The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-05-29
rnn srArn snoor. The State shoot

/ FoliOW lHE WAS ttlo SCORE III TIE hHpat 10
. hammerleas gun; i A Turner,iD Ia
folle' ,14i Conn, ~; Fletcher, 10; Howe
) In 10 chances; Jewett, 10; Gabrielson
II Chllds, IL Hughes, q Long,
Newton, IA; Isom, IL PoRue, ~ In
chances; w l. Jones, IS; Taylor, !
kebole, q wygant, II; Baker, 8; 7
Jones, u; Deyoe, &; Oregon, id; w
Jones, 49, Paytee, 2 In 10 chances; Glenn
was " on by the Portland team, Farlow
Moore and Hughes. The Albany team
onslsted Of Jones, Wygant and Deyoo.
Albany took third prize In the team
match, tho score being Wygant, 10
Jones, Z; Deyoe, O ; out OF q possible 10
The score Of the Portland team was 20
McMinnvllle, "a; Brooks, 81 and Salem
10.
Match, No 3, was for five singles and
three pairs of backbirds. There we're
twenty-iour entries In this, also result,
ing rs follows: Farlow, 4; CIV Moore
8; Gabrielson, &; Hughes 10; Fletcher,
10; Rauset, z; ] g Griffith, o Taylor, O.
kiblee, o; Pogue, o.; Howe, s.; Burrell
o; Turner 0; w + Jones, o; L 4 Conn,
4; A w Childa o; Rohr, 4; Wygant,
Ford, z; w i Jones, z; Chas Glenn, /,
+ II Jones, b; Il Long, IL; Lafollett, :.
In the Bankers shoot Burrell, Fletcher
and Turner each made score OF % out
Of % shots.
Match, No 4,-Fiiteen single Peoria
blackhirds: Twenty-three entered this
"heat" and when the last round was
ended the score showed up as follows
@ Hughes, ID; iafollet, q; Barrell i0;
Ranret IL; II w Moore. 3; Howe, p;
Deyoe o.; lsom, 10; w u Jones, 3 /;
Wygant, IL: Turner, IL; Pogue, II /;
Conn, 10; Baker, &; Gabrielson, II /;
Childs, 10: Long, l3; + II Jonee III !:
Fletcher, 10; w + Jones, @; Taylor, II;
Glenn, u. Basseti, 3.
Match, No was for 10 birds. Turner
received first prize, with straight 10.
o My Jones from Albany entered, making
fouso AaAIssT TIE Aaxp.-.A few day 3
age peculiar criminal case was tried be-
fore Justice Humphrey In this city. Til
ford Paul, Q young man iOyears OF age,
was arrested for assault and battery on
w L Crabtree, an old gentleman rs years
ofage. According 10 the testimony young
Paul, n $50 FOUNDER, and some other
young men were starting TO go through
Mr. Crabtrce's field after some boys,
whom they proposed TO whip, when Mr
Crabtree ordered them or the premises.
Paul attacked Mr. Crabtree aud badly
bruised him about the head. Justice
Humphrey found the defendant guilty
and fined him $40 and costa, Il total ex.
pense Of 80. for beating nm old gentleman
almost exactly four times as old.
Easily BnKEp.-The case with which
people are bilked was well illustrated at
Ashland. The Record says: "a large,
fine looking man was visiting the Ash
land ladies recently selling them seeds
for an improved clamotls vine that blos-
soned out into flower as large as a sati-
Ger. With very sweet scented lot ot
talk and pFetentious ceremony lac sue
cees sd In planting box Of his seed IN
the gardens Of large number OF Ashlands
nower-loying ladies, taxing them fee Of
from 81 upwards. lie did well. The
seeds are also doing well after considera-
BILE nourishing and very tender care.
They are radishes. The handsome florist
is gone and there ls lots Of good-natnred
smiling going on al the expense OF the
victims.
sATfRcAL The scio Press gets of the
following on new contemporary located
nearer the field for timber land claims
'Born, at Mill City, Marion county, Ore
gon, on the sth inst, 10 o A Cheney, Of
Albany, the Mill City Gazette. q Dor
ris, formerly OF Albany, IL the midwife
who thus early In the season has uahered
the Gazette into existence. Tie Gazette
10 rather o tender nursing, and not as
large ~ IL might be. being but coll
umn folio, hence any change in the fu-
tur- is liable to be for the better In that
respect; bat IL is an ali-at-home prcduc-
tion, for Sid did II on his little press.
We cordially welcome the Gazette on the
troubled sea Of journalism, aud trust
that, though IL starts out in life handi-
capped by being q tender, weakly little
thing, u may flourish and grow until IL
rivals some Of our great dailies.
A PORTLAND AssioSxEST.-The assign
ment of Wheeler & Monteith, the we'll
known furniture dealers, bids fair 10 lead
TO serious complications and endless iiti-
CATION, says the oregonian. The firm
made an assignment TO ii X Hubbard.
who bought an interest In the business
for $500, on the 18th. but the creditors
are not satisfied with the deal and al
lege fraudulent intentions on the part
Of the assignors. A petition was accord
ingly circulated among the creditors
yesterday asking Judge stearns 70 call a
meeting OF the creditors 10 enable them
10 select thir own assignee. They allege
that only by 30 doing are they able to
protect their own rights. The assets Of
the firm are placed at $26, ,00o." Mr. Arch
Monteith, formerly Of Albany, Is the
junior member OF the firm.
CoSrRAcr LEr.-The contract for
building the u r Church, above the
foundation, excepting glass for the win
dows, seats, furnace and painting, has
been let 10 MrI Il Conn, the lowest bid
der. The cost OF the church when COM
pleted will approximate $4,000. Mr.
Conn buile the Central school building
and many other prominent buildings in
the county, and may beFdepended on to
do good job. II WAS intended to change
the original plans, but this was not done,
and the contract was let under tie bids
on the same as originally provided by
the architect.
A FINE PANTMd.-The members Of
the o + lodge OF this city, has been
greatly adding to the their outfit for
lodge work during the past week. Yes
terday they received large box OF new
paraphernalia, and on the same day
several paintings were turned over to
them bv the artist, A w Best. One OF
them, landscape scene, is ska feet in
dimension, being one OF the largest oil
paintings in the valley. A river in the
foreground and the ocean in the distance,
with nature everywhere in her elements.
The picture Is an attractive one. Then
there are two combination scenes, rocks,
etc, in black.
A SINGULAR AccDENT.--A rather sing
ular railroad accident occurred between
Halsey and Muddy last Monday. The
repair train OF the Western Union line
men was being pulled by the way freight
when one OF the cars caught fire from
the engine. The fire caught in The c1ok
room Of the car, and as there was con-
siderable grease on everything, the v hole
interior was soon ablaze. The train was
quickly uncoupled and the burning car
set out alone, and just in time, as it con-
tanned quantity OF powder and dyna-
mite, which ignited and scattered the
debris promiscously. No one sas in
jured by the explosion. Pilot.
Was IN LUcK.-A Radir who lives just
across the river, came to town last Tues
day, says the Corvallis Gazette, and after
attending to some business which occupied
his time for a couple hours or more, he
purchased some groceries 10 take home
with him, but when he came to paw for
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