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Polls 2,250.00 Sheriff assessments 12,342.75 170,947.49 Am't collected and turned over $133,687.43 to Treasurer 261,00 Polls collected by assessor 1,158.02 Corrections by affidavit 29,180.90 Delinquent original roll 6,660.14 Delinquent sheriff roll 170,947.49 A WONDERFUL CLOCK. N C Engberg, an old jeweler who lives just above Water loo, has made clock which 9 feet inch in height feet8 inches wide at the base 14 inches deep. The frame work one thousand and fifty pieces of wood. all of which grew in the Willamette valley He has been working about three years at odd times on the frame. but much longer than that on the works. all of which he made himself the dial It now run wound up. but Engberg intends to add to it run a year jewelers who have seen the frame pronounce one of the finest they Mr Enberg intends to bring the clock to Lebanon in a few weeks Express A BEAR STORY Harry Porter, of Norton's Siding, on the line of the P cently set trap for a bear, and returned from a visit to it few mornings la A yelling lustily and calling the dogs. party of ten, among them the neighbor hood school mistress. Miss Addie Bristow. of this city, returned with him, and an hour was spent in training the dogs for future bear hunting. When the animal, wore out by pain and exertion, liberty, he laid down. apparently more dead than alive, and Miss Bristow, with long stick, advanced from among her friends and attemtped to arous him. She struck him severa. blows, when he suddenly jumped up and made dash for her. She fled, and the chase, which tinued for several yards, was only inter upted in time by the dogs, on whom the bear turned, when within couple of feet of Miss Bristow The inciden taught the party a lesson and the animal was speedily dispatched Corvallis Times. How Ir WAS OBTAINED Last Friday, June license was issued by the county clerk for the marriage of Frederick Close and Maud Heeley, of Harrisburg. The name of the witness as signed was Geo. Dayis. At the time the clerk was requested to ask the papers not to publish the fact of the license for couple of weeks couple were united in marriage by Justice George Howell the next day. It now transpires that the marriage against the wishes of the parents of the bride, who is under 18 years of age, and that the affidavit that she was over 18 waseworn to by Edward Close, a brother of the groom under a fictitions name. A warrant was issued for his arrest. but he had fled, and could not be found It is proposed to make example the case, which is not the first one of this nature to occur in Linn county AT CORVALLIS Benton county had $10,000 and Lincoln $4,000 in Job's bank. Two Corvallis Chinamen say they are husted. as they had their money in the bank Mr Bryson suits every body a as receiver of the bank, and will call meeting of creditors next Monday when the actual facts will be given. The Times says: Several trips to the World's fair have been declared off Among others are the Misses Housley and Whitaker the milliners, who have signified an intention to henceforth trim hate in mourning The First National bank there is solid, and business continues with it as usual. It lost nothing in either the failure of Hamilton, Job & Co or the Corvallis Carriage and Wagon Co,as neither one of them owed it cent. AN OREGON PLANT.- Wm Crow has taken pains to go clear to the snow line to for goine specimens of blood plant" curiosi send to the world' fair These ties of nature are about the size and shape of a pineapple but delicately formed and are of a deep crimson in color. The entire plant hen held to the light looks like a delicate and intricate piece of wax work. No matter how great the fair may be, this plant will excite considerable curiosity and astonishment -Grant's Pass Courier DISCHARGED Dr Barr, C W Thomp son and the Powers boys, who were bound over some time ago on charge of unlawfully killing elk. had their case investigated by the grand jury and they were discharged, no indictment being found against them They d'd not deny killing the elk, but showed that all the meat was used and not pound sold, and that the people in the neighbor hood had been out of meat for some e.-Eugene Register. AGGRAVATED If some of the grocery delivery boys of Salem get kicked out of the back doors, and clear over the back fences, one of these days, they will be more careful about rus ing into Salem back doors without knocking Some of them need just such treatment They are an aggravated nuisance. Statesman Come now, what was up anyway, Mr Editor. In Albany there is no time for knocking, and no one expects it. We have never heard any kicks. Albany men behave themselves in the kitchen The o. P -The first month of Receiver Hadley' administration showed net gain from the operation of the Oregon Pacific of $77. His report for April, filed with the clerk of the court on the 27th of May, makes a still better showing The figures are as follows: Gross receipts from river, ocean and rail di visions, $21,332.69: gross expenses, di vided as follows Rail, $10,747 53 river, $5,550.47 ceean, $4.64212: ne gain, $392.56. THE RECORD BEATEN was left for the rich soil of the Sautlam to take th to lead in big berries. Mr. R Douglas sent to the DEMOCRAT office a box of Sharpless strawberries, weighing a libera 15 ounces, and consisting of only nine berries. The box was full, in the usua way ALBANY WINS AGAIN At the exhibi tion ball game played this afternoon a an Independence between the Albany Independence teams, Albany won by score of 5 to 2. The innings were a 4 follaws: Albany Independence IK. Leabo and Frank Hunt. after quartz prospecting trip of seven weeks th the mountains between Ashland and coast at Smith river, returned home Sur day. M.H. Abbey, Frank Priest and Ge Washington, of Yaquina bay, are still con tinuing in the mountains that sectio and may Ashland Record
