The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-07-07
LOCAL PrcKfNGs.
Last Monday was a scorcher.


~ built.
Hon. J. l.. scoggin gave us a call
during the week.
Many thanks to Sam. May, our
prompt agent at Harrisburg. for favors.
Prof. lEarren is up from Portland to
arrange for re-opening the lbany Coll
lege.
County Court Is In session this week.
No business of public Importance was
transacted.
Riley Thorpe of Scio, called In to see
us on NJ ,nday aud says everything Is
lovely in the Forks.
1t Is estimated that two thousand
people were at Roberts Bridge camp
meeting. last Sunday.
The Mercury says there Is not light
ming rod In Oregon. We make Il up iil
thunder-mugs, however.
A croquet party of ladies and gentle-
meif of this city spent tho Fourth very
pleasantly at Hackleman's Grove.
Gus. Layton Keeps u splendid stock
of groceries on hand and oil the fresh-
est vegetables that the market affords.
n. Baum and his fair bride have our
thanks for wedding compliments, and
our best wishes for their future happi-
ness.
Sour old maids, blooming young
girls, and married ladies can all procure
love OF hat or bonnet ut Mrs. $. a.
Johns.
Comstoci & Co. will soon open their
warehouse in this city for the reception
of grain. Their al. will be visible In u
short time.
! \ school boy has written compost
tion OH the horse, in which he says IL Is
an animal having four legs, zone at
each corner"
| Hon. John 4. Bingham, of Ohio, will
probably pass through this city to-mor-
row, en- route for Salem, where lac Will
remain several days.
| The celebration OF the Fourth nj Cor
wallis, Salem, Oregon City anu East
Portland passed off with the usual
spresa-eagle success.
WILDER Cornell, Esq, foreman Of the
Portland Herald, was rusticating
among the rejuvenating brcezes of this
locality during the week.
y subscriber called in and paid four
, years subscription on the DEMOCRAT
tie other day. We would prefer IL in
broken doses-every year, for instance.
An exchange mentionsa ii case beyond
the or.. mary oculist. 1t is that of u
young lazy who, instead of IA common
pupil, has Ia college student In her eye.
On our way down to Portland last
week we noticed several Sisters Of
Charity on the cars, but they didn't
seem to think we was any great
shakesi
Hardly any marriage licenses are i,e-
ing applied for at the County Clerks
Office. This hot, dry weather operates
the same on the matrimonial crop as
onothcr vegetables.
Messrs VIM. M.uor, VIM. Reed, Or
an Rubarts and SIR. Harmon will start
for progging trip TO Fish Lake next
Monday. Won't VIC revci in vcnison
aud fish when they return?
/. c. Dickey tells us tina; 10 cele-;
brated the 4th in elegant fla. \-siC 1.;/,
spar-stangled banner style an->tLat
patriotism ran high In the Forks dur
ing our natal day. 'Tis well.
VIM. Winter, the brother of Messrs.
Jerry and J. \. Winter and Mrs. II. II.
Powers of this city, died at Eugene on
the 2sth ult. aged ss years. He leaves
n widow and five little children.
Prof Emery, of the Corvallis College,
has gone on visit to his parents in
Pittsburg; Pa, whom he has not seen
for l6 years. He has promised us All
occasional letter during his travels.
An old lady observing sign over
tailoring establishment bearing t1ie
inscription, Fountain of Fashion,"
exclaimed: ''Ah, that must be the
place where the squirts come from"
In the famous Oratoria Concert at
Portland last week three former resi-
dents Of this city were prominent per-
formers, viz: Prof II. X. Warren, Chas.
f. Monteith and Miss Clara Duniway.
"Angels' visits was fairly illustra-
ted by the call of a quartette OF beauti-
full girls into the office last "Wednesday.
May such visits not be "fcw and far
bctween,n is the wish of all hands I'm
the shop.
tWhat is the difference between tho
Prince of Wales, an orphan, bald
headed old man and gorilla? Ans
The first is an heir apparent, the second
has ne'er parent, the third has no hair
apparent, and the fourth has q hairy
parent!
Superintendent HaiIet informs us
that it will take fully three months to
complete the Harrisburg bridge, but
the company will probably run false
work across the river upon which to
transport iron and material for laying
the track on to Eugene.
Young ladies are advised always to
unite and well examine any anony-
nous boquet or basket of flowers that
they may receive. A lady was about
throwing away some flowers recently
and discovered a note containing an
offer of marriage from very bashful
lover.
An editor of a paper informed his
readers that the ladies always pull off
the left stocking last. This, as may be
supposed, created some stir among his
fair readers, and while in positive terms
they denied the statement, they insisted