The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-11-14

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wondering what grand jurors are for. ThI
|, following Is part OF the report OF th,
grand Jury Of Lane Comfy, James Camp
bell foreman land will IN part explain n
least what one IL for. For satire II vii
take It's place at the head Of the process
Ion In Oregon.
ave have examined Into the condition
Of the county jail and denounce and con
dem II rs disgrace 10 civilized commu
nifty and an outrage In the administration
of Justice. II Il an unfit place IN which Il
confne even hardened criminal, slow
polsinlng by sewer gas being punishment
tho long indulged In by the county, and
unrecog by the laws OF civilized peo.
pie. The jail OF Lane County Is not onl y
unsafe, as evident by frequent escapes, but
L Is uusanitary and severe reflection on
our people. prlsone,s are forced TO en-
dure poIsining smells that mus, be expert
enced to be uuderstood.
We find that the affairs OF the sherfi's Of
flee have been investigated by q commls-
sion uuder direction of the county court
and books of the late sheriff were kept In
a reckless manner and detici, OF several
thousand dollars was discovered. sheriff
Sloan has made good his deficit to the
county and paid all claims demanded oi
him as they have appeared. The records
OF the sherlif's Office disclose lneompetcncy
and inexeusable negligence on the part of
the ex-sherlH. The records OF the Office
at the present time seem satisfactory and
Ineligible"
| AccoRDISa TO POPULATION .--"In n re-
cent issue OF the ALBANY DEaocRAr one
o. our items, 10 the effect that according
10 its population Monroe was the best
trading point in the valley, was printed
with comment that for bluster Monroe
was nearly equal to Roseburg, etc, etc. !"
Cor. Junction City Pilot.
In it's original article the correspon-
dent said Monroe was the best trading
point In the valley. According To pop
the DEMoCRAr OF course took IL up, not
intending to imply that Monroe Is not u
good trading center, and as changed with
the words according 20 population" we
are half inclined 10 believe the statement
would be correct. The correspondent
gives the following facts TO corroborate
Il:
THE general merchandise store Of A
Wilhelm & Sons employ i've men all the
time, and their average daily sales are
/ over 1850, which in a year would amount
TO upwards of fl2u, 600. The store OF y.
O.. Thompson also enjoys q large and
profitable trade and keeps three men
employed most Of the time. but we are
unable to say what their average sales
amount to-"
| DRAws \ MoRAL,-The editor of III Is
paper has been sued for damages. $500 o
Is the extent Of the lnroad alleged 10 hav c
been made on reputation by the pruning
knife OF ,he GAZETTE. We arc surprised
TO learn that the value OF an advertisement
In the GAZETTE Il 40 large, The alleged
Influence OF an advertisement OF the plain
tih's character. In this paper. i worthy
the attention OF the advertising community.
II one local sdvt rtismenl of a reputation
Is worth SS 900, what should be the value
OF whole eolumn of buSineas adyettis-
ments S-Ga1ette.
The DEMOCRAT knows that IN the ease
referred 10 the plaintiff believes In printers
Ink, aud while In Albany was very
prompt business man bu; like most people
he wants n hand In spreading the Ink on.
a REcEPnos.-Last Thursday Mt the
Baptist Church formal reception was
given the new pastor, Rev. q. W. Hill,
and he certainly must have felt that he
was welcome from the warmth and good
will displayed. Besides u sociable time
generally program full nf iniersHt was
presented, with Mr. ii + Merrill In the
chair. Rev T. y Condit opened with
prayer followed by finely rendered quar-
tet by Chas Hart, Sherman Thompson, DR.
Aubrey and o = Coshow. Mr John Fo-
shay delivered the address OF welcome to
the new pastor, which WAS responded 10
| by Rev Hill in n very happy but earnest
manner, leaving q good impression on
the minds OF those who listened TO it. A
duet was sung by Mr. Hart and Miss
Ro Trumbull, a solo by Miss Trumbull,
couple songs by the quartet, and re-
marks were made by Revs Irvine, Prich-
ard, Shangle and Stewart. A very pala-
table lunch of sandwiches, pickles, cheese,
coffee and cake was pariaken Of, and a
sociabls time followed before adjourn
ment.
LEBASoS.-Ben. Barker Is building two
houses near the railroad; the frame of one
was up as early as Monday.
At a meeting of the town council
Wednesday night an ordinance was passed
placing the saloon license at Si2oo.
Some Albany men are constructing n
boom on the Santlam just above the bridge,
the object being to prevent repetition oi
the damage done by the high waters oi
last spring. BY coniining the river TO the
main channel the danger will be averted.
We overheard two business men talking
about Lebanon's future. Both OF these
gentlemen placed our population, few
year hence, at from five TO seven thousand.
One OF the gentlemen-and BY the way
he has no interests here that we are aware
of-placed the population at IS 900 In the
event that certain conditions are fulfilled
and these conditions are not improbable
by any means Express.
A CAYoTE HUST.-0ne OF the liveliesi
.. . cayote chases on record is reported by
, the Gervais Star: "wednesday SOM
young men discovered cayote on th'
lands OF o. Thibadeau west OF town, ant
at once gave chase. They followed th'
: cayote until their horses gave out a
:, which moment Pete Nickel, the Gsrvai
t butcher, mounted on his gray charger
c with which he has run many a bovin
: to earth, arrived upon the scene OF &C
s ton and at once entered the race an
u followed the fleet cayote for distance c
about four miles, when he succeeded j
ending his career by q we'll directe
shot
a MORE RAILROAD TALK. .-Railroad tai
n Is cheap now. We were given the fol
. lowing last week as coming from head
y quarters. When the work in Cow Cree
c canyon Is completed the force of me
there will be put to work extending th
is west side road to Junction, right of wa
n for It being already secured. Then tw
a overland trains will be put On beiwee
e. Portland and San Francisco, one to ru
i down on the east side road and the 9TH
re on the west side. What is now the Ros,
in burg express will be made an oveilar
n. train, and the present Albany cypress "
ID run to Eugene. Eugene Register.
Is. HARRrsBURG.-0u young people ha'
~ organized literary society. 1t is styl'
he the Utopian Society, and has alreat
ot forty members. The following office
We have been elected president, Miss Ell,
White; vice president, Clarence Wi
7 Jams secretary, Chas. Lewis; assista
~ secretary, 9 Briggs; treasurer, Nj
T. Edith May, and marshal, + Krusel. T
~ Utopian Journal has been establishe