The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-07-24


and family returned yesterday morning
from San Francisco, where the latter had
been two or three months. Mr. seal al
ways brings something with him, and this
time Il was genuine" mermaid. The
animal Is eighteen inches long and seems
to be half FISH and half monkey. The rib.
are plainly visible, and the hair ane
whiskers are In good state OF preAerva
ton. The scales are there In abundance.
II certainly Is a curiosity, and Is nat one oI
Mr. Seals customary jokes. Mr. Seal was
Indebted TO a sea captain from japan for
the mermaid, so he informs the DHM-
ocRAr.
MINING MAITERs.--C q Burkhart and
Jas V Pipe, Of the Albany Mining &
Milling Co., arrived in San Francisco
yesterday for the purpose Of buying n
large stamp mill for the company. The
mill will be shipped at once and il is
thought will be running within month.
Messrs Burkhart and Pipe will be home
Sunday morning. Mr. Hazleton, the SUI
perintendent, and III III Ames, are in
from the mines and report the sawmill
and engine up already for business.
About 300 tons OF ore Is ready for the
thing will be in condition for long and
profitable run. The prospects are golden
tinged, and the present business aspect
OF the matter adds greatly TO the outlook.
A DRMocKAr man saw \ check for SsSo
from Portland man, for some stock IN
the Albany Mining x Milling Co., which
shows that the mites are appreciated at
least by one man In that city.
ALHAsY GETs THERE TOO. II the
S;atesman's summer poe, might be per-
mitted to modefnize a rhyme Of pioneer
days, he would be tempted, even al the
peril OF his scalp lock, TO execute the fol-
lowing;
Albany for muscle,
Chemawa for tan.e,
Salem for hustle,
But she gets there States
man.
But not on passenger rateJ. Albany not
only has'the MYSELF but As well tine hustle
and get there. and as for fame. why Il is
the railroad center that Is heard from.
A BioeER MILL ut is an III wind that
blows nobopy good"and the fire at Friend
ly's sawmill Is perhaps no exception. The
Insurance adjusier has been here and paid
the policy and Mr Friendly started for
Portland yesterday to arrange for building
a new mill The old mill had a capacity
Of fifteen thousand feet OF lumber per day,
but the one TO be erected will be capable
Of cutting thirty thousand feet. /: Camp
bell and son OF Albany, have been award
ed the contract for rebuild ng the mill -
Times.
His EYE on \ BAD MAS.-SherIlIS Scott
has just received letter from detective
in California, stating that he has his eye
on a man there who killed an Albany man,
another man being arrested here for the
crime and hanged. The fellows name
was Underwood. This was the fellow who
shot Pete Montgomery last year, In the
eastern suburbs Of this city and escaped in
the dark. But the detective was mistaken,
Pete was not killed By considerable, and
no one was arrested for the crime. II i
evident though that Undew thinks he
killed his man.
DID Nor LEAsE.-Some time since We
published a statement that Mr. Malin,
formerly OF this city, had leased the Bay
View House at Newport. Then came
word that IL was the Ocean House in
stead. Now then comes Mr. Case, the
proprietor OF the Ocean House, and re-
quests US 10 say that the fact was that
Mr. Malin was employed by him few
weeks to assist him in running the house.
+ g Beardsley, formerly OF Albany, is
running the hotel.
DROWNED IN THE SANTnM.-Sundsy
evening while swimming in the santiam
river, near the Oregon Pacific bridge, this
side Of Scio, with four other young men,
George Cleveland was taken with cramps
and drowned before assistance could be
rendered him. The deceased was tSen-
ty-three years OF age and came from
Portland, where his parents reside, 10
this county, recently.
Benton COUNTY According to the
financial exhibit printed in this issue, Ben
Iton county Is only irlhe over 5000 IN
debt. and there Is delinquent tax nearly
large enough to wipe out that. This is a
good showing, considering we were twice
that behind last year and our levy was one
Of the lowest In the tate.-Times
ALLIANCE OFFICERS The officers OF
the Pleasant Home Farmers Alliance are
President, l. c Rice; Vice president, VIM
E Savage; Secretary, ] Z Michael; Treas
urer, Mrs Matte Savage; Chaplain, ] K
Charlton. The membership Is twenty
three.
TIE BIGGEST LoAD.-Referring to the
load Of hay brought to town The otEer day
by F S Ingram, Mr. Straney, the proprie-
tor of the City Livery Sale and Feed Sta
bic. shows us receipt OF load Of hay
which he had weighed on the same scales
some time age, which weighed 5000 pounds
the wagon weighing 1880 pounds. This
Is the biggest yet.
A ROYAL PASS, with Mr. Geo G Staley
as the star, is. according to all reports 3
very meritorious performance Star
play and company have received grea
praise wherever they have appeared ,ant
although new to our city, the attraction
may be looked upon as one of the bes
! that will visit us this season. At tn
Opera House on Wednesday July Goth.
ALBANY MsN GET Ir.--J II Campbell
and son, of this city, have received tn
contract for rebuilding the sawmIll of S ]
Friendly, at Corvallis. Mr. Friendly Iva
several million feet oflogs on the wa
down the Willamette, and has to have tn
mill ready at an early day.