The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-07-19

From ALBANY lrs NATURAL couasE..
This morning surveyor w D Barr, of Al
bany began the work OF running The pre-,
llminary survey Of the recently ineorporat
ed Albany Il Astoria railroad company
This company propose connecting witt
the Astoria & South Coast line for The
Willamette Valley. AT Albany they will
have connection with both the Southern
and Oregon Pacific. This reminds the
writer that Salem has an Incorporation, the
object oi which Il TO connect with this AS
s,oria road. They were to raise money for
the purpose Of making surveys, but Il ha,
been several days slace anything has been
said about the matter. Nothing has, ms yet
been done. II Ii high time the survey was
made. for II Salem really wants this road
she must rustic for II and that very soon
else Il will be diverted fiom lis natural
course.--Salem Journal
Nor. REMARKS Che Benton Leaie,
has the following additional remarks q
make about our celebration ~ remark
able thing abou, the celebration In Albany
was the absence OF drunkenness. We saw
oGly one fellow who eculd be said TO be
drunk. He was weaving his legs along
the street In the evening in tbs charge oi
a companion, and he said as he passed ns
My father gave me tiity dollars this morn
Ing, and haven't got cent The Al.
bany papers were little bit sarcastic be.
cause the program or the 4th was not full.
| ly carried out. Hut IL was really almost
| impossible to manage the crowd Delays
were inevitable. The difficulty In this and
all big celebrations Il In not having place
where the people can see. Every Town
ought TO have park prepared and asrang.
ed for exhibitions"
WANTED a RipE. A very laug liable
Incident occurred on the picnic grounds at
Brownsville Sunday evening short time
before the beginning OF the afternoon scr.
vices says our correspondent. A young
man and his best girl being desIrous of TAX.
Ing ride and not having conveyance con-
eluded TO borrow one without asking the
s~ner. They united beautiful white
horse. got Into the buggy and started ON
the coveted ride. They had barely started
when the owner of the horse, from out the
crowd about the speakers stand, fairly yell.
ed "Brtng back that horse" They halt.
ed, TUNED slowly around, drove the horse
back 10 the place where they got him. and
without looking toward the three hundred
pairs of eyes that were Fixed upon them per.
| ambula,ed toward the city.
CURIOUS BETTfSo.--Some men have 10
bet on everything. Ia Portland four
young men were situated that way bu,
all wanted 10 bot on Sullivan. ~ they had
to bet anyway royal American and gamb.
ling style this Is the way they did Il
They formed pool, putting In $40 each.
Then four tickets were cut, and two OF
them represented Sullivan frs, and see
ond choice, while the remaining two stood
for KilrAIn on the same pan. The pool
was made aud the tickets put In box and
shaken up, when each member put In his
hand and drew out the tickle, which rep.
| resented his chances of winning. The
Sullivan men were satisfied with the plan.
a SaNrLE.-AE exchange alleges that
the following letter was received by ply
sIeian from man whom nc knew practis
Ing medicine and desiring COUNSEL "Dear
Dock have Pashunt who's ply sical sine,
sho that the wind pipe has uleeraied off
his lungs have dropped down into his
stomiek have given him EVERY thin
without eject her fothcr is welIhy honor
able and influenshai ~ he Il member of
assembly and God nose dont want TO lose
him whot Shal do ans by return mail.
Yours frat
A cASARD.-In these days of excite.
ment over prize fights, Il is rather too bad
to wipe out reputation In iha, line. bu,
really Thos Kay declines to accept the
honors extended to him by the Albany
Herald. which declares he was once the
middle weight champion of England and
carries handsome champion belt Mr.
Kay says he never was prize fighter and
never had n champion belt. lie may have
had few scraps In his young days, but he
was never n professional hghter.-Saiem
.Skafesm4a.
BoxfS0. The noble ar, oiboxIng Is ex.
citing considerable interes, In Albany, and
several are said TO be displaying great skill
A match Is being talked of for the neal
future. Speaking OF champions Mr Tho'
Kay Is not the only one who has Feputa
ton. The DEMOCRAT IL Informed that
Mr. DC schell, the contractor, was the
champion Of four countries. lie certainly
Ia an expert with his dukes, and there art
plenty In Albany who will back him
against Mr. Kay or any one else In Salem,
regardless Of size.
EVEN THE CnISess &C. L. Cox, a de
tective OF San Francisco. was In the cit,
yesterday with requisidon from the Gov
ernor Of California for the Arrest of NJ
Shut Wan, Chinaman who Is detained II
Portland on charge of dcfrauding Tom
Wo & Co, warehouse men OF San Fran
cisco BY means sf forged warehouse re
ceipts. NJ. Shut Wan Is an English speak
ing celestial and q smart one, and held /
responsible position, but abused his trus;
I-.SIdkes0ian.
FRIDAY An Eastern exchange think
that persons who have a supers,itious drca
Of Friday will be pleased TO hear that thI
Is year for Friday. II came In on Frida,
win 60 out on Friday and will have fifty
) three Of the il-omeped days. There nr
: four months in this year that have iiv
!, Fridays each changes of the moon occu
five times on Friday, end the longest an
shortest days OF the year each falls on Fr
0 day.
CANADA THIsTLRs.--fiere Is somethin
on the Canada thistle question too !: :"
!! may be we'll to remember that the late Sc
|. sion laws make II incumbent upon all roa
I supervisors to Kill and weed out all Canad
thistles on the roads in their districts, an
ito notify all parties that haye them grow
Ing on their farms. A failure to do so SUI
. jects the supervisor to fine OF not le
than $50 nor more than $ioo for each nej
lect."
CRooK COUNTY,. NJ. Brown and wi
IS started to Lebanon this week, but change
their notion on the way and went over II
Mckenzie route. They will visit the BE
KNAPP springs. AS much of the gra