The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-10-27
HOME AND ABROAD.
q notice of estray mule.


Read Wheeler's new ''special.n
See advertisement of A. l.. Bancroft
s. Co.
A girl may as well hang up her fiddl,
| when she loses her beau.
/ Rev. Jas. NJ Lowell Is the new paste
i of the u. 4. Church, South, In thi
city.
Over $4,000 worth of brick building
arc now in process of erection in thii
fcity.
Work Is fast progressing on Houck 4
Tally's new brewery In the east part o
the city.
! Scio Is gr,veling Main and Mil
streets and making o.hcr useful Inn
prov sments.
Senator Hoult, of Harrisburg, showet
his pleasant countenance in our sane
tum last Monday.
Halsey has u Sabbath-school, u day
school, saloon and other marks oil
modern civilization.
Thanks to our ever prompt and
obliging Brownsville agent, j. N. Nor
gan, Esq.s for fayors.
The scalp Is made clean and sweet by
the application of Halls Vegetable
Sicilian Hair Renewer.
A marriage In the ''upper ten" of Al
bany society Is said to be on the tapis
Guess who the victims are.
Miss Anthony says there Is no use
quarrcling with woman, the press, a
railroad company or the telegraph.
The premium list we hich we publish
ed last week spoke of u "Magic Boar"
1t should have read ".Hagee Boar"
Remember that W. J. Hiltabidcl &
Co. have n splendid assortment of dry
goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps,
etc.
The Salem Daily .StdtesBaan comes
out In bran new frock, ant looks as
smart as an Irish peasant girl at DON
pyhrook Fair.
\ new building Is under way on DIR.
Plummer's lot near the corner of First
and Ferry streets, to be used as u milli-
merry establishment.
Salt is the subject OF school-boy's
. latest composition ''The salt Is n
spice which spoils the potatoes, II you
forget to put it on.'' =
lTe notice that newastyle of coat IL
just launched upon tllesea of fashion,
which makes the wearer look like a
sage-hen after u cyclone.
The following toast was read at a
banquet not long since: "'rhe Ladies',
God bless them, are the only cure for
palpitatlon of the heart"
Farmer-"Well my man, how much
do you want n day ~ Irish laborcr-
"Shillin' day and ate me, or eighteen
pence day, and / ate mcscif."
Paxton's pictures are attracting great
attention, and his Rembrandts espe-
ciaiiy are extensively sought for
Brownsville Is his place of operation.
Jake Sprenger has purchased the In
terest Of Mr. Packard in the Metropolis
Hotel of Portland, aud will conduct it
hereafter on pure Sprenger principles.
Elkins Bros Touring mill at Leban-
on Is up aud ready for the reception of
the machinery. They anticipate heing
ready for .'hosiilities" about Christ
mas. -5
Jack AIiphin has milk-wlite par
rot pcrched In front OF his saloon TO In
suit pcaccabie pedestrians. Jack has
taught the scoundrei TO say, "Takc u
drink"
The Rev. Mr. Thompson, n young
and eloquent lieentiatc preacher, occu-
pied the pulpit OF the u. L. Church In
this city on last Friday, Saturday and
Sabbath.
Theodore Tiiton says Mrs. weodhull
"can climb tree with the agility Of
an athlete" Most any other woman
can do that who has sufficient snap
about her.
During the week we had pleasant in
terviews in our office with Judge Bon
ham and Mcssrs. G.. q. Curl, Ben. Hay
den, II. S. Strahan, Senator Hoult,
Judge Tandy, ct. al.
Bro. Carter, of the Gazette, was In
the city during the week, looking like
a life insurance agent, but we are not
certain whether lie was really on the
"policy" dodge or not.
Messrs. Comstock, Montgomery &
Hurd have erected steam saw-mill ut
Pass Creek, 80 miles south Of Eugene,
and are saving $1,000 feet of timber
per day for the railroad.
The juryman who proposed to saw
our wood while in attendance upon
Court this week, in order to pay his
subscription, got nipped on the Grand
Jury and our wood Is yet unsawed.
Indoor dresses are made much plain
er than last year. The plainness of
ours was caused by being dragged by a
scared mule into chapparel thickct
and through a yellow-jacket's nest
while on our recent hunting tour.
A. W. Stanard, our former efficient
County Clerk, has removed to his ru-
raj residence. near Brownsville, where
he designs hereafter following the plow
and taking his place with the hardy
sons of toll. Nay his labors be light
and his harvesfs abundant, is our wish.
A iodger at the Overland Hotel last
Tuesday night had hiswardrobe stolen
which said wardrobe consisted Of a
revolver and fife-and after thorough
search on the part of "mine host the
wardrobe failed to put in an appear
ance. The successful thief must have
been old In sin. sstf
The poetry of ID. D., of Lebanon, is
respectfully declined. 1t Is hardly of