The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-08-16
Hxoesrp Orr Tun TnAcK. The Call


and pears. At the crossing the engine
struck the horse and lIgh, wagon and
Knocked them forty yards, when ,hey
alighted on either side OF the track, iiiiy
feet apart The contents OF tie wagon
were scattered from the crossing to where
the wagon was deposited, IN demolished
condition. while there was not string OF
harness left attached To the horse, which
was Killed outright Mr. Tucker, who was
driving, was indeed fortunate, escaping
With nothing more than flesh wounds about
the head and face. lie was tossed high
Into the air aud struck the ground not tar
from where the wagon fell.
How TAkGN The DRMocRAr gives
all sides Of questions when possible. Here
Is the way Eugene paper takes eeriala
writeup, portions OF which were eopled In
the DEMocRAr +; "Not long since there
was a man here representing the ST Paul
Joarsai Of Commerce trying TO raise f1nd
to give ,his city wrlte,up In his paper
Our citizens didn't see 4, to pay him what
he desired hut Albany did, Now comes
the paper With highly favored article
for n lbany but casting slur at Eugene.
The article simply shows the littlenesSs OF
the writer lie calls the bankers of this
city sdngy because they didn't pay him
for a worthless write up"
THEIR PARgNTs.-A gentleman who
knows Mrs. Role. the mother of the two
boys IN jail for train wrecking, says she Is
one OF the best, pare>t christian women he
ever knew. Sweet i'ome people speak
best of the younger OF the two boys and
think probably the older one wa. mos, to
blame. Mr. Rolie stands well In his com.
munilv. Parents are certainly unfurtun.
ate To have boys grow up to bring sLeh
shame on lhcm, for the crime committed
l. OF c that cannot be too severely punish
ed. There Is lrsSor here for Albany
parenls Nito think their boys are doing
pretty well.
DinN'r BErrER TnISGs. - Lee aud
Green Morris who went to Eastern Ore.
gon las, year in order to better their con.
dition, have returned tn Linn county. re.
jIieing TO get back to the land OF plenty.
where crops neve. fall. Their Eastern
Oregon crops this year we're a complete
failure, practically, as they only got four
or five bushels OF wheat to the acre and the
hay crop could not be found with micro.
scope. leave well enough alone Is n
good motto.
CeMEs FROM AsroRiA.--Some people
have wondered where all the money comes
from used by the insurance companies In
paying off risks In the recent big fires. Toe
matter Is now settled by an Astoria paper /:
"The insurance companies will have an
opportunity to pay out some of the exor.
bitant rates charged in Astoria. They
have made enough Ia Astoris the past five
years To pay the losses al Spokane aud
Seattle and have surplus on hand. In
surance here Is ten per ceni,taxes four per
eent,and money Is loaned Al eight per cent"
DoN'r ExAGGERATE.-Mr Pagnc should
be careful, e ne expects to furnIss correct
reports 10 ascertain the tr9th, and In doing
80 to take with some grains of allowance
49, NttOAh W rtftG aRNAt
papers. In his Iast repor. he says "The
general average lin Uma,llia county, will
equal former years. This Is a gross ex-
aggeraiion. The yield this yea, per acre
will be but about half what Il Is ordinar.
ily.--Easf OrrgOHias.
WHAT DO YoU GET.-You read Shake
speare. wha, do you get out OF Shake
speare All your brain Is able 10 hold
II depends upon your brain. Thas scars
a well known orator. You buy your gro
eer!es Of Conn Bros, Albany. What do you
get. All you can carry, Of the best quality,
for the least money. Your pocket.bo
doesn't have TO be large. Try them.
4 COMMON OCCURRENCE. a bicycle
rider few nights ago, riding a s,.ineh
Columbia, s'ubbcd his wheel at crossing
while going twelve miles an hour, was
thrown fifteen feet, OF the hard sidewalk,
scraped his nose rcd, causing an abrasion
on ore OF his arms and wrist, AMI disrupt.
ing knee, besides tearing his clothes pro.
miscuousiy. He considers Il a close call TO
getting hurt a little, but fortunately was
uninjured.
\ PREvARicAToR.-one of the biggest
liars in the world is the Telegraph. Here
is case @The State Insurance Com
pany Of Salem lost but $3.50 by the big
Spokane Fails fire. The Albany Company
lost but $4,000. These sums were said
TO be much lar ger but the telegraph was
in error"
SOLD OUT.-Mr I l. Wallace has sold
his interest in the firm Of Wallace, Thomp-
son & Co., 10 his partners, Mr. w S
Thompson and Mr. Z LaFores,, who will
hereafter run this popular store. Mr. Wal
lace retires on account OF poor health. We
hope 10 see him vigorous and in business
again, for he Is a rustler.
A BIC FooTING The losses to lnsur-
ance Companies on the Pacific Coast
since June will foot up over $6,ooo,ooo
They lost $2,S3o,ooo by the Seattle fire
10000 in Vancouver, $500, 900 in Bakers
field, between 100000 and $500, 600 II
Ellensburg and about So, 100000 in Spo
kane Falls.
A GRINDsToNE. Fred Grimmer, Will
working in the Red Crown mills, FRIDAY
afternoon had a grindstone drop on one G
his feet,mashing it quite badly. A year c
two ago Mr. Grimmer met with an acci
dent at the same mills. This time he
fortunate IN carrying an accident policy.
| PHILosoPHcAL.-A little Baker Cit
girl has figured it out that Sullivan is
very bad man, and when he dies will
course go to the bad place. Then, 81
says, she'll whip Satan, and everybot
will be glad"
No OXIDATION THERE-Albany h
given nothing yet to Spokane Falls. S
lem gave about $5oand Eugene City abo
$500, two of the banks giving $Ioo apie
and the other $50. Not much oxidation
despair to that by a long sight.
FooT' RAcEs.-Two foot races were r,
at Newport Tuesday afternoon. One "
between Langdon and Williams, the latt
Winning by about two feet. The 9th
was run by + G Cameron, of this city, a
Williams, which was decided tie. Pi
habiv all were chuck racee