The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-09-12


getting money for painting the rresby
terian Church, and Lebanon school build.
ing skipped out, owing over $500 fo- ma,
terial. Chief of 1-oiice Hoffman imme
diately wrote 10 their former home, Kansas,
ILL.,, and this morning received letter
from the Chief Of Police there, a young
man only twenty.one years of age, the
youngest In the state, a former friend Of
Reed and Waters, which Is very inter
esung epistle. According to this letter
Reed " Waters we,e In the jcwelry bust
ness there with young man named lem
kins On the ist of last Nov. their estorc,
heavily insured, was burned out, and the
circumstantial evidence pointed directly
to the proprietors Al the cause vf H.. Reed
and Waters skipped out but Jenkins,
whose parents are quite wealthy, Il was
thought, fixed the matter up vita the In.
suranee company, so FAR as he was con-
cerned. Detectives followed Reed aud
Waters up ; but finally dropped the mat
ter,though their whereabouts were recent.
ly ascertained by the Chief OF Police there,
and Il Is probable they learned OF the fact,
for Wate,s Is engaged to the assistant post
mistress at Kansas, who claimed he was
Innocent, aud who had splendid oppor
tunity for keeping him posted, rs we'll as
to learn OF his whereabouts without detee.
ton. Reed was reported as dangerous
man. What course they took is no, known
but they probably went East The case
gives US sample OF the character ot men
we have to deal with here, and bchoovcs
everybody TO be on the lookout.
CROSSED The BAR.--A man who never
gets sea sick tells the DEMocRAr about
the trip in the Mischief on, over ihe bar
yesterday. II left Newport a, ten; but
owing to the rolicking swe'ls, and the
multitude OF sea sick people, only made
short trip. An Albany man, who was
frightfully sick, and Corvallis man, who
was not, entered into a copartnership by
which the Albany man was TO draw the fish
and the Corvallis man catch them, which
he lid right along,the Albany nan proving
decided attraction. Afterwards a warm
dispute arose as TO the division OF the fish,
ending by the Corvallis man deciding to
keep all them, aud the Albany man threat
ening to bring suit tOr his share at oi.cc
Every woman on board was sick but one,
and every man but a very few,
LAZY PEoPLE.-A correspondent writ
Ing from Wild Cau.p, Newpor', to the
Salem Journal says; One woman near
here jid not milk her COW the other night
because she stood at the gate with ner
head the wrong way, aud To have milkcd
she would have had 20 walk half way
round the COW AT Big Greek seems 10
be the fashionable camp of Portland peo-
pie, although they are somewhat Inclined
to be tickle One year they rustic around
Nye's addition. Another season finds
them At Olsson's. Wherever you find
them they are a well dressed lot of people,
highly enjoying themselves. You can
nearly always tell a Portland woman by
her dress and carriage. Not after She
gets in the serf, nor when her carriage is
a lumber wagon Eds. DgMoCRAT.
SOUNDS NArURAL.-Thc San Francisco
Chronicle, Of last week, has the following
concerning one of the valleys citizens.
who is visiting the Bay City: Dr d
Driver delivered an interesting lecture
yesterday 10 young men in the Young
Mems Christian Association Hall, on Sut-
ter street. He spoke on "Social Purity"
and In the course OF his remarks he said:
"lt you Nantto make a grea, man begin
with the body. IL you build fiue ship
you must have n good hall. II a man
wants to be respected and esteemed he
must look TO his actions and keep mentally
and morally clean.' In conc!usiu, thu
speaker said: "The devil bays souls win
gold and lust, but there Is NOT enough gold
and lust to buy soul for the devil with
out the owne,s consent
THE JEFFERSON BRID5e.-By steady
systematic work, on the part of the car
Penters at work on Jefferson's big bridge,
the huge structure is rapidly nearing com.
pletion. The long span is swung, and the
false work taken down and that remains 70
be done before teams can cross, il for the
flooring TO be laid, and the approaches to
be put up. and as the Piling Is all driven
for that part, Il will readily be seen that
but little remains to be done.
They're going TO build, feel II vet,
A bridge across the Willametee."
Review.
Our SEwERAGE.-Mr Jas G Kelley, OF
Portland, was in the city Saturday. Mr.
Kelley was formerly OF Bar Harbor, Maine.
He is civil engineer, and an Albany
man, who knows of him, says he Is we'll
versed In the matter Of sewerage, and IL
f. y competent TO make plans for a com
pie system This will be an important
matter with Albany the coning wear. and
there should be no triHing On the subject
Good sewers means health and conven-
ience, ahd It should be Albany's aim to
get the very bes
RR BUILDING. Mr. G V Stevens, the
popular railroad contractor, now of the
Iirm of Stevens & Staples, has been In
the city to-day making arrangements for
beginning work on their contract for
building the extension of the Oregonlan
railroad from Coberg to Jasper, distance
of fifteen miles. Work will be begun at
once and pushed rapidly forward. This
firm will do the grading. and tressle WORK
and probably lay the rails, though the
contract Is not yet let for that part. Hof-
man & Bates, of Portland, have the con
tract tor doing the bridge work.
REAL ESTATE OFFIcEs.-There are now
three less real estate Offices than recently
Wallace & Cusick have retired from the
business, also X II Sbultz and Hedrick &
Guiss. Writsman * Hubert have moved
into the Office vacated by Mr. Shultz In the
Senders prick. Mr. Wallace goes into the
clothing business and The other gentlemen
have not yet made bushels arrangements
FINE CoLTs.-Mr Miller Morgan. oi
near Shields, was on the streets Saturday
with two of the finest two year old colts
we have seen In the state. They are oI
the Clydesdale and Morgan stock, onC
nearly II and the other I6L hands high
One weighs something over 1900 and Ih'
other 100 pounds. They are beauties.
RELIGIOUS MATTERs.-Rev l. J Trum.
bull, who has served the Baptist Cburcl
SO faithfully and well, for several yeArs,ha
resigned, and Will 60 to other feds. We
understand Rev Huisaker will be easkcd &
come heie.
Rev ] w Snead has been engaged t.
preach three months, on trial, for the Con
gregational Church.
A BRIcK,-Judge Strahan has begun III
erection of brick warehouse in the rear @
his Second street property, and adjoining
the alley opposite Powell & Co. 1t Is I
be sox72 feet and Is TO be occupied b
Powell g. Co., whose rapidly increasin
business and particularly growing jobbin
trade, demand more room. Major Case
has the contract and will push the work
HAULING WHARTON account Of th
high price charged by the s. =. for hau
ing wheat from Tangent to Albany th
farmers there find it cheaper to haul her
by wagon, which ten teams are now dt