The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-09-28
THURSDAY

was Also called our. 1he In dependent
touches him up in this style: After, he
resumed his speech, Senator Dolph who
was present, was introduced in another,
long, windy and iulsome speech. The
old gentleman promptly came TO the
front and delivered himself of a drearv.
old-fashioned, and meaningless TRADE
against everybody ard everything but
Senator Dolph. He had also the extreme
ly bad taste to introduce politics to the
attention of his listeners, OF various
kinds Of political faith, but who were
here for common purpose. and that
purpose not to be insulted. In q very
short time, the audience so thinned out
that the speaker mad to direct his talk
to the few who occupied the band stand
with him. and who wers rallied in so that
it was impossible for them to make their
escape. He had those poor fellows Just
where he wanted them. and he took adj
vantage OF his opportunity. Mr. Dolph
Is tall man, who presents picture OF
no intellectual force whatever. He has
about as much expression as the petri-
fed woman on exhibition in q small
T, canvass tent on the Outside. He would
have made good cavalier in the days
oil Charles l OF England, and he made a
great mistake in noi having been born
4
his name sould have heen banded dow n
to pos eritv He dom belong 10 this
age.
GuS ACCIDENT. Lane county has let
up for few days on stand ups and il
now starting in pretty lively on ills crop
oil gun accidents. The Guard tells of an
other: A shooting accident occurred at
4 nod ANNxy sknk4 -
OF here on the Siuslaw river, last Sunday,
Two boys, Justin Phillips and Ralph
Nichols, had gone out shooting with a
A calibre self-cocking revolver. From
the meagre account ob,ainable, ,it appears
hat Phillips was holding the revolver.
when by s1me means it was discharged;
that Nichols was standing directly in
front OF him and the ball entered his leg,
and striking the bone, so that il came
hack and lodged in one OF Philips legs
Lane county is certainly the CHAMPION
gun accident location in the state Of Ore
gon.
TALL sIsrERs. The height OF the
highest peak of the Three Sisters, the
snow capped mountains to the east Of
US, has several times been roughly esti-
mat'd, and aneroid harometers have
been used, but varied widely. The
height has been yariodsly estimated all
the way from 5000 TO Il, 200 feet above
the level OF the sea. When Prof Nc
Aiister went to the summit of the high
est peak last summer he tooS with him
a mercurial barometer for the purpose Of
obtaining the true height, the frat
mercurIsl barometer ever iaxen on the |
mountain. He found the height TO be !
lO.OSS feet Register.
STATE FAIR.-The AS bicycle race was !
won by VIM. Shipp, of Salem, Murphy |
second; Sears was 4th. Time 2:45. The |
one-fonrth mile race was won by II. B. |
Hewitt, Rabcock second, Murphy 3rd, |
Sears 9th. DR.. Wright was at the end. |
Time, 81 seconds. The three mile cap |
was won by Hewitt, r. A. Miller second. |
Sears did not enter this contest
Jack the Ripper won the . 40 race in |
three straight heats, best time 2:3l1z. |
Mowltza won the running race in ;42i6 /
which makes an Oregon record by an 4
Oregon horse. Normande won the ll-I6
race and Vulcan the III hurdle in /
2;06il breaking the Pacific Coast record.
WHERE Is HE.-A dispatch from
Burns reads: Much concern is being ex-
pressed as to the whereabouts OF William |
Harvey, who left here two months ago |
with a light wagon for Albany. No news !
OF him has been received since his ar |
rival there, except that his team has been |
IN waiting several weeks TO bring him |
back.
Mrs Psrkes, OF Tacoma, is in the city |
the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs Il |
Ewert.
Married. at the Presbyterian parsonage
Io EaasA,. -
of Charlottesville, Rev f r Prichard Of |
fciating.
II b Sacry returned last night from
Upper Soda on his bicycle, having made |
the trip in day.
Mr. and Mrs A II Martin went TO Salem |
today to attend the funeral OF Mr. Martins |
sister, Mrs Jane Miller, who died there |
yesterday.
Mr. Wallace Baldwin, commander Of |
the soldiers home was in the city this |
noon on his way TO Benton county for
an outing
Prof Mckee, former teacher in the |
Albany college, now manager Of the |
Occident OF San Francisco was in Albany |
this noon on his way home by way OF |
Portland and a Pacific steamer.
Mrs Geo + Craw, having improved q |
little, was removed yesterday from So
dayille to Albany, where she is now at |
NJ; Frank Craws residence in that city. |
Mr Craw came home on last nights |
train.-Guard.
A wedding suggests others, and the
Man about Town can cover the fingers
OF both hands with marriage ceremonies
that will probably occur inside a year,
and are now SO far along as 10 indicate
engagements.
Senator Dolpb spent this forenoon in
Albany, while on his way to the bay.
He 10 going to see wba. his constituents
need. We hope he will keep MS optics
on the Willamette also and help to give
us a navigable stream twelve months in
yesr.
Mr. Dolph was accompanied TO the Bay
by Hon o n Denny, l. + Blain, q F
Simpson, J r Wyatt, n H Allen, Fl J
Hopkins and D B Monteith.
There will be m seting Of the teachers
of The Albany public schools at the central
school house on SATURDAY. at one O'Clock.
Prof Tyree requests all the teachers TO be
present.
About Fifty persons em2loyc cd at hop
yard near Salem struck for so cents per
box, the first of the week. They didE't
get it. and were replaced by persons will
ing to accept 40 cents.
Messrs E II Coils and w S Love, of
Portland, arrived here Saturday. I hey
are out on two weeks vacation and tx
pect TO cover 500 miles of territory. They
are walking, doubtless for their health,
| and from here expect to cross the noun
| tains 10 Prineville and a roundabout route
back home.-Regisier Probably suggest.
ed by the tramp Of McAmant and Ross.
Messrs Stone ar.d Bonner,reprs sen,ing a
syndicate of Montana contractors, who
ere investigating matters with view to
purcbasing the Oregon Pacific and extend
ing II eastward were In Albany yesterday
and went to the Front to look over the
field. A double head would be proper for
an item like this, but our citizens are
tired of double headed railroad items and
are waiting for action.
Real faith never grows weak By has-
Ing to wait. Sufferers taxing Hoods