The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-02-03
CURRENT EVENTS.

According to Florida exchange, the
largest lemon ever grown In that state was
recently picked In Brcyard county. II Is
TsH inches tn circumference and weighs
two pounds and two ounces.
In 1870, the American record Of horses
known TO be able to tros In ago or better
embraced only ISL horses. Last year there
were twice that number recorded, who for
the first time, made 2s7o or better and the
list as now compiled includes 1900 that can
trot or pace In that class.
The Man About Town does not wonder
that some people are sick. There are few
citizens Of this glorious country whose
houses are as dirty Is hog pens.and q makes
the nerves Of refined, sensitive person
fairly ilutter to step inside Of them. Clean.
illness Il Goodness and one should at least
not be 50 filthy a. 10 wilt strong stomach.
ed physician. This does not apply 70 any
thing any where near the REALMS Of decen.
cy.
AT Benton recently, the wife OF Wesley
Roy, farmer, gave birth TO a quartettc Of
boys and girls, two boys anditwo girls.
This Is remarkable as It Is the first Of the
kind that ever occurred In the State. All Of
the children and the mother are dsing well.
Whea the nurse first showed them 70 the
father, he probably asked IBID any Of
them get away g--Ex.
Henry cenrad, OF Greenwood. Ncb., met
his death In a singular way recently. He
was going hunting with his hired man, and
faA ~ fa64 a.. saf~ T. f.. aI.
wagon and drive on ahead while he followed
on loot. The jolting OF the vehicle dis
charged the gun and the entire charge lodg-
ed In Conrads head, killing him almost In.
ssantly.
WIN some Oregonian attempt TO equal
tho following record OF a Louisiana farmer !:
onten acres he raised oK bales Of cotton.
10 bushels OF potatoes. 600 stalks Of sugar
cane, 60 gallons OF sorghum and SIo worth
OF watcrmcions, besides carrying on farming
operations with acres sowed with grain.
On september6 Springfield man mail.
ed postal card with the idea Of having It
make the tour Of the world In nInely.iiye
days, three hours and thirty minutes he re.
ceived Il again. II bore the postmarks Of
San Fraaciscc, Sept. II Hong Kong, Oct
as Liverpool, Nov. 70, and Springfield
again Dec. 10. Out of this time the card
was held six days. at Hong Kong and twelve
hours at Liverpool.
We were not aware that there was another
newspaper In PrincvilIc. but BY the way the
editor Of the Nesgs aliudes to some party as
s.foul.mouthcd, ,self-conceited self.xanctifi-
ed individual" and charges him with Dor.
rowing money TO play 'stud" and never
paying Il back, stating that the same party
gets draak while making New Years calls,
etc, we are ready 70 wager that another pa
per does exist not FAR away, for no editor
uses such language except to an esteemed
contemporary ". .skakesnas
A Frenchman, resident Of San Francisco,
reeentiy returned to Paris, and as he was
leaving for California friend gave him
package TO give to a mutual acquaintance
in San Francisco. On reaching New York
he was asked II he had anything 10 declare
as dutIable, and said that he bad not The
officer found the aforesaid package, which
contained jewels 10 the value Of I,2oo. The
poor Frcnchman denied all knowledge of
the contents of the box, but he was sentenc-
cd 70 one year IN Ludlow street jail.
The State Journal. Of Eugene, has begun
It's 25th year Of existence, with lie original
editor and founder II r Kincaid inthe traces.
Brother kincAid's annual reviews are always
interesting and ara noticeable for the many
plain statement Of facta they contain net gem
orally touched upoa by the prcprietors Of
newspapers. The DEMocRAT has probably
x'd with the Journal as lcng ~ with any ea-
per IA Oregon, and has the most friendly isei-
ing towards the paper and its editor.
Thsroports OF u. s. engineers, Mai w A
Jones and Capt Chas II Powell, to the chief
engineer at Washint0n shows the following
condition Of the work as the entrance 20 va
quina Bay The project IL 10 build = high
tide brush and stone jetty about 1000 feet
lang. on the south side OF the entrance, with
ahore protection, to clese rock obstructed
chancellor the purpose Of providing central
free channel not less than twelve feet deep Al
mean low water. The total amount expended
on the project 10 june Goth. 1887, was $l02,
| 625 81, and has resulted in the construction 81
25i7 feet Of istty and $50 feet Of shore prstec
| tion. The channel il now less shifting and ID
| generally deeper, and is detected perman
emily from the south rock, through which th,
deep water sometimes ran. Amount expend
ed during the fscal year SO. 1880 re.
quired far the completion OF the project
SSOS. go July ist, 1887, amount available
| SO. .47GS4.