The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-03-18
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On the stage Tor The Dallce, aud when
The stage was about four miles from town
and was going up short hlll north OF
Mckay cr~ek, ak masked men rose 10 IN
the mad, ordered the driver John Miller,
10 halt and With drawn rls,oirs made
doom rct on the stage A age man,
who did al the talking. struck him. he
thlnks With pistol. maki,su severe cut
on hi, M ,uih rhen tn, h,und hts
haods nrlilnd Nv. back and hi, hhn everal
times, ant threatened t,' hang ~ ~ uairss
nc would pn,misc 70 lyaN, Ahc countrv
and take all the Chinaurn .,rr- ,,ilt hin
One ol ,l,r pariN cut oH hi~ cu~. aud att, '
again ", log 10 make nin pronllS in take
all The ChinAmcn cut uf the country. pui
him on the 'asc aud ordered the driver
TO 60 On. They uad nn auemp, 10 rob
him or axe any mone, or papers f,Cm
him. The same night An I've. manager,
ot Qnong Hing = Co.'s storr, says either
ak ~ seven men came to his store and
tried 20 get him ont, but he refused To
open his doors and they went away lie
thinks thev wanted TO get him cute aud
MI him orcut of his cue.
Coon NRIGHnoRs. Lame Il great
county Tor peculiar suits. uere Il an
other that tells about two neighbors:
Some time since the two boys belonging
respectively to ] McClanahan aad L r
Liver,nore got into row, and Mr. Liver
more was arrested and haed for taking
part In the trouble. Since that time Il
seems that the two families have been At
enmity. The result OF the same has no
appeared in a new case Th1rsday ,Hulda
MeClanahans was granted an injunction
against l. K Llvermore, In the circuit
court. The complaint alleges that there
l. a a.
ises of plaiatiH and defendant; the defend
ant. with intention to vex and annoy the
plaintiffs family, threatens to aud Is
maliciously building n solid plank fence.
ten feet high, between the premises Of
plaintiff and defendant. that will shut of
the light and view OF the street; that the
kncc Is to be 100 feet Ia length; that Il
not restrained he viii complete the struct-
ure, and thereby do great and irreparable
damage, and create great annoyance TO
plaintiff. Judge Pipes granted temporary
injunction and viii hear a motion To make
perpetual Ia few d,ys.
DRIvER's LEcrURE.-Rey Driver de
livered his lecture last night, at the NJ +
church, on "What Made the Yankee"
70 a very appreciative audience. IL was
full o! cream. displaying research and
originality of thought. Few men possess
n greater store OF general information.
The speaker showed how our constitution
was modelled after that Of the Israelites,
mentioning several striking likenesses.
There were thirteen tribes OF the Israeli
ties aud thirteen states Of the U. s. No
foreigner could rule over either. A for
eigner could be naiuralized, etc. lie
made the Yankee, (any native citizen Of
the U. ST. the greatest OF all men, first
in war, first in government and first in
inventive genius. He is made up Of all
nationalities going before him, hence his
wonderful versatility and leadership in
the present progress OF the world. lie
is the contamination OF all other people
He said il took 1000 years to make the
Jew, 1000 TO make the Dutchman and
600O TO make the Yankee.
The You've DIsABLED. = The river
steamer, r G Young, finds hard road
to traveli' in the upper willamette. The
river Is quite low at present and in many
places between here and Eugene the
water is shallow and very swift. But
she has made few successful trips be-
tween here and Harrisburg and the pro-
prietors are by no means discouraged hy
near Peoria, on her way down with So
ton cargo when the swift current swung
the little craft around with such force as
10 strike the stump OF tree on the river
bank and break every paddle on her
wheel. She was tied up for repairs,
which can be made without much diff
Guilty, when she will continue to do good
service on the upper river.-Times.
ENTERED rHE CoLUNBiA The follow
ing extract taken from the report OF
select committee TO congress, dated May
10, 1925, M Boyless, chairman, Is very
interesting now, on the eve OF the cen
tennial celebration Of the discovery OF
the Columbia. ITO this period (l790)
the long range Of coast, stretching from
IA deg. 80 min. 10 AZ deg. min. was
wholly unknown; it had not even been
described. On the 1ltb day Of May,
1892, the Oregon, or Great River of the
West, was discovered by Captain Robert
Gray, then on his second voyage, and
tered the river and gave it the name Of
his ship"
SrAYToN's ELECTION The city election
occurred at that city on last Monday.
and Was a very exciting contest, nearly
every vote in the city being polled. The
license ticket won by q vote ranging
from IA majority for the mayor down to
B. The total vote was 1U9. Following
was the successful ticket: Uriah Whit
ney, mayor; w ii Hobson, Y Richard
son, J P Davy and oC Winner. council
meni Jerome Grayer, recorder; Taylor
Smith, marshal ] z Thomas, treasurer.
A LEAP YEAR DAScE.-A correspond
ent writing from Cloverdale gives the
following: "Across the river from Albany
In the granga hal Friday night, a merry
company of nearly twenty-five couple en-
joyed themselves dancing. The ladies
Paid the bills and furnished fine supper,
and the affair was pronounced by the
gentlemen present Hthe nieefs dance we
have ever had in the hall" We expect to
have another one-wben the bridge is
dcue."
A FREAK OF NATuRK.-On last We'd
nesday our butcher, James Taylor, killed
heg which was curiosity In its way
The animal was entirely waEling in the
usual auricular appendages; that is % say,
It had no ears. The places where those
useful organs should have been > was per-
fectly smooth, not even the slightest
break IN the skin being visible. The nog
In lie was, Of course totally deaf.
Gazette.
THE Book socIAL.-Tbe Y NJ G book
social takes place Friday evening, March
18th, at the opera house. A delightful
program is being prepared by the bes
talent in the city for the occasion,
small admission Of ten cents will b
charged at the door TO defray expenses
Our library donated by generous people
will be on exhibition. Every body com
and see 1t.
A FREAK OF NATURE.-Mr John Gill
land, who has been in the city attendin
court, tells the DEMOCRAT about pi
which is certainly curiosity. In
litter Of pigs this one formed strikin
feature. It has one head, neck an
breast, and then divides into two pigs
there are eight legs to 1t, and four ears
but only two eyes and one snout. II
hairless. Mr. Gilliland has preserved
In alcohol, and any one collecting curl
osities can secure 1t OF him.
ARTISTIC woRK.-One Of the be.
decorated rooms in Albany may be see
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