The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-06-14
LOCAL RECORD.

Ing mentioned Tuesday diyulge the fol
lowing On Monday evening Mr. Porter
living near Shields, put lot of wool In a
shed or outbuIlding and gave out TO the
nelghbors tha, he was going away that
evening Instead of leaylng however he
employed obe Of his nelghbors TO assist
him In wS<ching the wool. They hid near
the woef aud after dark two men were seen
to approach and began to put the wool In
wheat sacks, there being near hundred
pounds Of Il. The watchers, with shot guns
ready, waited until the men started of
with the wool when they emerged from
their hiding place and arrested them. The
men proved to be Frank and Lee Kendall
two young men well known IN the neigh.
borhood From what we can leara the
two men are regarded by many with sas
picion, and this procedure abou' the WOO
was simply a ruse to entrap them. Their
preliminary trial was to he had at Halsey
to-day.
They wRsE PRovIpEp FoR.--Some
time ago a summary of the provisions of
the last will and testament Of the late G +
Ingram was published In the DEMecARr
from which Il appeared that two of the
heirs Frank S. Ingram aud John L. In.
gram had been unprovided for, This seem.
ed to be the impression made upon the
minds of their friends aud aeQuaintanees,
Frank, who has just returned after an All
sence of six years, calls the attertion of the
DEMOCRAT to the fact that while he and
mis- brother, John, were unprovided for in
their fathers will, It was because they had
beer amply provided for In their mothers
will. A DEMocRAr man has examined the
will of their mother and finds that sne be.
Queaths TO John and Frank her half of the
Ingram Donation Land Claim, thus pro-
viding them with 100 acres each of good
land.
An OLD DPIoNEER.-Uncle Jacob Spores,
who has reached the good old age of 9s,
was In town Monday, the first time for sew
eral years. He came to Lane county In the
fall of 1886 aud settled on The Mckenzie
river, six miles northeast of Eugene, where
he still resides. At that time there was but
one other settler in the county, that of Ell.
jah Bristow on Pleasant Hin. Eugene
Skinner came and settled on the site OF Gu.
gene the following spring. The old pion-
eer relates how he made treaty with Sam,
the chief OF the Indians, giving him
lorse In exchange for several square miles
of land this side of Coburg, aud the Indian
thought he was getting the best of the
trade. At the time he first came there was
about 900 bucks In the tribe that lived near
the present site Of Coburg. They belonged
to the Mclalla tribe. The old gentleman
has been blind for several years and his
hearing Is failing, but his mind and mem
ory are still reasonably bright and clear.
He was in the war of 1912, and draws n
pension from the government-Eugene
Guard
A BIG INSURANCE AssEssMEST.-A
bany stockholders Of the Northwest Ins.
Co. have been notified of an assessment OF
20 per cent on their stock made on June
9TH, the next day after the fire, payable on
July 10th and Aug. 10th. Such an assess
ment will raise $4,000. AS II has been
claimed that Company lost only about
$4,000 BY the fire some do not understand
this action.
Now the truth probably is that the loss
Ofthe company is nearer $4,000, and, be.
sides, we are informed an assessment was
intended and the meeting on June 7 was
called for that purpose before the fire &C.
cured at all. As there Is considerable
stock held In Albany the matter Is an i'm
portant one to our citizens. The DEMO
Graf doesn't pretend to be able TO explain
the situation.
BRoTHERLY LovE.-Sunday forenoon
about eleven o'clock the two Cook boys
half breeds residing near the Calipooia
bridge were driving home from this CITY
when they got into dispute. Near the
corner of calipooia and Seventh streets
they stopped the team, arose in the wagon
and began fighting II out regardless of
London CT Queensbury rules. One sue
ceeded in knocking the other out on the
ground, and then came bIck TO have him
arrested, but failed to get a warrant. This
version Is probably not exactly correct.
newspaper versions of fights never suit
all 1arties, butit is near enough for the
occasion.
DRUNKEN DIsTURBANcE.-Last Sun
dayone Schlosser, whose wife obtained
divorce from him about three years ago,
became intoxicated and went to the resi-.
dence of County Treasurer Farwell and
began to abuse his former wife, who makes
her home at Mr. Farwell's. That geatle
man finally ordered Schlosser TO leave
when he became very angry and cursed
and otherwise abused. Mr. Farwell called
in the police and Schlosser was arrested,
but being prevailed upon by some of
Schlosser's friends the officer released him.
Bro THINos.-An exchange prints list
H. =. IL. r a & -f...f
ing Old Liberty elm at Boston, the Bur-
goyne elm at Albany, the ash trees at
Mount Vernon planted by Washington,
the weeping willow over Cotton Mather's
grave and the Washington elm at Cam
bridge, and, speaking of big things, there IL
no rlace where better bargains are given
than at Conn Bros grocery store. Every
thing in season.
WHIPPED HIN. Monday evening Nj
P Schmeer, the groceryman, in dispute
with c w Parker, the blacksmith, calIet
the latter. some pretty lively names, whe'
Mr. Parker proceeded to demolish M
Schmeer, at least knocked him down an,
punished him In quite an energetic man
ner. Twelve or thirteen hours afterward
Mr. Parker settled with the recorder for 5
and costs, which he no doubt considere
cheap for the value received.
Scro.-Last Wednesday, in Thoma
creek, gentleman caught large numbe
of beautiful trout, among them one ths
measured pretty nearly two feet in length
Thomas creek against the world for hug
trout. "A letter mailed at Albany, fiftec
miles away, on the 24th ult, reached tn
Office on the goth. Two miles and a half
day Is rapid transit for Uncle Sam,
Postal Agent-Press.
Nor AN ATTEMPT.-Mrs Phillip, .
account of whose attempt to commit su
eide by taking ,audanum was published
these columns few days ago, requests
to say that It was not true that she ma
such attempt. She says she took laud
mum, but that II was for heart disease wi
which she Is affected.
BELIEvED.-The engineering experts
the o. p. Company sent to measure I
unfinished part ofthe contracts on the 70
are out at work on the road. They will
a week or more finishing the survey a
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