The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-12-13
LOCAL RECORD

days at Tacoma by the novel method o
advertising adopted by the Humbold
House, ,corneroi Fourieenth and A streets
On Tuesday a man was hired TO parade
whcclbarrow with but one brick In II. oil
Cay, and HIS behavior was 40 outslde ,h'
ordinary that he fooled even the police
In the mornlng this man took eight brick
and left one at each street conner from
Twelfth TO Fourteenth street on Pacific
avenue. Then With one brick In his bar
row he started on the rounds. The hrs
time he came to brick he stopped, ,deiib
erately placed his brick on the ground,re'
placed Il with tho other, looked at hl'
watch aud moved on the same aa before Al
the next corner the operation was repeat
cd. lie refrained from answering any
questions, ana kept on his rounds In the
same way until he came 10 the corner OF
Fourteenth street when he quietly wenl
down 20 the Humboldt House, entered the
bar, bought and paid for drink, only to
repeat the same performances over again.
He was arrested Tor being crazy bat was
released and the next day appeared with
his wheelbarrow and big Humboldi
House nlacard. The newspapers are talk
Ing about the crazy procedure and,like the
DEMOCRAT, giving hotel no,oriety Il had
never heard OF before.
A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Last Friday
Mr. Fanlkur was coming to town when bis
team became frightened. the brIdle of one
of the horses coming down, and ran away
Going through several streets they finally
turned down Montgomery towards First.
Mr. l. w Deyoe aud two OF his sons, who
were starting for school. were standing
on the north aide walk near large wood
pile. Mr Deyoe grabbed one of the boys
snd jumped tack the other, Ross, jumped
for the wood pile and the team headed for
the same place, one horse going oa one
side and the other on the other. The boy
was hit on the head, jnst how was n q
known, and knocked down; but the blow
being a glaHsing one, he was not danger
ously hurt, though piece OF his scalp a
bout three inches In diameter was taken
nearly of. DR. Maston was called and
sewed the scalp together and the boy Is
doing well.
On, PsHAw-Why,p ,pshaw, Salem didn't
poll half vote Monday, In one ward
there was but one candidate. This was a
big ward and II Is safe TO say third of
the voters did not 20 to the polls. In an
other ward the vote was light, while In the
other two the full vote did not represent
itself. Wait until Salem has a aure
enough election II you want 10 Judge the
population by her vote.
Half vote, eh we'll that Is what we
allowed you +; but !, Is poor rattle boned,
tired city that claims 10000 population
aud cat only poll 46, votes for Council
men,the most important Offices In the city,
and right after fierce fight for motor
line and huge pull for voters to get out
and elect the right kind OF men. Albany
i not jealous of any city that can only
poll 46a votes In an important city cleo
lion but II Is provoking to see a city
claim four or five thousand more popuia.
ion than It really possesses. Now do
,ome down"
ScRArcmrNo.--A canvass Of the tickets
East at the recent election shows the fol-
owing among other interesting facts
There we're 6t6 votes cast. $40 were re-
Publican tickets on the face OF them. and
s67 democratic showing republican ma
iority Of 7o. Mayor cowan, whose ma
ioriiy was I7o was scratched off 7s dem
Ocratie tickets and Mr. Langdon of fss
republican tickets. The following was
The scratching on Recorder by wards ::
First-HumPhrey IS. Hen,on 7. The vote
showed republican majority OF 6r. Sec
ond-Humphrey ~, henton 10. Hen,on
81 majority the vote showed a
republican majority Of fs. Third-linm-
phrey ~, Henton n. Henton received
I7s votes and Humphrey iI2. This shows
a republican majorityO of 3. The total for
the city was 70.
The SAME MAN . Mahana is re-
moving .he frame work OF his paper mill
from Milton TO the "new walla walia."
which he has foundered near that place.
Brother Mahaua, although genius. Is err
ratio, and has left an evidence Of his &C.
ceatricity in PendIeton--ihe skeleton Of a
machine shop enterprise which expired In
In embryo --Pendleton o. This is the
man who wanted TO start a creamery In
Albany, and said we lhsdn't enough en-
terprise for pack saddle, but we had
enough to keep away from skeletons.
ANNUAL ELECTION. At their regular
meeting asst Frsday II l. Co No l elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year:
TT Oyerman, President.
Z 6 Beardsley, Rec Sec,
II F Merrill, Fin Sec.
ID Cusick. Treasurer.
] X Wyatt, Foreman.
ID Guiss, fst Asst.
Percy Kelly, and Asst.
Z e Parker, T'illerman.
JEFFERSON ELKcTIoN.--At Jefferson
Monday the citizens ticket was elected by
majorities ranging from one TO nearly /
haif dozen. The following we're elected
NJ ayor, B N Longsworts; recorder, A "
Bowersox; marshal, S r Critchlow; treas
urer, Vaughn; councilmen, w Lance
VIM Biiyeu, I NJ Witten s + Johnson, I
Barendrick, U s Holt.
SECOND TRIAL.- Salem is to organize a.
gain 10 build railroad to Astoria, and
makes just as big boasts as at the time oi
the ether organization. The DEMOCRAT
hopes this one will be genuine steel raj
railroad and not paper one. We nees
several railroads 10 Astoria. The NOR.
the better.
YoU'EE MIsTAKEr.-In cities wheii
there Is plenty Of money extortionat
rates ara no: demanded, says the Salen
Statesman referring to our article on los
bidding in their B T. l. Association. Ths
shows our contemporaries ignorance Z
Building * Loan Association. Large an
live cities always bid high. Moss bac
cities bid low. Fact.
STOLE A WATcH.-About noon yeste
day John Horner was arrested, on a wa
rant sworn by Don Begard, of Scio, char,
cd with larceny from person. Bogard a
cused Horner with having stolen his watc
on the night before. Horner was arreste
at the depot by Marshal Ross and wa
lodged in the county jail Statesman.
AN AssIGNMENT.-C II Spencer, do
ing grocery store business at the corne