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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
Grave Robbina.

1t may not be generally known, but never.
theloss it has been proven TO bo q fact, that
there arc some mon in this city who make a
business of robbing graves in our city GENE.
teries and selling the bodies to medical men,
Last week young German, stranger in
these parts, died, and was buried in our Gem.
etery, and some of his conntrymen, thinking
that probably the grave robbers would try to
got the body, agreed TO watch the grave at
night for awhile. The first night their Vi.
gils were not rewarded by seeing any one
but on the second night. at about II o'clock.
light hack containing two men, drove up
and stopped at the fence at tho southwest
corner of the cemetery, near whore tho body
was buried. Ono man got out and looked at
the grave and then went over to the indian
camp close by, probably for the purpose of
getting some Of the bucks 10 assist in dig.
ging. The indians had evidently seen the
parties who were ON tho watch, and told the
man Of il, for he almost instantly returned to
the hack on the run, and jumping in, put tho
'bud" to his horses and drove away in
hurry. From their actions ono cannot be.
lisVe otherwise than that the two men came
purposoly to lift the body. aud they were
only prevented by the presence OF the guards.
As it was bright moonlight of course the
body-snatehsrs wore recognized, but the
names viii not be made public at this time,
and the only description Of them which We
are allowed to give is that one is Of medium
height and very corpulent, while the other is
sparely built and slightly humpbacked. A
few days afterward'a young lady was buried.
and her friends have also taken it ON them.
selves to watch her grave until the danger
Of the removal OF the body is over. We can
not find words strong enough to express our
disapprobation of this horrid work Of body.
snAtehing, and do hope that those seoundrels
who have bOon making it their occupation
viii be brought to justice.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
OBITUARY..
BELLE GRANGER

Mrs, Sarah Hale, wife of VIM. Hale, Sr.,
a notice of whose death We gave on tho Sd
inst, was born in the State of Virginia,
Nov. %, 1907, and at the age Of fifteen,
with her parents moved to the State of Ken
lucky, where, in March, 1918, she was mar
ried to VIM. Hale. Mr.. Hale, with his
yoang wife, moved in 1922, to Indiana,
and in 1852 they crossed the plains
to Oregon, settling in Linn county.
AS we annouced last week, Mrs. Hale,
died in this city Dec. Both, at the advanced
age oisSl years. She was the mother of twelve
childreD-nine sons and three danghters-all
Of whom grew to adult years except
one son, who died infancy. Milton Hale, of
this city, is the eldest of this family. Har-
rison Hale, who was killed by the Indians
in Umatilla county last fall was a son. From
this aged couple have sprang sixty-eight
grandchildren, and thirty groat grand chill
dren; making the total number of their de
scendants at the time of Mrs. Hale's death
no.. ~
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
a valuable Ia,enllen.

We wish TO call the attention of our read.
ers 10 the Piumrner fruit iritr. lt was pat.
onted in 1877, and now there are nearly four
hundred in use in this State. This shows
that the Plummor must stand at the head Of
all the fruit driers that have l,ocn introduced
on this Coast, but still their sales in this
county should bolargertha they nowaro IN the
State. We have here in Linn over 1000
orchards, and they ought to furnish profta.
bic employment to at least ] 600 driers.
Thousands and thousands Of bushels Of fruit
go to waste in this county every year, and
this coHld all be saved by the use Of the
small lsSized drior, which costs only 900, nm
amount which can DO cleared of an'ordinary
orchard in one year. II only occupies
space Of about 81 feet square on the ground,
aud will dry about two bushels Of apples per
hour, and can bo operated by the labor Of
two boys or girls. The other size of tho
tho drier is larger. and IL costs 5000. It's
capacity Ia very much greater than the small
ono, and IL is just tho thing for two or three
farmers TO club together aud buy.
10 must bo remembered that the demand for
Plummer dried fruit is already established
and Is aa steady as that Of wheat. The price
is always about double that Of atn-dried
fruit, and such a thing as Cutting tho mar.
kct cannot occur, for tho reason that mar.
ket for IL has already been established in
Great Britain. Mr.. Plummer il now in this
city, and models Of his drier and samples Of
the dried frnis can be seen at tho sample
rooms Of the st. Charles Hotel. Iie is here
for the purpose disposing Of tho rianuiaeLnr.
ing right for Linn and Benton counties, and
some Of our eitizons should by all means pur-
chase it. Tho torms he Offers are very lib.
eral, a. you viii find out by convcrning with
Mr.. +. The material used in the eonstruc.
tion Of the drier il wood, sheet iron, cant.
ings and wire cloth. all Of which can be had
right here in Albany. aud we see no reason
why some Of our citizens eanuot secure the
right and begin their manufacture at once.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
Hem. stealing.

A young man named Blanchard, living on
Cyrus Westlake's place, near this city, was
brought before Judge Johns last Tuesday,
bsing charged with having stolen sig Of his
employers horses. BE admitted his guilt,
A9t msds statement saying that he had
been led into Il through the influence of Dan
WagnOn-a Salem gsmbIsr-and Tom Ne.
Clung- He stated that Wagnon had planned
the affair, and had went to Portland and Sc
Cured the services Of Zsd Wilson, who was
to fnd buyers for ths horses when they AZ.
rived at that place, and AL were to share the
gpoils after the sale was made. On the
strength of this statement the parties men.
toned were arrested and tried before Jus.
tice Palmer, and all acquitted, while BlAnch.
ard himself was bound over to await action
of the grand jury. Blanchard is an unsO.
phisticated young man from the country and
told plain, straightforward story, and tax
ing that into consideration with the fact that
Wagnon and Wilson do net bear the mos,
enviable reputation IN the world, we are Led
to believe that there Is something in the case
that the next grand jury can sift out
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
Calvary sabbath school

At the regular sessions Of Calvary Sunday
School, Jan. 18th, the following persons were
unanimously elected to serve as its officers
for the ensuing year: Superintendent, j. B.
Wyatt; Assistant, w. T. Hearst; Secretary,
John E Hannon; Assistant, G. w. Furry;
Treasurer, Miss Kate Connor; Chorister, j.
B. Wyatt; organist, Miss Kate Connor.
The following names comprise the list Of
teachers: Mrs. j. Brush, Mrs. e. Eggert,
Mrs. @. e. Wolverton, Mrs. Hearst. Maggie
MoHteith, Ella Rideout, Dr. Angie Ford,
Libbie Althouse. Hettie L. Thompson, p. FL.
Raymond. w. 7. Hearst, Thos. Galloway,
w. B. Floyd, G. w. Furry and @. E. VOL
yerton. The average daily attendance fol
the year was ll9-an increase of attendance
of 30 over the previous year.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
An Unjust statements.

Last week the Portland Bee stated that
Mrs. Harper's case was considered hopeless
By the Albany physicians, and that she had
been removed to Portland and was then re-
covering very fast, under the care of the
medical men of that city. In justice to our
physicians we viii say that the Bees state
ment only contained one truth in it, and that
is that the lady was taken to Portland. She
had been very i'll in this city for several
weeks and her mother came mp from Port.
land and took care of her, but wishing to GO
back homo week or so ago, and not want
ing to leave her daughter, she took her back
with her. While in this city she was treat
ed BY Dr. BSugAtOn, and no change wal
nuads when she went to Portland; the Doc.
Tor still has the case, and Mrs. Harper is TAX
ing medicine according to his prescriptions
Il
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
4 Handsome GIFT.

After VIM A. Cox met with the accident
which '1aid him ON the shelf for several
several weeks, Mr.. j. b. Lomer, the contrac.
tor on the Fox building, circulated sub
Scrption paper amoug our business men and
in n very few minutes raised the nice little
sum Of S75 for his unfortunate friend Mr..
Cox wishes us 10 publicly thank all those
kird friends who remembered him so SUBJ
stantially. He feels grateful to them for
their generous aid, and win never forget the
names Of his benefactors. Mr.. Cox has had
greet deal Of sickness in his family during
the past few months. and now being tied
down into the house himself, things would
have looked rather blue for him If our gener.
Gus friends had not lent him a helping
hand
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
A Severe Accident,

During the cold spell last week an old gen
tienan namen VIM. Finley met with quits
an accident while hauling goods from Halssy
to Brownsville. His load was rather bulky,
and upon the top Of the boxes he placed 3
trunk, on that > sack of something, aad then
took his ssas uPOu the top of II. While 20.
ing over piece Of bad road one of the wheel,
suddenly dropped into q ehuek-hole and thi.
threw the ed esutlsman of The wagon. b,
alighhted on the BACK of his head aud ahoul
deFs, and the shock came very near braakinr
his neck.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
Earrsw. GouEsrs.


A narrow gauge railroad meeting was held
at CraWfOrdsviIle last Saturday, and the sum
of $500 Subscribed. a-ges
There win be : meeting Of the citizens of
Lebanon and vicinity at that place next Sat.
urdAy in the interest of the narrow Ruaee
We understand that Col. HOgg has made
the proposition to the Brownsville folks that
if they want narrow guags to run across
the valley and connect With the Yaquina
road, and win grade and tie the road bed. he
win furnish the iron and rolling stock.
When last heard from the people at
Brownsville and that Yieiuity had raised
about SO, coo for the railroad fuud.
The narrow guaee railroad subscription
paper was started at Salem a few days ago
The KiRnsys headed the paper with 1000
The ether citizens win not much more than
double that amount.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
TuR FARMERS, REVIEW

IS = l6-Pags manthly agricultural paper, and
Is IS fun Of departments as the governments
q WasAiAgtOn, and they all bear evidence Of
unusual skill and industry in their manage
ment Besides its agricultural articles it
gives grsat deal Of miscellaneous reading
and some splendid stories
It and the DEMOCRAT viii Be sent one year
for only 81 go
HsmeEhaF hat VS. oaunot make these Il.
ts1s 70 any oae bat new subscribers who pay
u advance, Or to old Subscribers who square
uP and pay one year in advance.
Itian't every day that sach an opportunity
Is offered to gst sEo papers for the price Of
one, and yOu would dO|eli 70 improve it.
E%shOW This 60 YOuF Nel AbsR.Ea
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
OAa yellow HEastev.,

At regular meeting Of Widely Lodge,
AAe. 81, At Hslssy. held On Thursday even.
iHg, Jan. 9th, the following officers were reg.
ulaFiy installed BY District Deputy Grand
Master, ]. +. BackenstO: ] ] Starr, N G.;
] W Stewart, Sec; w W Fransis, VG; A
Bennett, Treas.
At the last regular meeting of Orgeanna
Encaupnens, held in this city On Friday,
Jan. 10th, the following officers were install.
ed by D D G Backensto: r Saltmarsh,
c P; 30 Smith, H P; P H Raymond
Scribe; A MROop. s w; Jos Wsbber, J
"; C Myer, Treas.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
HoieI az Lebanon.

Joe Stcach was in town daring the week,
and he tells Us that he and VIM. Rilea took
charge of the Centennial Hotel at Lebanon
last New Years. and viii hereafter conduct
that sstablishment. Both of these gentle
men and their estimable wives are well
known in this city, and our people will be
sure to remember them when they go to
Lebanon. A hotel kept by these two gen.
tlemen can be nothing else but first.class
one, and one of which the citizens of Leban.
on may well be proud.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
CoaAis eaar..

Following will be found . report of the
proceedings Of the January session Of our
County Court:
w. NJ. Smith, guardian of the person and
estate of Annie N. Smith, minor, presented
his final account which was approved.
The first account Of the executors of the
estate of John MoKinney Epresented their
final account, which was allowed.
VIM. Cyrus, administrator of the estate of
ThOs Deakins, pOtitiOned the Court for an
order to sell certain real estate property bo-
lOnging:tO said estate Potition'granted.
Final account in the estate of Thos. L.
Ramsay was presented and approved and
the administrator discharged.
A sale of property in the estate of ThoS
Armstrong confirmed.
P. c. Lines fled his annual account in the
estate Of Fred Lines, minor. Examined
and approved
P. c. Lines was appointed administrator
de boNHs non of the estate of ], H. Lines, do.
ceased.
The sale of property belonging to the es.
tate Of G. F. Savage, deceased, was confirm.
ed.
The sale Of real estate in the estate of Ed.
win Trites, deceased, was confirmed.
The final account Of J. NJ. Meyer. guardian
Of the person and estate of Mathew @. Caro-
line, was presented and approved.
Friday. Feb. 9TH. 1879, was set for3 the
final settlement Of the estate of p 5 Altroo,
deceased
l. II. MontanyS was appointed admins
tor Of the estate of D D Smith, deceased.
The final account Of the administrator Of
tho estate os Fhos. Keys, deceased, was call.
cd and the administrator discharged.
The claims OF the grand aad petit jurors,
witnesses before the grand jury, and wit.
nesses in criminal eases, were allowed in
full
The sheriff was authorized to correct er-
rOrs in the assessment roll On the written
affidavit of the claimant.
A petition presented by Mr. Tarply ask.
ing to have his son declared a county charge,
was not granted.
An order was drawn for Sl5 in favor of q
B Montague, the money to Be expended fer
the support of ]. May. an INDECENT person.
Peter L Bilyeus proposition to keep Par.
rish and wife, panpeFs, was not granted
Consideration on the petition asking for
bridge at Davis ferry was continued.
Cost bill in the case of Phoebe Crabtree vs.
lam county, allowed.
A scholarship in the State University was
awarded to Laura FarGow.
DIV BaIlArds bill for SIS was not allowed
Fees in case of State vs. Chinese Sam,
G250
J n Bruce made his report As agent of the
school fand Il was aOssptod s. correct. and
he was allowed As salary, 500; As fees,
S5au.
Fees aIlOwedtia the case Of W w Roper. 81
Fees allowed in the case lof State " Jack
Williams, 'SIG
Fees in the cases Of State Va John Tether-
Ow and D Junkins. allowed after dsdueting
s8.25 from Justices bill
The burial expenses Of chas DeBOsr were
allowed.
Claims Of witnesses allowed in the Crab
tree road case.
Reports were received from the snperin.
tendents Of the following districts: /, 3, S,
10. II. Il. Is. Is. %, 81, p. %. q. 2s. 30.
IS, sc, 30, 20, Il, 42. ~, IS, -, so, SO, 81,
IS. Sc. 81, 60 and 81.
The following bills were allowed and or
ders drawn for the several saOuuts,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
G. 81. WHITNEY.
Secretary, Corvallis, Oregon.
Farmers, CItiuenA and Everybody.

Fred Dunning has for sometime been man
ufacturing superior article of furniture in
this city, and as times are so hard of course
sales were dull. He has large stock on
hand and would rather have the real cost Of
it in money than the stock itself, consequent
ly he authorizes US to inform the public that
for the next sixty days he win sell for cash
down anything he has in his shop at cost.
He means exactly what he says, and if you
viii call on him our words will be verified.
This is the best opportunity ever offered in
this city to get furAiture cheap. If
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
Citation Notice.

In the County Court Of Linn county,
State of Oregon. C0aL
In the matter OF the estate and guar
dianship OF Harper J.. Cranor q minor.
Order to show cause.
on this 30th day Of December, 1878, Il
appearing TO this Court from the petition
of John NJ. Althouse the guardian OF the
estate and person Of Harper J.. CTanor, n
minor, praying for an order OF sale OF
certain real estate belonging 70 his said
ward, that it would be beneficial to said
ward that such real estate should be sold,
Il Is hereby ordered, that the next OF kin
OF the said ward, and all persons interest
ed in the said estate, appear before this
Court. at the court room thereof, at The
Court House. in the city of Albany, in the
County OF Linn, State OF Oregon. on Tues
day, the 9Th day OF February, 1879, at one
o'clock p. m, then and there to show
cause why an order should not be granted
for the sale OF such estate: And &c is fur
ther ordered that copy OF this order be
published ut least three successive weeks
before the said hearing OF said petition. in
the STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT, a weekly
newspaper, published in, and OF gener-
al circulation within this county.
4 true copy.
Attest:
JAMES L. COW AN,
(rS County t'lerk-
LIS Per. GEO. f. CHAMHsRLAx,
Deputy.
NEWS
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
Masquerade ut Lebanon.

The brass band at Lebanon are making
extensive preparations for grand masquer-
ado ball, to be given at their new hall on the
evening Of st. Valentines Day-Feb. l4th.
A more enterpriSing set of jolly good fellows
than those composing that band cannot be
found anywhere. They have built a fine
hall in their town, and the citizens should
improve every opportunity afforded to rO,
ward them.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
ReVivaIaAI BromRsYIIIr.

An interesting religious revival has been
going on at Brownsville for the past four
weeks. conducted jointly by the ministers oi
the Prosbyterian, Baptist and Methods;
churches. Rev. Spanswick. who did noble
work in the cause of christianity in this city
short time ago. is one OF the principal
speakers. a great interest is being taken in
the meetings and over one hundrsf conver.
sions have been madc already. a great mum.
Der of whom are young people. An out.
growth OF the revival is Young People.
Christian Association, which WAS organized
in that city last Tuesday. Following are this
oficsrsi
President--w. 7. Cochran.
Vice Preaident-AI Miss America Coshow.
Secretary. c. Liggett.
Treasurer Miss Ollie &. Ayerill.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
Terrible Fall.
NrAiaoD PAYNE


Wn. A. Cox, who has the contract for do
ing the brick work on Fox's brick, met with
very severe accident last Friday which
came near depriving him Of his life. While
working on the scaTolding about twenty-five
feet from the ground, one of the supports
gave way and allowed him and a young Ger
man hod-carrier to fall to the earth. Cox
fell upon a lot Of loose brick, and sustained a
fracture Of the right thigh, two or three
inches from the joint, and also frightfully
bruised one Of his arms and gashed his head
30 that the skull was laid bare. The hod-
carrier was the luckiest of the two; he struck
on scantling on his way down, which eased
his fall to some extent, and he alighted al
most on top of Mr.. Cox. The mortar.board
came next and emptied its contents upon the
poor fellows head. His injuries are confined
to very uncomfOrtably large bruise ON one
Of his legs. Drs. BoughtOn and Davis were
called in to wait upon Mr. Cox, and although
the fracture was so close to the thigh joint as
to render the operation very difficult, they
set the broken limb in good shape on the first
trial and the patient is now getting along
finely. He Is az tough a. pine knot, and
we are pretty sure that it will not be many
weeks before we again see him out on the
streets,
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The eighth annual session of the Oregon
State Temperance Alliance will meet in tho
city Of Albany. on Wednesday, Feb. 10,
1879. at o'clock P. NJ. Art. Of the con-
stitution reads as follows: ''This alliance
shall be composed OF delegates duly elected
and accredited from all temperance societies,
churches, Sunday schools, and all organized
bodies which are known to be in active work
ing sympathy with the temperance reform,
and Of all contributing members Of this char.
acter who viii qualify as hereinafter provid-
ed, the basis Of representation being one del.
egate for the organization, one for every
twenty members and one for every fraction
over ten. The o. 4 @. Railroad have
agreed to carry delegates as follows: Dele
gates viii pay full fare to Albany and be 70
turned free, upon certificates furnished by
the Secretary of the alliance
q n WHITNEY
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REMOVAL OF FOX, BAUM & CO.
TO THE STORE FORMERLY OCCUrIED IN
l. 3. RLAsN.

We take pleasure in informing our patrons
and tho public in general. that we win re-
move our stock of goods for two months
from the lst of January up to the lst of
March, into the store formerly occupied by
L. +. BlAin, and that room not being large
enough for our extensive stock of General
Merchandise, we viii sell for the next sixty
days, at greatly reduced prices, to one and all.
FOX, BAUM & co.
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The Corvallis stage Llne.

O v. Motley and Geo. Eentlsy, Of this
city, have bought the stage line running be-
tween Albany and Corvallis, and took pos
session Of it last Monday This line has
been owned for some time by Chester Doug
las, Of Corvallis, and ysprObably betterthan
any other in the State in proportion to its
longth and the amount of money invested in
the stages, stock, etc., required to run it.
We hope the new firm of Motley & Bentley
will make a good thing out of it; they are
perfect gentlemen, and deserve a large pat-
ronaoe
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.. 7. CHURCH -Preaohingevs Sabbath,
~ IL A. n, and P. N. by Rev. 5. @. Ir.
vine, ID. d. sabbath School at ESQ P. n.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening.
EVANGELICAL CHuRcH.-Preaohingo ON Sab.
bath at II A. NJ, and P. N. Sabbath
School 1915. Prayer meeting every Thurs.
day evening. J. Bowsrsox, pastor.
CALVARY CHURCH. Services every Sab.
bath at II A. n. and P. n. Sabbath
Seheol at 2:30 Prayer meeting ever
Thursday evening of each week. w. B.
Floyd, pastor.
M. Z CHURCH, SoUrH. Services every
Sabbath at St Paups NJ. e Church, South,
at 1850 a. N. and P. N. Sabbath School
at 10. Prayer meeting every Friday
evening. P. A. MSses, pastor.
NJ. E. CHURCH. every Sabbath
at IL A NJ and P. N. Song service in
the evening before sermon. Sabbath School
at 2;S0 P. NJ Prayer meeting every Thurs.
day evening. Will commence q protracted
meeting ct the close Of the week Of prayer In
january. ]. =, De Wore. pastor.
ST, PRrERs EPEscoPAL CHURCH. Divine ser.
vice is held in the Church every Sunday at
II A. N. Sunday School at ESQ p. N. r
L Stevens, pastor.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-01-17
our Fail Grain.

During the late cold weather great fears
were entertained in regard to what the effect
would be upon our fall grain, but from farm.
crs from different parts Of our county we
learn that the damage in this section has
bOen very slight. The oats have been affect
cd little by the freeze, but the wheat prob
ably none at all. The ground was generally
dry up to the time that the cold weather
commenced; had it been wet all the fall Sown
grain would have been failure.