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

veying the "Nobles OF the Mystic Shrine
TO San Francisco stopped at this city ten
minutes for water. lt was the livest, best
netuied crowd about ever seen and the
time was spent dancing jigs and singing
popular songs with guitar accompani-
ment, on the depot platform. The party
was about evenly made up of mcn aud
women. young and old. The men wore
their Turkish caps with the words IA,
Kader" on them, as well as the badges of
their offices, and on the cars IN big letters
was the word Mecca, except the last car,
which was a Portland attachment, Contain
ing Hon e b McElroy and other promin.
ent Masons. The DEMocRAr man had
the pleasure Of meeting Hon George West,
a well-known New York Congressman
and editor of the New Yotk Press, also a
former friend of Hon Wait Mead, OF this
city. West is bunch of animation and
was one OF the livest men In the crowd.
The train was In charge Of Conductor
Conser, who ,gas making matters pleasant
for the party. At Salem :hey were fruit
cd In fine style, at Portland given a big re-
ception, and one of the party remarked at
Helena given an ovation.
CRooK CoUNTY.-IIarvest is in full
blast, and farmers are generally jubilant
over the returns they are getting for
their years work.
J l. Luckey and family will leave
Prineville next Monday for their future
home in Salem.
Horace billiard returned last Friday
from Burns, and is now making prepara-
tions TO return there soon. He expects
to again take editorial charge Of the llar-
ney Valley Items.
The recent count made 10y the census
enumerator showed the population Of
Prineville to be $50, and that OF the pre-
cinct to be S23. Prineville has no nick 10
make as her population is fully as great
as anybody had estimated TO be.
About one O'Clock last Monday after
noon three stacks of hay, containing
about fifty tons, were DESTROYED ON : X
Slayton's pace, three miles above town.
Review.
CHARLEY HEwrrr.-The wife OF Chas II
Hewitt gives a sketch of his life in the
Oregonian, making him out a pretty good
kind of fellow. tie was born in Platts-
burg, n. Y, Aug. 18th, 1850. Studied
law at Albany, n. ", and afterwards
came to Albany, Or, thence to Portland.
She refers to his character rs follows :
He was OF nervous temperament, high
strung and quick tempered, hut quick
over IL; and always iorgiving. As a
youth and young man he was temperate,
only taking 10 the accursed cup when
oyertaken by care and family TROUBLES OF
early life. Mr. Hewitt leaves 4 large cir
Gle Of loving friends, connections and rel
atives at the East, brother, CLANCY ;
Hewitt, of Little Rock, Ark, one sister,
Mrs Benz q Rice, OF Pouiney, VT. (his
mother, Mrs 4 X Vail, Of Fairhaven, VT, .,
died some five years since,) and young
devoted wife, who was recent graduate
OF the Willamette Medical College, and
one daughter by a former marriage, now
in Oregon, to mourn iis sad and tragic
death. Deal gently with his faults, and
him that is without sin among you first
cast stone"
THE PIONEER OF Pf-NEERs. The ven
cradle Lindsay Appegate. Tho has been
III during the past several IT onIhs, Is well
again and walking around. He may well
be called the pioneer of pioneers, who led
the hosts of civilization To Oregon. Away
back in IS43 Lindsay Applegaie, with his
two brothers, started the first emigrani
train for the land whose great overheard
no sound save its own dashIngs," and he
and g. W. Parker, are the only survivors,
of that historic tain. News of the death
of Fremont, the pathfinder reachingth
old veteran the other day, his clear gray
eyes lit up with "reminiscences of the DAYS
when John c. Fremont won the in glorious
credit of having made the pathway which
the Applegates and their companions
brought into existence as result OF their
efforts to get over the Rockies The
ApPlegates were the pathfinder, but FIRE.
mont, without a scruple OF conscience,
gobbled the credt.-klamaih Star
HIS TEAM DIsA PPEARED. - Monday
afternoon a farmer from near Millers
station was in the city with couple
loads of wood, his son driving one oi the
teams. In the evening the farmer left
his teams near the Red Crown mill and
came up town on business, and probably
to quench his thirst. On returning he
found the wagon all right, but his horses
were gone and his son with the other
team had gone. He Immediately thought
his team had been stolen and so reported
TO the police, remaining over night in
the city to find out about the matter.
1t is probable the boy unhitched them
and took them home. There were no
circumstances TO show that they had
been stolen.
A LIVELY BUSINESS MEKTEG. - The
railroad commissioners are in regular
session at the state house to-day .-says
the Journal. There is no case up before
them and the only new business trans
Gated is the sending out blanks 10 all the
street railway companies requiring them
to make an annual report Of their iinan.
cial condition, the amount Of road oper
ated and the kind Of power used, with
sundry other answers. The law allows
the commissioners 10 inquire into the
condition OF street railways. though il
has not been required Of them before.
AT The BAY.-Partics from the Bay
report live times there. Resorters are en-
joying themselves in huge manner. and
Albany has its share OF them Riding
bathing, flirting, etc, Is the order. The ar
rival of the steamer Willamette, SUNDAY
was an occasion worth witnessing. The
steamer simply followed a tug ard passeC
over the bar as easily as over wave
Campers find living at the bay remarkably
cheap. Newport has some pleasant store
keepers TO do business with and thci
prices are down.
CHEEK.-A pension agent advertises IL
Lebanon paper that he "confers direct
ly with the commissioner of pensions.
This Is first rate in it's way, but 1t is
long way behind the firm which adver
tises that "John Raum, who will attent
to all business in Washington is tn
son Of Mr. Green B Raum, the commiss
ioner of penstons.-Ex.
FRUITs.-Owing to failure of the ar
pie crop in New York and other promi
nent fruit states, the price of dried appt
this fall promises to be higher than usua
and good figures are sure 10 prevail, say
good authority at this city, on the sub
ject. Farmers should be careful abol
selling to travelling spectators; but wa
until the market settles itself, when loca
dealers will give the best figures to be 81
cured.
SOME New MEN.-The Oregon Pacii
has new Superintendent, Mr. Stevenso
having retired. Mr. Denham is the ne
man, and he Is from Florida. The ros
also has a new train dispatche at this cit
Mr. Charles Clark. Mr. Abbey. who h
filed the position so veil for many yeai
having retired. The DEMOCRAT will T.
attempt to give the Gins and outs" Of The
changes, and couldn't If 1t desired.