ town.
wm. b. Rice. General Travelling Agen
Of the Oregon Pacific railroad. was in tn
city yesterday. lie reports that bis road
doing an enormous amount oi freight busl
ness, In wheat especially. Southern Ore
gon merchants are taking advantage Of IL
low rates extended BY the Oregon Pacia
and arc ordering their goods Win Yaqnlna
This trade i growing rapidly, and Mr Rlc
looks for large increase when nm addition
al steamer i put on the route. which WI
be done before long. The Oregon Paeiii
Is now running daily trainss also an exir
freight train. The force OF men at work Il
the Cascade Mountains has been withdraw
for the winter. but VIII be returned early |
the spring. The road bed has been grade
70 the Sanslam river and track will soon
laid on this portion. The railroad bridge !
Albany viii be ready for trains BY Ianuar
Tsl. Some time this week the new boa
taken to Albany TO run on the upper Wi
lamette. - Portland Meas.
| Over eco votes were cast In the elecsio
at salem last MONDAY.
Some villain stole the DRmocRAT's onl
Ak. May poverty haunt him all the da,
of his life, the heartiess wretch.
Baker City with population of near
asoo has not even hand engine for pr
lection against fire, no sewerage, no decei
water yet II Is growing rapidly.
II Is said that man who won't take
paper because he can borrow one has 4
vented machine with which he can Cox
his dinner by the smoke of his neighboi
chimney.--Es.
Congress began short session last Mo
day. We give the Presidents message
full.
At Henderson,, Mich, last Tuesday, FIR.
] Joslyn, school teacher, shot and kill,
/ Thomas Morrison. The teacher had ptl
ished young Morrison as,his father though
too severely, and Morrison visited &
scheoi to investigate. He entered Il
school room, and walking up to Josl,
told him he was about to give him the saT
treatment, whereupon Joslyn drew his /
vclver and shot Morrison dead.
The Fenian Brotherhood have denounel
IO'Donavan Rosa. All law abiding G
gems denounced him several years ago.
Tuesday morning stock at San Francis
collapsed, Con. Virginia going from
down to $50, and other stock In prcportil
! Last Sundays S + Chronicle has a.
= ticle on the o p with map showing
: connection with the Chicago and Mort
4 western, and calls Il the sixth overla
! line of railway.
Burkhardt Bros. fcrists,of Portland, 81
Y Sam " Pease, society young man
4 $S, the price Of boquet that young NJ
!. ordered for the celebrated Reed-Gre
wedding. Pcase having claimed the pr
was extortionatc and that So was suficie
Several high toned people were subpoena
to the trial but rather than attend tn
paid the bill and costa, $z3i0 Portla
society has thus been cruelty shaken O
IS chrysanthemums some mysiphlLl
adiantum asparagus tenuissifnus and q