The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-03-16
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sAN Francisco, March s. The steamer
City of Topeka, which recently arrived from
Central American portA, Is laidup, Rumor
Is current that the Oregon Development
Company Is making negotiations TO charter
her for the Yaquina hay trade. The Com
pany's steamship Eastern Oregon, which
was recently attached, Is lying In Oakland
esSSek. The company has no use for her, as
sac does not Gil the requirements of the
trade. The only steamer now running Is
the Willamette.
LOUISVILLE, March Warner spent his
last night In the Jeifersonvllle jail joking
with the guards and some Of the prisoners
who remained up with him. On the scafEoid
he said "f have a few remarks toy make
before die IL any OF you take a glass
Of whisky, before you put Il to your llps
think of Macey Warner with his rope In his
hand and then look into the bottom Of the
glass and see II you can't sec rope there.
This Is al: have to say"
FARGO, Oak, March o.-News was
brought into Mlnnewauken on the 3rdinst.,
by young Norwegian, that man and HE
son living at Poplar Grove, twenty
miles southeast OF Fort Totten, had been
eaten alive by pack OF wolves. The facts,
as near as could be obtained, are that father
and son left their house with shovels to
Gear snow from some haystacks not more
than fifteen or twenty rods distant. They
were at once attacked by pack of sixteen
wolves which literally ate them alive e,whlle
the wife and mother gaxed through win.
dow at the horrible slght, knowing 1t was
certain death TO 60 TO their assistance. AZ.
ter the brutes had eaten all the nesh of the
bones they came up to the house, and ran
around Il several times aud then weht away.
Next day the remains were visited, but
nothing was found but few bare bones.
Nav YoRK, March Ia.-The hardest
snow storm OF the year Is raging. Ats
o'clock there was n foot or over on the
ground. High winds caused drifts which
In the upper part Of the city were three and
four feet high. Traffic Is almost suspended.
Thousands OF passengers are blocked on the
eevated roads. The horse cars are entirely
unable 10 move. People who left up town
/ by the elevated roads were unable to get
further than Eighth street by that road.
Many OF the more venturesome descended
TO the street by ladder and walked the rest
Of the way down town. People in suburb.
an towns found Il almost impossible TO
reach the city, so severe were the drifts.
SAN FRANcIsco, March lathe South.
ern Pacific Company have now decided TO
build line from Montague, California. on
the Oregon & California Railway. to Shovel
Greek, on Klamath river, via Little Shasta,
and probably thence via Linkville and
klamath Lake TO Eastern Oregon and
Idaho, for connection with the Oregon
Short Line.
WASHINGTON, March i3.-Representa.
tiYe Hermann called upon the Postmaster
General this morning, to request that ter.
minal service at Lebanon and Albany, Ore.
gon, be put on. lie stated that the o * c
railroad had given notice that Il would
carry mail between those points but would
not supply Postoliices from the depot
Postmaster General Dickinson stated that
there was but one place In the country
where terminal facilities were afforded In
place Of that character, but he would take
the request into consideration.