The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-02-25

uhFiER dOV, Lord call an extra session OF
the state legislature Il will end in
smoke.
Ii sl20, 900 a year for 1--WE years is
spent on Yaquina as is now proposed it
ought 10 do great deal for thst harbor.
The amount is liberal one.
Hon. Til Ford, Marion county's
weaithiest lawyer, came up on the over
land last night. He is in a position 10
talk prosperity.
few days ago tramp went TO the
rear door OF a house in Albany anu WAS
empha aticaily refused anything TO eat
lie deliberately went TO the front door.
where he was met by another member
of The family and got good handout.
The raiiroaas are cutting rates red hot
between the east and west. Let them
do some freight cutting while they are
at 1t, and the steamers ditto. That il
what the wheat producers here would
like TO see.
Harvey Scott was in Peudleton the
other day, q surprise TO the people taere,
as be rarely is seen in the state ontsida
OF Portland. He is said TO be a very APP
proachable man, plain and unostenia-
tious.
Fred Dose OF woodburn has O, big
dose for certain. He sued Walter Toozs
Tor " 800 damages on account OF the
VIOLATION ot contract. and recovered
VI, besides having to pay his own costs.
which amount to about 81 coo.
W II. Post, who has just returned TO
Portland from q trip a Skayway
says the boiler of the Clara Nevada on
its trip TO Skagwav leaked 30 badly thu
several OF the crew gave up their posi- 4
fions and refused TO return aud that their /
places were probably taken by hers
/ Hon ID p Thompson accompanied by !
number OF friends, iacIud.ng Mr. NJ
Richardson. will leave IN giew weeks for
Vladivoetock, 10 be absent for many
months. This party OF gentlemen will
not, therefore, be here TO enjoy the Ore
gon campaign nexi June.-Welcome.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
"whose word was truth
Whose spirit knew
1 No ialtering before the foe
4 And sternly calm, fulfilled lie trus.
As peace begeiter Of the world"
J The last report from Dawson il that
there ls great deal OF scurvey there,
over thirty cases. OF which seventeen are
, IN the hospital. The disease is about as
bad as lepvoey. The man who brings
gold from kioadike earns bic dust.
The Journal slys that Senator King
/ oil Baker, Senator Smith OF Cla:sop, lion.
J Geo. Z. Chamberlain Of Portland, I'll.
Dsyidson, Robert Veaich, aud R.A
{ Miller are bsing mentioned for governor
on union ticket; Hon. H. r. kineaii
a Tor secretary oi state and Judge Geo. u.
o Barton for state treasurer
The irst copy OF an Alaskan da1lv ap-
peared Al SksgwAy on February 2, The
Morning Alaskan with o ". DunbAr.
, formerly OF Astoria, as editor. Iliuhar
Q 10 large, lat man. as well IS rusller,
e and hence il adapted for the business in
|, tina. country. II 10 anticipated the
E Alaskan will he not enough to melt
!. 1hiIeoot blizzard. The price IS - cents
: week, 10 eeats a copy.
!.
!, salem Daily Journal: Hon Will X
King. OF Baker county, was 10 the city
Monday on basiness before the supreme
court. He i young man who is likely
! to occupy place on the state ticket Of
the Union party. Two terms in the SEN
ate and one ia the boase, aud al able
: lawyer with great personal popularity,
! makes him suitable material. He essim-
sses that , counties out Of - are unal
!, sersbly committed 20 nnion-
d A Traveller found 9 pri0ting Office in
Kansas with four employes-tnree girls
aud = Young man OF eighteen, who was
A evidently foreman. The floor sas in
! expsessibly dirty. The traveller. an old
2 ams Publisher and pFinter. exclaimed /:
!. hos honsekeeper hete2" well"
sad one OF the girls. Its his turn 10
= sweep the Office, and we girls have con-
clnded that he shall 90 it.even ii se have
a to build an elevated Sidewalk TO get
: around IN thu meantime
Il row occurred on the streets ol
, skagway on she night OF January 81, he
tween Tom Misner. Of Colorado. and
10 Orin Osgood, OF Oregon. The trouble
vas over ossoods vile. who ran away
l. with Misner and came 10 Skagwav on the
"A City OF Seattle. Unexpected 10 diem,
i Osgood arrived on the Oregon aud met
tue guilty pair on Broadway, when the
2 land began to play and blows fell heavy
. aud fast. The matter Was settled hy
Mrs. Osgcod z ling back to her hubby
and sharing his bunk last night -Skag-
way Daily Morning Alaskan.
g
The Portland 0regonian did not fiud
o out abou. the match bid shoe, IN that
n city on Sunday, the 18th, unit. the 20.h,
week later, though published in the
D DEMOCRAT The next day and a mixed IN
!. reference TO it made in the Telegram Ii
d says: The details OF live bird shoot,
which took place at Riverside, SUNDAY.
have just leaked out, despite the effor,
!. made to keep 1t quiet. Beal aud II
! Hughes, two Portland boys, challenged
! George Froman and Meeks, of Albauy.
The boys from up the valley accepted,
and $iOO side was put up. The Albany.
: ties came ont on top and 10 save them
selves from the chatting OF their friends.
: the local team hushed the matter up as
!, Tar as possible. The old saying OF "nur
= ! der will out however, applies to muir
dering birds as well as anything else, and
Beal and Hughes will now have TO take
/ The results OF their defeat.
ri
! Mr.. Wilbur f. Cornell, well known in
: Albany who has been around Dawson
. about ten years, writes OF the cold there
. as follows: It is colder here than on the
Arctic shores. have many timea seen
/. colder weather than was ever found by
DIR. Nansen in his Arctic explorations.
The best Thermometers in the world,
from Europe, England and America
|, might cay thermometers In many Ian.
Ruaees--haye been brought here, and
! there 10 little variation in their record
|, ing, and know they are accurate. The
lowest temperature recorded was in 1886
~hen so degrees below was reached at
Fort Reliance, six miles this side OF
Dawson. There were no whites at korty
Mile then. The lowest have seen was
II below, and the thermometers showed
about 40 degrees for the entire week.
This was IN January, 1894. Should this
/ occur again, this month, many persons
/ would be found frozen to death along
, the Yukon, and the few surgeons here
} would be busy for some time making
a xNaet