The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-07-27


! and has spent the week In town visiting hil
brother Charlie. Collins graduated at AL
hany College at the close Of the last school
year, and Is now resting after number oI
years of hard study. lie expects TO spend
the summer on this side Of the mountains
! -. This week G. d. Baker showed as specl
mems Of rock taken fromtwo quartz ledges
recently discovered on Crooked river,ahoul
20 miles from Princville MIR. Baker has
had assays made on rock from both lodges
one OF which gives return OF $34.s so sils CT
and So gold. and the other $s4.so silver
with atrace Of gold. Mr.. and Mrs. J. N.
Duncan started on Tuesday for Albany.
They were accompanied by Miss Ollie
Graves, they very efficient deputy postinis.
tress who has attended the delivery win.
dow of the postotlice here the past year.
Miss Graves goes 10 her home Ut Newport,
and we regret to say, does not contemplate
returning to prlnevElle. =. There seems TO
be little ornothing doing ON the line of the
| Oregon Pacific this side of Albany except
locating the line by the engineers. The
proposed construction OF the road that was
talked about so much by the Albany papers
a few weeks ago Is not going ahead Ms we
wouldlike 10 see It,. David Prime and
Dan Powell started Monday with As head
OF horses, intending TO drive them 10 Hunt-
ington and ship from there 70 Kansas City,
Mo-, whichplace Is Mr.. Primes old home.
though he has not visited Il since he cross.
ed the plains during the yos.... We learn
that Knox Huston has bought a band of
aB ia
hts ranch on Trout creek. Heproposes 10
remain In Crook county till~Abraham shall
call him to his bosom RetTesg.
THIEVES on rHE SANriAN.-This Is
rather old, but Ii Is a Linn county item and
has gotten here after trip to Salemi "a
fine horse was stolen Sunday night, July
IS, from Alexander Montgomery, about
three and half miles from Stayton, across
the Santlam In Linn county. Mr.. Mont.
gomery was of ia the mountains at the
time, the family being al home, and the
thief evidently thought Il a good time to
work. The animal was a splendid three
year-eld filly, and being little liable to
jump fences, was not allowed 10 ren on the
range, but was kept In tho pasture and
placed In the stable at night. On the
night In question, the usual precautions
were taken and the stable door tied. In
the morning the mare and her halter was
gone and nothing has been heard OF her or
the thief since. About the same time
another thicying operation was worked at
Sam Kings, about mile and half from
Aiontgomery's. Kings smoke house was
broken into and all his hams, To the num-
Der OF about ten, were stolen. The bacon
was not touhled."
ANOTHER w. T. FIRE.-- Monday Ros.
lyn, w. Twas visited by large fire,w
than those of Palouse City and Ellensburg,
and, without iire department, was COM
pleteiy bsrncd to the ground, eighty -four
buildings were burned and property dis
troyed TO the value OF over 100000. Moth.
ing Is left In the city but the Coal Com
pany's Office. the depot and fc - houses In
the outskirts. Comparatively a small
amount of insurance was carried. fhe Al.
bany Farmer and Merchants Insurance
company had SI7so placed In the city and
loses the whole amount IL was divided
into two policies of $1,000 and $3.50 and
was placed on general merchandise. Ros.
lyn Is about twenty eight miles from Ellens.
burgh. and Il a mining town Of about goo
population. Like most of such cities IL
had nothing To protect II against fire and
went down.
PERHAPS RtcH STRIRR.--A short
time since, the stockholders of the Capital
mining company, Of this city, sent pro.
spectors up 10 their mine in the Santiam
district above Mehama, to do little work,
and II seems they have struck IL rich. Ia
doing some blasting a short distance from
the old tunnel, they opened up vein of
quartz which Is reported to be very r.eh,
and which II Is supposed Is the main lead.
One Of these men started for Aiehama to
communicate with President ]. g. Wright.
but was too much excited when he reached
Mehama, and instead of writing 10 the
company regarding the strike, he told
everybody about Mehama of Ii. and the
compsny' officers only heard Of IL through.
various rumors floating about, and after a
large number Of people had started into the
district. President Wright started for the
| mines this afternoon, and something deiin-
tie about the richness and extent OF the
strike will be known In a few days.
Journal
EARLY ADyIcE.-It Is month yet be-
fore the circus comes to Albany, but right
here we would like to advise some of our
friends, like Mr. Hale, when It does get
here to have their change ready, not to
buy chances IN wheels of fortune, thimbles
or contrivances Of ans kind. When you
awaken on the morning of the 2Sth start
out with the resolution that you will not
try TO beat any man at his own game, for II
you have any sense, you will know that
you can't do II.
| DEATH or REv. WoLFg.-Rey. ]. I
Wolfe, the well known NJ. L. minister, oi
Corvallis, died last Monday after an illness
of several weeks. Rev. Wolfe was at one
time stationed at Shcdd, and was highly re.
spected by all who knew him. He was q
man of considerable ability, popular in the
pulpit and noted for his pure Christian
conduct.
DIDN'T WoRK.-W.L. Barber, at EIlens
burg, tied his hand up in a sling, walked
into numbering camp and obtained con
siderable sum of money by representing
that his fingers were cut off. He went e
sleep in the camp, and while in the arms o
Morpheus the trick was discovered, and HI
is now in Jail for obtaining money undei
false pretenses.
Foor RAcING.-Ben Hirsch has chai
Ienged Eph Cameron for another 100 yard
foot race for 5000 A Corvallis gentle
man says Cameron can beat Hrsch eigh
feet, and would in the recent race but TO
stepping in some holes in the ground. w
X. 5hangle also wants to run him fit
yards for $3.50.
BENTON COUNTY SHEEP.--Fo Bentol
county sheep the following from the Time