The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-08-03

ordered the sheriff to Immediately collect
al delinquent taxes, by levying on proper
~ or IN any way 10 Il Is collected. d....J. III
Claypool has bought Mr. Curtis interest IN
the Ochoco feed yard, and the proprietors
now arc Rutherford & Claypool ... Par.
ties who have just returned from the black.
berries patches In the Cascades report a
good supply Of berries cn Seven Mile HILL
-. DIR. G. 5. Wright and wife leave to-
day for Salem, which place they will make
their future home About half past one
Wednesday atterpoon small house on 4th
street owned bF S. ]. Newsom, formerly
Of Shedd, was discovered to be on FIRE. An
alarm was imghedia,ely given and In less
than five mjhutcs the fire company was
out In full force, ran two blocks and had a
stream plying on the building. When
the fire WAS reached Il seemed the entire
building was enrappcd in flames, but a
steady Stream of water soon put out the
blaze, Ind In about three minutes the fire
was ,Nhdcr control. Ranchmen through
out ,the country arc into the midst of their
hog harvest and rs a rule report fair
Yield. Early rye, which was too far ad.
vanced TO be benefited by the rains Ia June,
Is turning off about half crop, while late
rye, timothy and natural meadows are turn
ing off heavy crop. II II safe 10 estimate
that the hay crop in Crook county will be
one.third greater than It was last season.
! The grain crop bids fair to be an average
at least, and from the present outlook there
will be enough raised In Crook county TO
supply the local market, which has not
been the case for the past two ycars.-hee-
sgca.
MARRtEp.-Mr. NJ. a. Miller and Miss
Flora McCaulIey were married at the resi-
dence Of the brides parents in Lebanon on
Wednesday evening, Aug. Ist, Rev. w. r..
Bishop, of Portland, performing the cere-
mony. MIR. Miller is a son of Hon. r. c.
Miller, and Is well.known all oyer the State
and has many friends He is an able and
enterprising young man and Is bound to
succeed. He is engaged In the drug bust
ness In Lebanon. Miss McCaulley Is a
handsome and accomplished young lady
and Mr.. Miller is to be congratulated upon
securing such prize. Some thirty or more
invited guests, consisting OF several friend,
and relatives were present, who partook o
an elegant supper, prepared for the occas-
| ion, after which the Cra wfordsville band
serenaded the happy couple. Below are
some of the bridal presents Butter dish,
Mr. and Mrs Weatherford, OF Albany set
of furniture, Mr. and Mrs K c Miller fruit
dish, Eva Mcdonald fruit dish, Bessie
| and kittie Miller /; set of knives and forks,
MIR and Mrs G II Ralston salt dishes,
Maud and Jessie Ralston, table cloth and
napkins, Mr. and Mrs Mcdonald napkin
rings, Mr. and Mrs MeCaulley spoon
holder, DIR Courtney set of knives and
forks, MIR and Mrs Montague set of forks,
Mr. and Mrs ] NJ Ralston sct>>of table
spoons, DIR and Mrs Foley castor, Jessie
McCauiey set of spoons, Miss Nixon /;
fruit dish, Mr. and Mrs + NJ Miller fine
painting, Miss Ballard lamp. Mr. and Mrs
Miller. Il.
THE ScIo BRAScn.-County Surveyor
O'Conner and City Surveyor Barr, are
back from Scio, where they have just com.
Ple,ed preliminary survey for the pro-
posed branch road f,om the Narrow
Gauge to that city. Mr.. Barr informs US
that the branch will be 1900 feet long and
the estimated cost of the work TO be done
by the citizens of Scio will be $500. No
formal contract has yet been made between
the citizens of Scio and the railroad com
/ pany, but one will be made at an early date
in all probability A meeting for The final
consideration of the matter will be held In
a few days. The people of that city are
alive TO their interests and will certainly
] eatss ~
ity to get arailroad.
For ORRGoS.-Statc Superintendent Nc
Eiroy arrived In the city last Tuesday. The
Professor has been doing some remark
ably active work for Oregon as well as for
our educational institutions. Most of the
Eastern teachers passing through here are
doing so at his suggestion, and the impress
sion they are obtaining of our fair State Is
a good one. We should help them on
Friday large number will pass through.
Suppose we delugc them with apples,
prunes, berries, etc, so that they will have
a particularly good impression Of Albany
AT nominal cost we can feast them on
our fruits A prominent Oregonian says
to-day Albany has the brightest prospects
of any city in the State beside Portland, and
we must show our hand on every OCCASION
if we would help push things upward.
THE PARDON BUSINESS, - Governor
Pennoyer to-day commuted the sentences
of three prisoners of the penitentiary. VIM
Peek, who who was sentenced from Multi.
nomah county, Sept 27th, 1886, for five
Years for larceny in a store, on the recon-
mendation of the district attorney, and ir
consideration of the severity of the sen
tence. Aug. Schultz, who was SENTENCED
from Clackamas county April 23Ed, 1888, ,tc
FIVE years for arson. The reason in thi
case was grave doubt as to his guilt, bas
ed upon the fact that all persons upol
, whose testimony he was convicted, hay.
subsequently made affidavit that their testi
! Inony in the case was false. In this sort O
case, pardon is hollow mockery. 81
Kitchens, sentenced 20 five years from
Polk county for an assault with intent I,
commit rape, commutatioa based on tn
recommendation of the district attorney
and grave doubts as to his guilt.--JoayNal
WILL LOCATE IN PoRTLAND-Prof.
ID. Robb, who has been located at Mercec
, in the San Joaquin Valley, Cal, during tn
past year,was in the city,on his way to Port
land, where he will locate. He is to hav
charge of branch house for G. r. Web
Der & Co., of San Francisco, agents for A
II. Anderson & Co., of Chicago, the we
} known manufacturers of school furnitur
and apparatus, opera chairs, folding bed
and church furniture, his field being Ore
. gon, Washington Territory and Idaho
J Prof Rob is the right man for such.a pos
! ton and will be heard from in this fielt
: Like all who spend year in California al
S ter having resided in Oregon the Prof
] glad to get back to this State.