The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-08-26
LOCAL RECORD.

AoOAI< II <LOoH1J.
REAL GHOST. Coming from any
other source bu, Capita! city paper tn,
following wopld not be believed; Alder
man George Collins saw ghost willie nr
his way home the othSr night from The
Nescutia country. He isn't much of 1
hand to see ghosts. and of conse he
doesn't believe in them, brit on the night
: In question he saw ghost ana it was .
real live one, too. About IN when he
was still in Polk county not mile from
the big L-idge he looked over 10 the right
of the road and there saw the most re
markAble spectre that an alderman ever
had the pleasure of seeing on a dark night
He couldn't tell whether II was boyle
man, a kobold or fiibbertlgibbet, bu, /,
was there, an awful, demoniacal. uncanny
sight, ut least ten feet wide and fifteen fee,
high. It's legs were of red vapor, its body
of white and It's head of green,all combin
ing to make a grne some sight indeed
The councilman had some scroples
| against disturbing the thing and drove on
until he reached the tcp of the hill, when
he looked back and satisfied himself that
ii was no earthly objec', and ne has been
wondering ever since whether Ii was an
electric line franchise or the ghost of thar
big steelheSd salmon he caught on the
Nestnc'.
/ RENARkABLE PREsENcE OF MIND.-
The Dallas Transcript says: Quite dis
aster occurred on the farm of Mrs lanes
bridweli,a few days ago, which for time
| threatened fearful fate for James Brid-
well, j., son OF tie widowed lady men-
| toned. Young Bridwell was driving a
| tsur.horse self binder in the field. H.. got
down on the machine side of the team 10
make some ue~ded adjustment 10 the
harness. While in this situation some
thing frightened the horses and they
tprang forward. He grabbed a, the bits
of one of the horses but failed 10 catch
them, and away went The outfit on The
run. The Young man had but moment
10 think aud act. To escape outside the
range of the sickle was impossible. His
only hope was TO 80 fiatten himself upon
the ground that the machinc might pass
over him. Instantly he hugged the earth,
and the next instant the small outer wheel
struck him, passing over and leaving him
severely bruised but thankful 10 escape
the dreadful fate which momens before
had been threaten ID hisn as he faced the
murdercus jaws of the sickle. The horses
ran som distance and finally brought up
2gainss tree, upon which one of the ami
mals struck its head and dropped dead.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEAra.-Morc
sudden deaths have occurred the last few
months In Lane cauniy than in the rest af
oregon. The Guards Cottage Grove
correspondent under jase of August I7sh
saws: Robert Hall, an oil resident of
shiS vie s,fr ~rb.r
miles north of this place, died suddenly
Yesterday afternoon about : O'Clock, from
what Is supposed TO have been q rupture
OF an artery in the region of the hcaI,.
Deceased was about s. years of age. Mr.
hall was in town Yesterday morning; ap
pareniiy hale and hearty. went home sad
went To work piaing railroad ties near the
house Of Mr. Wm Weist, went into WeiSt's
house and lay down on the bed and died
in short time.
SfoLE a TENr.-MeSss Surles and
Monroe Miller returned lass Wednesday
evening from che Finley springs. in th :
Cascade mountains, where thrY have been
recreating for some weeks Their princi-
pal incident developed after tney had
gotten home, when Mr. Miller found that
ne was minus his tent, which was safely
s,owe1 in the rear end Of the wagon when
they started from camp. On the road
they overhauied fellow who wanted 20
risie. He was granted the privilege. BIZ
and BY he complained OF having the ague
and sos back 81 lie down on the tent.
Suddenly he took notion TO discontinue
his journey in thas icnnvsyaEce and go:
oas, taking the tent with him, though /.
was nos discovered At the time.-Dalias
Transcript.
HIGH PRIcED SrocK.-The Oregon
City Mining Co. having interests in the
Blue river mining district, authorizes
Jerome Fetierls, one of the stockholders,
TO sell o,oco shores OF paI value Of $40
each II 90 cents on the dollar, IS GEMS 0f
which is 10 be deposited in bank and paid
when the mill own-d BY the company is
laid dJwn in Eugene and the other IS
cents when IL IS made tIom the mines.
Tne stock IS fsonassessable- The CON-
pany has a mill ready to put in as soon as
road IS corapleted.-Guard.
EXCITEMENT HIeH.-w II McOscar
returned yesterday ftom Jefferson ard
says excitement was high there on Mon
day over woman who passed through
town who II Is seliesed was one of the
escaped convicts In disguise. Mr. MeOscar
satisfied himself tina; il was not one of the
| missing men, but still thinks II may have
been man in womsn's ai,ire.-JournsI-
Probably all fake, as such a Character
could not very well pass Albany without
being sized up. " have several citizsns
who can tell man in woman's clothes
nearly ten blocks away.
KEEPING ITs HAND IS.-It having
been several days since fatal shooting
| accident occurred in Lane county, a paper
published in that great gun accident
county, gives the following: Last Sun
day as n Grain was standing On his porch
he was struck on the leg by small bullet.
such as some OF the boys about town have
been in the habit of using in their sings
fer shooting birds. Ir Grain has no idea
where :his came from. nor was he much
hurt, as the bullet had spent It's force, but
IL goes TO show that there is TOO much
carelessness 10 the use of snail weapons
HoPs.-Mr George Hall reports that the
hop crop in Linn and Marion counties
will be al least twenty-fve per cent better
this year than last, and thst all the yards
are in good condition The lice are killed
as fast as they appear, and the yards are
well cared for.-Register As a high
price is the prospect, hop raisers are sn
clover, or rather in hops.
A BIG YiELD.-Mr Julius Gradwohl
| tells the DEMOCRAT of big yield of wheat
which he Is willing to vouch for Mr.
ABRAMS, who purchased The Hill iarm,or
80 acres raised 3oSo bushels, an average of
| 3SH bushels. Mr. Abrams is first class
/ farmer and accounts for the good yield
from the fact that he put the soil in the
righ: condition for bearing wheat.
A RARE CANE. We get many ideas
from drummers. Today DEMOCRAT
man was shown cane, which was simply
the horn of an oryx, or African antelope,
which friend who killed the animal pre-
sented him. tits very straight and speaks
for its genuipeness, fact demonstrated
by the DEMOCRAT man guessing what it
was with his limited knowledge of zoolo-
gy. The cane Is valued at sIoo.