The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-07
LOCAL RECORD


A DRrRAvRn MAN.--The Eugene Reg
ister gives the following account of the
meanest man on record "rhe worst case
of inhumauitg that ever occurred IN Lane
county ls reportee from near Cottage
Grove. Friday evening February i4th,
Mrs Millie waud, wife of Ed waud, died
ut her home about two miles from Cottage
Grove, from neglect and starvation. About
three weeks ago she gave birth 10 a child.
When the child was bus four days old, her
husband left her and went 10 his fathers
house, which was but few rods dlslat /,
leaving her Ia the house with her three
children, the eldest boy Of about four
years II Is said that Waud's father. two
| brothers and slater were IN the house
near BY, but none Of them went to ace her,
and for six davs she hid no one but those
little children 10 walt upon her, Several |
times during the first three days she got
cut Of bed and cra~led On her hands and |
knees to the stove to build fires, but after |
that she was seercely able to move, aud |
after living that way six days she was |
found BY the ncighbors In a dying condl |
too late to do her any good The neigh |
bors state that waud refused TO give his |
wife the medicine iei. for her b. the ply |
sician, but threw 1t away and injected NOR. |
phine Ia her arm. Once. when some |
whisky had been lett for her. he drank Il |
himself
A RRMARKAsLR Doc. The following |
account Of a very intelligent dog owned by |
Geo Mason, OF Prineville. should be shown |
every dog Ia Albany. Il is that Of an ex.
ample that Is certainly very commendablei
On one occasion recently, when Marshal
Charlton was enforcingthe dog tax law,
"Breyman's" master informed HIN that he |
was not wearing the regulation tag on hls |
collar and that death was the penalty. The |
animal then inquired, In his most intelli
gent way,what BE should do. Ills master
informed him that he must 70 TO the re-. /
corder al once and purchase tag, at the /
same time giving the dog a dollar--,he
fee-tied up In kerchlcf The dog went |
TO the recorders oaice.oyer block away,
paved on the door until hix reeordshin ap.
peared, gave his dollar, received his tag ard
rsturned TO his master covered with smiles.
This actually happened IN the preseace Of
several men who witnessed Il.
ANOTHER. We had intended TO stop
giving food items, but here Il another
from Polk county, and Us Il speaks OF the
bottom dropping out Of Salt creek farm
Il svlll. no doubt be of great interest par.
IeuiaIly to Office seekers;
Out at Tom Rlchmond's Salt creek farm
f.aee 81 ~. 4
ous times, while the water was tumbllng |
Ind the hillsides sliding, about three acres
II his land one nlgla dropped fat down
'ome two feet. Teddy Rowe, who was
lsleep In his house a few hundred yards !
'way, says that II walked him up, and !
onnded like rumbling thunder. The =
ground Is stlil settling some and now varies !
rom two 10 i've feet below It's previous I
evel. Maybe some iandless chinaman I
rom the other aide OF the world has dug !
through and Is taking enough from the }
'o,tom OF Mr. Richmond's place TO make 4
J farm OF his own. q
ONLY 4 BoY.-Monday little boy oi 4
his town, says the Lafayette Register, 9
vent to the postoffice With FIVE one cent
lamps and wanted to sell them to Post I
Master Redding. saying that he wanted to
10y five cents worth Of candy. Mr.. Red
ing thinking that he would accommodate
he boy, gave him n nickel and put the
lamps away with lot more that he had p
being late In the evening Mr. Reddlng !,
ID not notice them very close. On Tues D
lay morning he had call for stamps, and v
n opening the box that he kept them In, 3
iscoycrsd that the stamps the boy gave y
I'm 4
CAPsIzED.--Last Wednesday o. F. Tay- a
or and Albert Thompson we're rowing a b
out about seven miles this side Of Har- !,
isburg, on their way down the river to-
wards Salem on a hunting expedition,
shen q swift current upset their boat
They succeeded In getting on 10 some | I
lift wood and were saved; bat lost their
'uns, blankets and game. They crossed
he country to Halsey and passed through q
Albany on the cars for Salcsn, not much :
lated over their hunting expedition.
Coon FOR EUGENE. MIR. p. J. McPher- !
on has just completed the work of taking
he census of this school district, and he !
ilso took census of the city, which we I
IRE enabled to publish through special ar. /
'angements with him. Number Of white ]
males, 1890; number Of Cinnamon, 90;
lumber OF female, 1870. Total, 5,i6f.
IN 1855 the population was I,763, showing
IN increase OF I,4o7. The number OF c
children In the district between and 40 q
years of age is I,o6o.-Register. /,
No DOUBT the future prospects for AL !
1any are bright, but the good people OF
that place must not be too certain that the t.
o p Offices are TO be removed there from !
Corvallis. They are still located here and
40 doubt Will remain for sometime to come.
Leader
There Ia nothing like hope in this world,
but that OF our Corvallis friends will grow
less on the head Office subject as the o P's
brick rears itself on corner In Albany the
coming year Keep your eyes on Albany
as the . P's headquarters In the near fu-
ture.
SLOWLY Y DYINc.-The following appears
In an exchange but whether 1t is any
more true of the tribe mentioned than OF
others we have our doubts Indians on
the Slleiz reservation In the southern end
OF Tilamook county are doomed 10 slow
but sure extinction. Asa tribe they are /
very unhealthy, and many OF them have
died recently. They are decreasing so fast
that II Is only matter OF a short time
when the reservation will be Opened to
white settlers.
THE only newspaper In the state. north
OF Portland, that receives the Associated |
Press dispatches direct
The above has been running in the Sa.
lem Statesman several weeks. We give
II as an incident Of how easy Il is for pco-
pie n this glorious Willamette valley 10 |
get the geography mixed up. Come, now
Mr. Statesman, what direction from Port
and are you anyway.
BOYS, LOOK Our Several school boys
In Albany are in the habit Of carrying pis-
tolls, which they sometimes discharge bat
as great nuisance Is their sling, which is
the means Of breaking windows and en-.
dangering pedestrians. The Marshal ha1
his eyes on several and unles> there Is a
marked reform In the matter an example
will be set that will not be very pleasant
XAorrfNA pRrrRe The oricee for real