The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-09-16
LINN CouSrr FAIa.-on next Tuesday

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LINN COUNTY FAIR.-On next Tuesday
the Linn County Fair for 1870 will "open
out, and continue for fve days. Although
there is not so much talk and commotion
about the approaching event as heretofore,
vet from what we can learn we are led to
believe that the attendance of people and
variety of articles for competition and exhi.
bition will be quite fattering to our county.
The grounds have been fitted up and the
Fair property repaired this week, and ev-
erything that the management could devise
has been done to render the event an attrac'
tive one. OF course the usual number of
circular swings, and peanut stands, and
shows, and pretty women, and fat babies
will be on hand to give spice and variety to
the occasion, and we anticipate copious
flow Of locals for our DAILY DEMOCRAT. Mr..
Bercaw anticipates an unusual demand for
his "blind mans lantern" and sundry 9th
er famous inventors will have the result OF
their ingenious thoughts on exhibition
The circus is expected here also, and the
"learned pign will fleece many contiding
youth out of his apportionment of Filthy
lucro.h The DEMocRAr also expects to re-
ceive a ''beneit'' next week, for doubtless
many of our subscribers who are in arrears
have been impatientiy waiting for this pro-
pitious epoch to arrive that they could
come to town and pay the printer. Taken
all in all, we look for the Fifth Annual Fair
of the Linn County Agricultural Associa-
ton to be q ''big thing
IoNEwARD BouND.-Yesterday Hon. c.
p. Burkhart and wife, Prof. Thos. G. Tay-
lor, Mrs. Delazon Smith and Mrs. Edward
X. Geary started for the Atlantic States.
Mrs. Smith aud Mrs. Geary will spend the
winter among the scenes of their early years;
Prof. Taylor goes to the bedside of u dying
mother at Pittsburg and Mr.. Burkhart and
wife viii return early in the winter. The
latter named gentleman will visit the llli-
nuis and Missouri State Fairs, and has Ia
ken several specimens of Oregon production
along for comparison with the products of
those States. lie takes specimens of four
different varieties of wheat raised in Linn
county, and we imagine that they will cause
the farmers of lhose two great States to open
their eyes in wonder and astonishment ut
the superiority of Oregon as u grain growing
State. Mr.. Burkhart promises us frequent
communications during his travels, and we
will give our readers the benefits of anything
rf pul.lie interest which lie may write u.s.
We wish the entire party Il safe and speedy
journey and a safe return.
TnE RAILROAD BoUGHT AT n meeting
of our citizens, last Saturday night, it was
discovered that t,.ere were still about $500
delinquent on the amount required to secure
the building of the railEuad To this city. and
sume Efreen or twenty of the capitalists of
our city assumed the responsibility of pay
ing this deficit and completing the amount.
Accordingly Ben Holiday was Immediately
notifisl that the required bonus of S50, Geo
sxas made up and he could just '-drive on
his cart' and bring us the iron horse
Bravo for Albany. This is twice her citi-
zens have made up the amount of so, 900 to
buy a railroad. and now if there is any yir
tue in promt and energetic action our peo-
pie certainly merit the reward for their ef-
forts.
BACK AcAIx-Our friend Jake Sprenger
has sold out the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Port
land, and with his family is back again in
Albany. Jake says that Messrs. Zeiber &
IIolton, his successors in the Cosmopolitan,
are fixing things up in elegant style. and
chat they will have the finest house in
Portland. The dining room will be run as
a restaurant, separate from the hotel. and
sleeping apartments in the house will lie in
the best possible trim for the public patron
age. The announcement that the gentle
manly and polite Al. Zeiber will be ''mine
host" is sufficient to warrant us in stating
that the Cosmopolitan will be popular re-
sort.
FUNERAL OBsEQUIEs.-There was a large
attendance on the occasion of the burial of L.
W. Doolittle last Saturday. The funeral
obsequies were conducted by the Masonic
Fraternity, of which there were delegations
from Corvallis, Jefferson, Brownsville, Leb
anon and Seio. Grand Master Clark was
present and conducted the ceremonies. which
were very solemn and impressive. Mr.. Doo
little was twice elected Recorder of this city,
and was good and true man and loss to
the community. His family have the sym.
pathies of the people of this vicinity in their
great loss.
"A Success. are informed by prom
inent and extensive farmer of this county,
that he has used during the present harvest
both the IIaine's and Cherry Headers, and
that the latter is much the superior machine,
working faster, eiesating the grain better
and cutting cleaner than the former. The
naine's Header is of Eastern manufacture
and has been regarded by farmers as the
''crack" machine, and it is a high compi.
ment 10 our worthy citizen Mr.. Cherry, to
say that the Header which lie has invented
is superior to the 1aine's. Hurrah for the
Albany Foundry
SAD AccInENy.-On last Thursday boy
aged about lG years, named George Miller
son of Robert Miller, of Lebanon Precinct
this county, went out in the fields hunting,
and several hoHrs afterward he was found
lying by the side of fence, shot through