The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-20

tral Committee. ..
MAET; shM' MXyl \; BROWN Committee.
M A. W. STANARD,
TIE GHOST STILL LIvEs.-That
haunted house down below Mlller's
Station, between here and Jefferson,
has been troubling the denizcns there
about for some time past, although fol
several years the ghost of the house
was supposed to have been successfully
''laid out" Ourreaders will remember
that five or six years ago the restless
spirit created II good deal Of excite
ment in that neighborhood, and many
were the surmises and speculations rs
to what it all meant. At that time,
however, 1t was decided 10 have arisen
from natural causes, and as the ghost
had suddenly quit "cuttn' up" all
Interest in the subject died away
Now, however, we hear that every
night it comes forth again, and makes
q aterriblc racket and noise throughout
The tenantless rooms of the old man
Sion.
Hearing of these strange and myste-
rious doings, and determining, if
possible, to know why this thing was
thuswiseIy, a couple Of daring young
men of this neighborhood a week or so
ago went to the weird spot one night,
intent on remaining and if possible
probing the thing to the bottom; but
after remaining for couple of hours,
during which time invisible forces
We're pulling at their clothing, striking
them on the breast, clanking chains
about their ears, cXtinguishing their
lights and fires as fast as they were
made, the thing became decidedly
monotonous and even annoying, and
our brave heroes left; but returned to
the scene the next night, more fully
determined than ever to stay through
the night and investigate the affair.
The same sleight-oi-hand performances
and strange, uncarthly noises were re-
heated, even more vehemently than
before; and after loading and firing
their pistols through the gloomy
chambers of the old house for AN hour
OF two, and finding nothing that they
COULD do would prevent the ghost from
'.running the machine" or give them
any clue to its identity, they again left,
about midnight, in complete disgust,
determining to give the cOnundrum
over to some one else to solve.
Notwithstanding all these evidences
Of the existence of "ghosts or goblins
damned' IN that nelghborhood, we are
skeptical upon the matter, and be-
lIeve q job has been put up by some of
the shrewd boys of that neighhorhood
TO snipe and humbug we susceptible
town jakcs." Well, we hayn't lost
any ghost ourself-if anybody else has
he can go and hunt it down. ..-
a VICTIM OF MISPLACED CoNFI-
DENCE.-We can't help blabbing It
right out, although it was told us in
strict cOntidcnce-and we have heard
Of at least bakers dozen of other
persons who have been told it in the
same way. 1t is this: A friend of
ours who lives in another part of the
county was last week in this city and
Stopping at the st. Charles Hotel
About the witching hour of midnight
he came in from convivial meeting
with some friends, groped about the
Office in the dark, and at last finding
on the counter one of those little pyra-
mid-shaped lucene oil lamps, started
up stairs, concluding he would wait
ainkil he arrived at his bed room door
ibeiOre lighting it. On his way up to
ihis room he felt the top of the lamp
anOve loosely about, and concluding it
was not on tight, and fearing an eX-
pI0sion If he lighted 1t thus, he dGvot-
"a several minutes in attempting to
sefow 1t fast, but it wouldn't get fast,
and at last in fit of desperation he
cnncluded to strike match to it and
take chance for his life anyway. AS
he Struck q match on the wall and
undertook to apply it to the wick at
the top of his lamp, he gave ono long,
lingering. astonished look at the lamp,
IA 10 absent sort of a way dropped his
now extinguished match on the floor,
and quietly, thoughtfully and sadly
rolfaced his steps down stairs TO the
0iilce, where he sat for sometime
shiverlng in the cold dark room before
ne could pluck up sufficient confidence
IN himself to call the landlord and
pToenre light. lie had been attempt /
ing 10 90 to bed by the light of
inuallage bottle, instead Of q lucqne
lampl
HR is NOT ONE OF THosE.-NVe have
been shown a copy Of the proceedings
Of Che L. s. District Court for Oregon,
In the matter Of G. b. Comstock & Coy
in hankruptcy, in which proceedings
Il Il ordered that so much Of the mat
terM relates to w. S. Newbury be
declared null and void, on the ground
that Mr., Newberry was never mem-
ts of said firm, and therefore was not