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

widow sister, claiming to be from Tacoma,
called on Mr. Jones I, see him. about n
site, he having advertised for one :,
Then the sister was taken sick In Salem,
and the man called alone. On going to
Salem they met the pretended agent of
the Louisiana lottery, and Jones WIS In.
duced To- try his luck. lie won Ss, which
was paid, and then 5000 Before paying
that the man insisted that Jones satisfy
him that he was worth that amount, and
he went to Salem drew that amount In
cash aud took II back. All right. said the
lottery man, my principal Ia not here now,
lac has gone To Wheatland aud WON'T be
back until tomorrow, 50 have not the
money In full to pay you, bat have $1,000
In gold and $4,000 IN bonds, which will
deposit IN this tin box and DEPOSIT with
you until 10 morrow, when you can drive
up 10 Salem and get your money. With
this he drew forth tin box about ten
inches long, six inches deep and six wide
Into which I've poured hls own $1,000 IN
gold, then folded the bonds on top of that,
thep put In Mr. Jones 5000 on too OF all
then closed II, put on a lock. locked II and
handed Il to MIR Jones. Bot the box Jones
got was not the box with the money In, he
bound next day ON opening Il IN Martins
waste paper and couple of rocks. They
had BY a sli .sht of hand trick changed boxes
with hin, The men skipped and cannot
be found. Mr. Jones Is now entitled to the
record Of being one OF the greatest green
ics recorded in history.
CAUSED a SESsArioS. The following
lakeon on the Waterbury watch. Is n little
The blgges, piece of xaggera,Ion yet re-
ported, and rather surpa,ses anything yet
produced by the caustic pens, either of the
Lebanon Express or fendlcton l.. .
A gentleman riding on one OF our rail-
roads opened his a,urbury watch, with
view To- examining the dirty mechanism,
when the twenty. five foot spring, which
accompanies watches of this manufacture,
seeded from the union and alighsed IN
alIle, black shining and coIied Tor the fatal
blow. The lady at whose feet the mock
serpent lay. uttered ohe piercing shrek
and gwconed. The Waterbury man made
a leap for his escaped treasure just In time
TO see Il jump eight or ten seats and land
near the rear end oi the ear. By this time
every passenger was on foot aud rushing
madiy for the door. The bell was rpng.
the train stopped aud he passengers He'd
IKE sheep, leaving the conductor and the
owner OF the watch 10 chase the escaped
spring. After several frultless efforts TO
lay hands on tle runaway II coiled MP un-
der the stove. The legs Of the stove
were broken and tsc pounds of hardware
falling upon Il until both conductor and
proprietor dragged |, from tn" corner and
placed IL In Its old cage, After some
time spent ln coaSlne. ths ladies flied back
into the car and resumed l. cir journey.
CuLris TaAMrs.-Tucsday morning as
the South bound passenger train pulled
out, more tramps were aboard than the
good grace oi Conductor kearney could
stand, 50 the train made u stop near Stin-
sons factory and elected his Objectionable
freight IN such u manner aH 10 arouse
their ire. The tramps then ran head
of the train and waited for Il 10 pass
them when they hurled several rocks at
Engineer McCartv who WAS in the cab.
Mac could not let this insult pass unno-
ticcd, and he Immediately applied the air
brakes, bringing the train to a standstill,
and bounded out after the offenders. in
company with the conductor and brake
men, who chased the tramps into the
brush but aided as they were from an
occasional shot from revolvers and a shot
gun, the tramps soon distaneed their
pursnreFs aud made good their eerape.-~
Grants Pass Courier.
Ma. JoSrs. the Marion county man
swIndled out OF Ssooo Is receiving lots
Of consolation ~ the following letter sent
him by the swlndlcf Mr Jones sent
YOU telegram to-day. II you obey II
you will be all right ard no one will know
wha, an old fool you hsvc been. Me and
my parthcr start for he east 10 night with
your sooo-a wise man would keep stiil,
fool will tell everybody how lac has been
guiled and get his name In the paper so
everybody can laugh at him * aud 1t Will
tickle your children nearly to death II they
only knew how easily sister and | made
an old sucker out ot you. 80 keep your
mouth shut and no one will be the wiser
You can find sister here In Portland but
she will keep quiet * and will not tell
auybody-"a still tongue shows n wise
head Is gooI adage so profit by It,
Goodbye. Martin.
Ngw CoRroRArt u.s. The Jefferson
FIGURING Mills company, of Jefferson,
Marion county, Oregon. has had articles
OF incorporation filed In the secretary OF
states office, with Lewis Savage, X l. Skin
ner. and Alexander Grant as the Incorpor-
ators. The business Is to own and operate
a mili at Jefferson. Capital stock IL S3s,-
600 In ago shares. Thos. B Badger, Philip
A Corrcli. and Henry Ward, trustees OF
the First Church Of Christ, of Mill City,
have also fled ARTICLES incorporating
church at that place, the value of the cor
poration nelng $1,000.
a COMMON BfRrI PLACE. One Albany
man at least got the worth OF his money at
the circus. One of the employees proved
TO have been born at the same place ~
Germany, an ! the meeting proved a very
pleasant one, In which many old memories
were brought up for discussion. To a
man Tar from his birth place nothing In the
world affords more pleasure than to meet a
former fellow citizen. No one Is ever in
jured by living over the past, and such
reveries are often Of great satisfaction.
ARRESTED. -Chas. Read OF Soap creek
precinct, was arrested Monday evening, for
beating and prodding balkv horse with a
pitchfork on The streets Of Corvallis In a
horrible manner, and was arranged before
Justice Carlisle on Wednesday ,op a charge
Of cruelty to animals. After hearing the
evidence the jury could come TO no agree
ment, and the case has been set for a re-.
hearing,to take place to. day at 9 O'clock
Benton Leader.
TEAR THEM DowS.-A city with 6,S72
should not allow old wooden awnings to
disgrace its principal street. This is q
progressive age and Albany should be up
with the times. We are no longer one
story frontier town, and it is time these
| old eye sores give place 10 the slightly
modern awning that lets up and down.
| Nothing looks more backwoodish than
the wooden awning, with it's ragged, un-
slightly appearance, A woman who
would dress in the style OF thirty years
ago would be laughed at, why not city.
BRANCHING OUT.-We have it from a
reliable source that Mr. + Coin, of Scio,
has made proposition to Corbett 4
Macleay, which if accepted will result in
the Jefferson Mills being sold to him. ii
the transaction is carried to successful
termination Mr. Coin will assume all lia-
bilities except the claims OF the farmers
and the claim of Mrs Grant, and take
complete control OF the mill at once
Jefferson Review.
A HUMOROUS IrEM.-0ne OF our citizens
offers to donate block OF land and So
900 in money toward new court house al
this place. We have others who will do