The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-08-09

naw 10 The county jail With gloomy pros
lcets heior them,ua account IT rasi
Ct IA ,anl erlug wltha swltch,h~, caused
he loss 90 human lie The Rolfe boys
nc SONS ct ]. a eolir, Of Sweet Home
l'rtd 4 twen,y-two years of age aud was
married about month ago Herbert, the
principal criminal In the matter, Is sixteen
,cata ut age Mr Rolfe, their father who
was working ln the harvest field With the
boys, SAYS nctbcr, Is good hoy and the
pride ut IT,, mother, and was much more
surprised at his conduel than he would
have been Tor his older brother TO have
taken tAc lead IN The matter The horse
shooting episode occurred IN 1884 Her.
bert was the hoy tRki,g ride with Rev,
Stevens being eleven years OF age then,
aud Fred did the shooting, llill claims to
be FROM Astoria lie Il about twenty four
years of aec,and many think he was mos,
10 blame. he three though being IN the
same hoa' stand good chance Of sinking
or swimming together.
A Ntw CoMrANY.--Articlea incorpo
rating the viusbprg aud Lebanon Flume
Water TO have been n'ed In:orpora,ors,
o 1enpings, w IA Mcpherson, and J y
W its. Tie capital stock has been placed
at Sao,ooo, divided into shares OF Sas each.
II Il proposed to build tluiac from Wir,s.
burg on Hamilton creek to Lebanon, u
distance of ten miles. This l. an import
ant enterprise for Lebanon. and will give
that city good " Water power on the com
'plction ot the tlumc. "A canvas Will be
mndc for takers Of stock.
a PosrAL LAw.-'rhe following order
has been issued by the postmaster general
and VIII interest all: "Any postal card, or
envelope, or any outside cover, or any
thing which reflects injuHously upon the
conduct, ~ Is plainly calculated or intend.
cd 10 injurc the feelings or reputation of
the person To whom II Is directed OF which
threatens him, l. unavailable. II Is allow
able for person to send q request To call
and settle, but anything further l. liable TO
result In heavy fine"
a SMALL FiRE.--LastThnrsda about 9
o'clock Revs. Comann and Hanleiter were
passing the residence OF Mr. w I Hearst,
on Washington street, t,when they discover.
ed the house to be on fire. Rushing inside
the rear he'd room. on the first floor, was
founG TO be In flames, the lace curtains,
wood work of the window and bed clothes
being on lire. Several pals of water quick
ly applled.prevcnted waat might have been
a serious firc. The fice probably started
from a match that had been struck and
dropped.
TkLt ir.-A newspaper has TO be told OF
little items OF news the same as human be.
ings In order to know them. Remember
this, aud when yodr wife clubs YOU with
the broom, come in aud tell US II your
neighbor starts for Swrdunk drop Us a
line u your finger gets amputated IN the
hash machine don't forget us whatever
happens remember that tbs local newspaper
never Intentionally omits anything unless
/, wants to, or gets winked at.
BRiSc on YouR SAMPLES. Arrange
ments have been made with the railroads
to transport fee of charge TO Milwaukee,
on the occasion of the meeting Of the g.
A r., all samples Of Oregon products
which may be contributed for that pur-
pose. lie: all farmers and Others who are
dis91sed To- contribute specimens OF any
article that would be crcditabie to our
Young commonwealth send or leave the
anne with the Oregon Land Company In
his city.
\ PooR ApyEgrfsEMeSr,- prices
chai ged By fruit veadorS on the Southern
Pacific Is a big slam on thi. great fruit
country and il will do no harm to agiiate
the matter some. The railroad company
cannot afford to allow peanut vendors to
charge such prices as FIVE cents piece
for peachGs, sold for 81 box, ten cents
for Bart'et pears and the like.
SuS sTRoEg.--Mr Bushnell, of Irvine,
was In town Monday and informed us that
Mr. Isaac Cook, of Junction received a
severe attack OF sun.stroke Sunda, after.
noon He was sill unconcious at noon
and the chances Of his recovery were doubt.
ful. lie Is a well todo farmer residing
near junction and has many fiiends
throughout Lane county who viii be pain.
ed to hear Of his misfortune Eugene
R1gisfeT.
IL THE WArEE.-It Is reported that
four dead infants were discovered in the
reservoir Of The Dalles waterworks, which
has been undergoing cleaningout process
This is sufficiently horrible story, but Il
comes from n pretty straight authentic
source. Our Dailes exchanges have kept
"mum," although the people of that burg
are considerably excited over the matter,
as we'll they might be.-Pendleton + o.
WuL COME HERE.-A gentleman just
in from Crook county says that The Dalles
will get very little il any of the wool trade
from that country next year, as there Is a
very good wagon road leading to the vii
lamette Valley and wool there commsds a
muc1 better price than east of the noun.
tains. The prospect of the wool trade OF
The Dalles in the future is not a cheering
one.--1imeS MoNNfaineer
AS ACCIDENT Last Thursday While
hewing timbers on the street railway line
the adj Of JOS. Reecc slipped and struck
one OF his legs just above the ankle, cutting
into the bone, severing muscle and 9
vein. Drs Maston and Wallace attended
him and dressed the wound. The accident
will keep Mr. Reece from work for some
time.
FIRST VALLEY MELoSs.-Mr william
Peacock handed the DEMOCRAT Thurs
day the first Valley water melons bsough
to the market. Though small they are O.
good quality. MIR Peacock Is nearly al
ways first TO the city with this fruit, arr
has the DEMOCRATS thanks for the re
membrance
NoRE EVIDENCE. The Oregoman tell
about some of the Nebraska editors losin)
diamonds while out here. Well bet ou
old hat that If they had such things will
them they were borrowed forthe ocsasion
Editors as a rule don't have such things
Reigster. Another piece of testimony +
prove that they were real estate men an,
| merchants.
MRTRoPoLITAN.---The contract for erect
ing second story to the Linn county Ban
and remodeling the Bank offices, has bee
let 10 ] F Conn. The proprietors. .propos
making their Offices like those in larg
cities, with separate receiving. pavin0 an