The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-04-22

made, both according to the report
given the DRMocRAr, 30 unnecessary n
to be somewhat ridiculous, hence causin,
the moro interest on the part OF the pub
lie. No. 1. In the forenoon u boy name,
Hammond and two other boys, afte
playing quoits sat on fence close to
gether. Hammond playsully Cook Oh,
middle boy by the shoulder and shoves
him backward, while the farther boy
tipped up his feet. Young Hammond
then Jumped off the fence and caugh
the boy before he had fallen. II was all
good naturcd occurrence. The Git,
Marshall sherman Pearl, evidentl,
wanting some business pretty badly
stepped up and arrested Young Ham
mond. No. .. 1n The afternoon Jertei
Wigle, u young man, was talking with 1
friend, when Vint Crisp aud the Marsha
came along Young Migle changed the
position OF his feet, and Mr. Crisp STUN
bled over one OF them, Nigle claimed
entirely accldentlv, not very serious
matter anyway. Crisp started for hint
when Wigle ran. Then the Marshal ln
terfered aud arrested Wigle. The re-.
suits: Roth casee were tried before Jus
tice Stewart and iuries Monday afternoon
4 w Ribelan appearing IN each case for
the defendant and the Marshal for the
! prosecution. In each case thedeferdant
/ was promptly acquitted. As reported h
the DEMocRAr no comment Is necessary.
AFTER MANY YEARs.--In the suprem
court OF the u s a case decided yesterday
was that Of Neal Va John A and William
Crawford, involving the good faith and
validity OF deeds for six different pieces
Of real estate, including mill property,
lots and blocks in Albany, Or. These
were cross appeals from the circuit court
OF the United States for the district OF
Oregon, Neal appealing from the decree
OF the court below sustaining the deeds
from James II Foster to John Crawford
for FIVE OF the six t.acts. This decree
was affirmed, and William Crawford ap.
pealed from the decree OF the court be-
low, setting aside the deed to him for
the one tract. This decree was also
affirmed. Mr. Mitchell represented the
Crawfords and Mr. @ l. S Wood, OF Port
land, Mr. Neal. This decision is in favor
Of John A Crawford, so far as property
decided TO him is concerned, but Is
against the transfer OF the Foster block
to William Crawford, now deceased.
That block, worth at least $4,000 will
go to the creditors OF II Foster & Co.,
and be sold for their benefit, They are
w IL Goltra and many others, Neal
being California man to whom the
claims were transferred in order 20 get
he case in the U 5 courts.
MORE X ABROAD TALK The Spring
field Messenger says; J Boyd came
down from Portland Tuesday aud stepped
In town n few hours. lie returned 10
Portland Wednesday While here he
stated that { p Huntington would be In
Springfield between the 18th Inst. and
May tst and that grading will begin on
the road east from Springfield over the
mountains by June 1. Recrnt develop
ments indicate this statement to be true
and We confidently expect to see trainload
after sainload OF constr uciion and material
soon rolling into Springfield and the work
OF building the machine shops and round
houses ON the fifty acres donated to the
company for that purpose by the city In
rapid progress. Tren there viii be
lively sklrmish after Springfield real estate
and manufacturers Siil grasp every op-
portunity 10 utilize enr magnificent wMer
power.
The EyASGELIsfs One faction OF the
Evangelical conference Just closed at
Portland, made the follow ing appoint
ments for the coming conference year:
Willamette district C @ Polling, T II;
Lafayette, q J Coleman; Dayton, II l.
Pratt; Newberg, Il Currin; East Port.
land, @ ID Slagle; Alhina, ~ johns and
Columbia, J NJ Dick Independence and
Corvallis, ID v Polling, t l. Weaver T;
Buena Vista, al ] Ballantyne; Louisville
and Kings Valley, t A Yost; Sweet
Home, q n Plov man; Brooks, D 4
Haiues; Hillsboro, ] NJ Beaucamp. r l.
Locke, member OF East Portland quar-
tei ly conference. Columbia distTict-J
BJwersox, n Z Salem; Bowerson Mil
waukee; North Puget Sound, A X John
son Rockford, Peter Desgranges. 4 S
I Bollinger and 4 Strayer, members OF
Salem quarterly conference.
! LARCENY OF TosAcco KxIFE. =
Several days ago on complaint of r E
Allen, \ A Biodgctt was arrested and
examined before Justice Humphrey on the
charge OF larceny OF tobacco knife, and
held TO await the action OF the grand jury
under bonds which were furnished Mr.
Allen bought out Mr Blodgett several
months ago. RecentIy on settling up a
store account he wanted pay f,i the to-
bacco knife. claiming Il was not 10 the
sale, which Sir Allen denied, when Mr.
Blodgett picked Il up and walked of with
II. The Justice took Mr. Aliens view OF
the case,
The CORVALLIS p. o.-The Times says;
The best evidence that Corvallis Is maxi
ing steady advancement is q report o
the business transacted at our pos'offics
during the past year, These reports are
made out quarterly and show steady
increase in business that furnish unmis-
taxable proof OF our prosperity. The
total receipts at the Office for the quarter
ending June 30th, 1891, was 81 .OOS. Is
for the quarter ending Sept coil. 4 l09t "a
for Dec 31st, $l36563; and for March
L3ist, 1892, $l3S5.6s. This shows an in
crease in the last quarter over the frat
OF 81 per cent, and lie an index that oul
city is prQporticnately increasing.
SrocK IEcREAsED.--At meeting o
the Building & Loan Association las
evening the directors were authorized 4
increase the capital stock from 1900, 90
to 100000, the number Of shares fron
} 1000 to I5h0. This was made necessar
} by the new series constantly being add
ed. The association is proving fn
! thing for Albany, and deserves iiberS
suPFott
r 1861 AND is9o.-A Portland man write
{ as follows; at being important TO kno'
: what the difference was In the exirem
height of the river at your point durin
e tie food OF December. 1861, and In Feb
: ruary, 1890, you will do me great fave
/ by advising me as early as possible" Th
!. greatest height Of the willamette at a.
!. bany In February, 1890. was 50 feet u
! inches. IN 1861 Il wasever foot hlghe
approximately 5s feet
A GRzAT NIMgop All old fsh stoFie
q elephant hunts, grizzly contests, copgi
e 6ghts, etc, will have 10 take back sea
y A copy of the Sporting Goods Gazet
e has Just been placed on our table contain
q ng the followin- iteml 81 w Deyoe, I'll
q Oregon gun man, on recent trip
y Yaquina Bay, killed twenty one deer al
Q landed over fourteen thousand trout, all
D Two week time"
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