The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-05-31
LOCAL RECORD.


dairy to good advantage, for our cltixeni
Offer asan indueement 10 such an enter
prise free pasturagc within the corporate
limits, and with a very llulc persuasion
we believe the city council could be pre-.
vailed upon 10 do the milking -. Rev
NJ Dick and family arrived In Corvallis
last week, and have taken up their resi-.
denec here. The reverend gentleman
comes TO take charge of the Evangelical
church In this city, us per appointment oi
the late conference. The Rev l. Hersh
ner has been removed TO Alblna. ..l.it.
tie Shorty Butteriicli IL serving thirty
days sentence In Portland for yagraney,
The boy Is to be pitied rather than cen
sured for hts unfortunate station In liie.--
Tines.
For THE SOLDIERS lloME. .- Major
Jones, Of this city, has just received his
lpapers, appointing him TO a place In the
new soldiers home iii,een miles from Los
Angeles, and will leave AlbIny for that
place about June s, there to pass the re.
malndcr OF his life In that rest and peace
he so richly deserves. The Major has
made only friends In Albany. Ills life
here has been spotlcss one, and while we
shall rsgreteeeing him leave Albany, We
shall rejoice TO know that he win have a
good home where he can rchearse with
his companions In blue the events of event.
ful lives.
A CoSUNpaUM The following eonun-
drum from an Oregon City paper viii
please few Linn county farmres and
hence we give Il ; "Nr. Winston of Dam.
aseus propounds peculiar problem. dur.
Ing the rs years have lived on my place.
he says, the county assessor and school
clerks have assessed Il all the way from
SISoo TO $1,000, | offer to sell my farm hut
cannot get even bid on II. What Il It's
cash value p This may be answered left
handedly by asking Mr. Winston 20 explain
this puzzle OF Elder Kennedy. II you pen
thee hogs In u row, and by feeding with
| corn the foremost one only you fatten the
the three, how much does Il coat 10 iatten
he third
| STATE AProiSTMENrs.-Go Pen.
noyey Thursday made the appointment Of
the state medical board, which was created
by the late legislature, This board Is
kaown a. the board OF examiners for the
state OF Oregon. The following were ap.
polnted; Dixon for one year, 0 p
Plumner, two years and James Brown,
three years. These gentlemen arc all resi.
dents Jf Portland. and, Il Is understood, are
all Of the slpathic school. The dental
board was also appointed as fellows: 6
Clark and 5 J Barber, both Of Portland.
DIR + & Miles, of Yaquina, was appointed
health officer for YaquIna Day.
| A RAiLFEScE RUsAwAY.--JuSt after
III c DEMOCRAT had gone 10 pfess Friday
J Fist street was the scene Of very lively
runaway. The tea n OF INK Scigler be-
came frightened at an engine on the $ p
switch and ran ives, along First street. first
| on one side and then on the other side OF
the street. At Bardue & Rebertson's
corner, the fayorate corner for the purpose,
the team took the side walk and moved
down four or five awning posts and the
Albany Furniture company's sign, stop
ping n short distance beyond. Another
team becoming frightened called on r II
| Pfeiffer for some Confectionery, doing sew
eral dollars damage.
EvRRYwnERE.-.'Laie discoveries of
gold and silver mines have been made In
Lane county; gold and natural gas have
been found In Linn; coal and gold Ia
Marion, while in Benton county, gCid has
been discovered, and company has been
organized In Corvallis TO prospect for coal
and natural gas. The future Of this section
4 II A. a
sources are developed. Undoubtedly the
hills and mountains on either side OF the
Willamette valley are rich in mineral. ~
Astoria Pioneer.
WILL CELEBRATE AT EUGESE.--"At
their meeting Thursday evening c Co, OF
the o n G, voted TO take part In the eele
braiion Of the Fourth Of July at Eugene
The boys are well drilled and will be
prominent feature of the procession. The
Albany papers will please note this, and
pull down their claim that Co G. will 60 10
Albany on the Fourth Eugene CHard
| We do as requested; but II G company
should happen to receive a general order
from headquarters IL will be apt 10 change
its tune.
A STRIKE.-The hands on the West
Side Narrew Gauge have stopped their
train at Monmouth and refused TO allow II
to proceed until they are paid. The road
owes Its men all the way from SIoe up TO
$4,000, the latter sum, II Is said being due
one of the employees Of the road. II Is
thought the strike will strike the East Side
lines, and trains generally be stopped on
the Narrow Escape until there Is some
liquidating done; but where is the money
ITO come from.
HUMAN KINDNESS ss.--Recentlytthis office
was made the recipient of beautiful bou
quet from the hands Of the Misses Allie
and Loura Burkhart, young daughters OF
the late Raymond Burkhart, as atestimon-
ial Of their appreciation of the DGMocRAr
as newspaper Such marks Of approval
will remain green In our memories as long
as we plod our way on this mundane
sphere. By the way the DEMOCRAT has
been sent nearly twenty-five years to the
Burkhart family, which enables them 10
speak advisedly as to its merits as news
paper.
GETTING ISsANE.-There are SAG pa
tients in the state insane asylum. Viii
nearly as many In the penitentiary and I
big attendance at the Indian school, Salem
will have quite population when the cen
sus taker comes around Everybody
seems to be going insane for the sake o
moving there, and the city is really grow
ing rapidly outside of the asylum.
RIvALRY.-Salem and Albany are riya
towns in nearly everything. Whateve
one undertakes the other tries to outdo
At present they are trying to excel eacl
other in raising funds for the celebration
of the Fourth Of July. Each is trying t,
get the and Regiment o N 6 to join them
with even chances. Hatred seems % gen
crate patriotism. --IImes.
Boy DRowNED.-A sad case of drown.
ing occurred last Saturday in the mill rae,
a short distance above the University a
Eugene. The victim was the son of Mr. !
M Hamilton, a lad about II years Of age
When last seen he was playing with TO,
sail boat in the race near bis home, whicl
is a few rods above the University. Hi
Ihody was found the next day lodged agains