The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-06-27


i felds ot wheat near Albany were hugging the
; ground oleSe. This was 10 cases whore the
: wheat was uncOmmonIy high, and in fav-
. orable position for what wind there was ts
> strike II well, II is net well TO borrow trou.
bio, and In this case there Ia not occasion for
10 taking the result a. whole.
A case Of strOaksd lightning playing mean
4 pranks comss from Washington Territory.
During tho thunder storm that passed over
. the Big Bend, w. T., country last week Eve
horses belonging to William Bassy, who
liYes seven miles northeast Of that town on
Grab creek, were killed by lightning. When
found the horses wero lying Ia heap as Is
they had boon killed by tho sam" stroke.
/ 0aly upon one could any mark DO found TO
show whore they hal bsen struck, and that
was slight mark over the oyo.
. railroad accident which Ia an eastern
city would probably result il law suit took
place on Thursday Of last week at Ths DAlles;
says tho Times Monntaiacer "Mr John
Hanna, we'll TO do wool grower Of Kittita
valley, was run over by tho cars aud instant.
ly killed. Mr. Hanna came In town during
the day with y load OF wool, and had paid
visit to the Willamette Iron Works 10 get q
casting moulded, and was referred 10 tho
MI. Hood foundry. He was crossing the
track 10 the east ond OF tho oity, when q
hacking engine struck him. completely pass
Ing over him and crushing him TO death. Both
limbs were broken and tho breast was crash
cd badly. lie appeared To be man about
81 years cid, aud hal rsIilai Ia the Territory
for several years.
A very peculiar accident happened in Port.
land tho other day, whiehit is we'll for fruit
Gamers to take notice Of. Here 10 tho 40.
count oft: "She was engaged in canning
fruit. and had dish Of water aud another Of
melted sealing wax on the table by her. She
would dip her hand in the water and then
take 9 portion OF the liquid wax frem the
other diah without trouble. At length she
became 90 engrssssd In her work that she
lplnngad her hAad into the wax when she
meant TO have put IL into tho water. The
scaldinG compound adhered 10 her fingers
aud hardened a. soon az they were With
:.
being able 10 rsmsye IL without taking away
all tAs skin from her fingers. She IL endsav.
sring 10 find sons preparation which will
soften or dissolve the war. Aad 20 allow il 20
DO removed without injarinG her GngsrS."
The Corvallis Leaier tslls Of q woman in
that city who knows how 70 act, instead Of
screaming in case Of 40 accident: A little
two year old son Of Mrs Wilson. whose hus'
band is tho hoad miller in Fishers Touring
mill. while playing along the banks, fell into
. tho river. near their house. Mrs Wilson
fortunately was witness Of tho accident and
, quick a. lightning dashed 10 the rescue.
The river where the little boy fell in was
quite deep, bat andiamAysd, aud mindful Of
nothing but tho impending fate Of her child,
Mrs Wilson lsApOd into the water aud seized
her little boy jast a. he was sinking for the
last time. She then swan 20 ;hs shore, and
whom she bad reached tho top II tho bank,
she tainted. Her husband AaI sSm friends.
alarmed by tho outeries % sops StaAll boys
who wsro bathing near by. cams 70 tho rss.
cue and msthsr aud chill were carried home
and aoon brought To consciousness. Itwas =
brave act. and one that isw mothers would
have the nerve and courage 10 accomplish.
The following Is the iish,e.i story we have
ever hssrl. bat, IL true. = wonderful one.
T. comes from Washington Territory A
resident Of the ChehAlis river. fsw miles
J, above the WishkAh, is tho fortunate poss
ssssr Of bright little girl Of about l2 sum
4 msrs. who 10 an ardent Admirer Of aquatic
sports. Not long since she e-ught TIVE
beautiful young salmon. which che put in
small pond near her home, feeding them req
ulAriy. and giving them all the attention pos
sible. They grew TO be 70 tamo and gsntl
: that they would eat food from her hand. an,
!. allow her TO handle them a. she chose. Th
4. groateat triumph was accomplished about
:. week ago. when tho little maid hArnesse,
=. her fnnY pets TO . small roWboat, and Wit
!. silk threads for rcins, she skinned hithe
:, and thither over the placid waters Of th
Chehalis with her novel team, exciting ad
niration and open-moathed wonder from a
aides. lis said that q terrific speed
iA' or when the driver wants to let 'em out.
- A new kind OF failrsad ticket has bee
-" adopted in many places, and should 40 ini
"u effect in Oregon. Under the new system
'a' book Of tickets containing 1000 or 500. {
nv 100 or so tickets on page il printed, eac
IN ticket good for ono mile. These little ticl
'ck ets are smaller than postage stamps. tweni
len en- . sheet, and perforated. You can bu
ICY two, twenty or q thousand OF them at 6x'
OBJ. rate. and the Company OH Its part is bouE
70 accept one Of them for every mile "
slv travel. You will not be required 10 tell d
In ticket seller where you want TO 60 "
ess will say: Give mo 100 miles. or 20 mile
ON or 1000 miles, and get on board and give &
nto conductor enough Of the little squares
eon carry you to your destination. There W
oc be no such thing rs lIy-over tickets,
he trouble Of getting tickets exchanged, or 10
the on through tickets not used-.hesc lit
tho tickets will be as good as money, aud
val ways current.
nss- Here is the way the Walla Walla Stat
man cogitates in reference to the newspal
oma business {; editing paper is nice busine
. as II we publish jokes, people say we are rati
ome headed. II we publish original matter, Il
nav "cuss" us for not giving selections 70
Law. say We are lazy for not giving selection
.bls folks say we are lazy for not writing SOL
did thing we do not read in other papers. If
sas. give man complimentary notice, we
in eensured for being partial. If we do net {
and complimentary notices. ioiks say we Al
.u.e hog. If we do not cater to tho wishes of
ladies, the paper is not iit for a hustle.
we remain in our Office to attend to eur b