The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-03-09
CURRENT EVENTS.

March came In considerably like q lamb
The Milton editor worked out his -four
dollar road tax with pick and shovel
There Is usandn for you.
40 U w membership in this jurisdiction
Is as follows Oregon, a4oI Washington
Territory, ol3 ! British Columbia, ans
total, 3S4o,
McMinnvIlle Is to have new school
house and a new Court House.
Hon John Burnett, of Corvallis, suggests
that good way to meet the surplus ques.
ton will be to provide for bounty OF Ic
cents per bushel for all the wheat raised by
the farmers of the country.
Mrs Matte McLaud commenced suit
against the Mayor, City Council and Board
at Health Of Los Angeles Monday, for $780,.
600 damages,fo removal Of her daughter to
the smallpox hospital, where she died.
A young man named Warner was I'm.
prlsoned in the jail at Portland last week,
without any charges being made against
him, Il Is charged by authority OF the boys
father on account OF his leaving his real
estate Office and working for another agent.
Chief Of Police Parrish was fined $too on
account of the affair.
A Washington TerTitoy editor promises
II his subscribers will come In and pay up
he will make his paper 20 burning hot that
II will cure the carache.
Easter viii fall on the first day of April
this year, and our subscribers arc cautioned
to examine their eggs thoroughly before
eating.
What docs the Portland zsisgram mean
In the following item: "An Albany estate
panned out IS cents for the heirs, though the
lawyers managed to make about $1,000
out of H. How they happened to overlook
the odd change Is a mystery"
The following Item from the .Asforian
should spur up the Albany fremen to be
ready for the State tournament "There Is
an effortin Portland to have the time OF the
next fircmen's tournament changed from
June, the date the board of directors set Il. to
September. September would suit our boys
just a. we'll but whether II be June or Sep.
tenbcr, or the 4th Of July, they will be up
and dressed when the time comes.
A hunter, near Canysn City, short time
since shot cougar and captured her young
ones, small kittens. He had litter OF
young hounds at home and he placed the
two young cougars among them, and they
are thriving well. They lay around In front
OF the fire and play with each other Just
like two ordinary kittens.
Nay Simmons, young man Of 10. com.
mitted suicide In a most shocking manner
Monday on the farm OF wm. SappIngfeld,
ten miles northeast Of Salem, on Howell
Prairie. lie was pIowing In sixty live acre
field with three-horse team, and when on
the opposite side of the field east of the
house, hitched two OF the horses, lied hal.
ter strap TO the double tree, and making a
slip moose of the other end placed Il around
hie neck, and then started the team, walked
few steps, and then fell down and was
dragged to death. Two youne men hunting
for cattle found him dead. The horses ap.
pcared 10 haye walked about Goo wards and
"a have choked the life out Of the young
man.
The late Alvin T Smith. Of Forest Grove,
has left ore of the most peculiar Wills on
record. After providing for sister In Con.
necticut, the testator leaves the entire resi-.
due OF his property, mainly In lands Ia and
about Forest Grove, to his widow during her
life TING, and directs that after iler death
said land Is TO be tied up for nine hundred
and ninfty-nine ycars,and during this period
one-halt the rents and profits Is TO be used
In repairs, Improvements and paying taxes
the other half Is TO be paid 10 the American
Missionary society of New York City. At
the expiration of nine hundred and nineiy.
nine years the proceeds are TO be given in
some other protestant missionary society,
but tn 90 event Is any part Of il 10 be given
to the support Of any Roman or papai 20
ciety whatever.