The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-09-19

One Of DR.. Rowland's hcrses 10 his Cat
arrh outfit. was taken sick last night aud
diqd making II necessary for thetronp 10 stop
and wait while the Doctor returned to AL :
bany for another animal.
Az recently put In condition by Egineer
Miller No la engine Is now in frat class
condition. The new iiu . are Of copper aud
viii last for years Tho task OF taking out
tho old coils and putting Ia thl nay ones
was successfully anl woli done by the En--
gineer IN the engine house, without the ~
sistance of = professional nachinist
TmE QUARTZ Mnf.--The new quartz
mill, concentrator and engine, were
shipped 70 the Albany mines this noon,
where they will be Immediately placed
under cover. Az IL will take building
100 feet long this alone will be quite
job. A large amount Of rock IL being
collected ready for use, and IL Is the In
tention 10 run the mill during the entire
winterif pos sible.
sosE MELoSs.--1ast evening nj the w
X 9 Hall a nice crowd Of young and Old
people spent u few hours about a. pleas
antly as IL often the experience Mt q social
gathering. Several lively games were
| played, the handkerchief being dropped
and the plate epun, and water and musk
melons In oil their succuleucy fresh from
the gardens of the finest valley in the
world, were eaten 10 safety.
A FINGER AMrurArgD. Two or three
weeks ago while working at his trade,
carpentry, Mr. Henry Crowdcr acci.
dentally cut the foreiingor Of his right
hand, not very seriously. Blood poison
ing, though, set In, and the accident
assumed serious aspect. This forenoon,
~ order to keep the poison within
Donpds. the finger was ampntated by Drs
Maston and Davis.
A PniNTgR AaRgsTEp.-SlieriF james
Birdsey, Of Jacksonville, arrived In Al
bany this morning on his way 10 Coryai-
lis. . take possession of Harry Preston
n typo on the Leader, who was arrested
yesterday by sheriff Maekey,in response
10 despatch from Jacksonville. Pres
ton, u young man about 22 years Of age,
had been working Ia jacksonville, on
the Times, about year, up TO Il week or
two ago, when lie came north and WAS In
Albany dav or two, where he had
worked for few months over q year ago.
The charge IN that Preston stole couple
county warrants out of tailor shop
there, one belonging to the tailor, and
got the Isoney ON them by having them
shaved, the customary operation In that
county. The sheriff says the evidence IL
circumstantial, but in such case If
| guilty IL can certainly be proven. Pres
ton declares his innocence. lie viii be
brought TO Albany this afternoon, and
taken TO Jacksonville on to.nigh's train.
POLICE MArrgRs.-I.as, evening ] Z
Iiambriek and Dell Savage, a step-son OF
Frank Peterson. got into quarrel over a
! personal matter, Savage having quilt work
for Hambflek few days before, resulting
In mixed kind Of contest. In which II Is
claimed iiambriek slapped young Savage.
and that .he latter pointed a 2s-calibre
target gun at the f3rmei, which he denies,
and which witnesses say he did not do.
Hambrick had Savage arrested: but with
drew the complaint and the case was dis
missed.
Another case OF trouble between neigh
bors comes from the Third ward, IN the
vicinity OF the one reported few days
| ago.resulsing in an arrest. Some children
had small sized qaarTel, aud on Mr VII
liam Fletcher interfering, sun Of Quo
| Zimmerman. became saaey, when Fieteh-
I
though often performed 90 keep aids
straight. Mr. Zimmerman resented and had
Mr. Fletcher arrested 4 fine of SIS was
| imposed.
NATURAL GAs.~It seems to be FASH
ionable to strike natural gas.and Albany
II now up with the times, not TO be out
done by Lebanon, Drain or Warrenton.
Last evening the news was received at
this city that gas had been found in a
narshy place on the farm Of Mr. Elias
Maxwell, near knox's Butte, about four
miles from Albany. Among others Mr.
| John Maxwell, oi this city, who IL haul
! ing wood from the place, states that he
stuck stick in the earth, at q watery
spot, aud touched a match over il, a
flame shooting up, and rs well in spots
the surface of the water would ignite.
/ The indications are exactly the same as
| the gas found ut Lebanon, where out Of
| forty holes made every one has ignite.
but one. On the Maxwell farm the con-
ditions are all good for big deposit un-
dcrneath. having all the usual signs OBJ
served in the finding Of the gas wells in
| the East. The matter should be thor
oughly investigated by the sinking Of
pipes. OF all the natural gas claimed to
have been found in Oregon, nothing has
yet been done TO deyelope il, though prep
arations are being made at Drain. The
prospects In the Maxwell marsh are as
| good as any, and the matter il Of enough
Importance 10 merit attention.