The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-11-01

walls was brought 10 halt at The State
penlientiary on Friday neon last says chs
Journal. The plot was deeply laid enc
aud had It not been for one Of the ccnvicss
. Il would have probably been successful
one. AT any rate Il required considera.
bic amount OF nerve 10 undertake the job.
Frank Watson, WIN Geolsby aud John
Dougherty were at the bottom Of It. They
spent about two months tunnellng. a
peculiar thing was the fact that Goolsby's
time expires on Friday. A Arrisoner nam
ed Robson gave the business away.
Coin KxcirKMRNr. "A few Of our ciil-
zens got excited Monday over very
bright looking bar which was pronounced
as having been taken from ton Of ore
sent to San Francisco from the Santlam
Mines As Il looked exactly like gold Il
naturally deceived some, The DEMOCRAT
hardly knows gold when Il sees Il but Il
failed TO sueeumb TO the trick, perhaps on
account of q very wideued smile pcrpctrat.
ed BY one acquainted with the business.
We hope To see a genuine bar brought
back from San Francisco as big as this
brass trimming taken from the new fix.
lures In the Linn County Bank.
HuRRAH FOR ALBASY. Col I E. Hogg
presidentot the Oregon Pacific railroad
recently purchased In Albany the Santiam
canal, city water works. Magnolia -four.
ing mills, eight lots OF city property and
ferty-seven acres OF land adjoining the
city, for all OF which he paid StSo,ooo, II
Is currently reported now that the com
pany win make extensive improvement
In Albany, including the erection OF car
shops, II Is said that Col Hogg has also
invested heavily In real estate at Yaquina.
This means that Yaquina, and not Harvey
Scott, Willie the terminus of the Oregon
Pacific railroad, and II means, too, that Al
baRy will, In few brief years, be the me.
tro?olls OF ne great State OF Oregon.
Hurrah Tor Albany nyl--Prinevile Nsws.
A BASE InrosxR. The Masonic frAtesn.
ity Of Oregon and Washington have recently
been treated to visit of an imposer of the
darkest dye. By nAme he is Prof Wylie
Wiley, claiming to hail from South Carroll
M. He refcrs TO lodges in that state which,
II Is found have no existanee. He applies
10 the brothers for assistance to enablo him
TO make his way to come far on destination.
Failing TO examine him closely. often sums
were donated and from those dcnA Ations the
fraud grew fat. IL is understood, that he
bilked Turner and Oregon City.--SsasesHan.
The READING Rocks People sojOurn-
ing In the city desiring place TO spend
an evening pleasantly should call at the
reading rooms of the Y NC A. Lighted
by an arc electric tight, with magazines
and state papers systematically arranged
tits good place Tor any one TO be. DO
not make the common excuse that there
Is no place togo. Everybody is welcome.
THEY DwINDLE,-Dick Boyles' 5000
prize in the Louisiana lottery, as reported
in the Journal, materializes into SIS. and
the boy at Twists $500 prize dwindles down
to $4o.-walla walla StafesmSs. And |
that Is the way they dwindle almost uni
versally. The greatest Of all frauds Is the /
Louisiana lottery fraud, and that Is where |
about $Ico of Albany money goes every |
month. and never a cent Ia return.
A NEAT Jos.- The big race at Gervals
Saturday, by which Saooe was seooped In
by Pitsburg professional ineog, seems
to have been put up JOB on Cameron.
The Corvallis man did net know he was
matched against pretessional until at the
end of the race, when, after his best run
he was six feet behind. Slafesmas. oh |
"eome down." Cameron and Langdon are /
all kaA L..
when Cameron beat. The .SE<fesmGs |
seems as green as the Geryais people.
A MAN LosT.-A Enley, of Whitman
county, Wash, is supposed to have met
with foul play at sprague as he was en-
route TO the mountains on recreaiing
tour. At Sprague, on the 74th instant, his
pocket book. an account book with the |
Second National bank OF Colfax and a note |
drawu In his favor for S64I, were found |
near by the town in the brush. Hearing
no tidings of him his relatives are becom- |
ing alarmed.
ANCIENT woRKs--whiIe digging al
rench by his house, which is on the site
Of the old aboriginal Astor fort, yesterday
says the AaoYian, Rob't Carruthers came
acoss the lines Of the old magazine built
in eighteen hundred and ever so few, and
udearthed some ancient spikes which once
held the walls Of the magazine together,
and which were quickly seized upon "a
relics BY those present.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEsr.--Crawford
& Paxton wish TO say to the public that
they will soon bring out great improve
ments In pictures by newly discovered pro-
cesses never before introduced on this
coast. AS to cheap work offered BY any
travelling photographers, we will give our
patrons better pictures and lower prices
than any traveller can do. We are here
for business and mean just what we say.
Call one and all and we viii verify our
promise.
POSTAGE STAMPs.-In few weeks there
will be general change in the postage
stamps used in the u S and the sariety
viii suit even an evening rainbow Here
is the list One cent, ultramarine blue !;
4 cent, chocolate /; cent. light brown /; 6
cent, yermilIion 10 cent, melon green /;
IS cent, steel blue 80 cent, black 90 cent,
orange. The old cent stamp will be cut
down about one fourth smaller, and be Of
metallic red or carmine color.
APING SAN FRANcIsco.-Portland is to
have an athletic club which is to be count
erpart of the famous California Athletic
club of San Francisco. Dave Campbell
has been elected instructor of the club and
apparatus recently used by the California
Athletic club, has been purchased. Purses
for matches will be offered as soon as the
club is incorporated.
GRAND JURY.-The following grand jury
was drawn at the convening of Circuit
Court last Monday; A P Blackburn, W
x Temple, ,Thos AIlphin,D c Cooley, Peter
Powell and CT Croft. Jonathan Wassom
was appointed foreman.
Too MANY A DAY.--Mr Meyers, the Albany
mail carrier, has 10 make seven trip day
under the present arrangements, and, consid-
ering It too much for the pay, $50 month,
has resigned. This does not include numer-
Gus extra trips caused by delays.
AT CHICAGO. The exhibit of cereals,
grasses, etc. sent by Albany, Salem and
other cities TO Milwaukee are now on exhi.
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