The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-01-13
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CBiPPkD DISPATCHEJs
SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 3.-Marin county
claims 10 be the banner county Of the State
IN the prompt payment OF taxes. Out Of
the total amount Of the taxes levied, Sr36,-
1850, all has been paid excepting the sum
Of $i,D07, i6.
LYscmBURo, Va, Jan. s--A freight train
on the New river division OF the Norfork &
Western railroad, ran Into a rock sIide
twenty.seven miles from Central last night.
The engine jumped the track and ran into
New river and disappeared. The engineer
was drowned at his post.
WAsHTN0ToN, Jan. 4-Iniormation has
reached here that the coqullle river IN Ore
gon, has detected ice current al the mouth 20
as 20 change its channel from the govern
ment jetty and endangcr shIpping,and Con.
gresham Hermann, this morning notified,
Ia person, the engineer department, and has
urged the necessity for increased estimates
for additional improvement. Gen. Duane
az once communicated with the local enRin.
GERS IN Oregon for detailed report.
WAsHINoroN.J .Jan.6.-The greatest mum.
Der Of bills introduced by any one Represcn.
tatiye IN the House Yesterday was by Her.
mann, of Oregon. lie presented thirty.fye
public bills during the call Of States and
dropped into the petition box forty.seven
private bitls.
II has been neck and neck between Sena
tors Doiph and Mitchell, of Oregon, to see
whe could get the largest number Of bills
introduced In the Senate.
LoSnoS, Jan. GA telegram from the
Russian frontier states that eight nlhiIsts,
including the Cossack Tschernoh, condemn
ed TO death fer making an attempt upon the
life Of the Car during his visit ts the Don
Cossaek country,were hanged AT ST. Peters.
burg, Jan. and.
NooALEs, Dec. 6.-Information Of the
killing Of Eraclio BeFnai, the famous Mexi-
can bandit, Il just received. Bcrnal and a
portion Of his followers had a desperate
fight yesterday near the town Of Cosala, In
Sinaloa, with Mexican troops, during which
Bernat was killed and his mother and three
or four followers captured, the bandits re.
mains were taken 10 cosala, where they are
at present. The captives were lodged In Jail
n Cosala. The fight was short but bloody
and desperate. No further particulars are
now obtained, as the government wires are
being used for transmission Of the official
report OF the affair. The losses on both
sides arc unknown, but are supposed to be
very heavy.
OAKLASp, Cal, Jan. 6.-Nathan b. SUIT
ton was hanged here this afternoon. SUIT.
ton was a farmer and shot and killed .
neighbor Alex Martin. for allowing his eat
tle to wander on Sutton's land. Sutton this
morning rose early and ate fish for breakfast.
In reply TO q question as 10 how he felt he
said /: II never felt better" Mrs. McNeai,
= charitable lady called at tie jail and pray
cd. She asked Sutton 10 pay for the for
giveness of his crime. He said "f feel rs
Eemorsc feel justified for killing Martin,
because his cattle irespassed on my land.
would rather 90 TO hell and give Martin a
poke In tho pit than 20 TO heaven" Sutton
walked firmly TO the galiows. When the
iailors were adjusting the straps Sutton took
hold of the moose, saying II want to look
at that necktie.' AT I7:I6 the trap fell.
SAX Francisco, Jan. S.-chief Crowley
received telegram to-day from the Mar
shall Of Butte City, Mont, stating that ST.
mon Hamberg had been arrested there, and
viii be held pending the arrival of an of
ticer from San Francisco. Hamberg Is
wanted for completely In the swindle where
by nj + Parker, ranchman from Oregon,
was fieeced out of about $1,000 IN this city.
Pitcher and Nenstadt, his confederates,
were arrested In this city Saturday and are
now In custody.
CHICAGO, Jan. S.--Col II c Corbin stated
to- night that General Alfred Terry Is seri.
eusly Ill at the Grand hotel In New York.
81 do not think General Terry ID in any inn
mediate danger" added Col. Corbin, ebut
fear his disease will ultimately prove fatal.
should say that he Is in abeut the same
condition that Secretary Manning was for a
long time
Sr. PAUL, Ian. S.-To.night's weather
report shows the following below zero
Huron, Oak, 26 st. Vincent, 90 Fort
Totten, 30 Fort Buford, 90 Swift Cur.
rent, 90. At Belgrade last night the ther.
momeser registered 4o below.
| NKw YoRK, Jan. S.-Twe Cinnamon
Dan Lee and Phil Wing, were formally
baptized and admitted to church on proba-
ton at the Hanson Place Methodist Episco
pal church In Brooklyn to-day. They arr
believed to be the first Mongolian ever re
ceived In church of this faith in America.
[Jim Westfall, OF this city, Is member ci
the Baptist Church
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan o.-The thermome
ter registered 81 degrees below zero at 9
n. to-day.
i WALLA WALLA, Jan. o.--Mrs. o. Caro-
line Meacham, widow of Alfred b. Mea
cham, of Modoc war fame, died in this cit
Il Saturday night. Mrs. Meachan was TO
many years a resident OF Salem. and sui
sequently of Portland. She leaves tw
children, Geo F Meacham and Mrs ]
| lae Laa f<sW xgam
recipient of pension of $50 per mont
! in acknowledgement of her husbands ser
vice In the M0doc war.
! Sr. PAUL, Jan. GA jamestown, Oak
esScial TO the Pioneey-Pre says that sno'
: there Is twenty inches deep on the level an
! drifts are enormous. Teams plunge int
. drifts up to their necks and haye to be du
out with shovels. However, there Is muc
. rejoicing over the fact, as the heavy sno'
: <insures good crops next season.
.WILKEsBARRE, Ian. I0.--Jim Lee,a Oh
: naman who keeps q laundry In Nanicok
1 was united In marriage on Saturday evenin
. to a pretty Wilkesbarre girl of America
. parentage. The ceremony was performe
by minister and was witnessed by lare
i number OF guests. The bride said her mais
{ en- name was Henrietta Hunter, and he
z parents died when she was quite young
. She would not give the particulars of tn
h courtship, but said It was case Of love !
2 first sight.
. LoursvILLK, Tan I0.-Both houses OF tn
Legislature voted for u. S. Senator to-da'
q James B Beck receiving majority IN bot
' over the republican nominee, Bradley. 1T
. Joint ballot tomorrow will elect Beck
|, succeed himself.
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