The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-09-02
ALsRA PEoPLE.-The editor OF the
Oregon City Courier who recently visited
the Alsea tells the following:

Oregon City Courier who recently visitec
the Alsea tells the following:
II you want the full benefit OF a tril
up Alsea bay, hire q boy with skiff al
Waldport to take you to 'Tidewater, "iC
/ miles up. The boy is commu nicative.
| There, up that ci eek" says he, IS the
ranch OF fellsr that went to Kansas to
marry widder. lie was dead stuck TO
get a woman, been patching goin' on 20
year and he got tn address Of the idder
from an adv'tisemen' in y paper. lie
wrote to Ter an las winter he went out
TO 'er an he's there yet Dom know, it
seems he bought 'er. lie tux along all
the stuff he could scratch up an den
sent back ERE 10 borrer $500 on his place.
Pap says rs Kansas widders must be
high an he can't afford 'em."
Are there no widows herti?'i
''No, but there is the ranch OF feller
that's crazy; that's his boat. When he
is off his base he thinks he's an angel
an then he fixes on his shoulders pair
'of wings OF green fern. o. he's aquesT
duck -
One of the oldest residents of the Alsea
valley is Mr. Hayden, who located here
IN 1854. Then Indians were numerous
and he cross~d over the Alsea mountain
from he Willamette valley by an Indian
trail. He has lived on the same farm
ever since.
a Bie SiGHr-A correspondent Il, the
Corvallis Times tells of seeing school OF
whales on a recent trip on the Willamette
Valley 10 san Francisco in The following
enthusiastic manner; "Only a few miles
OF. from shore sight met M eye ,nat
was truly wonderful. AS looked upon
II. dsVauliY wished thai our worthy
friend and fellow citizen. Hon George
Waggoner, could have beheid II. because
IL was 4 seritabie xehcoI of whales and
there are not many things that my good
friend and myself enjoy usnfe than real
whale scene-we have seen them before.
Bat these whales were sight indeed. The
SUI was sinking softly ard silently In the
western sea, and the calm waters were
gi1ed will. golden hue. Xonder, IN the
near distance. > hundred water-spouis
shimTaeTing in the lingering light oi the
diving das quickly arrested our assengion,
and presently The captain says: Look
See those whales Sure cncrgh. the
whales we've there. for now and then ore
of these monsters OF the deep would lump
fully 20 feet in the air and fall back into
the waves with sound Ike distant thua-
der. We tried with our glass 10 tell what
kind OF whale they were, and what sort Of
a game they were playing, but the coming
of darkness prevented, though we think Il
must have been shop. skip and jump" or
possibly thSv mas have beens'in bathing"
ms some of them do q: Newport -
WILL BE- SuKD.-Thc Statesman says:
Taking tie decision OF The court as basis
for the total tar for 1891. Including the
levy OF TOUR and swentY-fhrcc thirty -fiffhs
mills for carTen. expenses. fS69S.o3s. s3l
one-htih mill for suppors OF state militia,
tSo9g7o. SCI and one seventh mill for sup
port os state university. (SsI. .srsl sixes the
total state tax fkse milisl al S-s0-421 -,
Some OF the counties have already settled
IN full, others have settled on the returns
made bv tho conniy boards, u hiIe others
hase not ~ vet decided upon what Tes0rnN
70 cnacsyor 10 make settlement. The
stat. treasurer will make test case with
Mniinosnah and Linn. the suEts being
brought under the supervision of the at
,orncy gLnersl. II Is 10 be nopea de-
cixton tray be arrived al AZ an early date
and the controversy settled. The balance
due from Linn county Is SS oo0 ~. The
total IN toe state, SI4ar4IY-I9.
a RARE RELic.-The Journal Ii lis os a
very remarkable RELIC: Al tic market Of
Dawson s. White. % CcuTt street, can be
seen one ot The most wonderful casiosi.ics
of modern times. IL Is aa old knife, prob
ably lost by s3sne ,rapPer in the times CT
the Hudson BaJ company, which u gro an
into solid oak root. The tree wac abooi
four feet In diameter and a.as cut be Ash
lev White, OF the firm. on his farm in
Polk county. The knife Is about seven
inches long. has two blades, and Is enyel-
oped III solid root, with each ps psojccting
slightly. II Is impossible 10 tell how long
!, NAV have been since io>; by is owner ,
but good judges say not less than { hun
dred wears II was found in this root
faiiy fifteen inches below the grounds
surface s1d was evidently carried down
by the growth ns the roo. Relic hunters
should nol fail to sec i,.
BUESgp 80 DEATH. A child Of o O
Cartwright, OF this City, was horribly
burnsd az the Neis hop yard. one mile
above Springfield, about II 30 this after
noon- The messenger who came after
the doctor only gaye the follow ing par
ticuiars: The little girl, about five years
OF age. was playing near q eookstove
nstd bg the family in the hop yard, and
by some means its clothing took fire. and
before the same was discovered the cloth
ing WIS nearsy burned of The child. The
limbs and body OF the child were burned
horribly. and II was thought the child
would certainly die from the effects Of
the burns. DR. Paine went TO the scene
OF the accident. but had not returned at
the time OF going TO press.-Guard.
A SwEpLEE.-A man giving his name
as George Stevens was in Corvallis the
iirst OF the week attempting TO get money
nder false pretensea as told by the Ga
zette. He claimed TO belong to the | o
. +, and applied 10 Barnum lodge for
money. When asked for proof Of his
membership he said he had lost his card.
To some he said he had Si.40 and to
others sl.SO. He tried a number vi
times TO get morphine but he had no
ply prescription and could get
none. He VAS afterwards seen In max
ing small purchases to get $40 changed
twice. He is evidently q fraud. Pass
him around.
ScIo.-G " Phillips the first OF this
week sold the property lately occupied
by himself in this city to w f Curl.
Consideration, 500.
| f Coins his week sold his property
on the soath side, recently occupied by
w Gambler, to Z Miller who will in
! short time remove from his farm TO
! this city. Consideration, $500.
| Died, at the family residence Ia this
city, on Tuesday afternoon, Angus. %
i 1899, Matilda @ Claxton, in the 33rd
year Of her life.-Press.
i A CURIosrTY.-Mr P ] Smiley brought
to tho DEMOCRAT Office and exhibited to
| the hay seed editor potato which Is Ger
tainiy curiosity, looking very much
/ like an hippopotamus, having four legs,
/ characteristic head, mouth and eyes. The
i potato is IS inches long and weighs az
pounds, Mr. Smiley says he proposes tc
preserve II ani send II the worlds fair &
that the world may see how wonderful .
soil we must have that viii raise hippo.
potamuses--made of potato.
a BAD RuNAwAY.-Last Monday a