The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-07-04

from all parts Of the state at our Fourtl
of July celebration. To insure STANDING
room several new additions have boei
made commensurate with the occasion
Mr. Jos s steiner of the firm Of schacht
Lemcke x Steiner, san Francisco, in
forms M that he has shipped 6S tons O
chitem bark from this part Of the
country.
The st Charles hotel has again changed
hands. The new proprietor, Mr. Doud
Is lately from Penneflvana. lie will
take charge next week.
VIM Klepper, while assisting In run
ming the steam wood saw Wednesday
morning had the little finger Of his right
hand badly mangled. DIR Foley dressed
the wounded member and thinks II will
heal soon.
Walter Peterson received telegram
from his father In Southern Oregon ap.
prisng him Of his Illness. DIR Peterson
left Lebanon last Thursday for the prac.
ticc Of dentistry in the southern part oi
the state, and we are sorry to hear Of hir
sickness. Express.
AociDESrAL SnoorSa.--A case Of acci-
dental shooting occurred one-hali mile
north Of Elmira Wednesday afternoon
between two aud three O'Clock that may
result fatally. James Il Richardson and
son, u lad Of about twelve years OF age,
took their guns aud went out on deer
stand 10 wait for the dogs 10 run deer
by. The boy left his father and went off
some distance after squirrel. Return
ing he thought he saw deer running
A ia
To shoot the deer, the gun, single bar
rel shot gun, loaded with BIB shot, was
discharged, accidentally wounding his
father. A couple Of shot lodged in his
left hand. one in his left forearm, several
the left breast just above the heart.
A report Thursday evening says that
Mr. Richardson was resting easy, but In
IL critical condition. Eugene Guard.
a TrA PARRY Afternoon teas are be-
coming quite popular In Albany. They
are confined TO the gcntler sex. and bloom
ahou, s u clock In the evening. -Four or
five spreads are sci pfomlseu1usly,w with two
10 i've OF aix at each stand. and the ieaA, Is
conin ID to the greatest delieaeies 10 be OBJ
lained, generally lew In number most at r.
,eniion 10 paid To quality. a very eujoya
bic one Was given Friday BY Mrs l. T.
lilaln Her guests were Mrs George,
Mrs II + Merrill. Mrs DIR Ifvine. Mrs X M
Robertson. Mrs + NJ Frcteh, Mrs Dana
BuFmcstcr, Mrs 7 Wilson. Mrs Elizabeth
Blain, Mrs Henrietta Brown. Mrs & II
Stewart. Mrs y Z Young. Miss Sarah Ait
house. Mrs Thos. Wallace. Mrs Cal Burk
hart. Mrs - w Wakefield, Mrs T. 4 Sox,
Mrs Jay Blain. Mira Rcbceca Young, Mrs
DE- aud Laura Tate and Mrs Nu,ling.
soar lRoN.-From n reliable source.
information II gained that the iron mine
situated OH the larn ol T. Fox, a number
Of miles east of Brownsville, has during
the past week been visited aud prospect
el by eastern capitalists, who express
themselves satisfied with the outlook, IL
assays 20 per cent pure iron aud will
shortly make all necessary arrangements
for thoroughly tcstlting and, ii feasible,
working what II said ~ bc an immense
deposit Of ore. Should this prove to be
as extensive and rich as present indiea.
ti0ns seem to- point, IL viii bc develop,
nent in mining industry 81 great impor-
tafcs TO brownsville. Cor Times.
Meas PEoiIE.-Therc are some people
Ia every community who complain oi
hard times. who will do nothing 10 hclu
themselves, nor the locality they live III.
They are too mean Ia subscribe for the
daily papers Of their town; too mean td
aid any scheme that IL calculated To iei
the world know there IL such q place as
the town they live in; too mean to do
anything but gfowl because times are
not better than they ARE. They viii do
notliug Ia help tLeir iellaw tuan uoI
their own community. II people will
not help their daily papers, they cannot
expect 20 succeed themselves.
TnE AGRiccLTuHAL COLLEGE at Corval'
lis is retrenching with vengeance.
Grim, OF the experiment station, T. II
Lake, botanist, W \ Hull, free hand
drawing, l. II Irish aud l. Bigelow chem
lists, failed 10 he reelected, The teachers
will be Il l. Arnold. President aud dircc-
tor Itetcher, mathematics and civil
engineering; + Berchtoid, languages; W
w Bristow, book keeping and apiarist
Prof Covill, mechanical engineering
Prof Washhurn, bugs, etc; Prof French
agriculture and manager of farm Mar
garet Smell, household economy. The
change IL quite Il surprise 10 many. and
those dropped hardly know what 10 thinl
about IL but there are certainly enough
left to run the college.
liz SrooD Ills GroUSD.- An account
Of very interesting contest that occurred
on the high grade, near the Calipooii
bridge,is given the DEMOCRAT. a fifteen
year old boy with lots OF fat and muscl,
came along on load Of wood, meeting
two young men. Each refused 10 turn out
when fierce fight ensued. The boy wa
too much for one alone; but both ofthcu
laid him In the dust Securing an axe h
held them at bay. In the mean lime sev,
eral teams came up. being blocked in oi
both sides. a. no serious injuries result
cd the affair caused some amusement.
= Ms SALARiEs.-The salary Of til,
postmaster at Astoria win be increased
from $1,000 to $4,000, Salem from 5000 I,
$2400, Olympia from $l400 to $4,000, Por
Townsend from $l700 to $4,000, Spokane
Falls from $1,000 to $4,000, Walla Walli
from $4,000 10 $2400. The increase a
Albany will, we are informed, probabl'
be 800.
As BIG As PEAs.-H NJ Myers came il
from the Quartzville mining district thi
week where he has been prospecting
lie reports that good results are beinI
had from the work now going on. Littl
nuggets as large as peas are frequentl,
found. Water is not easily obtained
otherwise some profitable work woul'
result at once,-Stayton Sun,
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