The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-10-05

climb trees in their yard, and others tha
she would nnlateh any gate and walk i
, coolly, without an invitation /; but this pa
per has a story which knocks the perslm
mon. A bovine entered the basement o
! this Office last night, through an open doc
the southwest corner, passed into th'
press room and examined its contents, ant
from there entered the composing room
where she was discovered, but not until eh'
had eaten stiekfull of type,ped casc,ant
composed this article, which was found ~
ing on the table after her cowship wal
driven OUT. y. Albany cows arc NJ
TO even the Pendleton COW, but we are mol
willing to run the risk OF being called FL
Perkins for the sake OF an Item.
A RIcn SrRtxE. Benton county Il
working upa little mining excitement oI
Is own, that promises TO develope into 4
eonaagration, Thursday Conductor Ken
nedy and Dr. Davis, of Yaqulna City,
showed DEMOCRAT man the fineGt speei-
men Of ore yet seen here. II waA taken
from George waggoner's quarry at the
foot OF Mary's Peak, and Is full Of beads Of
gold. DR.. Davis showed Us an assay
made by the Selby Smelling Company. Of
San Francisco on some rock sent them.
The record was S72497 In gole, i.2o in
silver aud no lead, remarkably large assay
for rock not selected for the purpose. A
| ton of the rock Il being gotten out and " III
be shipped 10 a smelter The owners of
the claim, now In the hands Of a stock com,
pany, arc confident IL Is the richest thing
out and that there are rich deposits In the
vicinity The waggoner quarry Is about
twenty miles from Corvallis at the very
foot OF Mary's Peak, being more accessible
than most mining regions. \ rush for the
region Is anticipated.
| NARROW EscArE.-On last Monday says
the Gazette. Andrew GeilatIy,o of Phllomath,
came neaF meeting with serious loas BY
fire at his Blodgett's Valley farm. On last
Thursday night his sons, who are running
this farm,set fire TO a straw pile and burned
il up and by Saturday Il, of course. was sup.
posed TO be entirely destroyed. .hut on Mon
day Il again began blazing and got into the
stubble field and began spreading and go
ing toward his barn which was a quarter
Of mile distant In its course II destroy
ed all the fences and an old log shed that
was not TO exceed twenty steps from the
| barn. The wind was blowing quite hard
and carried the blaze TO all the fences and
eorrals around the barn, but did not burn H.
II contained sooo bushels Of grain aud Tso
tons of hay.
SURE.-An eminent English physician
says the following Is a sure cure for small
pox; "One ounce of cream Of tartar dis.
solved In pint of boiling water, TO be
drank when cold, at short intervals. IL
can be taken at any time. and Is a preven-
tive as well as curative. II l. known TO
have cured In hundred thousand cases,
| without single failure. I have myAeli
restored hundreds by this means. Itnever
leaves a mark, never causes blindness. and
prevents tedious llngerings. II IL so ef.
fectu@i that, hproperiy used. Il would dis.
pense with the unnatural law of vacclna-
tIon"
VIZ SHAaE,--The .Stattsmas says In re,
ference to the Meyeary case that, "Rosen,
fields and Rosenthais case will be con.
sidered by the next grand jury. An effort
viii undoubtedly then be made TO find oul
who Is the Mercury correspondent In Sal
en-, and II ii succeeds, II Is extremely like
~ that he will be In for threshlng or two
10 say the least There Is one thing very
sure, and that Is that the Mercury has 90
itself into very bad box by iis gratuiioui
cainmny OF a respectable citizen, and 4
will have lively time getting out of It,"
a PARALYric STRoKE.-Thomas Read
one of the oldest and wealthiest farmers oI
this county, was taken with severe stroke
of paralysis on Wednesday afternoon, while
working OH his farm few miles north o
this city. Ills son Charles came to towI
for medical aid. DIR. Farra went out ant
waited on the patient and, at last accounts
hopes are entertained for his recovery
Gazette.
AN AsToRIA MAS.-Harry Wambol'
has returned from trip to California. III
has written book which Is now In tn
hands of the publishers. Wambold say
California will give Cleveland 3o,ooo ma
i, jority, and that all the labor organizations
federated trades, and the social democracy
composed of the business classes OF Amerl
ca, have decided TO not only give their sup
port but to put speakersi in the iield.-PioHee
SToLEN.-Last Friday Mr.. J. o. Nor
ris, boarder al the Commercial house, re
ported that during the afternoon coat ha'
been stolen from his room. In 1t wer
Lthree notes which he Is anxious to secure
One Is made by A. b. Kluse for $500, on
, by w. B. Adams for SIoo and one by ]. L
1 T.
have the public keep its eyes open for thes
notes. lie Is not so particular about tn
coat.
$ WHOLESOME wagons from Silver Lax
! came IN last Friday with 5000 pounds Q
wool which was purchased by Mr.. J. d
Matlock for I4c per pound. The trad
from that portion of the country could b
largely increased by the construction G
/ good roads across the mountains Th
parties take home with them their winte
upplies.-Ieegfsfcr.
Work PRooREssING.-G. p. Terrell, G
Mehama, ex-county commissioner, VIII
was inthe city yesterday, reports that wor
\ is being pushed vigorously on the o. !
front. Track layers have started in be
hind the garders, and rails have been lai
0 up to point opposite Kiphart's bluffs,
e short distance below Mehama.-StGfesma
THE DIFFERENcE.--Old papers sell
East Oregon newspaper Offices for so cen
a hundred. The DEMOCRAT sells them fc
e IS cents a hundred, and then once in awhi
' some one growls because there is littl
! daily in the package.
RAN SoME.-Mr. A. Webster's team ra
: away last Friday, tearing down Fir
street like a woman after neighbor,s he
e and finally tearing down tree on Secor
= street and stopping Mr.. Webster did NJ
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