The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-08-28
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DR. Courtney is manufacturing brio
with which TO build three buslnon
houses.
Tho Baptist church which IL unde
construction on Bridge avenue will be III
ornament TO that part Of tho city. Til
building IL boxS0 In dimensions and will
therefore have ample seating capacity.
DR. l., Foley and associates have aske,
the city for franchise TO equip ant
operate an electric light plant for tern
of fifteen years. The parties asking tn
franchise agree 10 begin work within
four montha and TO have the system Il
operation within eight months from th,
passage Of the ordinance. The DR. Ia
tends to have the plant In operation II
three months.
w II Donaca was knocked sergcles
last Thursday by an enraged brute. IL
attempting TO bring tho animal int,
/ town, II ran madly at him, but fortu
nately did not horn him. Martin Hiek
man, who was with him at the time, raf
| to his rescue, and after procuring somt
water for him, he regained conscious
ness and camo home apparently but
little the worse for the encounter. The
COW killed herself before they got hei
into town.-Adyancc.
a MINISTER iSJuRRp. - wednesdsy >
forenoon OF this week while assisting IL
clearing ground for the new Methodist
church at G,enada, Rev Thompson mel
with an accident which will cripple hl,n
for HE. lie was hard at work Telling a
tree and had jus, struck the last blow with
his ax, aud as the tree began te fall lac
stepped back 10 keep from belng struck
by II, but unfortunately and inadvertently
Ia the direction OF where MIR Henry Mel
son was also Telling tree, and directly IL
the path et Mr. Nelson's ax. which was
being brought down with tremendous
force. The blade oi the az struck Mr.
| Thompson about eight inches from the
point Of the left shoulder. cutting a deep
cash In the hesh about six Inches In
length and severing the point of the
radius elbow jJiut-of the left forearm.
The aG WAS very sharp ono and had Il
struck hls afm Il would doubtless have
buried itself In his side. rhe gentleman
vas at once taken la sir Browns rrsi-
denec Ia Florence. DIR Cloyd was called
and the wound was dressed. The sever
Ing OF The bone wili necessarily suacn
the arm. West.
RErcRSgp Wtru BRIng.-Three or
four weeks ago Mr. Ephraim Turner lei.
Albany on a trip east OF the mountains.
Friday evening he returned to Albany,
not alone, but with bride Of some toity
odd years, and we take pleasure in re-
cording the following marriage notice.
At Fayette, Mo, on Aug. 18th, 1891, the
10th birthday Of the happy groom, Mr.
EphTaim Turner, \ popular pioneer OF
Albany, Or, and Misc Rebccca Todd, n
woman Of many friends. ot fayette, No.
Mr. Turner WAS too sly altogether for the
boys here, and completely ouigenerallcd
them. lie Is still as vigorous and
healthy as most men of iilty, and the
DEMOCRAT predicts many years Of happi-
ness for Mr. and Mrs Ephraim Turner,
who have the best wishes Of many.
HARRHEuRa.-A week from next sun
day, August 30, Mrs wigle, the popular
proprletress Of the Lyndel House. will
serve her last dinner 10 the many guests
OF that well-kuowu house.
Mr. . 4 Bennis. Wednesday purchased
20 acres OF land Of Jas kelsey, adjoining
the city, and will start nursery on it..
DR. Davis probably has the largest as
well as the finest hop yard In Oregon
owned and managed by one person. lie
has about sixty acres in one patch and
those Who pretend 10 know ray IL ia as
fine as WAS even seen In this part OF the
country.
AttorneysJ Il Wyatt aud w Il Bilyeu
ot Albany, were e1ponnding law IN Har-
risburg Monday.-Courier.
NEwroRr.-The new six foot walk from
Newport to Nye creek Is appreciated by
the mAny campers and others who have
occasion to go from one place 20 this
other. A further exteneion Is prom ised
next year.
Work ON the north ietty is progressing
rapidly aud the object is being aecomI-
lished, Notwithstanding false reports.
All that was expected Of the ietties in
the beginning was TO bring the water up
10 seventeen feet at mean high tide.
Now there is more than twenty feet and
the more enthusiastic citizens expect
that thirty feet will he reached when
the government work Is completed
Correspondence McMinnville T. Il.
RATHER RETROSPECTIVE. - The Indc-
pendence West Side says: Sol Woods,
from near Prineville, is in the ncighbor-
hood. lie Ia son OF Doc Woods, who
brought the first bees into Oregon. lie
settled on a place near Independence
and remained there until he died. His
bees he lost in the Umpqua canyon, by
the upsetting OF his wagon. This was in
1916, when the frat " agons came throigh
the canyon Had he eaved his bees
they would have made him fortune.
Bees afterwards sold for 5000 stand.
Mr B Stats paid $3.50 for one.
A z. X. BICYCLE ACCIDENT. ~ II.
Anthony, employed by the rail- Dad com
pdny as track Inspector between Oakland
and Yoncoils, had an experience with a
railroad velocipedc yesterday that he will
remember for many days to come. While
crossing trestle north of Oakland ahd
going at rather high rate of speed he
attempted TO bring his machine TO stop,
but unfortunately his efforts were un-
successful, for instead of decreasing In
srccd the velocipede careened to one side
and left the track, precipltating Anthony
10 the ground below, a distance of about
twenty feet, where he sustained a double
fracture Of the left arm, one near the
wrist and the other near the elbow -
Plaindealer.
MIXING OPERATIoNs.-Thc mill re-
Gently taken to the Poorman mire In the
Blue river district is now In running or
der, and commenced operations last Wed
nesday. II Is not In first class running
order but Is doing very we'll. The flumt
Is not steep enough ard clogs. They have
500 tons of ore on the dump read, for thu
mill. The Blue river mining company
have a small force at work aud have tun-
nelled iato the hill about sixty feet A
large mill Is needed 10 assist In develop
ing the nnines.--Register. They vii
learn there, as in the Santian district, tha
cheap mills are of no use except for pros
pecting.
THE GAME LAw.-The season for shoot
ing grouse, pheasants, quail, ducks
geese, etc, opens on September 1st ant
not before. The season for shootin,
grouse and pheasants closes Novembe
| Is. There will be no legal shooting O
Chinese pheasants this season as the Law
protecting them does not expire til
November 10, and this protects them un
til after the close season for grouse ant
pheasants begins. The open season 70
ducks, geese and swan shooting lasts til
March l..
MINING MATTERS. The plans and spec
iications for the Albany Mining & Mill
ing Co. 'snew l0-stamp mill have arrived
and two or three members OF the com