The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-11-12

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the erection Of buildings In that city during
the past year costing So5,6oo That city !
showing steady, reliable growth. Il i
happy In the possession .ol an cnserprisinl
class of cltlxens
Dan Ricc,the Snowman, claims TO be he'll
to 100000 acres Of land IN Texas.
AL Churchill and James M Scars were LAS
week lost near the hcadwaters of the middle
fork Of the Willamette River,but found thell
way out after wandering several days
$Iooo reward was offered for their capture
good deal TO pay for a printer.
President Cleveland was rendered the DC
gree OF l.. L. ID. by Harvard College, but
refused 1t.
A man named Gus Maple,onee a resident
OF Benton county, IL suspected Of numbering
Coker at Lafayette, but there II no direct
proof yet. A reward Of $3.50 has been Of.
tered for the capture of the murderer. The
reward should be increased to at least $1,000.
w. +. Co.'S express IL now carried on the
n. q. between Brownsville and Halsey.
The project of running line from the
Willamette river 20 the summit OF the Cas-.
cades IL still being talked of. and dividing
this county In the center, making q north
are coming into the foot hills south and east
Of US this cannot be very long aeiayed.--.
correspondence OfsgoHiaH. II Is safe 10
say this Will not be done for some time 10
come, II ever, A long county seventy by
twenty miles would hardly facilitate the
getting TO the capital. As far as we can
learn there IL really no serious effort being
made % divide the county. Our present
wealth Is none too great to support our
present county government Linn Il now
one OF the banner counties of the state IL
should remain so.
The danger Of Corvallis being left By the
Willamette river was Of auch Z serious na.
ture that the u. 4. Engineer was sent for.
Corvallis cannot afford 20 lose the river. In
all probability Il will not, ~ there have
been periodical scares like the present for
many years.
1889 is about Voorhees, majority In Wash.
lngton Territory.
Fred Archer. the famous London horse
jockey, killed himself Monday.
In a race on the Thames Monday be.
tween four cared crews headed by Hanlon
and Ross the former won easily.
Jas Kelley, who was tried In Portland for
poisoning frederick kalasuha, was on Mon.
day found not guilty. The principal wit.
ness was away.
Don't purchase your jewelry before cal.
ling on F w Carter.
Chicago pork packing houses boycoeled
striking packers, BY agreeing not to hire
them.
w w Cole. the eireusman, offers his en-
tire circus outfit for sale. We bid two bits
The following from the Asfsyias viii be
OF Interest TO geological students "'Ths
eroslve action of water on the cIliIs ant
banks OF the lower Columbia i strikIngl,
illustrated a. Gray's river falls, where Iog
that tweniy.three years ago Just apanrce
tho falls few feet above the loamlng wa
| terA. Is now thirty feet above the prcsen
surface OF the falls. the Constant easaFae
and tumbllng pebbles ercding the bed o
torrent TO that extent In that space OF time.
Wilbur NodaInger. of Pomeroy, who wa
defeated for School Superintendent In thi
county two years ago. was elected Prose
cutting Attorney for his district in the lat,
w I election. Change Of climate.
Frotheringham the Missouri messenger
who was recently robbed of $4,000 cx
press money has been indicted for stealing
the money himself.
ID 5 X Buick, the Oregon car man, hs
returned to his home at Roaeburg. III,
claims that 100000 people inspected In
car.
/ Fred Wlnkleman. the Baker county mnr
dereF In the penltentlary for life. has trle.
twice 20 commit suicide. Unfortunately h
failed.
Toboggans are the craze In the East.
A man named Good, OF Tacoma wa
found In the Willard Hotel al Portland ii
most literally cut to pieces, last Saturday
The murderer b unknown.
1 The number Of foul murders In the Nogtl.
west rccentiT has been aiarmIngly large
Stringent legal measures should be takes
by Courts OF Justice 10 bring the murder
ers 70 Justice. Laxlty will not do. Tech
. nicaties must not rule. We must rid oui
country Of q class OF men with smuFdeF'
written all over their features.
Richard CoHstock, Of the John Da,
country, recently met HE death In the fol
lowing strange manner, an account O
which We get from an exchange "a fev
months ago he was at work on his irrlgas
ing bitches and stood around more or Ies
In the water The soles Of his leather boot
were put on with brass screw wire b
common use. When the leather dried ou
over night the soies warped and one Of th
brass fasteners protruded through on IN
inside OF the boot. Mr Comstock felt
gouging his foot but did not mind Il much
AZ night he found II had gouged quite
hole into his sole. A few days after he fcl
n sensation as II some foreign substanc
were working its passage up through hi
foot. lie worked around the wound will
his jaekknife, but could find no splinter
But piece of the brass screw had certaini,
gone up In the fesh, for the travelling sensa
ton continued and increased. II finally 20
up 10 the knee, and surgeons were sum
moned. They pronouced II bad case O
ibiood-poisoning and said they could d
nothing--that the man was doomed. |
was sad news for his dependent family
They did all they could for him, and watch
ed for death, which shortly arrived s
completely had the brass poison penetrate
the victims system that the attendants ha
to wear gloves when handling him, for til
slightest scratch upon their hands woul
lay them liable to tnoculation and DEATH"
Two Salem men named Osborne wei
arrested Tuesday charged with outragin
ten year old girl attending the Sister
school. The girl claimed they were NJ
the men and they were discharged.
A miner from the Yukon, Alaska, So,
that there is an abundance Of gold ther
and brought to Portland a $1,000 brio
. made In two months.