The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-11-20
LOCAL RECORD.

A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. ] Jonel
can blsss his lucky stars that he Is moi
food for the fishes In the broad Pacih,
today, else tossed about on the beach, :
sport oi the waves, says the Eugene
Guard. On Saturday, Nov 7th, he left
Coos Bay Tor Florence q foot. lie was
told that he could easily wade all streams
between Gardiner and Florence, and
easily crossed Three Mile, Five Mile and
Ten Mile creeks IL was about 10 O'Clock
at night when he reached tho Siuslaw
and instead OF turning to the right on
the line OF the stage road, followed the
beach on to the south spit. Coming "a
the shallow water OF the south channel,
: thinking II was another small stream, he
removed his clothing and commenced 10
wade Il. With the bundle OF clothing
on his head he waded until suddenly lie
stepped into swimming water. His
bundle went, and thinking II q small
stream he struck out TO swim acroes.
Fortunately the tide was not running
out very strong, and he reached the
small sand island between the two
channels. Fortunately that night tho
tide was only an average one. He
shouted for help, walking back and forth
i
and exhausted, then sank naked to the
sand, and recollection failed him until
with daylight no regained his senses and
realized his position, an arm OF the sea
on either side. lie walked back and
forth until about 0 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, when Capt w A Cox observed him
from his residence on the opposite side
OF the river. He took him of, hall dead,
and conveyed him 10 his residence
when, wrapping him warmly in blankets,
Jones was conveyed TO the Morris hotel
At Florence. He boon recovered from
the effects OF his terrible experience. A
subscription was started and he was soon
supplied with new clothing. The bundle
lost contained s42,50 in money, also
$40 overcoat..
LEBANON. w q Donaea sold hIs gro
Gerry store this week to Joe. Buhl and Mr.
PLgh.
Mrs Ella How'd. OF Spokane Fall. was
visiting relatives In Albany last week. She
came out to Lebanon last Friday and
spent oue night with her folks. Mr. and
Mrs 8 NJ w Hlndman
Ater the south wall of DR. Courtney's
building had been built up about tea feet,
u became necessary to tear Il down and
rebuild II. The building settled and Il
was thought best to make the foundation
secure before proceeding further.
Mrs Wagner. Of Albany, who has been
stopping with g = Hanlelter's family for
the past ~eek. returned to her nome Wed.
nssdsy. .
Mrs $ NJ w Hlndman went to Albany
Saturday to attend the bedside OF her sister,
Ms Amos Howard, who ls lying very low
with droPGy OF the heart.-Advsnce.
The RIAL MURDERER.-Sevetal Al
bany people will be Interested in the
following about the murderer OF Willis
Skih. about six years ago a prominent
citizen OF Union named Willis Shift wen.
one day to North Powder, a small town In
Baker county, to buy wheat, stopping at
the hotel, disappeared on the evening OF
his arrival, and has never been seen since.
Three men, the hotelkeeper Eamed Boiler,
a DIR Tibbetts and Dave Wigglns, were
tried for numbering him, but were ac-
quilted for lack Of evidence. Ills body
was never found. A Montana man who
passed through Union lately says that a
man YVES harged In that state recently and
before his death confessed that he was DR.
Tibbetts, and that he killed SkiG and sunk
his body In Powder river. lie said he did
the deed alone, Belier and Virgins beins
innocent.
Nor STsPpED.-Our item about the
Lebanon ditch few days ago was in
correct, founded on wrong information.
A subscriber at Lebanon gives us the
correct situation, which we are glad to
report 10 so good. The mounted scrapers
referred TO, we learn, came from work on
the s = trestle beyond the Jewish ceme-
terry. "Tbe ditch is about four-fifths done
instead OF one-half. The work has not
been stopped, although the rain has in
terfered somewhat with it. The contract
was let by the cubic yard and the esti-
mated cost was t2l 800, just about what
it will cost. The ditch will be completed
this month, as the contractor is bound
TO finish 1t rain or shine and there Is no
intention Of stopping"
SIMPLY LIED.-The following pleasan-
try 10 from the Roseburg Plaindealer.
The schoolboy in vacation who Processes
TO edit the peanut Statesman OF Salem
was 30 delighted because he thought the
Plaindealer had copied an item from It's
dreary columns, that he had 10 assume
we got from il the news OF local event,
and styles the PIain1ealer, 'the sort OF
paper that wants TO be protected by
press association" whatever that means.
The socalled Statesman 10 mistaken
though in plain words II lied like bAzss,
for the item referred TO was copied from
and credited to the Albany DKnocRAT,
we having known eli about Il before, and
having until then, for very good reasons,
abstained from saying anything about
the matter.
SEWER WoRK.-Bays, Jeffries & Co.
have completed Maple street sewer, ex-
cept leyeling the excayated dirt. Work
on the Ferry street sewer 10 being pushed
very rapidly considering the weather.
The first few blocks are being wet down
and leveled, good man holes have been
built, and there is no doubt that first
class job has been done on both sewers.
Mr. Hamilton, the superintendent, 10 ex-
perienced in the business and seems TO
know what good sewer work is. Albany
will have some sewers that will make 1t
the healthieet city in the valley. The
work should be continued by compelling
every place In Albany to be connected
with them.
ASoTHERBIG SUIT.-Many remember
of bridal couple being on board the
overland train when It was wrecked at
Lake LabiSh a year ago. The following
dispatch from Johnstown, Pa, speaks of
theml "Dr ID W J Hammond and wife
have entered suit against The Southern
Pacific railroad asking that SOS 900 dam
ages for injuries received In the disarter
on that line November IL, 1890. The
couple were caught In the wreck while on
their wedding trim and have never ftitiv
recovered from their INJURIES"
Notices of chronological lectures ap-
pear In our exchanges all over the North
west. The country is being overrun with
them. They evidently think this Is land
OF suckers. The phrenologist Is the man
who sells .'taffy" for 81 and So stick and
yet there Is something In phrenology
Itself, more than there Is In most phreno-
logists.
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