The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-08-08
LOCAL RECORD

! yet but what some people lelt IL ltuecRrlhp
ii great fake, while others were delight
ed with il. That seems to be human
nature. The performance given by Rob
inson was an interesting one to the writer
Some OF the bareback riding was good
| even the riding of the young man trying
to learn was interesting, and the principa
lady rider was more expert than the aver
age The, trapeze performing WAS very
miscellaneous and could hardly he KEEP
track OF. Tho contortionist was the hesl
ever hero and Is II marvel IN hls line, his
midair pole act particularly being very
fine. The slack wire work was extra
Two of the trained horses are as good as
any one often sees II not better. The
canon ball man and the strong iawed
fellow wero experts in their lines, the
miiair bicycle riding, and several other
features were good. The closing eight or ten
races were full of excitement and good
feature oi the show, the obstruction race
particularly being an immense one for
fun. MIR Lowlow il u great clown. and
several really new jokes were perpetrated,
There was no tumbling, either ground OF
aereal, fact that is u source Of disap-
pointment 10 many and no doubt causes
considerable OF the kicking against the
show hy some people.
Contrary to anticipation the shell and
other fleeing games were not run here,
licenses being absolutely refused for such
purposes and IL is probable they are not
quite rs fierce in that respect as reported
by some of the up-C6lumbia papers.
ENCOUNTER wiru BEAR. mir S ]
Shrum, living ten miles from Acme, was
roughly handled by bear Sunday, the
soth lie went b'ackbcrrying With lis
wife, taking his rifle with him because
bears were known To be roaming In the
berry patches They had not gone iar
from the house when he discovered a bear
that he shot at and probably Killed and
as he fired, another jumped out of the
brush between himself and the bear he
shot At. This one he followed with his
dog for an hnur or mnrs,and As Mr ShFum
was passing from one ridge TO another he
was met by the bear ia the thick brush OF
the ravinc. They were ~ithin len feet OF
each other before either was aware OF the
situation. Mr. Shrum got shot, but the
bear rot hi'l ab sut the same slime. biting
him through the hand aud wrist, and also
in the thigh aud shoulder AZ this point
The dog came and srapplsd with the bear.
and both disappeared In the brush. Mr.
Shrum wandered home with his iacefated
aud broken hand. ard was conveyed to
Acme for treatment. w q Carrie went TO
the scene OF the encounter Monday and
found the gun, aud only thirty feet away
found the dead bear measuring oycS six
feet in length. Eugene Register.
Ar WHuE liEAr.-E J Denny is just in
from trip up the Srntiam, going rs far
rs Browns mill. While there word
came from Quartzyillc 10 the effect that
ore had been struck in a mine belonging
to an Albany company that assays $500
ton. Two assays have been made Of
this ore, one in Portland and one In San
Francisco, and there is very little differ
ence in the report. II this is true. which
We have no reason to doubt, as II came
from men not interested in the mines, IL
will cause quite a rush 10 the upper SAN
tiam. lie says that excitement is nj
white heat and everybody Is prepai ing
10 go 10 the mines lie was also informed
that men are at work grading a road To
the mines, and that there would be a
mill put at the mines inside Of ten days.
or just a. soon as men and money could
get ii there. II has long been known that
gold and silver existed in immense guam
titles in these mines and 1t now seems
quite probable that il has been found.
As the Albany papers say nothing about
this IL must be the intention Of the COM
pany 30 secure the whole layout before
the outside world gets an inkling of what
isgoing on. Jefferson Review.
RiGHr Der Sor RiGur. 4 paper of
The Dal!es gets off IN the same issue the
following two Inconsistent items We
are satisfied tut census OF Eastern Oregon
has been carefully taken and few mlstak kes
have been made. The reason we have
not made more p ogreas Is that for over
twenty years we have been bound hand
and foot By Portland. As matter OF
course. the Sound papers are iubiiant over
the census returns Of tho population OF
their state. The votes cast by Washington
last November we're ssA43, and In llltlc
over six months she i credited with 3so.-
900 pOpuiation,o or nearly seven inhabitants
To the voter +, while Oregon cast 7J4oo
last June, and Is given 100000 residents, or
little over three persons 10 the clvctor.
There Is something wrong In this some.
where.
a NUMBER Of towns are claiming the
distinction OF being the fist that raised
flags over their schoolhousc but the
Transcript I, of the opinion that Nevada
City is entitled 10 the honor. The teach
ers and pupils Ct Washington school In
this city subscribed money enough year
ago last spring to purchase flag. and on
April 80, 1850, raised 1t over the building
with appropriate exercises. What town
In California vas ahead OF iti-Neyada
Transcript.
Albany was only one day behind Neva-
da CRY, raisin the flag at the proper
tine, instead Of day carrier. Flags were
raised in many places on the goth, the cen
tenniai Of Wasningion's Inauguration.
KTcnES oU1Yms on Tori NJ Hickey
just returned from a trip 10 Waterloo
ami over the Albany prairie. He says
that the thresTers furnishing Kitchen
| OUTFIT get about all the work to do. A
Kitchen outfit is where the machine
owners board their own hands. A large
80 inch cylinder, self stacker and feeder
| is the kind Of a machine used Smaller
machines are remaining in the sheds, 9
loss TO the owners. The grain owner
only furnishes wood and hay and gets
his threshing done at cents bushe
for oats and 6 cents for wheat, sacked
Mr. Hickey is pretty we'll posted on Ore
gon affairs, having been here nearly AZ
years.-Stayton Sun.
THE CALAPooIA MNEs.-The Calapoois
and Blue River Mill & Mining Company
have had men at work on one OF thei
most promising leads for two months
The latest report is that the miners have
reached by tunnel depth Of 25 feet, anc
that the mortar and pan reveal gold a
every trial. When a depth OF 80 or 10(
feet has been attained the lead will b,
cross-cut and tested, and il the prospects
warrant-and everybody thinks they
will-the company will put in mill
Stock is being taken right along in thi
company,-Express,
$4,000 ISLANDER SUIr- yesterday pa
pers were flied by the plaintiffs attorneys
D'Arc, & Bingham, in an important sui
in which $4,000 Is involved. The it'll
of the case is o 6 Savage VS. John Savage
Suit is brought for slander, the plaintiff
charging in his complaint that his gooc
name and character has sustained damag,
to the amount Of $4,000 as a result of as.
sertions made by the defendant. States
man.
BEATS Dods.-Generally the small bo,
has delighted in tying tin cans to dogs
but the Portland boy can beat this.
few days ago one tied string to tin can
poked the string down through the slo