The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-04-11

| Al 0ot tN&AAlas1- Bo CoHtthtt TOT thi
nishing lumber for The Corvallis stree
railway was awarded yesterday to Brow
& Son, OF the Santlam country. On
hundred and three thousand feet ar
wanted, to be delivered by the 18th. A
order WIS also sent for car 10 ] Ham
mond, Of San Francisco, 10 be OF the sam
pattern ns those OF the Multnomah rat
.way, OF Portland. Il IL expected that
L Mccoy, who has the contract for th
construction, .ill commence work i
about ten days. The rails are on the wa
from the East. The distance to be bull
Immediately Is one mile.
A RuNAwAy.-A kind OF crawiish run
away occurred last Thursday at the corne
of First and Ferry Atreeta. The elestri
fed Well, Fargo's horse did the craw6s
act and ran backwards IN circle, llghllnl
against some goods IN font Of Stewart
Sox, smashing divers articles OF value Il
the hardware business. by expert worl
the animal was captured and brought TO
| etand-etili. Some were as surprised q
his antics as they would be TO see a mes
senger boy run.
His GEOGRAPHY. Eugene Skipwolth
formerly OF this city, has been arpUinte,
clerk of the supreme court TO iill the va
eaney caused by the resignation Of w 4
Holmes. Ills frlenta here scud congratu
lations. Mr. Sklpworth came acruss Tho
plains with his fathers family In 1874 ane
settled near Independence, Polk county
He afterwards studied law with Judge r
s Strahan, at Albany, aud was admitted
10 practice at the Maren term, 1885,. lie
practiced three and one-half years at AL.
bany. three years at Corvallis, two year,
at Pendleton and q little over ono year al
Eugene. lie was presidential clecsoI
on the democratic ticket at the election IN
1858, at which ,lme he eanyassed the
state.--Timcs.
QuINiSR.-As we all use qulnlne. the
following little Item may interest many
and help the pill 10 90 down;
Ten years ago an ounce Of quinlne cosl
So, of more, at the eastom house. The
repeal OF the duty on this article. together
with the improved methods OF cnltIvating
the bark frUm which II ID produced. have
reduced the price to about one e.fourth that
OF ten years ago. Meanwhile importa
tions have increased at greatly dlmlshed
cost American manufacturers Of the
medicine have not gone out Of the busi,
ness, and they have been able TO hold
their own against foreign competition
Al the same time the public has been
vastly benefited, In that u gets the use oi
this useful drug AZ a price somewhere
near the coat of euitlvasing Il.
a Bio IScRKAsE.--Four months ago Mr.
& l. elaekman purchased SO acres Of land
about two miles from Albany In Benton
county, paying styoo. II contained a
Eine stone formation, which attracted ai.
tention, and among others pleased Mr.
James Abrams, wealthy East Portland
er, who investigated the value OF the stone
thoroughly, resulting In his purchasing
the property, paying $4,000 for Il on April
Isl. Mr. Abrams VIII put a large force OF
men at work and proposes making one OF
the best stone quasiea In the state.
BIRTHDAY PARTY. ~ Last Monday a
very enjoyable birthday party waS held 1t
tho residence OF Mr A ID Barker IN the
southern suburbs OF our city, in honor Of
the twentieth birthday Of Miss Maggie
Barker. About fifty young people and
some railroad men were present, and nn-
doubtediy Il was as pleasant birthday
party a. was ever held along the iiae Of
the Southern Pacific railroad. Games
were play ed, high order OF sociabilisy In-
dnlged in and a splendid lunch served. All
those present are hooking forward already
20 Miss Maggie's next birthday.
HARD wosK Lee campbeli. who Is q
mail clerk on the California express be-
tween Portland ana Ashland, reports hav.
Ing hard runs now. On his last tIip he
WIS obliged 10 work three days and nights
without any sleep and he finds there 4 no
fun In that. The clerks put on the local
express were taken from the overland
unaking extra wsrk for those on the latter
Train. When the overland reached here
last Saturday the California mall had not
yet been made up.-Euaene Register
A PECULIAR AccIpEsr.-Last wecs
Drs Payne and Mcdonald. assisted by Dr
Kuykendali. removed several pieces ol
diseased bone from Miss May Rowland.
wrist. says the Eugene Register. Several
years ago Miss Rowland fell at the skat
ing rink and broke her wrist, and since
then Il has troubled her AM she has been
unable 10 use 1t. AT times Il became %
painful that Il was feared her arm would
have TO be amputated.
A Boom EDITION. Wallace & cusiek
have received the proof for their ad
10 appear In tho immense boom ed
ition OF the San Francisro Examiner, 10
be issued soon. Over million copies
will be issued. and one Of the prizes will
be lot In " heeler's addition 10 Albany
given by this firm. Special trains vii
eoayey the edition TO all parts Of the coast
where they will be distributed promiscu
ousiy.
lr WAS BLAcKMAIL.-The case agains
Wes Shelley, charged with committing
rape, was tried at Fossil. Gillian county
last week. l. BiIyeu, of this city, was a,
torney for the defendant. The witnesse
were tried separately, not being allos es
10 hear the testimony Of each other. Thei
testimony was very conflicting and shove,
plainly that the case was one of black.
mail. After Ave witnesses had been ex
amined the case was thrown out Of cour
without hearing any testimony from th
defense. MIR Bilyeu has returned home.-
Register.
Two IN SuccKssIoN.-An Albany ma
In Corvallis was greatly amused at the at
tempts made by the hotel buses to pass
certain place In a prominent street.
was the remnants OF a mud hole, the hol
being left. The Hemphill buss got into
and was only extracted by the passenger
getting out and working at the wheeli
Then the Occident followed, going dow
to the hubs, and onlysby severe physics
labor was the buss gotten out. TO the A
bany man, who Is used TO our level G
streets, It was heaps of fun.
| BouND FOR THE SUsuRns.--The Stree
Car Company have definitely decided |
extend their line, and will file articles SUI
Elementary for that purpose. The vii
annette Land Co will raise big subsidy |
get the line to their addition, and tn
street cars are wanted in several other q
rections. Albany will probably have q,
miles Of track wilhia a year.
on THE STREETS. mi William Churcl
lill, who was seriously injured Saturds
last by runaway, was on the streets t.
day looking after the remains of h
wagon. which he found scattered promi
cuously along second street. Ills injuri
proved much less dangerous than was ar