The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-08-17

home at stockton, CAL, Mr. o. ii. Close
has become quite celebrated on account o
his trip 70 Fish lake In the Cascades. Al
result Of the account published In the
Stockton papers, heretofore mentioned Ii
the DEMooRAr, people there have become
Interested and want TO see the country
As result three rich farmers and their
wives win leave there Oh the aIst OF this
month for Albany. From here they will
take two teams and 60 on three weeks
trip In the Cascades. They will bring
their tents, etc, but will need teams for the
purpose. This Is one os the finest trips IN
the world for those who like hunting and
fishing and grand scenery, gorges made
BY the "tears OF ages" rough, rugged,
healthy surroundings, We are glad Il Is
attracting attention, and our citizens should
assist in bringing our summer resorts In
more notice than they are receiving.
DIR. oTooLE's wiLL.-The will OF the
late Felix o'roole was probateda at so'clock
last Tues lay. Il was made on the Ioth1of
January, 1888, and provides as follows /;
Ist, for the payment Of all Just debts, etc. /;
aud, for $aSoo for monument ard, It
gives to Fred Blumberg $4,000, and the
DR. Wallace property 4th, to Geo War
ner, the Russ House property and his gold
watch Sth, TO Mack Young, of Astoria,
$500 ; to Geo Fuller, of Portland, $500 !;
9Th, TO the Catholic school, $500 for educa.
ton of orphan children Slh, TO Felix
o foole, of Liverpool, SIS 9th, he ap
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ncr executors 10th, the remainder of the
property was left to Fred Blumberg and
Geo = Warner, share and share alike. 1he
value of the property was placed at SAB.
600, aud the executors have fled bond In
The sum of $4,000.
Thar BEr.-After the back down men.
toned by the DEMOCRAT In the bet be.
tween Portland drummer and an Albany
clerk, which occurred as stated by this
paper, pool OF thousand dollars was
made up In this city TO cover the matter up,
and Yesterday the RcrGld announces. $1,000
was deposited with Curran II Nontel,h, and
"any believer IN free tFadety who wants
10 wager that amount against free whlskey,
tobacco and the Chinese needs only lo
come forward with the money to find the
cold hard cash awaiting them" The DEM
ocRAT has notified the Portland drummer(
hat the back down has been fixed up and
there IS money here for bet.
CONCRETE SEWER PIPE.-A DEMOCRAT
man meandering around this morning for
a bit Of news, entered the establishment OF
John Hoffman x Co, at the intersection Of
First and Railroad street and there wit.
messed the process of manufacturing con.
crete sewer pipe, tiling, etc. These gentle.
men are engaged in making concrete sew
er pipe for the sewer now being construct.
cd on Railroad street. The pipe l. 90 inches
n diameter In the clear, two feet long and
two i1ches thick. Each section weighs
$50 pounds. We hope TO see these gen
tlemcn build up profitable business
WooLEN MILLs.-The present status OF
wooden miles for this city may be put as
follows: Mr.. Kay viii come for $4,000
and perpetual water power. Mr.. Craw.
ford, who owns the water power will sell It
for about SIsoooo and will not grant any
perpetual rights to the water power. The
facts are before you and YOU can figure Il
out as you please. So long rs Mr.. Kay In
cludes the water power part OF Il there Is
evidently no chance OF our getting the
mills. Arrangements should be made to
overcome this.
REsULroF a QUARREL.--In a quarrel
in Polk county Tuesday William Davis
struck Layton Twindle over the head with
an oak club, knocking him insensible, and
il il doubted IL he can live. Twindle fled
They were members of a threshing crew,
and had been qnarreling over the condition
Of their dinner.
NEcrARISEs-"Nec trees arc re
markably prolific about Ashland this year
J. w Hockersmith brought one to the
TTdiHgs Office the other day that measured
SH inches around" d."-Iidiags Rather of
a small tree we should say. Albany editors
rejoicc when they arc remembered even
with the fruit. Some of these nectarineS
have reached Albany, and are very fine.
THEIR GRADES AT meeting OF The
Board Of Directors the following grades were
given the teachers OF our public schools,
which viii open on September l0.h C. A.
Walker. Principal Mis-. Kate Price, lss As.
sistant; Miss Lille Robertson, 2ad assis-
tant Miss NJ } Morris. 2rd Assistant f;
Miss Belle Cray, 4th assistant Miss Mary
Wheeler, 9Th assistant Mrs Il Thrall, 9Th |
assistant; Miss Margeria Brink. Supernum-
erary.
SHOT Fred Snyder, son of Mrs. C. ID.
Snyder, Of Salem, aged IS was shot near
Mehama sunday. lie was preparing to |
90 hunting, and while leaning on the muz-
zle OF a double-barreled shotgun one barrel
was in some manner discharged, charge
of fine bird shot entering under the left |
arm, about six inches from the shoulder,
and coming out at the top OF the shoulder. |
The arm was terribly mangled, but 1t Is not
known how serious the injuries may be.
A BEr--J C. Boyd, Of Ashland, recently
plsced $1,000 10 the First National bank, to
be bet on Harrison. Tuesday the amount
was coyered By G.. G. Scott, Of the Gilman
house By the the way Mr.. Scott ia the gem
tleman who has charge Of the money the
drummer was to bet with the Albany clerk,
and il he has the assurance there will be no
more back downs ia Albany will cover the
amouat in the hands OF Cnrran & Monteith.
OUR OwN PEAcHEs.-Whileo our friends
Phillips and Peacock got in ahead on wat
ermclons and grapes, it was left for Mr.
Chester SkceIs to take the DEMOCRAT Of
fee by storm on the peach question. He
has disposited on our table six as fine Craw
ford peaches as ever graced the table of
Crocker or Stanford, or bloomed on the
trees Of Southern Oregon. They were
raised in his orchard across the river and
are specimens of fruit to be proud of. One
at least was oH inches in circumference.
BooMs.--We read accounts of tre-
mendous boom at Whatcom, w. T, but