The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1893-12-22

II ALDAN .
PLENTY or OBJECTIONABLE takes
geniu>-2 figure out this Oregon Pacific
business. and one hardly knows where he is
at on the subject. The proceedings Mt the
sale Indicate a 'ong contest in the future.
After the reading of the notice of sale At
ioney Gleason formally objected to the sale
of any of the land of the Willamette and
Cascade mountain road, Attorney Wolverton
objected ON behalf of Col llogg to the sale
of the road ut all on the ground that 1t had |
already been sold and S25 900 paid on 1T
Attorney Weatherfcrd ON behalf uf the |
Grant Powder Co. and Scarf X Dean oh )
lected to the sale of the u miles on which |
they had liens. The sheriff paid no atten- |
ton to the objections and sold the entire |
road 20 several of the stockholders. being |
some Of what as is known as the Blair fac |
ticn. for 500, 600, which leaves the holders |
of claims against the road about completely |
ont in the cold. rs the indebtedness i |
81 .0GU,0O1, and by the time the 5000. 900 |
has been squeezed little the employees |
won't get very much. The sale will |
probably not be confirmed. II is disap- |
painin2sst fFoRi the present aspect 9'heI /
present management will continue in con- |
troll
Messrs Hrgies and CLARK authorized the |
| following statement: The purchase Of |
the Oregon Pacific has ts,n made by the |
united action Of responsible parties interest. |
81 IN the development of the property. IL !
! Is expected the road will soon be put on a |
sound basis. and operated SO IA to benefit |
the communities contiguous to the road. as |
well as lts owners. The parties in whose |
name the purchase was made are: Ill
/ Beideu, Henry Martin. Y Pendetnn. s : |
H0l.ingsworth. Joseph Wharton and James
| \ BLAIR.
! In this connection the following from a |
Salem paper Is very consoiing: This Is the
/ syndicate now operating the road. and who
VIII do nj. IN their power 10 extend the line
aud make The property profitable one.
Az Old SrA0gR--Col >hiel, who died
suddenly in Salem this week was quite a
character. A Salem paper teris the fol-
/ lowing: Col Shiel obtained his title on
the staff O. Governor Kerr. Il is doubt
| iul # lie eve- had military comma Id.
During the tiities he was once prosecut-
| ing attorney Of this district. but never
acquired much lame as a lawyer or had
much Law practice. When in congress
he entrusted few thousand dollars 10
| Ben Wood, OF New York, TO speculate i
gold with Wood accumulated So, 600
| 10 $4,000. but TUNED il over TO Shiei
who soon dissipated il. Geo X Shiel
was the Breckinridge candidate for con-
gress in ls61, against David Logan at the
June election. In Noyemb ber another
election was held at which Judge Thayer,
oi Corvallis, was the only candidate. He
weni 10 Washington and his name Eas
| put on the rolls by the clerk. Shiel con-
tested and got the seat as i. was held
June was the time 10 elect. Personally
Geo h Shiel was polished. kind hearted
gentleman, with a good education in
bellies ieitres, and n degree OF gallan,ry
and cblYalTy that graced every hour of
his lie He lad OF late years lived al
most entirely off the charity of old
friends, and last year went 10 Washing
/ ton IN the hope OF getting an appoint
ment 10 some consulate. He came home /
disappointed, Int not sourei. and re-
mained cheerful 20 his latest moment.
/ The ASTORIA ELECTION. -l221 yp;ss
we're east in the Astoria election. The old
Astoria rng was completely demolished.
/ The Budget boastei tha; il never lost
battle. The same evening the editor was
whipped by Tom Linuyille. Astoria Is
/ live p.2ce- The following from the Astor-
I Ian will glyn an idea e the character Of che
4 lis elections: There is 4 guoi story 90
/ ING the r0ands about the efforts 10 secure
/ votes ~ Wednesday, eleciI1u. The 4
candidates werc naturally anxious 10
( create a good feeling A. possible and with
7 that eud III view. Used whisky pless;i fully
/ une ot the asPlrants for office sent a gallon
/ u corn juice 90 the occupants os scow
/ al JpIeT;own, and IN the course Of an hour
/ h- rd that his opponent had gone him one
| letter and ssu. two gallons and ;Eo boxes
/ Of clgars. Nc; willing 10 J.. oatdio-e. can
| dlda,e number one sid: well. / can buy
/ whisky as long Is any q them. and forth
with sent four gallons ot the best and four
! boxes of ane cigars. The rrcjPi ,ufs were
nothing 10th iu lar in stock foT the winter.
aud carefully der5satlng the liquor in q safe
| place. they went cut ami Yo;ei-as they
| pleased
! CHASGZp COMPLIMENTS The follow.
/ irg from the Salem Journal IS interesting:
/ Hon 4 Bush, the banker, and Governor
Penruyer had Pleasan; interchange oi
| political compliments a the state house
Tlley were talking tariff Mr. Bush had said /
something zbou; the governor opposing /
trusts, AFTER having made three quarters Of
! million running sawn,li under the lun- |
Ter trust.
Tina: IS nothing to III. ,rus. ,ha, existed |
when you had 4 monopoly of printing oil |
the es,ray stock notices In the state at s.. 90 |
each. Ard the Law compelled people 10 |
print them 10 yosF paper, was Pcnnoyer's |
reply. MI Bush said something abou, |
that being cheaper than It Is done at p'eseni |
and invited the governor down Iown TO |
continue The discussion,
ScIo.-Scio Is destined to have a very
cheap Christmas this time. The Sunday
school has abandoned any idea Of a tree and
the Christmas ball Is to be given for the
modest sum Of 80 cents per number.
G w Phillips and wife returned from
their eastern trip last Friday. Wash con-
. Guided that it was ursafe for "Web-foot'
, to undertake 10 spend winter in a country.
wEere the Thermometer sportiyely sinks 10
or ID degrees below zero at will.
. Last Friday according to reports very
nearly a tragedy occurred at Brenner X
, Shelton livery stable on the south side
, VI Y Bilyeu and J w Shelton were the
parties involved in the quarrel. The diff
, Guilty occurred over a business settlement.
During the melee it is said that Bilyeu
{ fourished a revolver accompanying his
! movements with threats, while Shelton had
, pressing business elsewhere Press.
THE SMUGGLING CAsEs-Nat Blum
: closed his testimony in The smuggling cases
! yesterday Blum had his facts all pat and
was never confused. On cross examination
he was proud to be more than match for
. some of the counsel and often struck back at
them in telling manner with recitals they
! had rather have kept in the dark. He had
: his records very complete. consisting oe
memoranda, letters, notes Of agreement,
cipher codes and fictitious names under
u which the money was passed. 1t is believed
7 that there will be convictions in every case.
Il NOTHING IN Ir.-The Willamette valley
>. has been detained at Yaquina Bay ON ac-
l. count OF rough weather. The DEMOCRAT
is informed that Mr. Mulcahy states that the
8 report that the steamer had not sailed on
account of fears of an attachment at San
Fr1nciso. is all rot, that the steamer will
! :, sail as soon as the weather permits and that
q here will be no detention or trouble when
reaches the Golden Gate.
n GocfEry EI rf.rIoN At the mo ting of