The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-02-05
BRowNsvILLE ITEMS.
FROM OUR REGULAR ooRREspoxDExr.


BRowNsvILLE, February 1st, 1870.
The various manufacturing industries and trade
seem to be in a reasonable state of loeonotion.
These fine days makes think of green fields
and beautiful flowers, warm sun shine and cool
shades, which TO be ushered in to our
realization.
The effort to raise money sufficient to erect q
Baptist church in North Brownsville is meeting
with lively success, and no doubt but the enter
prise will be put through in early Spring.
Mr.. Short, who is said to be fine singist has
just commenced q singing school in South
Brownsville, at the Presbyterian church.
One of the attractive features of our streets is
to witness the performances of some OF our young
men, who have taken contract to break and
tame a number of young horses.
Mr.. A. Wheeler has presented the public with
bran span new poster, which speaks for itself.
material reduction in the retail price of goods
has been made since he opened up.
1 promised in my last to inform the readers of
the REGISTER how licenses to sell whisky are
obtained in Brownsville precinct. Some time
since petition was circulated asking the county
court to grant Charles Bury license, which re-
| ceived something like eighty names. A remon-
STRANGE also put in circulation which reeeiv-
ed about one hundred and twenty names, which
was forwarded to the county court at the time
specified by notices which posted by the
party asking such license. Mr.. Bury saw that
the people of the precinct did not wish to sanction
such institution, and that he was beat, SO he
failed to present the petition to the court, and
posted notice that he would not retail liquors.
Shortly after the following term of court, rumor
said that Bury had obtained license. In order
| that the citizens of precinct may be duly noti-
| fed, and have voice in determining whether
/ they will permit such trafic not, the law pro-
vdes that notices shall be posted in three public
places in the precinct days before the time of
| granting such petition. How this law could be
/ complied with, and not one of the 120 who had
signed the remonstranee one month previous,
4 know nothing of it, is remarkable. How the
county court could grant such license when the
law has not been complied with in intent and
spirit, in the first particular, far the rights
of the citizens concerned. is equally remarka-
/ BILE. After the license secured, friend OF
the said Bury told us that the notices were
| secretly posted and Immediately torn down, and
we think it was done in the dark To say that
the court had not the right to go back the tes
timony in the case. and ascertain whether the Law
had been complied with not, is to utter a ridic
ulous fasehood. Courts always the judges o
the credibility of testimony.
If the foregoing are not the facts in the case,
will thank anybody who will set right. /
seems that all that is necessary to obtain license
| is to go out some dark night, take lackey along
post notices and tear them down Immediately
draw up the petition, give dozen customers
free drink to sign it, take your laekey and go be
fore the Linn County Court, and you all right