The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-03-08

whose mouse the DEMOCRAT Is delivered
regularly has been annoyed quite often on
going 10 her box near the gate and finding
Il empty. She was not quite certain whesh.
er The carrier had, on these occasions, neg
lecied TO deliver Il or not She hall sus-
pected that there was thief In the case
So she concluded that she would do some
detective work. She watched carefully
one evening for the carrier and as soon as
he dropped the DEMOCRAT In the box she
was on the spot and took Il out, bat left an
old paper In the box On which were writ.
ten the words ! "You sneak thief, you
have siolea an old paper this timc.r She
went aheut her work expecting 10 keep an
eagle eye on the box, but her busy cares
distracted her mind and foe hall an hour
she had not thought OF her trap. Finally
her detective scheme returned to her mind
when she returned TO her box and found
the old paper removed. The thief had
come In her absence and taken the old pa
per. OF a rod or 80 from her box on the
walk she found the old paper torn to pieces.
She IL keeping her "heagie eye" Wide open
TO catch the thief and II he returns he will
be caught
Bull RuN.--One OF the members Of the
State Legislature who fought The Bull Run
water bill, was Hon. Thos. Tongue. The
following from his home paper shows that
Portland Il now about even with him !:
"Senaior Tongue came near being killed
by his Ayrshire hul! last Sunday morning.
The enraged animal got him down and
tossed him about until driven off by a man
coming to his rescue. Senator Tongue
says he IL getting tired OF this Bull Run
business. The bull fioorcd him In the sen.
ate and the bull gofed him In the corral. In
the future he will keep out OF the path of
bull run. The bull undoubtedly wanted
pure water"
ILLUSTRATED. - The February Resf
Slore gives It's promised Illustrations Of Al
barry, consisting OF four pages and seyen
cuts ; First street from the Revere House
west, the Young and Read corner, Albany
from Farmers warehouse, o bridge and
Red Crown Mills, Academy OF Sacred
Hear, Court House and the Central School
well fot the city 40 far ~ they go fhe
magazine as \ whole does the city justice.
The nex. time Albany will probably be IN
condition to have booming series Of u.
Illustrations.
EvApiSo Ir.-The new medical law to
prevent quackery, which also provides that
any itinerant vendor OF medicines shalt
pay license of 500 per monsh.was eyad-
cd by the Wizard on Co. at RhInehas,'s
ball Thursday night. They claimed tosell
their song book al ST and give the medI,
cine away. Eugene GHafd. Tha, won't
work. They should be snapped up at
once. II IL just such crowd the law was
intended for and The people OF Oregon
should sec that the Law Is enforced as 10
them.
FELr CuEAP.-una Salem or some other
street car. a boy made sudden grab among
the straw, caught something and. as he
Strengthened up. he inquired "a no iost
fity.eent piece ?" Seven men held out
their hands to him and four more wanted
TO but telt afraid. There was a painful
fAe@Nf AHA AsNA hNt h@y Att@tAelt&A rvs HAHG
and exhibited pants button. The seven
men suddenly sank back 10 mediate and
the other four INDUCED In winks.
HIS OLD CoNMAsDER.-Maj. Jones has
just shown the DEMocRAT a fine photo
graph just received from his old Com.
rnsnder, General Julius White. now q
prominent insurance man OF Chicago. Ac
eompanying It is very lively Kind OF
letter, In which the word hen roost and 4
few other familiar words suggest that the
letter IL somewhat remeniHcent. Nsthing
pieases, and justly so.a soldief, than 10 &C.
celve letter from an old Commander.
NEw REAL EsrATE oFFIcKs-Two new
real estate Offices, II Ia reported, win soon
be started In Albany, one by Mr.. w. II.
Goitra and one By william Faber. both
men OF considerable means. The pros
poets arc that during the coming summer
Albany viii be alive with speculation.
A Sics.-Summer has evidently come,
for the accordion man is here on HE tricy-
Gle. This Is the young man here about
eighteen months ago. He was once .
jockey In England and lost both legs by
falling under a train Of cars while taking a
horse from one place 10 another. He plays
the accordion with considerable skill
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