The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-05-18
LOCAL RECORD.

master nj Rosehurg was In receipt of
letter from Prineville this week informing
him Of the suicide Of Charles NJ. Stevens
some forty miles from Paisley, Lake
county, on May Ist. 1t appears that Mr.
Stephens was travelling and fell in will,
some immigrants and remained with them
two days. He had evidently been drink.
Ing very heavily and being without liquor
on the second day he displayed symptoms
of arrangement. On the morning Of the
third day at about four o'clock he arose to
go out and look after his horse returning
to bed, he had partly covered himself with
the bedclothes when he shot himself
through the head with pistol lie lived
eight hours unconscious all the time. On
his body were found SsI4 In money, note
for $500, and he also had horse and
buggy. From the papers discovered, Il
was found that he was a former resident
OF RCseburg, and hence this letter to the
postmaster. MIR. stephens was raised In
Douglas county and was brother of Mrs.
w. II. Owens Of this city, and was well
known throughout the county, and his
tragic death is greatly deplored.
PioNEERs.-Pioneer readers Of the DEM
ocRAT will please take notice OF the fol.
lowing taken from the Crawfordsvile cor.
respondence in the Lebanon Express of last
week "The Association formed here
last fall, known as the Linn County Pion-
GERS, will meet here for a picnic the s7th of
June, holding ever till the 3oth The citi.
zens of this place will do all in their power
to make II success. II would be well for
the old pioneers to begin to patch their tents.
grease their frying pans ard feed up the old
oxen, so as to be on hand. Ina few more
years pioneer meetings will be thing of
the past. We hope there will be large
number here at that time there were
about As members enrolled here last fall,
that being the first meeting and late in the
fall, there was not a very good turnout
Hany one in the county wishes their name
enrolled before the picnic they can have IL
attended TO by writing to K. Glass, Presi-
dent, or Rev. K. Robe, Secretary. In writ
ing give name, age, and date Of crossing
the plains. Further particulars will be
given from TINA @ time rs the committees
make the arrangesAents. This is an as
sOciation our olo citizens should labor to
build Up.
NoBoDY's FooL.-Mr. Sol. Cook who
lives in the Cascade foothills above Silver
ton, has heg that is nobody's fool. He
also has COW tnat is in cahoots with the
hog in the milk business. Happening out
in pasture in which hogs and cattle were
running together one day last week, Mr..
Cook observed a yearling shoat serenely
sucking amilch COW. Approaching nearer
he watched the proceeding with consider
able interest, the COW appearing to submit
to the matter with great complacency.
How the hog learned the trick, is mystery
certain tits that had soft thing on the lac
teal fount. Hereafter, the hog and COW
will occupy separate lots.-Siiverton Af-
feaL.
WOULD MARRY OR DIE.-A few days
ago young man hired team at Schmcer's
livery stable with which to 20 to Corvallis.
We understand he secured 4 marriage IL
cense, and just before leaving the stable re-
marked to gentleman standing near that
he loved a young lady at Corvallis, and
that ne WIS going there and marry her or
die. As she had seven big brothers he con-
sidered the undertaking desperate one.
lie went and several hours afterwards Mr..
5. received telegram to go 10 that city at
once. He did so and found the young man
under arrest. lie brought his team home
himself. There was no wedding and no one
died.
JUDGE DESSY.--Somc time ago we
mentioned the fact that Judge Denny would
return to Oregon, but in a letter received
at salem dated Seoul, Corea, Apr Izth, he
says, that owing to a sudden change in the
business affairs OF the government, the
King says that It Is impossible for him to
be allowed to leave at present. Judge
Denny adds that he does not wish TO leave
the King in his present struggle for ma
tional existence. II his health keeps good
he will remain in Corea some time longer.
SHEEP SHEARING.-T sale Of sheep
shears in this city is an indicati on Of what
Is going on through the county The clip
ping has begun, and though Linn county
hocks are small the proceeds of the clip
help the farmer to- meet his expenses.
The price in the Albany market is about 10
cents but this Is probably low water mark
and some what higher price will prevail.
A WILL CAsE.-The cost Of the Chris
man will case, recently decided in the
supreme court, on appeal from Lane county
was about $1,000, including attorneys
fees. The attorneys fees on the side of
the win were about $4,000. II the con-
testents paid as much for attorneys fees
the other costs must have been $1,000.
There was about $4,000 of the estate left
after paying the costs, to divide as the will
directed, the total amount having been
about $4,000.
BROUGHT FLAG BACK - Saturday the
Albany delegates to the State w. G. r. U.
returned from EHgsne with reports Of very
successful meeting, there being about fifty
delegates present. They brought with them
beautiful flag, six by twelve feet in size,
with long white ribbon attached to the
handsome shaft, bearing this self explanatory
inscription Linn county, Oregon. Ban
ner Prohibition County, l8S7-from state
w. Q. L u" An account of the presenta-
tion Of the same is given in another column.
All speak in very high terms Of the treat
ment received at the hands Of the hospitable
people Of Eagene.
THE LATEST. Henry MeIlwain has
shown us a Rockford, ILL.,, paper, in which
a correspondent says the Oregon farmers are
the LATEST 10 the world, that when apples
were SIS box they would save some Of
them bat with them at So a box they al
low them to rot. This is fair sample Of the
Eastern liar. At 81 box last year the
farmers generally at least in this part of Ore
gon saved their apples. There are lazy
farmers here as elsewhere but it is not the
rule, aud if the Illinois man will come out
here we will put an extra head on him.
HoPs.-Mr. Farley Mcknight, who came