The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-12-25

There are only 81 members or the
Pendieton FIRE department.
Most oi our exchanges have given the
census Lard rap since the receipt Of the
official returns. =,
One OF the electric cars on tine fair
ground road yesterday run over. COW
belonging to Geo Desarte, of the brick
firm OF Murphy x Desart, breaking her
leg, She was Immediately killed anJ put
out OF agony and will be paid for by the
company. This In the fret instance OF a
COW being "kllied by lightning" In this
section OF the country. Salem Journal.
Two pi our citizens got Into an alterca =
ton Saturday night and one threw black
pepper In the others eyes and then struck
him over the head with cane. The
lhrower was lodged In jail until SUNDAY
morning when he was released on bail.
They were both arralgned Monday and
the pepperer ard pcppered were both
fined. the former $sS and the latter $40.
Corvallis Times.
Here IL an illustration given by the
editor Of the Prlnevllls News, Of the dlf-
ferenees In life VIM X Vanderbilt, not
feeling we'll the other day. decided 10 20
to Europe, and he paid physician 81 o 900
TO accompany him. ID w Aldrldge, not
feeling we'll at the same time decided to
stay In PrIneylle, and accordingly ex-
pended as cents for box Of pills. Rather
reckless expenditure ofwealth.
The editor Of the Scientific American
suggests the following remedy for dpth-
eria and expresses the wish that II might
have sufficient trial to prove its usefu-
ness. II Is simply that raw onion be
placed In bandagc and be beaten into a
pulp; the cloths containing the onion, Juice
and all should be placed about the throat
and well up under the ears. Renewal
may be made ~ often as the mass becomes
dry. In most cases noticed the results
were almost magical, deadly pain Yield
Ing In short time to sleepy comfort.
Our exchanges have published lists Of
heavy tax payers for nearly all the
counties Of Oregon. IL IL an interesting
fact that In only one Of them has the
name Of an editor been seen. II tells lts
own story, and suggests that II you oge
the printer you'd better pay up.
The Harrisburg Courier makes an at
tack on the ear Esangel, and its manager,
recently In this city. which IL entirely un
called Tor and very small IN eplrit. Mr.
Wheeler, the manager of the car, Is gen.
tleman In every sense OF the word and
does not deserve the epl,hets thrown al
him by our contemporary.
s. Costello applied for license 10 sell
liquor In North Salem. not part OF the
city, publishing the petition Ia q S,ayton
paper. This was tSund Out by the people
OF the precinct and a remembrance wa,
presented the county court with JTI names
while there were only 3J4 on the petition
womans remembrance with 37S names
was also presented. The petition was dis
missed q, the coat OF the petitioner. The
matter has a.lraeicd.conSldeTable attention
there.
This IL an age of invention. One
could tell blind folded that the followins
invention, n peculiar one, came from
San Francisco. Geo Y s Wada 10 tht
genius. and the invention IL simply q
toy, which 10 30 constructed that tive
iointed figures, representing prize fight
ers, may be caused, by the working %
certain .eyers, 90 make the movement
OF actual prize lighters engaged Ia q con
test with one another. Means are alss
provided whereby one OF the men repre-
sented as fighting may be forced sudden
iy downward, as though he had beer
knocked down by 3 blow from hi
opponent.
The ministers Of Tacoma would no
open their doors 10 Francis Murphy be.
cause he does not talk political ptohibi
ton, gospel temperance being his line
Ministers should be broader than that.
You talk about your statesmen and
tinanciers. but tho printer who keep
track OF the multitudinous correct posi.
tions Tor baking powder and patent med
icine ads Ia greater than all these.
According TO the votes cast in munici
pal elections last week, Astoria ia III,
second city in the state, Salem third
Albany fourth and Pendleton fifth
Astoria polled i245 votes, Salem si6, Al
I bany Csc, and Pendleton 67l.--scic
Press.
Notwithstanding the general prefer.
ence Tor coin on this coast, IL can easill
be proven that paper money Ia the better
The Man About Town will give one reason
EsRa IAN IL. L. l.. "a
reason paper money is better than coir
Is that you double IL when you put IL il
your pocket and find Il increases wher
you take II out.
/ We prefer Webfoot 10 the following
condition of affairs reported by tbs
Pendleton T. o. "Snow-drifts ak feel
deep appear in the lane between Weston
and Athena, which IL said 10 be almost
impossible. Snow has driftad also In
the roads north OF Pendleton, making
travel difficult"
The Baker City Reveille has the fol.
lowing TO say concerning the late actions
OF M s Hellman, who, only few v eeks
ago, took his departure from Grant
county for parts unknown: at the
recent term OF circuit court held in Can
yon City, ID isbury, editor OF the
News, recovered damages for 500, 900
against villain by the name OF M s
Hellman for invading the sanctity OF the
plaintiffs home. Hanging is too good
for man like Hellman.
Speaking OF the family troubie of Mrs
Fred Whittier, (nee Allie Scott the
Salem Journal says: "she expected to
take the train In the evening but learned
that parties were lying in wait for her,
So she took a carriage Friday morning
for Turner where she vii! board the
train for Eugene. She showed great
determination in getting her child, and
gained good deal OF sympathy for her
sharp tactics in securing possession OF
the child. She says she will tie Vivian
to herself until he Is secured to her By
the courts.