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

Sites &c NUTTING.
Ediasrs and rreprlrsers.
LOCAL RECORD
.ALoNo rne A & A r R.-Thcrc was a
meeting of the Forest Grove owners u
the Nehalcm coal fields al the Office OF
Captain Baker IN Forest Grove on Tuesday
last The report OF the contractor who
has had charge of the tunnel work was re-
ceivcd. lie reports that he Is N about
forty feet also three fine stratum at coal
OF excellent quality, assaying "a carbon.
The stratum are lo.4 and feet wide. The
report was II 80 favorable nature that Il
was decided to siill fu.ther prosecute the
work. Il Is estimated that upon the COM
plclion OF the Astoria n South Coaet rail
road, this coal can be pot upon the market
either In Portland or Astoria, at cost OF
about 81 a ton. These coal fields are GOV.
cred with dense growth OF excellent
timber, which alone h worth more than
the cost OF the land.--Hillsboro Democrat
Nor TRuE.-Recendy an item was
published In the oKMocRAr and most o.
the valley papers to the efIee. that Alex
Cunningham, II. former resident of Al
bany, was sentenced to rs years lmprison.
ment In the penl,en,iary for killing a
Chlnaman At Port Townsend
Marshal Hoffman has received letter
from the chief OF police OF that city, In
which the information was conveyed that
the report was entirely untrae. That The
Cunningham family there were highly re-
speetable people and none of them had
had any trouble with Chinaman.
This will knock Ia the head all the
theorizing about young Cunningham
being a bad boy and all that, while in Al
bany. II would be an interesting fact to
know who started the report The DEMO.
cRAr Is glad Young Alex killed no China.
man, and hopes he isgrownig up !nto
studious, usesul young man.
CRY vs. CouNrY.-They are having
peculiar case at Oregon City. stated as
follows: "Some time since A. g. White
and c. U. Barlow obtainded from the
county court license TO erect signs an the
suspension bridge. To connterbalanee
this the city council recently passed an
maintain any sign on the bridge within the
city limits. A large sign was being erected
between the towers and last night Mayor
Stratton ordered the city marshal TO tear
Il down. This afternoon the sign was
removed. White offered some resistance
and was arrested b, the marshal. The
case was Posponed till next TUESDAY for
hearing. There Is general rejoicing
among al citizens TO see the sign down"
SOME SALKs.-Yesteruay Mrs. Gilbert
sold to Rev. B Fisher a lot In Bryant
addition for $500 and + Stewart and Mr.
Window lot In the same addition TO Mr.
Trumbull, n new conner fer the same addi
tion. Ashby 4 Neil agents. w L Nc
Pherson made ths following sales ,est~r-
day. House aud LOT on 4th street TO Henry
Broders, SfSoo; house and lot on Second
street to A. Kyle. $1,000; one lot TO I. X. |
Douglas on Third street, $500.
A NEW GAAE.-It Is called The Spider
and the fiies," and promises TO equal the
run Of .'the pigs in the clover" The spi- !
der Is quick silver and the Hies are light |
round discs. All are enclosed in a box |
with glass case. The trick Is TO bunf the |
spider against the flies and place them. four !
IN number, on red and blue spots and land /
the spider In the middle OF his web. II Is !
a matter Of nerve and patience principally. |
The game has struck Albany.
ANorHEH wAsHoyr.- Saturday 1t was
reported that the following dispatch was
received from the o officials;
rAnother big wash0ut."
A telegram OF inquiry was wired,
"WhereH
Answered by,
son the line
Then Il was carried along the streets.
LOTS or MoxEY.-A "squawr man. who
never owned a hundred dollars in his life
before. was made happy last Monday by /
receiving $1,000, the purchase price of
30 acres Of land owned by him,j just back cf
Port Townsend, for the past quarter Of a |
century. With the money In his posses
sion he treated his Indian wife and four |
half-breed children to trip to Seattle. |
His name is Braeken.
AT The FRoNT.-Though We nave been
enjoying serene weather IN Albany occa
ssonalIy, at the front on the o p It Is quite |
wintry. At the end Of the track four feet
Of snow remains, and at Orman x Crooks |
camp No = there Is six feet OF snow. In /
places though the ground is bare.
ALBANY is one Of the most enterprising
eites of Oregon .-Oregonian.
This Is one Of the key-notes to It's sue
cess, but we must keep up our enterprise
just now. One way will be to bond the
city for SIS 200 next Monday. Another
way is for our moneyed men 10 erect many
brick blocks aad residences, for which
there is great demand.
WILL TILL PA.-There was ar emphat-
ic difference of opinion on the street last
evening between chief Of police Barry and
Mr.. Deady, Of Portland Mr. Deady
made some statements relative 10 what
would happen as soon as his papa returned
from the Sandwich islands, state Of al
legged affairs concerning which the chief
expressed striking doubt. t.-Astoriah-
F4xTs Woop.-A farmer informs us
that large majority Of the farmers on
Albany prairie have TO buy their wood,
having no timber. He says those men
having wood already cut in the timber,
and for sale, should advertise 1t in the
DENocRAT so that farmers would pow
where to find wood,
LAD, DIRECTOR, AT the annual school
election, held in school district No 90,
on Wiley creek, Mrs A J Wiley was
elected a director. This is the first in
stance, we believe, Of the election Of
lady TO public Office IN the county.
PosToYFIcF