The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-02-01
LOCAL RECORD.

took matters into their own hands ana be.
gan running the city. They were about to
abduct Mr.. Dean, but not being very
many in numbers did not succeed In doing
so. This morning their checks were bought
up for 20 per cent discount and they are
now scarce. The Italians, OF course ought
to be paid, and so had anyone else, whether
Searle s. Dean owe them or John Doe F.;
but we do not know rs they are entitled to
greater privileges here than other people.
Searle & Dean are solvent so far as Is
known and should be treated like other sol.
vent men. The firm owe some white men.
Instead Of collecting by force they go to
an Attorneys Office. That Is the difference
between an American and an Italian.
| There are olhes people In Albany who owe
for labor done but we object most stren-
ucusly to the money being collected by
mob violenee. Civilized countries do not
do things that way. Scarle 4 Dean should
| be treated like other debtors until fraud IL
| proven, which has not even been accused
| yet. The indications are that their credi-
i tors will be paid when the estimates on
their work have been completed. As this
| seems to be public matter Il may be said
that the mistake In the matter lay in giving
checks where there was no money TO meet
| them.
A PIECE OF HGMr.--To.day Mr. w. l..
Jester, S. p. Agent, exhibited to DEMO.
GRAFT man strand from a piece of hemp
rope. about three inches long. II has an
interesting history. About three weeks
ago at the mining town of Gilman, In w.
T., a fend, In revenge for pretended In
jury. blew up house with so lbs OF dy.
Mantle, In which he supposed n man and
his wife were sleeping Two miners, In.
stead, were In the bed, and were blown to
atoms. The man was taken before Justice
| w. Z. Vaughn, brother ot Mrs. lester for
examination. A committee of men, though,
took charge OF him, and strung him up
| without any trial. The piece OF rope re-
ceived by Mr.. Jester was one OF the strands
next TO the r ans neck, and II only took five
inches of rope TO reach around Il so tight
was II drawn. Gazing at this rope was the
closest the DEMOCRAT ever got to Judge
Lynch.
ANOTHER HoS.-In its pen pictures the
Salem Journal speaks of one OF our Linn
county Representatives as follows "Mr.
]. B. X. Morelock Is a native Of Tennessee
and came to Oregon in Sand was so well
pleased with his change. that he forever
bade goodbye to his native home. lie
was born in Morristown, Tenn. IN IS4S,
and was inthat State when the war broke
out. In politics Mr. Morelock Is demo
crat and was elected as Representative
from Linn county by his democratic
friends lie Is now located Mt Brownsville,
Or, and Is engaged In the milling business.
This Ia his first public Office, and he seems
to be filling II very successfully"
| LETT 4 WILL.-Mrs Sarah Hutchins,
who recently died at this city in destitute
circumstances, left property valued At
$500, part of which Is In poor judgment.
She left will leaving the property In
four equal parts 10 Mrs DIR Alex Ciingman,
of Ark; Mary l. Haison, of Missouri
Thomas and John Johnson, of Mich; and
Arthur Clingman. The will was dated in
1871 and Judge Powell was appointed ex.
ecutor.
4
turned from his trip to Kansas on last
evenings train, happy in the knowledge
that jury of his peers awarded him $1,000
for being suspected Of being a mule thief
by an all too ofFicious sheriff. Sheriff
Hedrick's attorneys have filed motion
for a new trial, but Il Is not believed that
1t will be granted. Eight witnesses brought
In by the defendant swore point blank that
Butcher was really Gordon, the mule thief,
but on thorough cross-examination their
evidence was totally discredited."-Pen-
dleton Z. o.
SAD CAsE.-Special Deputy Kennedy
brought down from Union TO the asylum
yesterday Arminta Gardner, poor girl
with pitiful history. She Is only sixteen
years old. born and raised in Baker county,
and has been cripple all her life, having
no strength in her lower limbs. About two
years ago fiend by the name of Wiggins
accomplished her ruin by force and Is now
serving ten years sentence in the peni-
tentiary for the crime, but even this will be
poor recompensr to the poor creature
whose reason Is dethroned for life.
INcoRPoRA of incorpora.
ton were filed with the Secretary of State
Thursday Incorporating the Albany Iron
Works. E. F. Sox, Jos. Watson and Gus
Costel are the incoporators. Business vii
be done at the J. G. Cherry foundry. The
capital stock Is placed at $4,000. Mem
bers ofthe Company inform US that they
already have large amount of work OF
hand, ard that the prospect is good for
steady business. The plant is a good one
and there Is no reason why there shouldn'
be as much foundry business done here ir
the future as In the past
COMMON DRUSKs The town council
of PrinevilIe has placed the following
named persons on the "common drunk
list. A B Conley, Mark Jones, Tom Payne
Henry Stroud and S. Sullenbarger. Tn
saloon men Of this town will have to SHARP
en- their well-worn augurs to "stand off
this crowd, but they will try 10 be equal
|, the emergency. -Prineville News Sever;
in Albany who would grace such lis
pretty well, and 1t wouldn't be bad ide
for our Council some day to put tag 0
them.
Overwhelmingly onIretringDc
Conn, who lives on Third Street left h
clothing in the sitting room on chair. ]
the night light-fingcred gent opened II
/. front door, went in and extracted watc
from "Doc's" vest pocket, but retired will
out examining the pants pocket, ID whic
was $25 in coin. 1t is supposed the bur-
ot lar became alarmed and left hurried
without looking into the pants pocke
|, l"Doc" knew nothing about his loss uni
morning.
QUARTERLY MEETINGs.-Rey. ].
Craig will hold quarterly meetings as fc
lows !: Harrisburg, Feb, and and 3rc
Liberty church, Feb. 9th and 10th Jun
ton, Feb. 10Th and 18th Center schc
= | ha,,ee Feb 10th Albanv Feb o1rd a,