The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-09-19

hop yard, ON Thomas Greek, tells Of th,
death Of Mrs Elliott. The scio Prca,
gives the following aesount Of the horri.
Bile accident; Thursday afternoon Mr.,
Elliotla baby being sick ehe did not &c
TO the hop yard but stayed In camp. AMI
wnB busying herself about camp work.
In passing around tho camp fire her cloth.
ing waa gnited. She had smolled the
burning cloth for soma little time before
ahe discovered that 10 wad her own cloth.
Ing TINT was on fire. She then started td
the tent TO get blanket 10 smother eul
the flames. At the tent door she met her
| Is months old baby, and even ~ this ex-
citing moment the adety of her child
predominating over personal pain, she
| took it and placed II ont Of harms way, a
| few feet distant, and then returned 10
the tent for the blanket and rolled her.
self therein In the attempt 10 smother out
the flames that were by this time blister
| ing and crisping her flesh. She rolled
| the blanket around M well as she could,
but the agony she waa undergoing was 40
great that she threw the blanket away
aud started for the hop yard near by, ail
the time screaming for help. The first
person she met was e llan, and of course
she went to him for help. He not hav-
Ing any other means Of putting out the
fire commenced throwing dust on the
| burning woman. Other help arriving
the unfortunate woman's burning cloth
Ing waa torn from her, what little there
was left by this time, and was conveyed
to her tent by Kind hands and word sen.
for the doctor and the husband, who was,
~ before stated, at Lebanon. Upon ex.
animation Mrs Elliott proved 10 be liter
ssf
arms and face. Her shoes even were
burned tn a critp upon her feet. Mrs
Elliott, whose age IL but % will leave n
husband, aud little child but about Is
months old. They had just moved from
Crook county, Mr. Elliott going 10 near
Lebanon.
Az iSciDEsr oR lst5.-George WASH
ington Jackson, one Of the pioneers Of
1915, who resides in Marquams. IL famil
lar with many Of the most interesting
events In the early settlement ot Oregon.
On his arrival In Is, he says, he went 10
work for George Abernethy, who sent
him and another man down the river as
far as Portland, which was swampy
| forest, where the bark Tonl0n was an.
chored. They took from the vessel a
printing press, type and paper, loaded
them In the boat and brought them 10
| Oregon City. At the Clacknmas shall
lows they had difficulty in getting their
| precious cargo across, but II was a ease
ot necessity, as there was no road but
the bosom 0f the Willamette river. The
| printing press WAS set up here, with
printer john Fleming in charge. In his
early days Colonel Jackson was popular
aa singer oi songs aud teller Of stories
and an adept ON the fiddie and banjo.
and at many dance or evening enter
tainment lac was the hero. lie il proud
Of the fact that lac is PANIED after oil
King George, Of England, after Washing.
ton. the Father oi his country" Who
| whipped King George. and after General
Jackson. who whipped the English Gen
cral Packingham, at New Orleans
Courier.
| Tng NEW flosrfrAL. "A DEMocnAr man
this morning visited the site Of the new
city hospital and children'a home, in
Goltra'H Park addition. The first story,
or foundation. of solid brick. feet 10
| inches high. has been laid aud Is ready
for the top structure. The building will
be 3sX10 feet. as FIRST erected, and ar.
ranged conveniently for enlargement. /,
Is nicely located IN slightly place, and
on the extension oi the street car line to
IL. ~ will no doubt be done next year,
will be easy Of access. W A Cox laid
the foundation. & w Ayers made the
plans, which Show nice looking build.
ing. aud Mr. Edward Zeyaa will draw the
specifications, 80 that work can be pushed
at once aud the building completed thIi
fall. The eight lots were contributed ~
follows: $ + Young and DIR Ellis three
l. Vlereck and 4 u Seal, one; J II Malit
one; & q Burkhart, as trustee, three
The subscriptions already made will now
be collected, and further subscriptions
solicited. This will be a deserving in
stitntion which our citizens should sup
port.
| PsTEsrs GRASrgp.-To citizens Of tht
Pacific States during tile past week ant
reported especially for this paper by G 4
Snow < Co., Patent Atty's and Agent
for procuring patents, opp. patent Office
Washington, ID. G.: ] Aibers, Corvallis
Or, gate; ] $ Blood Napa City, Cal, knit,
sharpener; ] NJ Bryan, san Francisco
Cal, ore-erushef: S III Chase, San Jose
Cal, saw bit holder; l. T. Clawson, Sai
Francisco, Ca, continuous sectional chin
ney; L Frank, suisun, Cal clothes drier
q Gates, Drytown, Cal, concentrator;
y James, San Francisco, Cal, plate or pal
litter NJ Jensen, Astoria, Or, soldering
can-bodies; + Maisonneuve,0 Oakland, Cal
fruit stoning machine; w Mann, Fresno
City, Cal, insectide; A i Mcmillan, BE
nicia, Cal, gang plow frame; j l. Motley
Santa Cruz, Cal, decorticating machin
for removing outer covering from coffee
J A Shepard, Fossil, Or, reel for windin
lut ta, q A.. I
San Jose, Cal, Journal-bcaring.
TIE WH.ps or THE n. W.-Most east
ern people do not have any reliable ide
about this glorious N. w. country at all
Rev T. w Clarke, travelling correspond
! ent OF Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly
: did not until recently. Here Is what Il
says: This whole Northwest il won
der TO me. | can hardly believe IN
/, senses. /, in common with the peopl
OF the east, have labored under the In
preston that here were the wilds {
America. Here in Oregon expected :
, find frontier settlements Of logs and adob
with little patches Of vegetables, whea
! and Indian corn, growing among th
stumps OF recently fallen forests. Ii
stead find thriving cities, which fo
push and enterprise are far ahead {
towns in the east. And here, too, is
! be found one Of the greatest wheat Ger
I ters in the country. The people of tn
/ east will not conceive it until they com
Y and see for themselves"
, An UNFORTUNATE FfRE.-The residenC
: Of T ] Richardson, near Jefferson, ws
} recently burned, causing loss OF abo,
] $4,000. The Review says: '"rhe bull,
/; ing and contents-T Richardson
i household goods-was insured in I'll
: State Insurance Co, of Salem, for $40
There agent, Geo M Beeler, was up ye
i. terday trying to adjust the claim. The
seems to be quite good deal of unne
Q essary quibbling and evasion in settlir
@ up this claim. We have it direct, thi
y il this claim is not paid in full, ar
$ without any trouble, the policies he
L by this company, in this vicinity. will
J, cancelled" A subscription was raise
s for Frank Richardson, who lost abol
o $1,000 in tools, etc, and just after lor
i illness.
A DISCUSSED QUESTION. The big pi,
10 the Salem bridge has Just been con
3 pleted. 1t Is "a feet high The next pi
will be IS feet high. The main pier fc
Q the Albany bridge will probably be abo
y 10 feet. At least the condition of the riv
:, at the two cities is nearly enough the san
II to call for bridge of about the sam
a height As the matter has been discuss,