The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-06-26
TO PATRONS OF THE DEMO
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A1Dott 0seDEoNtii tor Jou pFlntlhgf huNSihs'
ing and subscription to the STATS RTcurs
DExocRAT, are attached in my hands for in
diyidual debts of the said NJ. II. Abbott
Therefore, all persons knowing themselves
indebted to the firm Of Abbott & Brown,
are hereby warned not to pay any monies
on said accounts to any otser person than
the undersigned. / am made responsible
by law for these accounts and am the only
person authorized to receive and receipt for
them. Any persons desiring to settle their
accounts with said firm are requested to call
on me. ut the DENooRAr Office, where they
can receive the necessary credits on the
books and procure receipt therefor.
All agents having money in their hands
belonging to Abbott & Brown will govern
themselves nv the above notice.
Albany, june %. 1869. NJ. V. BROWN.
ANOTHER Destructive FIRE.--Oa last
Wednesday night our ty suffered another
severe loss by FIRE. About midnight flames
were discovered issuiug from the inside of
the "Bank Exchange" Saloon, on the corner
Of Second and Ferry streets, owned by viii
liam Gird, and long before our citizens were
fairly aroused the whole building, together
with the harm and out.houses on the lot,
were completely enveloped in flames. aud
beyond the power of human aid tn save from
destruction. The flames shortly communi-
Gated themselves to an adjoining building
on the east. owned hv I. Mercier, and from
thence the fire extended to the new Engine
House of Albany Fire Company No. /, and
in q few minutes they. too. were heap of
ruins. The Fire Company were promptly
at work with their engine, and did excellent
service as long as there was any available
water, but the wells adjoining were soon ex-
haus,ed, and then the engine was of no
more service. This misfortune has demon.
strated the necessity for the immediate max.
ing Of good and capacious cisterns, so that
tae engine can be used 10 advantage on such
occasions. Without cis,crns the FIRE engine,
though eyer so complete an instrument in
itself, is mparatiyely useless for the pur-
pose for which i; was purchased.
The loss of the three buildings. in the ag-
gregate. is estimated at about 50, 600. The
"Bank Exchange" and fixtures, including
two billiard tables and a large stock of liq.
u1rs, was valued at S, 600. and was insu: ed
in the North British Company Cor s.. .G00.-
Mr. Merc;er's buildings was valued a, S7C0.
The engine house was a nice, new building,
and had Just been erected at great trouble
and expense both to the Company and citi-
x.ns at large. and 7yas worth probably, $500.
This is n great misfortune tn the boys, as
1t deprives them of that which it will take
great labor and expense, besides cnasidcra-
bic time to replace. From the fact that no
one slept in the salnon and that there was
no fire in the house during the day, and also
that a person was seen Sinking away from
the rear of the building few minutes pre-
EiOus to the discovery Of the fire. 1t is evil
dent that it was the work of an incendiary.
SrABBiSG AFrRAY-On last Saturday
morn ng a difficulty occurred. Ectween 5. b..
Westcntt and Amos Inward. at the ferry
landing Opposite this city, resulting very Sc
riousIy to one Of the combata"ts. IL ap-
pears that they are citizens of Benton coun-
ty, and brothers law. and that there has
been ill-feeIiRg between them for some time,
originating out of some family difficulty
On Saturday they met at the ferry. when an
angry alteration ensucd, quickly followed
by blows; and in the struggle Wcs:cott
drew butcher knife from some part of his
person and cut Howard three or four times.
after W .ieh Mr.. Andrew Hill, who was near
by at the time the diligently began. jumped
in and separated them. Howard was
brought to this city and his wounds dressed
by DIR. r. c. Hill, when it was asecrtained
that he had been cut badly in the right jaw
and shoulder, and that one of the stabs had
penetrated the left eye 50 as to destroy it.
Mr.. Weste0tt went 10 Corvallis and sur
rendered himself to the authorities. and, af-
Ter preliminary examination before Justice
Robertson, he was discharged, it being the
opinion of the examining magistrate that he
acted in self defence.
To PEOPLE AT HoME.-Persons who come
to us for job work sometimes grumhle be-
cause we do not work as cheap as the job
Offices in Portland and San Francisco. The
larger amount of work done in city Offices
enables them to be equipped with machine
ry which country Office wonld not be war
rantsd Ia obtaining, and hence their rates,
especially if determined to to be rat, may
run little lower than their country neigh
bors, but it should be borne in mind that the
city Office renders no particular aid in the
development Of the town and county, while
the country Office is perpetual and invalua.
bic local help. There is a large amount of
work which cannot be done outside of large
0Aices, bat the first duty both of business
men and county ofhcers is to give their home
establishments all the patronage which il
has the facilities for performing. In that
way-and that way alone-can the country
press be sustaired in manner to reAee
credit upon the community it represents.
TmAT GsLEBRATIoN.-Th various commit
tees are diligently working to render our
celebration on next Friday magnificent af-
fair, and we feel ourselves fully warranted
in asserting that their expectations will be
more than realized We trust that the citi-