The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-21


his wife, and several who read II said
the fellow ought TO be hanged, and that
il the way the item read. The following
| from the same paper shows there was Q
good deal oi smoke In the matter, and |
we publish II In order 10 equallge the III !
fair and show how reports can be exag- |
gerated
ssrhc grand jury last week indicted
| Edward Waud, Of Cottage Grove, Tor
granddaughter, and he was brought down !
from there last Thursday morning. ie
| IL the man reported as having caused The
death Of his wife by neglecting. her while
she was sick. The case was tried satur- |
| day before the circuit court, j. w. Ham-
| ilton and q. o. Holman appearing Tor
the state, and q. B. and q. A. Doris for
the defendant. A number of witnesses
| were brought down from Cottage Grove,
among the number being several who ure |
said TO have circulated the first report |
| At the trial the testimony showed TINT
the woman had received care ut the
hands OF her husband and his folks dur |
| ing all the time after the birth ot her
child, and until her death. Perhaps The
attention paid her II not what u should
have beeii. hut owing 90 their circum- |
stances Il was the best they could afford. |
| The prosecution really had no grounds
for conviction, and after the case went TO
the Jury they were but ten minutes
bringing in verdict acquittlng the de-
| fendant. Suffice Il to say that II was the |
weakest criminal case ever tried ~ Lane |
county. DIR 0glesby testified that Mrs
Snodgrass. Ed Waud' sister, was faith |
| full and efficient nurse during the entire
illness Of Mrs Waud."
SLEEPY EuoESK.-A Mr. Haswell, who
at present Is stopping at Albany, came
up last Friday 10 talk with our citizens
in regard TO establishing woolcn mill.
| He was met by several ol our prominent |
citizens, who, escorted him around town
and showed him our water power, etc. |
But his proposition didn't suit them.
His proposition was that II could pro-
cure suitable site, and our citizens
would give him S20, 600, he would invest
similar amount and would erect q
building large enough TO conduct four
set mill, but he would run only two set
mill until the business was sufficient 10
warrant larger one. Our citizens didn't
sec tit TO take him up and he LETT the first
Of the week. Register.
IsS'r this delicious ? Read Il. II IL
from the Tacoma Globe 1T Il more
certain to-day than ever that Tacoma
viii be the future great railroad center Of
the rich northwest. A for Seattle, II Ii
shut In" That's like Tacoma. II IL all
in the future. Seattle IL content 10 be
hhut in by network oi railroads, but We
would like 10 see single additional road
try to get into Tacoma, even II It's life de-
pended ON it.-Seattle Journal.
The above Is a sample Of the pleasant
little rivalry that elfervesces between the
two leading Sound cities. When Il comes
% the matter of railroad centera Albany |
desires 10 have a word. All the present !
Indications point 20 IL as the great rail- |
road center Of the Northwest What |
other wheel has five spokes now, and
more building.
A LARGE PASrnER.-A correspondent
writing from Mckenzie Bridge under
date Of March 8. sends us the particulars
Of the killing Of an exceptionally large
panther near that place. lie writes
The largest panther captured this season
ON the Mckenzie river was killed two
and half miles above Mckenzie Bridge
last Thursday, after II had tracked sey-
eral persons travelling the road, by John
| Iaham, George Frisaeli and + w DELI.
| The panther measured 10 feet six inches
in length and weighed i62 pounds. The
hide viii be sent to Michigan by DIR DELI
as trophy Of sportsmanship in the Cas-
eadcs.
A Bio INCENTIVE oi the Ore
gon Pacific Railroad company have $751;
900 in cash invested in Albany property.
The present value Of Il approaches .
million dollars. In this fact we see a
big incentive for live work for this city.
Col. Hogg, Mr.. coe and several others Of
the road are soon expected here, and II
they do those things confidently antici-
pated there viii be forward movement
that will electrify people. In any event,
. rapid progress win result, but prompt
action BY these men will prove stiInu.
lus that will enure wonderfully TO the
city'a growth.
| Boy THIEF.-A good-looking boy Of
about II years, who gives his name as
J Sheridan, was arrested on Sunday even
ling az he came out Of the Baptist church
by Officer Burns. A dispatch had been
received through the day from Washou-
I gal, Wash, describing young man who
; had stolen a saddle, and the stranger tai
J | lied with the description. The charge
l against him Is that he committed burg
: larry TO obtain the saddle, which Is worth
] not more than 40. Sheridan came ip
c town riding horse, and armed with .
large Colts revolver and q belt Of catrid
ges, In short, in the full panoply Of COW
: boy, for which fullnese Of glory he vii
J, make stoves for about year.-OregoI
i City Courier.
4 Frank Such, aged 50, Of San Francisco
= went into the barroom Of the Massasoi
y hotel mt 6 O'Clock this evening, and sittinl
= down In dining stall shot himself in tn
4 right temple. He died instantly. Th
7 bullet passed through his head and ais
: through an inch partition. Drink wa
y the cause Of the deed. lie was en- rout
TO Alaska.
S The above, dated at Tacoma, Marcl
r 18th, appears in the 0regonian. Fran
is Such ,as nearly as we can learn, il proba
2 bly, son Of Mr. Il L such, owner OF Glover
: dale. The name and age are the sams
y and Mr. Such had been Mt Tacoma, wher
= his sister resides. He is reported TO hav
y been young man Of dissipated habit
=, and IL IL the belief here Of some who ha
met him that he is the suicide mentioned
he In ORpER.-Reports are now IN orde
o. from Eastern Oregon to the effect tbs
y y the loss Of stock was not large at all.
n. might be hoped that the damage prove
lat az relatively small as that from the ioos
he An Il 0 exchange says: TEX SillmaI
,r who was over from Burns this weel
u says that the loss OF stock In Harns
= county il not near as large as has bee
reported. Mr. Sillman says John ID
49, vines cattle loss is not as great as it WI
=, last winter, because the snow in the lal
III region went of early and cattle we
ly, driven on 10 the desert.
- The WEST SIDE ExTENsIoN.--A We
lst Side exchange says that letter receivl
ms received recently from the Southern I
cific management, in reference to exten
ing the west side road from Corvallis
Ike Junction, indicates that the company b
hat already determined on such extensio
i If and that IL will in all probability be
for fected in the very near future. Bent
Leader.
en-. The NATIONAL GAME.-The North Pa
and fic Baseball league has lately been orgs
Use, lied, to include the cities Of Portlar
led Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane Falls, Hele
ing and Butte. This should be extended a
ck- made to include Salem and Albany. Or
by this city had the best club IN the sta