The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-08-01
FOCAL RECORD


psne Register gives the following In ter
rsting account Of the Escape of the Mas
ouri iorger, heretofore mentioned In the
/ DRMocRAr.
Arthur, the Missouri forger, arrested
last week bv constable Cochran, has gone
up Into t,.e mountains for hts health. pre-
lsumably. Last week we gave an account |
Of his arrest. After he was brought to |
Eugene he sold his horse and wagon aud |
fented house on I4th aud Patterson |
streets for his family lie was rot kept |
In Jail but was guarded by Gus Bulard. |
lie was taken to his house several times |
to attend to things, and last Thursday eve
ming asked to 60 up and get some clean |
clothes aud take ahath. Bullatd took |
him up aud sat In the door while Arthur |
was getting his eluthes. Suddenly Arthur
stepped behind door aud when he came
out had . shot gun pointed at Bullard and |
told him To throw up his hands. lie did,
lie then told him TO turn around He |
turned lie then stepped UP and took his
revolver from his hip pocket, and told
him to walk lie walked. Arthur then
drove fSullard across the hills to the woods
near the Masonic cemetery. There he
took the cartridges ont of Billiards. revol-
ver aud threw II to him, and told him 10
take Il and go back to town, he had no
further use for him, Arthur then took
TO the brush and made his escape and has
not been seen since. lie admitted his
guilt and said there was no show for him
II he was taken back 10 Missouri. Only |
| $50 reward has bccn offered for his cap
ture and It is said he has bought oil sew
eral officers.
MoRE OF Ir.-The Albany census re-
port probably includes some OF Lebanon's
| suburban towns. III go, the inflated pop
ulation can be satisfactorily accounted
| for.-Lehanon Express. This little item
shows how Albany's progressive popu-
lation il troubling her neighbors every
where; and here is another of the same
stripe from the Corvallis Gazette, which
We give TO show how jealous some peo-
pie are Of Albany's prosperity; "rhe
question of population is now under gem
cral discussion and there is probably but
one town in Oregon which Is satisfied
with its number as given 10y the emu
merators, and it is probably the only
! town in Oregon in which there Is wide
/ discrepancy between the count aud the
actual population. That town is Al
/ bany."
/ Now the truth il, though the figures
show up well iOr the city, quite num-
ber are known to have been missed. We
do not wish 70 make the subject obnox-
ious; but II Is interesting 10 see how the
result affects the public, hence We shall
keep our readers posted.
SgArrLE RwALRY.-Frank l. Parker,
who just returned from Seattle, says the
Pioneer, tells an amusing story Of little
rivalry in building. Two business men
each owned adjoining 20 foot lots, and
they agreed to build each a four story
building and make the roof uniform.
The proceedings were carried out until
the fourth story was reached when u
split occurred between them. One OF
them Immediately ordered another story
put on his building, in that he would
have nothing to do with his neighbor.
The extra story was no sooner raised
than out comes a story on the adjoining
structure. No | then put on the sixth
story, and il still followed by No ., and
still not 10 allow the obnoxious neigh bor
TO approach him lac adds the seventh
story, and Mo- . contemplated following
suit but hc discovered that his founda-
tion would not stand the weight. No
said lac would have gone 10 the twentieth
story before lac would have allowed the
other fellow TO get near his roof.
ALBANY Is growing great deal because
the census shows a population Of about
1000 IN the city and surrounding country.
They call Il the population Of the city
alone. Eugene Register.
The DEa:ccRAr has seversl times said
that the population of the city itself is
probably abou 5000, making an estimate
for the population In the precincts, and
that IS 1000 more than Eugene. Albany
II 4. 4 T.. -. ..zta.
most of the other cities OF the valley, and
II should ~ remembered also that only
recently a precinct was cut of entirely
from The Albany precincts The Albany
precincts are no larger, probably, than the
Salem, or Corvallis, or Eugene precincts.
What was the population OF the Eugene
precincts, Mr. gisteri Let us know, for
| comparison. as you have been boasling
that Eugene was a. large as Albany.
CESsUs DosEs.-Quoting from the Cap
| ital Journal on the census, the Albany
| Democrat says: "The following dose
| from the Journal, taken just before going
10 bed, will cure the worst case Of night
mare on record" Let it be hoped that |
! the dose had the effect OF removing from |
! Albany minds the delusiye nightmare /
that their population reaches within |
about 400 of that Of Salem for there new |
er was worse case on record.-Journal. |
That is about the way the census will |
go laundering down the ages all the |
game, and 80 far ~ the world is concern |
ed local squeals will not change it, and |
really il shows about the difference in the |
cities with the penitentiary, insane asy
lum, indian school, etc, left out, as they |
were in this case.
Here is another pill we have 10 swallow
from the Pacific Express, a moral paper
'Tho Albany Democrat states that the
population Of that city under the present
census will be about 1000"
NoNE TO Remit can't find house
To rent in the city," said man after max
ing long hunt. Everything suitable Is
occupied, aud this Is the heat OF summer.
Some one suggested that we send to Salem
for some spare houses. A large number
of houses are being built too in different
parts Ct The city. There are no flies or
mosquitoes on Albany. Items like the
following are going the rounds "Aibany,
Oregon, has made surprising growth, If
the estimate of its population. about 1000,
is correct. This Is oaly little behind Sa-
lem."
AN UNcgRTAIN WoRLD.- Conductors
don't always know which way the wind
blows along the road. In order TO be at
Albany one of them traded positions and
took train going to the fronta 1t stopped
in Albany from 4 O'Clock until the next
morning, whereas the former train put up
at Bay nights. Now the train to the front
will stop at Gates nights, while the con.
ductors family will be at Albany. There
are, verify, lots Of uncertainties in this life.
NICELY LAID OUr,-At the show the
other night the funny man gave the place
third the size of Albany, up the river,
good send eff:
"Corvallis is good place"
"Yes"
"Nicely laid out. Much better laid out
than Albany"
ayes; but If Albany had been dead as
long as Corvallis Il could be nicely laid
out too"
TAPE WoRMs.-There is company Of
medicine venders who appeared on our
streets last evening to sell their medicine.
They have just arrived from Salem. We
are informed that it is their intention to
return to Salem, when they will remain
fo.Ins,.kt oa fhau on ~ fhara ara ,,oo~a