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About Albany daily democrat. (Albany, Or.) 1888-192? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1889)
SCHEMES. The Legislature will meet In regular session January 14th. There are whisper ings of a great many cheme are now being quietly matured by which various private interests are to be pushed at enor mous expense to the state under the plea that these schemes will redound to the benefit o the state- It would be well for the tax payer to keep an eagle eye on the movements of these schemers. To begin with, an effort will be made to foist the canal and locks at Oregon City upon the state at a large figure. Now, it should be borne In mind that the state gave this company $200,000 in bond and a large amount'of Interest to build these locks. Whether this was a gift to the company, or whether it was In the nature of a loan to be paid back to the state by the company when the state should purchase the locks,(if ever,)is notquiteclear.lt is evident that the company regards the$2co,oooas an absolute gift, while subsequent legislation indicates that the Legislature regards the appropria tion of the $200,000 as a mere loan. How ever this may be, the people are not in the state of mind to saddle on the state a large expenditure of the people's taxes to get a very large elephant upon its hands with the people to bear the burdens In increased taxation. There will be a number of bills introduced appropriating large sums to oncn uo wai'on roads between various points in the state. While it is very desir able to have new roads built into the un settled portions of the state as an Induce ment to settlement,yet the policy of appro priating state money for such purposes is dangerous in the extremc.and if the door Is nee opened to such legislation it would be difficult to tell where the matter would end Another move will be the scheme to build a ship railway at the dalles of the Colum bia river above The Dalles. This is also dangerous ground as involving the expen diture of immense sums of money wrung from the alreadv overburdened tax-payers. One of the political schemes or. foot Is a repeal of the law by which the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer as a board have control of the Insane Asylum, and by which the Governor has charge of the appointment of a superintendent and other officials at the penitentiary. A ma jority of the Board of Insane Asylum Com missioners are derrocrats, and this' move is simply to take the control of the asylum out of the hands of democrats and put it into the hands of -republicans, who have itching palms for these crumby spoils. The republicans have ample votes in the Leg islature to carry out these schemes even against a veto of the Governor should they decide to do so. There does not appear to be anything wrong in the management of these two state Institutions, and it remains to be seen whether the people will approve the change contemplated, when the only object is to secure the Insignificant spoils that attach to these offices. There are WW olher matters to which we will refer at another time, being content at the pres ent with calling attention to these matters in order that they may be discussed by the A tramp named Liauty has just been con demned at Blois for the murder of an unfortun ate woman, whom he met on the high road. He attacked and stabbed her repeatedly.afterwards throwing her into a pool while she was still livine, first taking from her her little savings, amounting to sixty cents. The peculiarity of the case lies in the evidence that convicted the murderer. On the bank of the pond near the spot where the corpse was discovered there was fimnil a lanre iiiece of bread, the end of a loaf with a singular bulge at one side, One of the neighbors testified that on the morning of the day the crime was committed, Liauty had come to her house to beg for something to eat. She pave him a class of piquette and a hunch of bread. I ie drank the wine and put the bread in the breast of his blcuse, saying he would eat it later. The loaf she liad cut it from was home baked. One of the bricks in the floor of her oven was missing so that in each batch of loaves there was one with a protuberance, marking the site of the missing brick. It wns this pro tuberance that enrbled her to identify the bread found near the body with the piece she had given Liauty. Th was forthwith found, guilty and condemned to death. Selling at Cost Until after the holi days all my stock of felt hats and bonnets, baby hoods, plushes, fancy feathers, etc. Special sale, call early. Ida M. Brush, first door east Strahan's new brick. New raisens, ourrents.oitron, lemons and oranges received at Wallace ft Thompson s. H.Ewert, praotical watotamaker and Holiday GOODS Senator Sherman carries a list of forty-three Chicago delegates, instructed and pledged for him, who were bought by Alger, an J each man's price is carried out on the list, and each case is supported by affidavit. Nursery. J. F. Backensto is the ac credited agent of Vancouver Nursery. Ap ply to him for fruit or ornamental trees at Al-a-y, Oregon. Auctiov. Auction every afternoon at M. J. Monteith's, at S. E. Young's old - t' 1- -. nf.... 411 UbL store. Goods at your own price. oe soia. If you want a clean and fine n I J. Joseph s borne made white labor iijs For sale bv most cigar dealers and at Joseph's factory. AND Artists' 31 A T E Ifc I A. t j S AT DR.CUISS & SONS. Babies. The finest line of babv carrt ages in the Valley just n celved at Stewart & Sox's. Prices are remarkably cheap con sidering the superior quality of the carriages. Big G hu given nniver sal BaUifftCtlon In th cure ol Gonorrhoea and Uleet. I prescribe It and feel safe in recommend log It to all sufferers. A. J. STORES, .!. Decatur, III. rnicE, tn.oo. Sold by Drug-glitS. Fosfaay ft Mason "Wholenale Asenti, Ej xraMirbytft trial Cfcaaktl QlnnlTiTieti CLOTH For Fall and Winter -AT- T T L. BLAIN'S. people. The railway mileage of the year just past was Increased by no less than 7,120 miles of main track. While this is much less than the phenomenal mileage for 1881, t8Sj, 1886 and 18S7, the record exceeds that of every other year with the exception of 1871, when 7,378 miles were added.Kan sas still leads In extent in new mileage, as she has done for several years California comes next. The most striking character istic of the work is the large number of separate lines of which it is composed and the correspondingly small average for each line. The building of great competitive lines has practically ceased for the present and the year's work was devoted chiefly to the construction of short independent lines or branches. The machines which are now seen in hotel corridors, where you drop nickel in the slot and get your life insured for one day, have thus far been called on to pay or.ly two policies. They were taken out by a man who was going from New York to Bridgeport and fell off a horse car short ly after he secured his policies. Two com panies are jointly interested in this bust ness. The policies are issued by an English company, which is said to have a million and a half to pay for losses, and the boxes are owned by an American company. The business is said to be increasing. Rubber Goats and Boots, Shoe NEW GOODS NEW SMYRNA RUGS AND PORTIERRES. NEW TABLE COVERS. LINEN TABLE SETS, NAPKINS TO MATCH, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LINEN AND SILK HANDKERCHIEFS. FINE LACE HANDKERCHIEFS. TRUNKS AND VALISES. SILK DRESS PATTERNS. COLORED AND SILK WARP HENRIETTAS. SILK UMBRELLAS, Boot and Shoe Department. 'ADIES AND CENTS FANCY SLIPPERS. AND CENTS FINE SHOES. MISSES AND CHILDRENS FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS, FELT SLIPPERS OF ALL KINDS. CROCKERY DEPARTMENT. CHOICE NOVELTIES IN DECORATED GHINA TEA SETS. FRUIT PLATES AN DSAUCERS. DECORATED BEDROOM SETS. LAMPS. SALAD BOWLS FANCY PITCHERS- FANCY CUSPADORES- CAKE DISHES AND A LARCE ASSORTMENT OF NOVELTIES IN CHINA. OVERCOATS, Fine Assort ment, Pea Jackets-Chinchilla Astrachan Pull Line of Duck Suitings, ALL GRADES WOOLEN OVER SHIRTS Big Stock Cardigan Jackets, HEAVY MERINO AND ALL WOOL UNDERWEAR. inter Gloves and Mi Samuel E. Young. Albany, Oregon. at or below COST. ALL WEIGHTS LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES. The nations which still eat with the fingers defend the practice on the ground of cleanliness. 1 A Malay gentieman regardr the use of a fork much as we should think of the use of a bor rowed toothpick. He is troubltd by the reflec tion that it has been in other mouths and that some lazy servant may have neglected to wash it properly. The care of his fingers is in his own charge, and he knows that they are clean and that they have never been in any one else's mouth. UMBRELLAS, HATS, ETC. Last but not w i.ra stockjof rjLOTNINC AND FURNISHINGS Stick a Pin in the fact that I am offering bettor bargains than any one else in Albany. Bougbt at bankrupt sales I oan sttll First-Glass Goods FOR General merchandise of all kinds call on me. Particular bargains in sample lot of shoes. Cash or Goods for Country Produce, G. W. SIMPSON, Albany, Oregos. A.J. ROSSITER. V. S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary uoiiege, and member of the Ontarlon Veterinary Society. Is prepared to treat diseases of all domeatlo animal, on actentino principles. Residence and office two doors east of Opera House, Albany. DR. G. WATSON MASTON Physician and Surgeon. Office opposite the Democrat STOCKMEN AND FARMERS I hereby certify that Dr. I. N. Woodle has successfully operated on my rldflmg horse, I9AAC HAY3. For further reference in regard to ridg Ings Inquire of Wm. Peterson, Dare Pe terson, Lebanon 1 John Hardman, Alfred Wolverton, Albauy ; 8am Oaines, Solo Wm. Foster, Prioeville, I practice veter Inary medicine In Albany and country surrounding. OfBoe and residenoe corner 6th and Washington Ste. I. N. WOODLE, Veterinary Bnrgeoo.