The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-01-22
Che atalatrat.
LOCAL RECORD.


erty equally between his nephew, Tho
Johns, OF Minnesota, whom he made exc
eutor his brother, VIM Johns ,ot England
and the children OF four deceased brother
and sisters On Jan. 7tL, awhile bsior
he died he made a codicil to his will, be
queathlng $1,000 to Elizabeth Whitehead
OF FoSSln. The will has been admittc,
TO probate With Hon ] X weathertord a,
executor, Mr. Thos Johns now In the city
not being resident of the state, being dis
qualified. Miss Whitehead Is also here
She was engaged to Mr. Johns, snC
recently came here TO be married. but th'
health Of the deceased prevented Il. She
Is sister of Mrs John Briggs and Mr'
Thos Jones, Of this city. whose guest she
now Il. Mr. Johns left an estate valued al
$4,000, according to the petition for ~
executor.
CIRcuIT CouRT.-The following new
casec have been begun: TG Price All
NJ Scott, sheriff Recovery OF possession
OF personal property. OP Coshow and
r Wyatt, attorneys for plaintiff. VIC
Cassell agt Nancy Cassell. Action TO SCI
aside deed. G 4 Nolverton, attorney
for plaintiff. The Oregon Furniture Co
agt Thos Brink, Recovery of money at
tachment. X Neatherford attorney
for plaintiff. Claims amounting
TO about $1,000 are reported in the hands
of attorneys for collection from Mr. Brink.
Monteith & Seitenhach agt r T. Hous-
ton. Recovery OF money. III II Hewitt,
attorney for plaintiff.
IT RRMNDED Hm.-Chief Gerry, of the
Spokanes, Is dead. The Oregonian men.
tions the fact OF his having been humbleti
years ago by Col. Wright, since which
he never displayed so much spirit. Mr
Andy Hunt, OF this city, who has seen
the Chief, and was up in that country
awhile alter the humbling, says it was
probably because the Chief lost his favor
ite pony. 1t seems that in order to sub
due the Spokanes all their hors IS were
correlled and shot, and Mr. Hunt remem-
bers seeing the immense pile Of bones
afterwards in Dead Horse hollow or some
such savage name.
LucKEY HIr.-J G Luckey, Indian agent
At Warm Springs, Is not only guardian OF
the Indians property and rights, but Of
their persons as well. This was quite
iorcibly illustrated upon his head recent
iy. A white man and an Indian were
lighting at the agency, when Mr. Luckey
ran In to stop the fight, and received a
heavy thwack from a stick In the hands OF
the white man, Knocking him down, max
ing a severe wound on his forehead while
the con OF the forest escaped unscathed.-
Oehoeo Review.
ANOTHER Bio RoAD.-The Portland
Telegram says: There is we'll defined
rumor in circulation that the Rio Grande
Western Railroad company will build a
line from Salt Lake City to Coburg, on
ha lspz -
lis miles south OF Portland a distance OF
some 500 or 600 miles. 4 survey u this
route was made some time ago, and n
bill empowering a company TO secure the
right OF way passed the legislature at its
January session Of 1891. One OF the con-
ditions was that fifty miles per year
should be built, that OF course, within
the limits OF Oregon.
THAT SHOE FAcrokY.-Carl Karr
started east yesterday to purchase the
machinery for the shoe factory 10 be
started at Charlottesville. He will visit
Chicago, New York and other cities dur
ing his absence and he hopes to be able
to get back in aboIt twenty days. The
factory will be q big thing for Crawiords-
vile and southern Linn county. Carr
is a thorough shoe man and will be the
Douglas OF Oregon before two years.-
Corvallis Times.
SPEAKS FOR OUR CLIMATE. - County
Commissioner B w Cooper has handed
the DEMOCRAT several apples Just picked
from tree in his orchard. They are
absolutely sound and solid, a fact that
speaks for the mildness OF our climate
and are the better favored for having
remained out. Few localities in the q.
3. could report n like circumstance on
the 10th Of January.
The COUNTY COURT convened in the
court house this forenoon and made
tax levy Of Is mills, the same as last
year, good showing in view Of the fact
that the county will help pay for the
bridge at this city this year. Tie tax is
divided as follows:
State, 3 mills.
Schools, mills.
County government mills.
PoRTLASD.-The figures given by the
Oregonian in its yearly review for 1881
show the following important facts:
Bank exchanges, 500, 800, ,169; number
of new buildings, 2l34, costing s6,647, :
465; wholesale trade, $I38, ,I27, 600 :;
manufactures, $50, ,S54 sos; real estate
transfers, $ll ,020, sos; post Office re-
ceipts, $2l1 ,1J3: firms in business, 223l, =,
capital invested, $76,c00,0O0. Portland
Is in the swim in very emphatic man
ner, and is backed by solid figures for
uture work.
IN FAVOR OF THE y. r. - Yesterday at
Corvallis in the case of the WiIamette
Valley * Coast Railway against the sheriff
of Benton county, TO enjoin the collection
OF ftaxes, Judge Pipes decided that the law
exempting the company from. taxation
was constitutional, and made the injunction
perpetual. The effect of this decision Is
to exempt from taxation their property al
so in Linn and Marion counties. The
case will be appealed to the supreme
court.
The APOLLO BAND will be as follows:
Prof w II Lee, leader, saxophone; Rev
E X Prichard, buglc; Fred Fortmilier,
clarinet; Chas II Hart, Z cornet; . G
Mcfarland, e cornet; z Z LaIimore, B
cornet; A Prichard, saxophone; G z
Hawkins, alto; w F Hearst. alto; DIR J c
Littler, tenor; VIM Fortmiller, terror; ]
Z Miller, tenor sli1e trombone; S N
Steele, baritone slide trombone; l. u MIL
Ter, baritone; ID II McCullagh, tuba; c
w Sears, tuba. This promises to be one
OF the best bands In the state, the material
all being drst-class.
Coon THKoRETICALIY.-Att the regular
meeting of Salem grange Saturday tn,
following resolution, introduced by Judg'
X p Boise, was adopted: "Whereas, It'll
shown by national statistics that capita
investment in agriculture does not yiel,
more that 3 per cent, therefore, Resolved
That farmers should not carry on thei
business on borrowed money at the cur
rent rates of interest; that we are opposes
to the credit system and the mortglg
system"
AN OcrooENEAN DEAD.--Dled Januar.
nth, I8os, Nancy Wigs, mother Of w
Wigs, of Shelburn, Linn county, Oregon
aged SO years. She was born In Merce
county, KY, February 2sth, 1906, an
married John w Wigs, February 27tf
1873. Moved to Missouri in I845, wher
her husband died in 1875, when she rove
to California with her son. thence to Orc
gon in 1884, remaining with him until he
death She was of Baptist faith and live
a consistent Christian life for seveni
vnora Mil Ctt,,