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

The FORD, Of Portland, has been attach
ed.
Every city and village In Oregon has been
having siege Of the measles,
Julius A Stratton, prominent lawyer oi
Salem, has moved to Seattle to locate.
A little girl named Brown was drowned
in six inches OF water at Lodi, Cal. last Tues
day.
A methodist Church has been organized
at Newport with thlrty-nlne mem bers.
Landrcth, the brutal Independence muir
derer,was once a resident ofliarrisbmg <, Linr
county.
Last week the bridge over the river n
Pendleton gave away while large crowd
was on il watching the ice 30 out. All but
ten got off, Part Of them were considerably
Injured and one or two drowned.
Trains have been running on the o 4 @
only from Portland to Roseburg on this side
of the Slskiyou, and on the other side only
as far north rs Delta. About 700 miles be.
tween Ashland aud Delta Is entirely block
AIDED.
Mrs Clara Lister, daughter Of MIR w
Claypool, died In Crook County on Jan. nth
at the age of twenty-seven. She was born
In this county, but moved 10 Crook County
when a little GIRL She was married In 1850,
and leaves husband and three children.
II the tail could wag the dog It would be
a good thing for Oregon politics. The Sa-
lem Statesman In a well written article,
heretofore reierredto, admitted that the war
was over and the bloody shirt should be
burned. II Is to be hoped the OyegoHiaB will
sag on the subject, as all sensible papers
are doing.
Al meeting of the Pastors Union at
Salem last week il was ordered that the
Sunday Statesman be requested to publish
church notices on Saturday instead of Sun.
day, and thereupon the .Sfafesasas gets mad
and calls the act "pastoral demagoguery."
Three men at Knoxville, Tenn, attacked
Mr. Rule, city editor OF the Journal last Sun.
day just as he was going into church, on ac-
count of an article In reference to the father
OF two OF them who had just been elected
city physician, he not being a regular grad.
nate. One of them was killed.
Mr., Hitchcock and wife,prominent people,
were murdered last week by man named
Anschlag, at Santa Ana, Cal. The latter
had just bought farm from the former, and
did the deed in order to get rid Of paying for
IL. The evidence, Thoughts clrcumstantial.
The following viii show how strong some
OF Il Is, and how indlscreet murderers are
awhile party Of citizens were discussing
the points Of the crime,It was remarked that
Anschlag had been seen coming to Santa
Ana early Tuesday forenoon with a mud
besmeared wagon,and Dankley, one OF those
present, said he believed he had seen wagon
similar to Il driving across the prairie 10 a
cinmp of bushes. On proceeding to the
spot pair Of new blue oycrails and jumper
thoroughly besmeared with blood aud mud,
were found bound up and carefully hidden
under cfump OF bushes. With them were
scraps Of letters, one OF them In German
and another portion of letter written by
Mrs. Hitchcock, evidently to her
sister in Illinois. The overaIls and jumper
were at once taken 10 Garden Grove. and
were there identified by w. A. Blizzard, clerk
for Wickhan & Parker, rs a pair he sold
Ansct.iag on Monday. The latter returned
on Tuesday and said that the pair were too
short, and he wished another suit, although
he didn't offer 10 return the first pair