The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-02-28

county, about hvA miles south Of east OF
/ the gem city Of the valley, Albany. In
. view OF the fact that the people inEugene,
4 Portland, and other places claim In ser.
ioua manner, TO have seen smoke arising
i from iis peak, the mountain Il OF pcen-
liar interest just now. Some people be
llese these stories, whereas a. a matter Of
! fact. they are simply canards. The re
: port is not good enc 20 go forth, nor
! just one, for Us a matter oi fact MI Jchcr'
! son has no inclination towards e.en the
: eruption of smoke. What has been eeen
4 simply fog and smoky looking cl0uds.
! andit takes the eye OF a PolIonius TO cons
struct the sight Into anything oi con
hussibie nature. Yesterday noon County
. Clerk Montague and Recorder Davis
took look IN the direction Of the monn
tain, from the top of the Court house, but
! the bank OF clouds and fog prevented even
vision Of the mouniain. A DEMOCRAT
man, Wishing to be snlned, secured the
rising you " attorney, Mr Russell Wyatt,
as guide, and did the act In q mordcrasc.
y clear skY, but the same Kind Of bank OF
clouds hover cd around the mountain.
The following from the Salem States
man, We believe Is IN the line Of other
"taAtlUfntA III IthEFSOGA III Att N&H1t%Rttt
The parties are simply mistaken a. TO the
beiehlngs, which we predict will be
found to he clouds and mist III should
be clear to-day don't fall 10 get wasre you
can get good view OF hoary headed old
Jefferson which Is said to be helchlng forth
fames Those dlatant rumblings you have |
heard lately were from Jefferson and u
man on slghtly Hill several miles 10 the /
southeast of Salem says he has caught /
several gllmpses OF smoke issuing from III |
Jeifenon within the past few days.
FOO Mucn FoR TmgM.-Two rural
guests who occupied room at the Golden |
Rule the other night, says the Pendieion
Z. o., were much puzzled over that 'goi
darned, new-fangled thing" the electric
light. Their conversation. overheard by
parties In The next room. was as 10 lows
"Can't you blowis oe,, Jack p
"Naw. blank the blanked concern. any.
how.n
"wals, let me try and sound was
heard like the laborious putting Of a steam
boat a. II rounds poin, In the distance
Finally L appeared as though both were
engaged Ia the "blowing out" process.and
were strainlng lungs and mtscies to see
which could blow the hardest all 10 no
purpose.
AT last a mnilied curse was heard, fol.
lowed by the consolIng remark sWall,
We might smother to death u We blowed
out the consarned thing. let's let 'er
burn"
And 50 they did, tor the clerk turned Il
out Ia the morning.
A jan BREAK. K.-TaIs morning the dia-
eoyery was made that all the prisoners In
the county jail, six In number. had made
good their escape. They evidently had
assistance from the outside, for they had a
piece Of spring made Into saw with
which they cut through the boards on the
inside and then they removed stone from
the wall, making a hole barely large
enough 10 crawl through. A. present
there Il no clue to their whereabouts bat
the officers commenced searching for them
as aoon as lt was learned that they had CO
capped. Reed. the timber land swindleF,
was the worst man IN the lot and he has
gone With the rest. Most OF the others
were waiting Tor the grand jury on 8
charge OF larceny Eugene Register.
SKvgRAL ADDITIONS There viii be
lively times in the southern suburbs thls
coming year. Besides the large Goltra
addition now on the market. three other
additions are .being plated ready for
sale. These are n Townsend. IS acres;
w Cnsick, 20 acres, and Milton Hale,
Is acres, all adjoining each ether, and OBJ
posisc the Goitra Park addition. Mr.
r. Al. -. II ,
ting his splendid property ready for sale,
tells Us that he viii put Il on the market at
prices that will make II 20 fast. Being
one Of the finest garden spots IN the
neIghborhood Of Albany there promises
to be a lively demand for Il.
ALL RIonr. As the DEMOCRAT here
toiorc stated Mt. Jefferson crupted roth
Ing. The Statesman OF Salem admits Il
now and says: "Thr volcanic eruption OF
Mount Jefferson was caused by bad Al
bany whiskey." What about Salem whis.
key. Also: "a couple Of Statesman re-
porters and VIII w Brooks. armed with
powerful glasses, went up on the top OF the
big Maricn county court house, right un.
der the town clock and the old lady with
the scales OF justice, and, as the sun was
casting his bright rays on the snow-clad
Caecades, took a look at Mount Jefferson
In all his hoary grandeur, and they are
prepared to state that his imperial nibs,
Old JEFF, Is all right, and he don't smoke.
neither does he belch."
Nor IxJuRED.--The DEMocRAr
mentioned the fact OF the Three Sisters
being on a county road at Oregon City
The enterprise says:
"Captain Short informs US that the
Three Sisters Is not injured In the least.
The boat was beached carefully, and "a
soon as the basin Is repaired she will be /
launched and plsced upon the river in as
good condition as before the storm"
REACHES orr-BesEdes The scattered
damage done BY the food little side is
sues are suggested in different parts Of
the valley. Here Is one;
"County Commissioner Iiyiand went up |
TO Eugene on Friday last. He says the |
| chance for new Court house this year |
has been completely knocked out by the
flood
SomE CorroN.-In the window OF " al
ihSc q Gunl1h may DC seen bcFerat Dolls OF
cotton. the limbs and pods being mixed
with the cotton. They were sent out to
Mr. X Stockman from Louisiana, and to
a person never south OF Dixie line are
curiosity. To those who came from the
Southern States the sight Is as familiar as
wheat to an Oregonian, Cotton seeds
have been planted In this valley and
plant produced, but we haye never seen
any Oregon cottonyet.
WILL start A vILLAoE.--The Oregon
Land company have bought six hundred
and fifty acres Of land four miles south Of
the ci y, and have plated 1t in five and ten
sacre lots. They have AFRO laid off a vii
llage plat on the tract. where there will be
a post Office, school house, church, shops,
shops, etc.--Statesman
| A WICKED DAy.--Last Monday was
day ofcrime in Oregon says an exchange.
A Morrow county man shoots his brother;
Linn county man shoots his wife and
thea himself and Polk county fafher