The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-05-25

" nave BuDIe lilan
any other county in Oregon. Yesterday
morning at Eugene Clarence, the IL year
old son OF Joseph Lane was handling a
% calibre pisto! which his brother three
or four years older had procured from
some boys on'y day or two ago, says
the Guard. Placing the muzzle OF the
piece in his mouth he was going 10 show
how that man Noes shot himself in the
mouth" He pulled the trigger but the
gun had in il a cartridge shell loaded
with 3 shot. The shot passed through
his tongue lengthwise and lodged in the
back OF his neck The bog bled profuse-
iy but DIR Paine. the attending surgeon
thinks there is no sericus danger Prob
ing has not located the hall but the
chances are that leaving it alone would
prove less dangerous than persistent
probing.
ANARRow ESCAPE Marshal Eastland,
last evening, arrested one Miller On the
charge Of drunk and disorderly. The
man resisted and it took several men to
convey him 10 the city Jail. About 10
O'Clock Marshal Eastland and Policeman
Mathews had occasion to look into the
Jail, and was surprised to see the same
full OF smoke. After hard work the bed
ding, which the drunken man had set on
FIRE, was hauled out OF Jail. Tnen they
got hold of the man and dragged him out
to the fresh air. He was unconscious,
and it took fully ten minutes to bring
him TO. II was certainly a narrow es-
cape for the individual, as it was purely
accidental that the officers went to the Jail
at that time OF night. Miller was fined
S33 this morning by Recorder Doris. He
paid $50 OF the amount, and will prob
ably serve out the other Sl3.-Gua!d.
ASorHER FLYER.-Geo NJ Miller, who
recently invented flying machine OF
which considerable has been said,i now
working on another design. His first
invention was designed with feather like
contrivances made OF aluminium, there
being two sets, one to give an upward
tendency TO the machine, and the other
| 10 act as propeller. 1t was TO be worked
| with kind OF bicycle arrangement. His
| latest design is screw shaped balloon
From this balloon will be suspended ma.
| chinery by which q man can operate the
balloon, the screw shape proDelling it
| through the air. The balloon issto be
| loaded with hydrogen gas and it is ex'
| pected the height to which the balloon
will ascend can be regulated very easily
Register.
BASE BALL.--Next Saturday the In.
dependence Juniors and Albany jlniori
will lay base ball on the college campus,
beginning at 1880 O'Clock. Following
are the mines:
Young Albanies-Frank Galbraith c
Frank Layton p, Wade Davis Ist b, Harr,
Crawford 2nd l.. Fred Weatherford 3rd b
Harry Cusick s >, Clyde Danns,s 4, Yer
non Ramp +, Charlie Chamberlain +
Independence-George Murphy c, Eli
Burck p, Clarence Wagner Irst b, Ray
mondHuckle and b, 0hs Robertson 3rd b
Herold Belt SIS, Clyde Hill {, Jessie
Shelby c +, Willie Estes IF.
BEFoRE JUDGE BELLIKGER.-Ed Edward
Landers, of Albany. was arraigned befor
Judge Bellinger at Portland yesterday o
charge OF sending obscene letter
through the mails,and on entering pie
OF guilty was fined $25. which he paiC
, The letter was written to A w Bond, {
Irving, who was rival OF Landers in tn
affections OF young lady. The letter
said not to have been very bad; but wa
unsuitable for the mails.
A New RAILRoAD.-A San FrancisC
. dispatch reads as follow: Barclay Hel
. ley and Johnson, of this city .togeth'
4 with Calvin Stewart, Of Fort Bragg,
!, w Hunt of Wala Walla and r 8 Strahal
of Portland, have filed articles of inco
poration for a rsi'road line in Mendocir
county. Capital stock is placed at :
$4,000.
BICYCLE TRIP.-Geo Wilcox and wi
: las. Saturday rode from jefferson to f
: gene on their bicycles. The trip cover
a distance of slxty-fve miles and is
pretty long trip for one day over Il
roads in their present condition. 1t
doubted if any lady in Oregon ever ma
longer journey on wheel In one da