The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-06-02
LOCAL PICKINGs.
.Whooping cough In Albany.
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Whooping cough In Albany.
TO add to fortune--advertise
The circus will be here on the 18th
inst.
VIII we celebrate the "Gelorious
Fourth?
Two ferries are running ut Harris-
burg for 10 cents wagon.
The weather has cleared up and the
sweet cats are mewing o. nights.
Rev. J. L. Parrish, recently of Salem,
Is the new Methodist pastor In this
city.
Caterpillars are making'fearful hav-
oc upon fruit trees throughout this val
| ley.
Annual election of Albany Fire Conn
pany next Tuesday night, at Council
Room.
Willie Riee's cigar stand Is becom-
ing deservedly popular. Good boy is
| Willie.
To-day and tomorrow are "Ember
Days,u ON which the Catholics and
Episcopalians fast.
Mr.. John A Crawford and Mrs. Lisle
have arrived home from San Francisco,
in excellent health.
Three daily hacks run between Hal
sey and Brownsville, carrying passen-
| gers for so cents each.
Geo. II. Helm, Esq, has remov-
ed his law Office up stairs over Fox's
store, in DIR. Alexander's former quar-
tiers.
The draw on the Harrisburg bridge
will be $50 feet long-thc pier on which
the draw Is to swing will be 80 feet
across.
Grouse & Comley are opening out a
saloon in Eugene. Jack Grouse says
he will follow up the railroad If 1t goes
to Halifax.
A young lady of this city the other
day kicked her fathers hat off his
head while he was standing upright.
and asked chow Is that for high" We
should say so.
The Democrat boys form themselves
all in a row and make profound bow
to Charley Harper for useful present
in prit-shop
w. S. Elkins, at Lebanon, keeps n
splendid stock of goods for Summer
wear and sells astonishingiy cheap
Give him a call.
Two large fiat boats are being built
on the river where the Harrisburg
bridge Is TO be erected. The camp there
is assuming u lively appearance.
DIR. Alexander and Hr. James Shep-
herd have gone a-gunning to the noun
tains. Oh, the hapIess deer, ok, bufia-
10 and woodpeckers. how we weep foi
/ them.
We heard the other day of n sensible
fellow in Polk county, who, iastead oI
going to the expense of divorce suit,
gave his wife five dollars to ''git upand
git" She gifted.
1t will be stimulating to Oregonians
to learn that Oregon bacon Is worth
from to 8 cents more in California
than pork produced there. Oregon
pork and Oregon -four beat the world
I Mr.. Chawls Thawpson recently raf
his head against young lady during q
cotilIion. "Ah. excuse me, deah," hs
cried, did IL hurt, ah?" No, sir,n she
replied, ''it's too soft to hurtanything.'
A Second Advent preacher at Port
Hand says all things sublunary will ent
| in August next. OF course rain is in
cluded in ''sublunary," so We may ex-
pect rest from the aqueous flood aftel
that time.
Goods Acre." at the west end of thi.
city, is so overgrown with tall grass "A,
| to have the. grave stones almost oh
scurtd from view. Il IL seemiy tn hav.
no better care taken of the 'bivouac o
the dead ~
A lady who appeared from her ap
parel to be in. very INDECENT circum
stances, was roaming through ou
streets barefooted, selling strawberries
last Monday. She had brass rim:
through her nose and paint on he
chin, and accosted passcrs-by will
"Mika tfcka strawbellies." Evidentl,
a foreign lady.
Breathes there a man with sonl so dead,
That never 10 himself hath said
/ 'Tis well TO advertise.