The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-04-05
LOCAL RECORD.

naowNsviLlE.- Ped Coshow has gon,
an a buslnrsa trip 10 ilntte City, Mont, iol
| the n W NJ Co... The affairs Of the Mar
row Gauge railway are soon to be wouns
up, and We hope TO see this road fall Into
some good company's hands, who will
change Il Into stanasa gauge and put I
I In hrs,.class condition....R A Sanders's
horse ran away on Sunday last. throwing
him of gust before crossing the bridge, ans
came near oollidlng with Dr. S.arr'a buggy
No serious damage was done. On tbs
eve Of Ire 10th inst, a school meeting wal
held, aud hy almost 40 unanous vote !.
WAS decided to build a new school mouse
costing COCO, to be located IN the gap be,
tween Mr / Al Meyers and Mr. w Coehran's
land, just above Main street, IN the west.
ern part Of iowa.. The al absorbing
topic here the past week has been the 70
novel of the woolen mills 10 Albany. The
necessary $4,000 bonus has been sub
scribea In Albany, and all that remains
now Is TO arrange matters In regard to the
water power from Mr. Crawford, who Ii
now absent IN California, but Is expected
! home daily. Should the woelen mills be
LIMO, cd from this city Il viii be a serious
loss 10 us aiis but there Is strong talk Of a
home company taking hold, buying them
aud keepiag them here. A new project Is
alks on foot here to enlarge the present
tannery and put up boot and shoe manu-
| factory and 20 into business On quite an
lextensive sealc by using home capital. -
Cor OregoHian.
/ SronY OK BENNETT When man be-
oomeA great some emo immediately tells a
story On him Here's QUO on Nelson Beaustt,
tho CONTRACTOR who has 30 many Law cults and
dollars while he was building ths FAM
Gus Stampede tunael. ho issurd an order iol.
bidding the driver OF the dump ears Co al
low aay Que L, ride in or out Of the tunnel on
a car. One day Bennett was in at the head
ing,' clad IN ovesalls. gumboo,s. and an oyer.
coat whose better days were Ger, and start
ed to walk out 10 the mouth Of the tunnel
juat as a dump car was leaving. Rcnnett
jumped aboard the small platform whieh the
driver stood on, and was promptly told TO
get OF ohere This somewhat surprised the
contractor. and he remarked. 'guoas you
hav'nt been diving here very long. Nav
havut, said the driver. but you get ofrn
thi, oar p. u Q. dye hear Bet have q
rirht 20 ride on these cars. said Bennett
/ Not while I'm drivin em YOU don't eaid the
liver, akip' and Bennett meekly skipped
aud walked slowly out When he reached
tie mouth # tho tunnel he met Nat Turner.
Superintendent OF the bnsineas. anil told him
his adventure, when the driver came mp
sgsin Turner stopped him and iotrodrced
him Ia Bennett. The driver expecting that
he would 10 discharged Immediately an
noanced hia intention Of quitting right there.
bat Gcrnstt would not near % u. be compts.
| tnented ihs fellow very highly for his rigid
enforcement of rules. Ani seemed 20 eniay
the joke fully IS much ~ tie rest 81 tha force
Who heard about IL F"
cony AlLi.' lloRsE SHOW The stallion
parade which took place here on wednes-
day was not very extensive, only twelve
horses appearing on the grounds These
twelve. however.were very excellent speei.
mems Of horse lesh, especially the runner
GIenbrcok, aud the trot,ers, Altago and
Oneco. The former Is owned by g. G..
| Glenn. OF Salem. and the lattef two by Me
knight Bros, OF Albany.-GaFeffs.
w UT RATES. ~ Rates to roints In
the East have been reduced, making the
maximum rate from Oregon to Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska 7s cents, night and day rates to
those points the same. The rate for some
time Sast has been St. This reduction Is In
line with the practice OF this company for
several years. Ten years ago the rate for
these messages was Ss.so.
LEBANoS.--Dr. Frank Msiehett. who
has been attending medical lectures In St.
Louis the past winter, Is In Lebanon visit
ing his sister, Mrs. BJrum. lie has
bought two lots In the Rals,on addition.
and proposes, like sensible fellow, to
make Lebanon his future home. Three
brothers by the name Of Colby arrived In
Lebanon on Tuesday morning from across
the mountains by the Santiam route.
They report only about three feet Of snow
In the deepest place, and only about seven
miles Of snow on the entire route --Ex-
press.
CoLUMBiAs.- Wednesday r Powell,
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