The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-01-26
FRIDAY

The high water closed the schools oi
WoodbuTn for week.
Regular monthly meeting of the Build
Ing and Loan Association tonight.
The salary OF the marshal of Salem has
teen reduced from 500 to $1,000.
Committees Of safety are being organ.
lied In different eities. Salem ras one.
The move 10. ;oll he bridge. the Man
about Flown predict viii be defeated
! about TOT.
The counties IRE nesr'y all cutting theii
levies down, Lane is feduced from ~
mills to ISL mills.
Regular meeting this evening of Reu,
lah Rebekah Degree Lodge. mi ial.on.
Let all members attend. By order of y 6
Al o:3o O'Clock this forenoon no snow
had fallen at Lebanon. while the ground
at Albany was covered, about two inches
falling here.
The Jefferson Club OF Yamhi;i county
mas been organized with q Z Ccssow
formerly OF this CRY, now of McMinnviile.
as president.
The total amount sft tax In I.inn county.
State. connty, city aud district viii be -
mills. Th.t is what the DEMocRAr man
wrote II; but 1, was set up IS.
Marion County a'so comes to the from,
with low tax, feing mills for schools.
ITO for county purposes and $40 for
state purposes, total of IS m lis, the same
as Linn county.
County CLERK PAYNE la, jos. turned
over 10 the co Anty treasurer she balance Of
sS99. 10 trial fees collected by him since
iiliirg the Office OF county e.eFk-
II has been stated that the bridge III
need planking this year. An exsmina ion
OF it ~iIl reveal the tact tina, Il viii not
need replanking for two or three wears,
exeep, perhaps In thu case Of a very few
rlanks.
Republican candidates for governor are
very plentiful The iarcs, entries In
the race for the nominsliln arc Hon ID r
ThomPs IN, Hon . y Denny and Co. ] T
App:rson Of Oaegon City
the On gon Land Company has decided
10 open branch ofsIec in Omaha. Secre
tary B s Cook, VITO is noS in The east.
will have chzrge of The new Office ua,Il
ii i well es,a5lishsj.-SAle;u Democrat.
f Van vrantin. Of junction was ia the
city Tuesday looking si er l tramp who
stole couple ot iiass belonging 10 hts
daughter the eveaiag -e!1te. No, fnd
ing his man here he took The local for Al
6Any - Harrisburg Courier. he was 70;
here
The Southern Paelac Company aisbars
es over s. i.ou-o.o COO Month in gold and
silver coin 10 employees in It's service. and
the California papers say Ihe company Is
again ticking Of pay ing Ia hank checks
everywhere along the 'lae.
An Albany lady has secured a pretty
sure cure for The grippe. Every evening
before re;iflag she gathers her family
about her. fxes up eish Of oaioas, vice
gar sn3 salt, and al pzrsske o. the savors
cssh, Wiih bFoSn bread. Try J.
Mrs Gale. a woman working ia
the Salem lauadrv met wish peculiar
accident. Her hand goa caught in rc
no: Faaa6ls, and was not only badly bum
cd hu, was crushed in serious manner
several boaes being broken. TIE a;isu6
! log Physician states taai her fiasrrs NAV
be saved, but she wsii pFosab'y lose the
use ct iseT hand.
DISTRESS Ur TIKI SA&TaAN The SA-
lem Journal says. There Is undoub,esil,
liable 10 be great deal Of suffering asaoas
The settlers along the >aaisss.s rsses sas.a
/ Mill ctr. W II E>tT. who has settled !
I-----ss------sEE g lnlls AID hall from thsTe, ha
t'essn A she CIT twcs8zys lossslse t.E si1g'
/ but without Success. He cane 10 the Jezsr
nal ofFrs last night and stated his ezss
1 He left his family there Ia a eAhins q wifs
and three little children Tisev had 35 III
II fi0ur Jeff. That xas ali. Msuy fami
lies are living on vegetables straight. hay
/ ing neither -four nor meat lie offered |;
work fSr ~ cts day. In the EoVe 20 s~nl
them some saouey 10 ge. food Who ar
the pe1uie on the SaniIaul liab.e To beoom
ies;itntey kanchers. settlers who 1--we Il
rented places. miners newuoners. logger.
hculcstcaders- .hnnicrs.-pcople formeFi
employed in the ssswnilis and IumtssT camp
there. row idle They have no cattle 0
supplies, nothing TO sell. nothing 80 ear
and mo help from nowhere In sight SUI
plies will have 10 come from somewhere
Some one responsible up there should I
prepared to receive ard distribute naoe
saries of life. Thousands Of dollars al Ill
paid labor due from the railroad compAn
Is also a great source Of destltutlon. II
poor people had counted upon this and ii
greatest hardship results from the failure
the company. There should he imnieSlIai
relief for these pcopIe or the-e will le gee
suffering The Ionrnai has given Mr I'd
few day s wors 30 he can send his famlI
relief He has a bottle Of gold dust to se
and says II the river was nc; 50 high
could make small wages washing gold.
An ATEoCIoCs CRIME. 49, An Albar
man shows The DEMOCRAT Il copy Cf Il
Coast Review with an accoant Of mo
atrocious trimc in order 30 secure insu
anoe money. one that makes ones blos
! cur,lis. According 10 a confession Il
, young man. Charles Mason.J VI Hammer
!, Of Fremont county. Idaho. on Nov y Ia,
, poured coal oil over several horses Mas,
, drove into the formers barn, as well As on q
! floor of the barn and adjoining house. Al
, set fire 10 the oil. entirety consuming 4
horses, barn and house. on which there W
!. a heavy insurance. Hammond was plac
Z under $500 bonds and Mason under 81 s
: bonds. After reading such accounts 1t
4 no wonder insurance companies want
I, take time and investigate the origin Of III
q where there are suspicious circumstanc
4 connected with them.
T SMUGGLING PHEAsANTs. Another XII
u of smuggling Celestials is reported by t
Ashland I'idQgs: Twelve pairs of Chine
pheasants i.rriyea in Ashland the arst
a the week consigned 10 a Pullman condu'
or Of the X Il, and destined, il is und
stood, for shipment TO Oakland or 5
Francisco. As the law of Oregon prohib
!; the shipments of these pheasants out Of /
y :, state, dead or alive, neither the expr
- nor railroad company viii accept them
~ shipment. ana unless they shall be slnuggl
g across the line they will have to be shipF
= back to the consignor, or disposed of hel
u They came by express from Tangent.
le A HERMrT,--lnsanity causes many
9. culiar freaks in mans make up. Here
d another. told 10y the Salem Democrat.
Id Jonathan Ferrell. aged 73 years, Y
o, yesterday committed to the insane hospi
ID from Josephine county. He is insane
IL religion and is vicious. For three ye
he has lived the life of hermit Mt Gr'
-. Creek, having rich placer claim tn
% which he had worked considerably.
'is denied himself nearly all the comforts
;, life while there were many dollars in 6
Id dust in his cabin. Up to the time of
'r, arrest by Constable Randle, who broul
y, him to Salem, the old man had subsis
w on cowhide diet,
OF
st
1t,
re When Baby vas sick, ws gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for castoria
Mia ebo ,l,,ns, q Tacts,l