The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-06-20

the NaAlcy says. At Satcm large con-
tingent from Astoria arose, aud when Al
bany was reached the writer left the car
and spent few hours In that pleasant
little city. The wooden mills there are
the thriftiest institution In the place. The
mills pay 40 cents pound for wool, aud
weave Il into cloth and blankets There
Is large substantial brick building filed
with big looms run by water power. The
machines make dreadful din. Each one
Is attended by girl who ehews gum and
keeps lookout for broken threads, etc,
Albany has prosperous look. Merchants
say "times are dull" but they've Just got
In the habit of saying tha, from hearing
somebody else say Il, The streets look
dull, TO an Astorian, but considerable
business Is transacted, though not on
cash basis, which Is AStoria's great advau-
tagc over other places Did any one ever
hear any time at any place OF train get
ting In ahead of time II is alwNNsB ll,ile
late. The sonio bound train from Albany
Monday night Nas late Rs usual bot Il
made little difference, for hall On n rr
after boarding u, the writer WAS asleep,
waking 10 enjoy a sunrise OF rare beauty.
The a1oVe about the streets looking dull
To an Astorian reminds us of a remark
made BY an Albany ,aan that the streets of
Astoria lock dull tn man Just from Al
eany but so Il goes.
ANEw UNE. Mr. L llammoci, ot
Spicer, has just received, through the
house Of q Y Wright at Portland, au i'm
proved Advance thrrsher This lhrcshtr
at the suggestion Of Mr. llammaCk has
been constructed somewhat difrrcntl,
from those ordinarily made by that vSjab-
lishn.cnt The change consists in iucIvaS-
ing the separating capacity of th, machine
about az per cent. MIR Hammock claims
and viii guarantee that this ihrcsher will
clean well allNhat the machine can posi-
bly, thresh. The advantage this machine
has over all Others Is that Il will separate
and save all the grain that Il can be made
TO thresh. Farmers should call and exam
Inc this thresher before engaging any
other.
A GREAT YoUNSTER. Albany wo- |
man, whose word can he relied upon,
while in Portland recently, saw boy !.
who certainly presented a curious spec
tacle, which will add another bit ri eyi- /
dence TO the fact that this is a prcccoious 1
as well as booming era. The young
ster was only two years old, and could .
just walk, but actually wore pants with /
spring bottoms, presenting an appearance .
that would be the envy OF many young
man with a twenty-three inch spring
bottom. To offset the great advance
ment in this direction the mother capped
the climax by feeding the youngster on
bottle.
CAU SIS CONFUSIoS.-A An officer in one
ofthe fire companies calls the DEMocRAr's
attention to the great confusion and hind
rance caused BY delivery and express
wagons in times of fire alarms rushing In
ahead Of the trucks TO draw the fire appar-
atus to fires. 1t Is claimed that the teams
are not strong enough TO do the work and
It Is desired that the matter be lief, for the
large teams of the truck companies, a.
least In the cases of the engines and truck
In one case II was necessary to change de
livery teams three times.
A Boy Losr.-A despatch to the States
man from Sheridan says that the seven
teen year old son of John LADY, of Grand
Ronde, has mysteriously disappeared. ,
He attended picnic in company with ,
his half brother at Ballston on Saturday, ,
and has not been seen since 10 O'Clock ,
that day. A large party was searching
for him Sunday. The searchers were
dragging Yamhill river for him to-day,
but up to this evening nothing bad been :
heard from him. Diligent search and in
quiry have been made all over that part
OF the country, but no clue has been dis :
covered. Foul play is suspected.
A RAILROAD SUIr.-The Giant POwd,r y
Company commenced suit against the l
Oregon Pacific K X 10 recover S7I4SSz .
for powder purchased by Searle * Dean, !
and used In the construction of said road. {
Plaintiffs were unable to recover from
contractors and brought suit to enforce
lien upon the road. Defendants demur-ed
on the ground that the powder did not
enter into the construction Of the Inad but
was merely used BY the contractors as
part of their plant. Judge Deadly overrul-
ed the demurrer and the indications are the
OP will have to pay for the powder
Times.
A THRILLING SUIcIDE.-It is learned
that a thrilling suicide occurred at Pasco
Friday evening. A man named Brents
walked up to where crowd was stand
ing, pulled a revolver. and with the re-
mark, "Boys, here's CO." shot himself
in the head ,inhicting slight scalp p wound.
He simply said, 81 can do better next
time" and again pulled the trigger. The
bullet plOughed through his forehead and
entered the brain, death being instanta-
neous. Our informant knew Of no mo-
tive for the suicide. The man was
stranger.-E. o.
] w Stewart, who was on the republi-
can ticket for representative, was III town
during the week. Mr. Stewart is not
sorry Of his defeat, as he thinks it is a /
saving Of about $500 to him.-Ochoco Re
view.
The above Il a very philosophical way /
10 take ones defeat How cheap the men |
who were elected TO the state legislature /
must feel, and certainly they are entitled /
TO the sympathy Of the public. As most |
Of them are men Of moderate means $500 |
will be quite loss to them. Yet the |
woods never have TO be raked to find can /
didates.
CROSSED THE CAscADEs.-Uuce Kin |
Elliott his son Jerome, and Ed Taylor ar
rived In Prineville from Lebanon on Wed |
nesdsy evening. They came over the |
Cascade mountains in a hack by way of
the Santiam route, and encountered snow |
on the summit all the way from foot TO 1
four feet deep. They had little or no diff |
Guilty in crossing, except in places where !
trees had fallen Iacross the roadway
Prineville News.
STA Lion SOLD. "A T Dunlap, the |
dealer in imported Shire stations, who
ia at i Sender's barn, has just sold to |
J M Nichols, Of Plainview, Oregon, the
$4,000 pure bred Shire, imported, Don
- caster. This stallion is large, has good
bone, fine style, and unsurpassed action.
We take pleasure in recommending
him 10 the public and predict success
full future for him.
A SAVAGE NAME.-Seyeral Albany boys
ambitious to make name for themselves
in the world, by notoriety rather than by
deeds Of valor in good work, have styled
themselves" The Sewer Gang or the Dirty
Twelve" If they would put the amount
of energy they display in their line Of
business into work Of substantial kind
they would move the world almost
ALUMNI OFFIcERs.-At meeting of
the members Of the alumni of the Albany
Collegiate Institute, Saturday evening, at
the residence of Mr. e F Sox, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
year