The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-03-30

badly hurt. helped TO turn the stage up
of of them and pull them out They were
a horrible looking set Some one turned
in the fire alarm instead Of the ambulance
and the tiremen came dashing up. and al
together il made '+9 scene.
A DEAD ALBANY CHISAMAS.-Ihe fol-
lowing strange item is from the Corvallis
News: A few days ago 4 Chlnaman from
Albany came 10 Corvallis and had been
mendiug chairs about town. He took sick,
and last evening. about 6 clock. he pass
ed into the ilowery Kingdom while sitting
on box near his bunk in the building
north of Creighton end Quiyey's imple-
meut establishment. The death Of the
celestial WAS reported and LATER on several
citizens went to the house 10 sae him. They
found him in just the position in which
he died. which was accounted tor by the
supeIstitious Of the Chinese race. as they
appear afraid Of the dead. and would no
touch him. By request, couple Of the
citizens laid the body on table which Was
IN the room, and then left. Other white
persons soon went 20 see the dead China
man, and after viewing the body. they
returned down stairs. One % them. who
Is somewhat Of a yentr iIoquis, made
peculiar noise that sounded Is Il il came
from upstairs. and the Cinnamon lelow
were led 10 believe that their dead osnn-
tryman had come 10 life again, which
caused a stampede among theTu. One O!
the prominent physicians Of the csty was
az once summoned and rushed 10 the scene.
but he cgald NOT raise the dead. The body
OF the dead man was buried tciay az the
expense OF the Chinese Of this city, though
they made an attempt 10 have the ooauiy
stand the cost
TREATED LIEE 4 RoHBER.-A SA,en
paper tells the following. which whe,he.
true or n0s Is rather lively: One day las,
week. Just after a heavy fall Of snow. and
rain. 4 collector fur well KNOWN firm al
Salem entered the corridor Of the court
house, his oouuienanGse showing detection
in the extreme. When he go. 10 where
small party Of taxpayers were WHO had
Just emp,iei their pockets 10 lohn knight,
and who were not in 4 yery good mood,
either. he broke ont in the following mel
ancholy strain: Il will tell you aha,
the matter. | believe Ill jump the JOB.
was out all day yesterday and my oommIs-
sion on what collected amounted b just
sfty cents and to get tina, had 10 spend
foTty-iive cents for heer. And 4 would
not be so lad II fellow was treated half
white. Why. for a fact, some of the per
sons have called upon actually ssecm 10
think iha; ] am highway Toblser. and
they treat me as such. One man whom
had small bill against when presented
i; had the nerve TO want TO borrow a dol
lar q me 10 pay his Hill with. Now.
today made ihirty-ilve and bnTsa TO b@
deportei il il didn', COS; me hfty cents for
beer besides losing my umbrella
4 Coon TaN0.-An Albany nan says
the following is the best aEiical on Tie
subject he hae syer read.
There was once Long Headed Man
who invented a Household Jet7sil OF
such general Utility that instead OF giving
il Name setting forth an 1uielligible
idea OF its character, he called il simply
Good Thing.
So Proud was he OF his Good Thing,
that he would not make its Existence
come in and ask for the Coed Thing I"
the Trouble OF telling Them Ahlut il. II
people don't know II when they see Il,
they must suffer the Consequences OF
| their Blindness -
When Mortgage was Foreclosed on
him Little Later, the Successful Bidder
A dveEtised the Good Thing in Several
Papers, and he had Difficulty in employ.
ing q sufficient number OF Men 10 NIL
the Red Wagons that Backed mp at the
Door.
LEBANON. David Fry sill itave today
/ e. 4, 4 Vakzr
open confectionery store. We wish the
gentlemenn the hest Of success. Charley
| Anderson takes Mr. Fry's place on the Ex-
press.
A party Of eight persons have arrived
here from Illinois with the intention Of To-
eating. One of the gentlemen is brother
of VIM Rilea of this city. 4 young man
from Nebraska also arrived here this week
Many eastern people ARE coming TO Oregon
| PM Smith has concluded that he doe
not want the Office of assessor. and the
democrats of this vicinity will work COR th'
nomination Of S o Wallace for that place
The democrats could not make bette
nomination than Mr. Wallace; indeed
| there is not more honorable man or a NOR
deserving man in the county. Advance.
A MOUNTAIN OF SNow-We have ha,
lsoveral little storms this winter rcsuttm
in a total fall of several inches. How a
compared with the following from tn
Idaho World: The record of the fall o
snow kept by MI Hutchinson for the las
thirty years foots up the enormous depth o
43l feet and IL inches up to the LIST O
March-enough to make the most expeT
ioaced mountaineer wonder with amaze
ment at the great quantity be has walowe,
through in the last thirty years Thi
winters fall, understand, is 1856 inches q
the beautiful, and more coming, and tina
is not what we want Just now.
CAVE DEvLoPMENT.-B O McCulloc
was in this week from the caves. II
reports lots of snow. but two substantia
log houses are now in readiness for III
Examiner party who have been telegraphe
for. Fifteen men arc now busy packin
and making trails in from Williams to til
mouth of the caves, but the party fror
San Francisco will have to foot it throug
the snow for several miles. The promoter
of the enterprise are in hurry to hay
the caves come into prominence during III
iMidspring fair at Sunset City.-Grant
Pass Courier.
TRACKS OF A GIANT,-Bob Ccmpbe
. was up the river hunting cattle this weel
and on the divide between Simpson cree
{ and the creeks running into the 0lalla /
run across the track OF man. which trac
measured 1915 inches in length and Wi
proportionee accordingly. Not only OF
but several tracks were found and the
were all of the same size Bob vouch
for the truth of this story and cites as wi
nesses Dudley and Chamcey Trapp, wi
were with him ut the time.-Toled