The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-05-16

RAILROAD NUnDns a gentleman ar
4 rived in this city yesterday asletnool
. having come from YnqNina Guy os' III
early train sa,s the salem Statesman
he reports Il 10 be the general talk at tha
, place concerning the movement on FOO
, With the Oregon Pacific and Southern
Pacific companies wherein the former
road will become the property OF the lat
ter. lie says that two extra trains cams
into that city on Monday night abou
midnight having the oiileials Of the roae
on board. aud that all hands In the shopl
were doing extra duty In repairing anc
arranging the machinery. IA 10 the
above rumor being perfectly correct he
was not prepared to say, Il might be stated
that there are always plenty Of rumors
ailoat about the Oregon Pacific railway
eompany--meny more Ia fact than Of any
other line Ia Oregon As general thing,
however, no reliance can be placed on
n hat Is heard about the read unless Il
comes direct from the officers. Col T Z
4 Hogg, pre- ,ldcnt Of the company Is hard
man To down, aud when he says the COM
pany is going TO sell out |. cn there is q
Whole lot of truth In Il. He aud his broth.
er " NJ, are invincible workers when Il
comes TO constructing this 'tne across the
valley and on east to a connection With
,omc eastern road, and Ills not likely that
they will retire from this work nuill this
object hes heen accomplished, and they
can get OF their private car at Yaqnlna
and ride clear across Oregon without
leaving the Oregon pacilic's railA.
CoRyALLIs.--A gentleman representing
an Eastern woolen mill company visited
Corvallis last Thursday and Friday and
looked over the ground carefully with q
view to establishing large woolen mill
in Corvallis.
Daring the week ending yesterday,
every postoliire in the United States has
been keeping n record of the amount OF
business done at their office, which h 10
be forwarded 10 Washington. II was a
very quiet week In Corvallis, yet there
were 1872 letters mailed, Ill postal cards,
lbl pounds OF newspaper, and 3 pounds
OF merchandise.
The case of State OF Oregon vs Arch
McKinley,in which J w Win was private
prosecutor attracted the attention Of the
Justice court the fore part Of last week.
IL seems defendant has been selling sew
ing machines for Mr. Willard the trouble
grew out OF the division Of the profits
The evidence went to show that the husi-
ness was very lucrative and the jury evi-
IDENTIFY didn't blame Mack for trying to
get more than his share Of the spoila un-
der the circumstances, for they returned
verdict OF not guilty and recommended
that the private prosecutor be taxed with
the costs.-Times.
RAILROAD IrKMs. Crook county's wooi
crop will soon commence moving In earn
est toward The Dallrs not 10 Albany
over the Oregon Paeile. -prineville News.
The Oregonian takes the item and
makes Il read better, as follows;
Crock county's wcol crop will soon
commerce moving IN earnest toward The
llalles-nrt 10 Albary over the Oregon
Pacific, as Il will do Ia year i,om now.
I, will he remembered that the promise
vas made Last fall that .he crop should
come TO Albany end Il probably would
but for the severe win.er. and even now
the ground Is hardly a. condition for
work at the front. The following from
The Dalles Times Mountalneers should
be new incentive for the Oregon Pacific
10 push matters "Engineers are out 10
eating a route for The Dallcs x Golden
dale railroad. the survey Of The Dailes.
next week. An agent Of an Eastern syn
dicate Is here to receive propositions Tor
building both roads"
CRooE CoUNrY Within the past few
days we have conyersed with men Of cap
ital who say they will guarantee n subsi-
dy of siO, 600 with an additional amount
OF $4,000 in the way OF depot grounds
and rights Of way to induce the building
Of a railroad through this place.
On Wednesday afternoon Robert Row
an, senior member OF the firm Of II Row
an & Son, quietly passed away at the
residence OF his son, w II Rowan, after q
lingering illness Of two months.
The trial OF VIM Page in the next term
Of circuit court Of Harney county, for the
killing OF Bill Brown creates considerable
interest here, as both parties were well
known in this county, both having lived
here q number Of years.
The stock inspector has inspected the
sheep in the northeastern part Of the
county and finds that the loss oi sheep In
that part oi the county out oi little over
100000 head was 81 900. O.-Reyiew.
A CooL PLAcR There Is one place in
Albany that vii. always be cool, no mat
ter how torrid the weather becomes. The
cold storage room Of the Albany lee Co.
il the place. The temperature is kept at
3B 10 40 degrees above zero, a very nice
temperature TO be comfortable in. The
demand for space Ii already beyond the
capacity ot the room. Albany has been
made the distributing station for Wine
hart's beer, and there is continually one
10 two car loads OF the beverage stored
there. Fruits, meats and perishable
goods generally will be stored there dur
/ ing the warm weather. The Albany Ice
/ Co now has stations nc Eugene, Corvallis
and Grants Pass, with others being ar-
ranged, and will have its hands full the
coming summer meeting the demands oi
the trade. One cent il very cheap In
Oregon for ice, being great reduction
| from the old prices, 80 that everybody
can afford to keep cool.
A MARION Co. MATrER.-T e Shaw
and Commissioned Cornelius went with
the o r officials TO GaiesviIlc yesterday
There were present President VIM. Hoag
Wallace Nash and Abraham Hackelman
The object of the meeting was 10 examsns
the damage done by the building Of the
railf oad 10 the cou1ty road known as the
Mimic trail A trip was made In . private
car over the entire portion, and after full,
examining the whole thilg the officers
OF the railroad promised to repair all injur.
done the highway, and where necessary Y
build the same anew In such way as q
make It entirely satisfactory to the peopl
OF Marion county. The court has appoint
cd Don II Smith, Of Gatesville to lool
after the county's interets, and the worl
will be done within a month. Journal
LOCATED. The site for the Heme an
Hospital, funds for which are being rails
ed in this city by the Ladies' Aid Society
has been located, and win be block !
Goltra'g Park addition ,ad joining the pre-
! posed street car line, near the south par
/ OF the addition. s l. Young and DIR NJ
Ellis are the donors, the block being on
! Of their section OF the addition. The d,
7 nation is generous one. The HON
: will no doubt form neucleus for q mic
Q settlement Of residences.
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